FOUR

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Steal My Girl" was released as the album's first single on 29 September 2014 worldwide and on 19 October 2014 in the UK. [13] " Night Changes" was then released as the album's second single on 14 November 2014. [14] Promotional singlesOne Direction Four album review: 'they bear as much resemblance to Springsteen as Jedward do to Nine Inch Nails' ". 18 November 2014. The album was placed at number eleven on Cosmopolitan 's list of "The 20 Best Albums of 2014". [40] Jessica Goodman and Ryan Kistobak of The Huffington Post included the album on their list of 2014's best releases, claiming that "2014 will forever be known as the year that we realized One Direction was actually, dare we say, good." Goodman further complimented the album as a "complex, feel-good trip down young love lane". [41] Billboard named Four the best boy band album of the last thirty years, calling it "the absolute standard-bearer for the last decade of pop". [42] Commercial performance

Caulfield, Keith (13 August 2015). "Billboard 200 Chart Moves: One Direction's 'Four' Reaches 1 Million Sold in U.S." Billboard . Retrieved 14 August 2015. Peoples, Glenn (26 March 2015). "Why Zayn Malik's Departure From One Direction Won't Hurt Band's Music Sales". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media . Retrieved 26 March 2015. The deluxe edition of Four became the top charted album on iTunes in some 67 countries. [44] [45] In the US, the album debuted at No.1 on the Billboard 200 chart on the week ending 23 November 2014, with sales of 387,000. One Direction thus became the first musical group to have each of their first four studio albums debut at No.1; the Monkees and the Kingston Trio also reached No.1 with their first four albums but not in the first week of sales. One Direction follows three solo artists who have attained No.1 status with their first four albums: Britney Spears and DMX in 2003, and Beyoncé in 2011. (In 2013, Beyoncé's fifth album also debuted at No.1.) [46] Four sold 814,000 copies in the US in 2014, the ninth best-selling album of the year. [47] The album reached its millionth sales mark in the U.S. in August 2015, [48] and has sold 1,016,000 as of October 2015. [49] Accolades Decade-end lists Publication Japanese album certifications – One Direction – Four" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan . Retrieved 12 December 2014. Select 2014年11月 on the drop-down menu

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With a staggering 94 number ones and over 46 million records sold in just four short years, One Direction have gone from energetic pop upstarts to international superstars. Third album MIDNIGHT MEMORIES made them the first band in history to debut at the top of the US Billboard chart with their first three albums and saw them named the IFPI’s Global Artist of 2013 for becoming the biggest selling act in the world. American album certifications – One Direction – Four". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved 24 January 2015.