They've sold over 4 million records worldwide in 6 months.
Also JLS released their first album 3 years ago, you need to compare what they are selling now.

Top 2000 RADIO & TV AIRPLAY from: Radio Monitor - Sun 15/04/2012 to Sa 21/04/2012

RADIO
X Factor
POS (LW Move) Artist Title Impacts (LW Move) Spins (LW Move)
4 (3 -1) Olly Murs Oh My Goodness 53.41 (51.77 1.64) 3017 (2661 356)
30 (16 -14) Olly Murs Dance With Me Tonight 23.25 (33.6 -10.35) 2055 (2295 -240)
90 (78 -12) Olly Murs Heart Skips A Beat 10.3 (12.41 -2.11) 803 (821 -18)
92 (66 -26) Rebecca Ferguson Glitter & Gold 10.11 (13.99 -3.88) 698 (534 164)
132 (157 25) One Direction One Thing 6.26 (5.95 0.31) 320 (400 -80)
166 (89 -77) One Direction What Makes You Beautiful 5.06 (11.05 -5.99) 638 (683 -45)
169 (84 -85) Alexandra Burke feat. Erick Morillo Elephant 4.94 (11.69 -6.75) 677 (931 -254)
186 (251 65) Olly Murs Please Don't Let Me Go 4.66 (4.11 0.55) 352 (367 -15)
276 (528 252) JLS Take A Chance On Me 3.52 (2.56 0.96) 285 (278 7)
353 (395 42) JLS Beat Again 3.05 (2.97 0.08) 290 (335 -45)
380 (208 -172) JLS ft. Dev She Makes Me Wanna 2.97 (4.73 -1.76) 327 (357 -30)
398 (243 -155) Marcus Collins Seven Nation Army 2.9 (4.24 -1.34) 784 (1218 -434)
618 (544 -74) Marcus Collins Innocence 2.3 (2.52 -0.22) 4 (1 3)
638 (168 -470) Leona Lewis Bleeding Love 2.25 (5.54 -3.29) 270 (218 52)
1050 (1422 372) Alexandra Burke ft. Flo Rida Bad Boys 1.42 (0.99 0.43) 157 (154 3)
1152 (1305 153) Leona Lewis Run 1.24 (1.11 0.13) 174 (199 -25)
1255 (1904 649) Alexandra Burke Let It Go 1.12 (0.69 0.43) 131 (63 68)
1580 (741 -839) JLS Proud 0.86 (1.99 -1.13) 462 (720 -258)
1731 (N/A ) JLS Everybody In Love 0.77 ( ) 188 ( )
1837 (N/A ) JLS ft. Tinie Tempah Eyes Wide Shut 0.69 ( ) 72 ( )
1846 (1766 -80) JLS Love You More 0.68 (0.77 -0.09) 181 (152 29)
X Factor Related
POS (LW Move) Artist Title Impacts (LW Move) Spins (LW Move)
17 (14 -3) Kelly Clarkson Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) 34.39 (35.47 -1.08) 3177 (3268 -91)
77 (70 -7) Will Young Losing Myself 11.43 (13.49 -2.06) 1701 (1988 -287)
91 (63 -28) Will Young Jealousy 10.19 (14.31 -4.12) 1046 (923 123)
117 (123 6) Kelly Clarkson Mr. Know It All 7.5 (7.74 -0.24) 872 (923 -51)
523 (N/A ) Will Young Your Game 2.57 ( ) 63 ( )
1004 (1249 245) Kelly Clarkson Because Of You 1.5 (1.17 0.33) 168 (158 10)
1013 (1848 835) Will Young Leave Right Now 1.48 (0.72 0.76) 293 (238 55)
1092 (1893 801) Kelly Clarkson Since U Been Gone 1.33 (0.69 0.64) 94 (72 22)
1488 (564 -924) Kelly Clarkson My Life Would Suck Without You 0.92 (2.48 -1.56) 129 (165 -36)


