All 5 of One Direction’s Albums Return to Billboard 200 Chart After Liam Payne’s Death
Written by djfrosty on October 29, 2024
Following the death of One Direction’s Liam Payne on Oct. 16, all five of the group’s full-length studio albums re-enter the Billboard 200 chart (dated Nov. 2). It’s the first time that any One Direction titles have ranked on the chart in over two years.
Returning to the ranking are Four (No. 31), Midnight Memories (No. 38), Made in the A.M. (No. 62), Up All Night (No. 88) and Take Me Home (No. 103).
In the tracking week ending Oct. 24, One Direction’s catalog of albums earned 77,000 equivalent album units in the United States, according to Luminate – up 156% compared to the previous week (30,000 in the week ending Oct. 18).
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Prior to the latest Billboard 200, One Direction last appeared on the list dated July 30, 2022, with Take Me Home, at No. 137.
One Direction charts five sets on the Billboard 200 simultaneously for the first time. The group had logged as many as four albums at the same time over five weeks in 2015-20.
Up All Night, Take Me Home (both 2012), Midnight Memories (2013) and Four (2014) all debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 following their first weeks of release. Made in the A.M. (2015) opened and peaked at No. 2.
Meanwhile, One Direction’s “Night Changes,” a No. 31 Billboard Hot 100 hit in 2014, was the act’s most-streamed song in the U.S. Oct. 18-24, up 149% week-over-week to 8.2 million official U.S. streams. It was followed by “Story of My Life” (7.2 million), “What Makes You Beautiful” (4.6 million), “Perfect” (3.5 million) and “Steal My Girl” (3.4 million).
Payne’s biggest solo hit, “Strip That Down” (featuring Quavo), which reached No. 10 on the Hot 100 in 2017, drew 3 million streams, up 97%, Oct. 18-24.