English-Irish boy band One Direction have released five studio albums, ten extended plays, seventeen singles (including two charity singles), two video albums, and seventeen music videos. They signed with Simon Cowell's record label Syco Records after being formed and finishing third in the seventh series of British television singing competition The X Factor in 2010.[1] They subsequently signed in North America with Columbia Records.[2] One Direction: This Is Us, a 3D documentary concert film was released on 29 August 2013 in the United Kingdom and 30 August 2013 in the United States.[3] The film captures the band on the road during the Take Me Home Tour and documents their origins and rise to fame.
| One Direction discography | |
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.jpg) One Direction performing at Soldier Field in Chicago on 23 August 2015 | |
| Studio albums | 5 |
| Video albums | 2 |
| Music videos | 17 |
| EPs | 10 |
| Singles | 17 |
The group's debut studio album Up All Night was released on 18 November 2011. It topped the charts in sixteen countries. The lead single, "What Makes You Beautiful", was an international hit, reaching number one on the UK Singles Chart and number four on the US Billboard Hot 100; it has since been certified four and six times platinum in the US and Australia, respectively. Subsequent singles, "Gotta Be You" and "One Thing", became top ten hits in the UK. The band's second studio album Take Me Home was released 9 November 2012.[4] The record sold 540,000 copies in its first week in the US and went to number-one in thirty-five countries.[5][6] The album's lead single, "Live While We're Young", became One Direction's highest-peaking song in a number of countries and recorded the highest first-week sales for a song by a non-US artist.[7] "Little Things" and "Kiss You", the succeeding singles, became moderate successes.
One Direction's third studio album, Midnight Memories, was released on 25 November 2013. The album was preceded by its lead single "Best Song Ever" and its critically acclaimed second single "Story of My Life". The album was a commercial success, debuting at number one on the UK Albums Chart and the Billboard 200, making One Direction the first band in history to have their first three albums all debut atop the Billboard 200. With their fourth album, Four, released on 17 November 2014, they extended the record to four consecutive number-one albums. Their next album, Made in the A.M. was released on 13 November 2015 & was preceded by its lead single "Drag Me Down".[8] In October 2015, the band announced the second single from the album, "Perfect". As of May 2022, the band has sold more than 70 million records worldwide and over 21 million in their home country.[9][10][11]
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [12] | AUS [13] | BEL [14] | CAN [15] | IRE [16] | ITA [17] | NZ [18] | POR [19] | SWE [20] | US [21] | ||||
| Up All Night |
| 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Take Me Home |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Midnight Memories |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Four |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Made in the A.M. |
| 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
Video albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [43][44] | AUS [45][46] | CAN [47] | US [48][49] | |||||
| One Direction: Up All Night – The Live Tour |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| One Direction: Where We Are – The Concert Film |
| 1 | 1 | — | 1 | |||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released. | ||||||||
Extended plays
| Title | Extended play details | Peak chart positions | Sales | ||
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| US [21] | FRA [51] | ||||
| iTunes Festival: London 2012 |
| 140 | — |
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| Live While We're Young |
| — | 73 | ||
| Best Song Ever (from "This Is Us") |
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| Midnight Memories |
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| You & I |
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| Perfect |
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| Acoustic |
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| Live |
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| Rarities |
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| Remixes |
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| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released. | |||||
Singles
As lead artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
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| UK [12] | AUS [13] | BEL (Fl) [14] | CAN [61] | DEN [62] | IRE [16] | NL [63] | NZ [18] | SWE [20] | US [64] | |||||
| "What Makes You Beautiful" | 2011 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 26 | 1 | 63 | 2 | 29 | 4 | Up All Night | ||
