One Direction news

One Direction 3rd in the US mid-year album chart

2012-07-05T09:21:00.002-07:00

One Direction are a British-Irish boy band consisting of members Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson. They signed to Simon Cowell's record label Syco Records after being formed and placing third in the seventh series of British television music competition The X Factor. They later signed in North America to Columbia Records.

In November 2011, One Direction released their debut album Up All Night, which became the fastest-selling debut album in the UK of 2011. In 2012, it debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200, making One Direction the first UK group in U.S. chart history to debut at number one with their first album.

One Direction are currently 3rd on the US mid-year album chart with Up All Night which has tallied up sales of 899,000 units, according to the US Billboard.

Justin Bieber can take on One Direction in a fight.

2012-07-05T09:08:00.001-07:00

Justin Bieber thinks he could take One Direction in a fight.
Although the 'Boyfriend' hitmaker knows he couldn't beat the boy band if they all attacked him as a group, he is confident he could hold his own individually against Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson and Liam Payne.
He is quoted as saying: "I'd get my ass kicked (against all of them). But one-on-one I'd take them. I'd try a spin-kick. To the face."
The 'What Makes You Beautiful' group should be wary of going one-on-one against the teen heartthrob because he was recently taught to box by former world heavyweight champion Mike Tyson.
The 18-year-old pop star put his pugilistic skills to the test while visiting the 45-year-old retired sportsman - who famously once bit part of opponent Evander Holyfield's ear off during a bout - in Las Vegas.
Mike posted a YouTube video of Justin - who is known to be a big fan of champion boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. - pounding his fists into a punch bag that the boxing legend is holding, and afterwards the pair high-fived each other.

In a description of the clip on his YouTube page, Mike wrote: "Justin swung by my place during the weekend of the Billboard Music Awards to say hi to the family. We took him straight to garage and had him hit the bag. JB's got the moves!"
Justin was also recently accused of assaulting a photographer.
The 'Never Say Never' hitmaker was allegedly involved in a physical altercation with a paparazzo, who was trying to take pictures of him and his girlfriend Selena Gomez in Calabasas, California.

One Direction have ended their USA tour

2012-07-05T02:06:00.002-07:00

One Direction finished their first headline US tour on Sunday, having taken America by storm.

The boy band's Up All Night tour came to an end with a concert in Fort Lauderdale Florida, after six months travelling across the States.

According to Digital Spy, heartthrob Harry Styles tweeted ahead of the gig to say: "Last show of the tour tonight. Thanks to an amazing crew, and everyone involved for making it what it was. Tonight will be fun."

And bandmate Niall Horan clearly enjoyed the performance - he tweeted afterwards: "Wow ft,lauderdale! Great way to finish our 1st headline US tour! upallnight tour is done! Long 6 months but amazing! Thank you all so much."

The 1D boys are now back in Britain and, as Niall recently revealed, will be puttting the finishing touches onto their second album later this summer.