TV
X Factor
POS (LW Move) Artist Title Plays (LW Move)
21 (12 -9) Olly Murs Oh My Goodness 310 (382 -72)
33 (57 24) Rebecca Ferguson Glitter & Gold 208 (110 98)
43 (35 -8) Alexandra Burke feat. Erick Morillo Elephant 169 (191 -22)
61 (63 2) One Direction One Thing 99 (99 0)
65 (43 -22) JLS Proud 91 (158 -67)
72 (73 1) Cher Lloyd feat. Astro Want U Back 76 (85 -9)
90 (61 -29) Olly Murs Dance With Me Tonight 60 (107 -47)
146 (84 -62) One Direction What Makes You Beautiful 40 (72 -32)
147 (80 -67) Olly Murs Heart Skips A Beat 40 (76 -36)
153 (76 -77) Marcus Collins Seven Nation Army 39 (81 -42)
203 (245 42) One Direction Gotta Be You 29 (27 2)
221 (122 -99) JLS ft. Dev She Makes Me Wanna 28 (49 -21)
245 (483 238) Leona Lewis Bleeding Love 26 (16 10)
272 (914 642) Leona Lewis Run 23 (9 14)
280 (401 121) Alexandra Burke ft. Flo Rida Bad Boys 23 (18 5)
322 (1233 911) Leona Lewis A Moment Like This 21 (6 15)
333 (438 105) Leona Lewis Collide 20 (17 3)
380 (580 200) Cher Lloyd Swagger Jagger 19 (13 6)
397 (278 -119) JLS Do You Feel What I Feel 18 (24 -6)
435 (304 -131) Rebecca Ferguson Too Good To Lose 16 (23 -7)
442 (1039 597) Alexandra Burke Hallelujah 16 (8 8)
456 (N/A ) Jedward Waterline 16 ( )
469 (261 -208) JLS Take A Chance On Me 15 (26 -11)
486 (202 -284) Olly Murs Please Don't Let Me Go 15 (31 -16)
488 (225 -263) JLS Beat Again 15 (29 -14)
512 (550 38) Cher Lloyd ft. Mike Posner With Ur Love 15 (14 1)
555 (282 -273) JLS Everybody In Love 14 (24 -10)
598 (376 -222) JLS ft. Tinie Tempah Eyes Wide Shut 13 (19 -6)
708 (404 -304) JLS One Shot 11 (18 -7)
729 (352 -377) JLS The Club Is Alive 11 (20 -9)
750 (332 -418) Olly Murs Thinking Of Me 10 (21 -11)
878 (614 -264) JLS Love You More 9 (13 -4)
1152 (696 -456) Rebecca Ferguson Nothing's Real But Love 7 (12 -5)
1163 (400 -763) Olly Murs Heart on My Sleeve 7 (18 -11)
1337 (1379 42) Alexandra Burke Ft. Pitbull All Night Long 6 (6 0)
1368 (708 -660) Olly Murs Busy 6 (12 -6)
1387 (878 -509) Alexandra Burke Broken Heels 6 (9 -3)
1881 (N/A ) Leona Lewis Happy 4 ( )
1899 (1651 -248) Shayne Ward That's My Goal 4 (4 0)
1947 (N/A ) Leona Lewis I See You 4 ( )
X Factor Related
POS (LW Move) Artist Title Plays (LW Move)
50 (54 4) Kelly Clarkson Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) 129 (126 3)
97 (81 -16) Will Young Losing Myself 55 (74 -19)
233 (187 -46) Adam Lambert Better Than I Know Myself 27 (33 -6)
265 (206 -59) Kelly Clarkson Mr. Know It All 24 (31 -7)
298 (215 -83) Will Young Jealousy 22 (30 -8)
514 (358 -156) Will Young Come On 14 (20 -6)
675 (1046 371) Kelly Clarkson My Life Would Suck Without You 11 (8 3)
828 (1214 386) Kelly Clarkson Since U Been Gone 10 (6 4)
837 (1242 405) Kelly Clarkson Because Of You 9 (6 3)
1096 (453 -643) Will Young Leave Right Now 7 (16 -9)
1356 (611 -745) Will Young Evergreen 6 (13 -7)
1433 (N/A ) Kelly Clarkson Walk Away 5 ( )
1436 (N/A ) Kelly Clarkson I Do Not Hook Up 5 ( )

