One Direction’s solo careers in numbers
F
ormer One Direction star Zayn Malik has despatched his followers wild after teasing new music on Instagram.
The 30-year-old hitmaker has introduced his return after a two-year break, with footage of him revving a motorcycle and dramatically wiping all different movies and pictures from his social media.
Since members of One Direction have gone their separate methods, they’ve all efficiently launched music independently
For instance, Liam Payne celebrated the discharge of his debut album, LP1, 4 years in the past now.
Since Malik’s departure in 2015, and the band’s “indefinite hiatus” a 12 months later, all the group’s members have launched solo data.
Here’s how their efforts have fared…
Niall Horan:
Flicker (October 2017)
First-week copies offered and streams (mixed): 23,000
Peak place within the UK charts: 3
Weeks within the UK charts: 17
Remaining true to his roots, Niall Horan topped the Irish charts together with his debut album however narrowly missed out on the UK equal. He additionally shifted 152,000 album copies within the first week within the US, which was sufficient to prime the charts there.
Flicker obtained principally three-star opinions from critics, with some praising his “easy listening” fashion whereas others have been dissatisfied, even referring to the tracks as “Radio 2 filler”.
Heartbreak Weather (March 2020)
Horan’s subsequent album spent a complete of 14 weeks within the UK charts, and scored a primary spot.
The Show (2023)
The Show was Horan’s second primary album as a solo artist, after his LP Heartbreak Weather topped the charts in 2020.
He mentioned he “wasn’t expecting” his third album to achieve the highest spot, which beat new entry to the charts Power To Play by McFly.
Zayn Malik:
Mind Of Mine (March 2016)
First-week copies offered and streams (mixed): 22,000
Peak place within the UK charts: 1
Weeks within the UK charts: 10
Zayn Malik’s hotly anticipated album — full with an attention-grabbing grammatical fashion all through, with tracks titled BeFoUr, BoRdErZ, and iT’s YoU — debuted at primary, ending simply over 4,000 mixed gross sales forward of his closest rival, Adele, along with her album 25.
He additionally scooped 157,000 complete album gross sales within the US, making him the primary UK male solo artist in historical past to debut atop the Billboard 200 with their first album.
Mind of Mine obtained constructive opinions from critics and averages round 4 out of 5 stars from the UK press.
Icarus Falls (December 2018)
Icarus Falls didn’t enter a distinguished chart place and solely spent one week within the UK charts — with the album boasting 29 songs in a leisurely 95 minutes.
Despite nice promise and visitor appearances from Nicki Minaj and Timbaland, the album peaked at simply 77 on the UK album charts and 61 within the US. Despite this, opinions have been extra constructive for his sophomore file.
Nobody is Listening (January 2021)
Nobody is Listening spent one week within the UK charts, and secured a peak chart place of 17.
An Evening Standard critic mentioned: “These 11 songs are largely hazy, stoned R&B, offering blurred textures and smoky atmospheres but few standout moments.”
Harry Styles:
Self-titled (May 2017)
First-week copies offered and streams (mixed): 57,000
Peak place within the UK charts: 1
Weeks within the UK charts: 41
The most profitable solo album from the fab 5 to this point, Harry Styles’s debut went straight to primary within the UK and US, promoting 57,000 copies in his first week on residence soil. A whopping 47,000 of them have been bodily gross sales and digital downloads (fairly than streams), which is extra paid-for gross sales in a single week than Mind of Mine offered in its first 12 months.
Styles additionally shifted a severely spectacular quantity of copies within the US — 230,000. It obtained usually beneficial opinions from critics, averaging round three out of 4 stars from the British press.
Fine Line (December 2019)
Styles’s second album spent 184 weeks within the UK charts, securing a peak place of two.
Harry’s House (June 2022)
Harry’s House was named the official largest album of 2022, having shifted a complete of 460,000 UK chart items throughout the 12 months.
Of this, 160,000 have been pure gross sales (150,000 bodily, 10,000 downloads) — and it spent 57 weeks within the UK charts.
The file additionally spent extra weeks at Number 1 than some other album in 2022, managing six non-consecutive weeks atop the Official Albums Chart.
Louis Tomlinson:
Walls (February 2020)
Walls spent three weeks within the UK charts and ended up in a peak place of quantity 4.
A evaluation mentioned: “Walls sees Louis Tomlinson grapple with the tragic events of the last four years: the loss of his mother Johannah and sister Félicité. Turning his back on the dancier vibes of his early solo songs, the 28-year-old reaches for pop sensibilities and indie-rock to provide a backdrop for his grief.”
Faith within the Future (November 2022)
Faith within the Future spent 5 weeks within the UK charts and secured a primary spot.
Liam Payne:
LP1 (December 2019)
Liam Payne’s LP1 spent six weeks within the UK charts and secured a peak place of 17.
The Evening Standard’s critic praised the album as being “packed with chart-friendly hits that see Payne reaffirm his love for hip-hop, dabble with reggaeton and even croon a Christmas track,” awarding the album 4 out of 5 stars.