| "Gotta Be You" | 3 | — | — | —[S] | — | 3 | — | — | — | —[T] |
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| "One Thing" | 2012 | 9 | 3 | 37 | 17 | — | 6 | 72 | 16 | — | 39 | |||
| "More than This" | 86 | 49 | — | — | — | 39 | — | — | — | — |
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| "Live While We're Young" | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 3 | Take Me Home | |||
| "Little Things" | 1 | 9 | 30 | 20 | 23 | 2 | — | 2 | 27 | 33 | ||||
| "Kiss You" | 2013 | 9 | 13 | 30 | 30 | 24 | 7 | 30 | 13 | 50 | 46 |
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| "One Way or Another (Teenage Kicks)" | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 13 |
| Midnight Memories | ||
| "Best Song Ever" | 2 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 2 | ||||
| "Story of My Life" | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | ||||
| "Midnight Memories" | 2014 | 39 | 45 | 4 | 35 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | — | 12 |
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| "You & I" | 19 | 23 | 17 | 78 | 38 | 7 | 32 | 22 | 21 | 68 | ||||
| "Steal My Girl" | 3 | 9 | 15 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 31 | 9 | 18 | 13 |
| Four | ||
| "Night Changes" | 7 | 33 | —[AI] | 20 | — | 13 | 76 | 11 | 40 | 31 | ||||
| "Drag Me Down" | 2015 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 3 | Made in the A.M. | ||
| "Perfect" | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 25 | 1 | 28 | 7 | 12 | 10 |
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| "History" | 6 | 25 | 44 | 46 | — | 8 | 72 | 14 | 63 | 65 |
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| "—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released. | ||||||||||||||
As featured artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales | Notes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [92] | AUS [93] | BEL [94] | CAN [95] | DEN [96] | IRE [97] | NL [63] | NZ [93] | US [98] | |||||
| "Heroes" (as part of The X Factor Finalists 2010) | 2010 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
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| "Wishing on a Star" (The X Factor Finalists 2011 featuring JLS and One Direction) | 2011 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
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| "God Only Knows" (as BBC Music and Friends) | 2014 | 20 | — | — | — | — | 77 | — | — | — |
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| "Do They Know It's Christmas?" (as part of Band Aid 30) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 35 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 63 |
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| "—" denotes recording that did not chart or was not released. | |||||||||||||
Promotional singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [106] | AUS [107] | CAN [61] | DEN [62] | IRE [16] | MEX Ing. [108] | NL [63] | NZ [18] | SWE [20] | US [64] | |||||
| "Diana" | 2013 | 58 | —[AS] | 23 | 1 | 2 | — | 3 | 2 | 55 | 11 | Midnight Memories | ||
| "Strong" | 48 | — | 44 | 3 | 22 | — | 4 | 1 | 58 | 87 | ||||
| "Fireproof"[110] | 2014 | 92 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —[AT] |
| Four | |
| "Ready to Run"[112] | 44 | — | 60 | 10 | — | 46 | — | 29 | 58 | 77 |
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| "Where Do Broken Hearts Go"[113] | 47 | — | 90 | — | 69 | 43 | — | — | — | 88 |
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| "18"[115] | 45 | — | 84 | — | 84 | 41 | — | — | 46 | 87 | ||||
| "Girl Almighty"[117] | 65 | — | — | — | — | 42 | — | — | — | —[BA] | ||||
| "Fool's Gold"[119] | 74 | — | —[BD] | — | — | — | — | — | — | —[BE] | ||||
| "Infinity" | 2015 | 36 | 22 | 40 | — | 38 | — | 59 | 28 | 42 | 54 |
| Made in the A.M. | |
| "Home" | 96 | 48 | 75 | — | 84 | — | — | — | —[BI] | 74 | Perfect EP | |||
| "End of the Day" | 73 | 58 | 67 | — | 41 | — | 96 | —[BJ] | 59 | —[BK] | Made in the A.M. | |||
| "Love You Goodbye" | 78 | 75 | 80 | — | 45 | — | — | — | 71 | —[BL] |
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| "What a Feeling" | 90 | 77 | — | — | 59 | — | 94 | — | 74 | —[BM] | ||||
| "—" denotes recording that did not chart or was not released. | ||||||||||||||
Other charted and certified songs
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [106] | AUS [107] | CAN [61] | FRA [123] | IRE [16] | ITA [124] | KOR [125] | MEX [126] | SWE [20] | US [64] | |||||
| "Na Na Na" | 2011 | — | 86 | — | — | 27 | — | 119 | — | — | — |
| Up All Night | |
| "Another World" | 85 | 66 | — | — | — | — | 34 | — | — | — | ||||
| "Moments" | 118 | 60 | 87 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "Stand Up" | — | 80 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Up All Night" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 149 | — | — | —[BN] | ||||
