DO YOU KNOW THE REASONS WHY

WE LOOK UP TO THE SKY?

HEEYYYYYY ANGEEEEEEEEEL

DO YOU LOOK AT US AND LAUGH

WHEN WE HOLD ON TO THE PAST?

So there’s a lot of talk about where One Direction are standing in the charts right now. So to put it into perspective I want to remind everyone of where all of their albums have landed for first week sales.

Up All Night - 176,000 copies

Take Me Home - 540,000 copies

Midnight Memories - 546,000 copies

Four - 387,000 copies

Along with the numbers above, all of these albums charted at #1 for their release week. 

Now, Made In The A.M. is currently sitting with about 440,000 copies and that’s only the sales within the first day of release. They’ve already passed Four’s first week album sales and exceeded the projected sales predicted for MITAM (350,000 copies)!!!

BUT REMEMBER, first week album sales aren’t completely calculated until this upcoming Thursday at midnight. Yes, Justin Bieber is just barely ahead in numbers after the first day, but the week isn’t over. It’s so close between the two albums, so a #1 charted album is still possible for MITAM. 

HERE’S WHAT YOU CAN DO:

Buy physical albums at your local Target, HMV, Walmart, etc. if you haven’t already! Also, buyouts are super helpful! Get a group of friends and purchase all of the remaining copies at your local store. Get a copy of each of the exclusive target versions. The more people you get involved in buying physical copies, the better! 

Buy the album on iTunes! OR Gift the album to someone on iTunes! (The gift feature can be found in the drop-down tool, right below the album artwork in the iTunes store)

If you can’t afford to buy or gift the entire album, buying or gifting individual songs will contribute to numbers as well!

Stream the album on SPOTIFY or APPLE MUSIC

1,500 streams from the album counts as one album sale, so streaming does pay off! Make sure you don’t mute at all, you can plug in headphones and let the music play if you don’t want the constant background music (but for real, why would you not want that)!

SO, no matter what, One Direction are sure to set a new record in album sales for five consecutive albums by a group, and that’s a HUGE accomplishment to celebrate. However, we can still aim for a #1 album in the charts, so if you’re up for the challenge, I hope this helped to clarify the information about what you can do! GO FORTH.