| "I Should Have Kissed You" | 2012 | 55 | 71 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Everything About You" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 41 | — | — | ||||
| "Nobody Compares" | 174 | — | 79 | — | — | — | — | — | — | —[BO] | Take Me Home | |||
| "She's Not Afraid" | 171 | — | 89 | — | — | — | — | — | — | —[BP] | ||||
| "Still the One" | 197 | — | 97 | — | — | — | — | — | — | —[BQ] | ||||
| "Heart Attack" | — | — | 100 | — | — | — | 98 | — | — | —[BR] | ||||
| "Rock Me" | — | — | —[BS] | — | — | — | 122 | — | — | 98 | ||||
| "They Don't Know About Us" | — | — | —[BT] | — | — | — | 102 | — | — | —[BU] | ||||
| "Last First Kiss" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | —[BV] | ||||
| "Loved You First" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —[BW] | ||||
| "I Would" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 126 | — | — | —[BX] | ||||
| "C'mon, C'mon" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 107 | — | — | —[BY] | ||||
| "Back For You" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 116 | — | — | — | ||||
| "Summer Love" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 131 | — | — | — | ||||
| "Change My Mind" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 134 | — | — | — | ||||
| "Over Again" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 139 | — | — | — | ||||
| "Don't Forget Where You Belong" | 2013 | 21 | — | — | — | 50 | 51 | 90 | — | — | — | Midnight Memories | ||
| "Half a Heart" | 108 | — | —[BZ] | — | 82 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Alive" | 150 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Better Than Words" | 185 | — | — | — | — | — | 195 | — | — | — | ||||
| "Does He Know?" | 130 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Happily" | 120 | — | — | — | — | — | 86 | — | 35 | —[CA] | ||||
| "Little Black Dress" | 177 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Little White Lies" | 149 | — | — | — | — | — | 200 | — | — | — | ||||
| "Right Now" | 173 | — | — | — | — | — | 186 | — | — | — | ||||
| "Through the Dark" | 175 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Why Don't We Go There" | 156 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Stockholm Syndrome" | 2014 | 107 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 31 | 99 | Four | ||
| "Change Your Ticket" | 149 | — | — | — | — | — | 50 | — | — | —[CB] | ||||
| "Clouds" | 183 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —[CC] | ||||
| "Illusion" | 181 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —[CD] | ||||
| "No Control" | 135 | — | — | — | — | — | — | —[CE] | — | —[CF] | ||||
| "Once in a Lifetime" | 170 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —[CG] | ||||
| "Spaces" | 160 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —[CH] | ||||
| "Act My Age" | 140 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —[CI] | ||||
| "If I Could Fly" | 2015 | 79 | — | 70 | 146 | 53 | 26 | — | — | 58 | 83 | Made in the A.M. | ||
| "Olivia" | 72 | — | 84 | — | 55 | — | — | — | 76 | 87 |
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| "A.M." | 83 | — | 81 | 185 | 62 | 38 | — | — | 78 | 94 |
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| "Never Enough" | 89 | — | 100 | — | 65 | 49 | — | — | 89 | 100 | ||||
| "Temporary Fix" | 86 | — | — | — | 69 | — | — | — | 96 | 96 | ||||
| "Hey Angel" | 96 | — | 98 | — | 76 | 48 | — | — | 99 | —[CJ] | ||||
| "I Want to Write You a Song" | 103 | — | 97 | — | 77 | — | — | — | 94 | —[CK] | ||||
| "Wolves" | 99 | — | — | — | 78 | — | — | — | —[CL] | —[CM] | ||||
| "Walking in the Wind" | 104 | — | — | — | 79 | — | — | — | —[CN] | —[CO] | ||||
| "Long Way Down" | 106 | — | — | — | 99 | — | — | — | —[CP] | —[CQ] | ||||
| "—" denotes recording that did not chart or was not released. | ||||||||||||||
Music videos
| Title | Year | Director(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| "What Makes You Beautiful" | 2011 | John Urbano | [132] |
| "Gotta Be You" | |||
| "One Thing" | 2012 | Declan Whitebloom | [133] |
| "More than This" | Andy Saunders | [134] | |
| "Live While We're Young" | Vaughan Arnell | [135] | |
| "Little Things" | |||
| "Kiss You" | 2013 | ||
| "One Way or Another (Teenage Kicks)" | One Direction | [136] | |
| "Best Song Ever" | Ben Winston | [137] | |
| "Story of My Life" | |||
| "Midnight Memories" | 2014 | ||
| "You & I" | |||
| "Steal My Girl" | Ben Turner Gabe Turner | [138] | |
| "Night Changes" | Ben Winston | [137] | |
| "Drag Me Down" | 2015 | Ben Turner Gabe Turner | [139] |
| "Perfect" | Sophie Muller | [140] | |
| "History" | 2016 | Ben Winston Calvin Aurand Gabe Turner | [141] |
| Title | Year | Director(s) |
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| "Heroes" (as part of The X Factor Finalists 2010) | 2010 | Unknown |
| "Wishing on a Star" (The X Factor Finalists 2011 featuring JLS and One Direction) | 2011 | |
| "God Only Knows" (as BBC Music and Friends) | 2014 | |
| "Do They Know it's Christmas?" (as Band Aid 30) |