Official Charts WE 21/04

Singles
POS (LW, Move) - Artist - Title
#31 (22, -9) - Olly Murs - Oh My Goodness
#47 (29, -18) - Alexandra Burke / Erick Morillo - Elephant
#62 (48, -14) - Olly Murs - Dance With Me Tonight
#66 (66, =) - One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful
#89 (72, -17) - One Direction - One Thing
X Factor Related
#36 (30, -6) - Kelly Clarkson - What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger)

Albums
POS (LW, Move) - Artist - Title
X Factor
#12 (22, +10) - Olly Murs - In Case You Didn't Know
#23 (18, -5) - One Direction - Up All Night
#41 (43, +2) - Rebecca Ferguson - Heaven
#70 (55, -15) - Marcus Collins - Marcus Collins
#93 (85, -8) - Olly Murs - Olly Murs
X Factor Related
#55 (54, -1) - Kelly Clarkson - Stronger
#65 (53, -12) - Will Young - Echoes

Can't believe Olly's first album is still on the chart

US (only) RADIO CHARTS

Format Pos LW_Pos Move Spins LW_Spins Spin_nc
ONE DIRECTION - What Makes You Beaut...
HAC: 17 25 +8 940 663 277
POP: 7 12 +5 8246 7406 840
REBECCA FERGUSON - Nothing's Real But L...
Urban AC: 30 36 +6 197 139 58
REBECCA FERGUSON - Run Free
Urban AC: 49 50 +1 58 56 2

Marcus has fallen to #70 and he's barely sold 40 thousand copies of the album. Unless the next single is a hit, he's finished.

US Billboard Charts - WE 15/04 (last week charts - released on Thursday 19/04)

Hot 100 (Singles - ranking based on sales & airplay)
Chart Pos - Artist - Song
#4 - One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful
#62 - One Direction - One Thing

Digital Songs (Singles - ranked by sales)
Chart Pos - Artist - Song - Week Sales - Total Sales - No. Sales Weeks
#3 - One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful - 267000 - 1397000 - 9
#36 - One Direction - One Thing - 5

Billboard 200 (Albums)
Chart Pos - Artist - Album - Week Sales - Total Sales - No. Sales Weeks
#5 - One Direction - Up All Night - 66000 - 436000 - 5

Still in the top 5 after 5 weeks? I swear the cynics claimed it would be out of the top 10 by now

Radio 1 and Radio 2 Playlists


Radio 1: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/playlist/
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Radio 2: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/music-events/playlist/
A List
Rebecca Ferguson - Glitter & Gold - No change

Yeah fair enough they got international sales.

But, in UK they're quite huge but considering their hysteria in the UK i'd expect them to be on a lot more sales than 580k. At least a million i would expected in the UK for this record.

I do think personally they and the Wanted are over-rated but thats just me.

Exactly - Thats just you. I guess international success means a lot more, considering JLS would do anything to be in 1D's shoes at the moment.

I'm sure JLS are happy with their own success

No, I too think they ARE overrated. at least JLS can learn one or two dance moves and each member has better vocals all the 1D boys combined.

JLS sold 1 million records after just 8 weeks right?
I remember reading an article about the top selling albums in 2009 and JLS were number 6 with a million sales, the list was made January 2010 and the album was only released November time.
I actually expected 1D to have sold more than JLS but they've actually sold half in 6 months compared to JLS' 2 months (UK only)

Olly's second album is doing surprisingly well! Was really expecting it to flop but it's doing amazingly

Agreed!

You can't compare 2008 record sales with now. Record sales have been declining year on since then.

I think both JLS and 1D are very talented but unfortunately USA wasn't ready for boyband resurgence 2/3 yrs ago. Apparently they are now going to have a pop at USA but only time will tell if they have left it too late.

Oh IMO just because JLS do choreographed dancing doesn't make them any more talented. I am sure if 1D wanted to do choreography they would. If they can learn songs they can learn dance moves. They have said in various interviews they don't want to do choreographed moves it isn't their thing. Luckily enough fans agree with them

1 million records in that amount of time does not really happen anymore unless your Adele really.
And the lack of dancing is irelevant. There's loads of artists who don't have choreographed moves.

As Twingle and Shauna have said, you don't sell 1million records in a few months anymore unless you are Adele. JLS released their album a week before One Direction, but have sold less. 1D have sold over 2 million albums worldwide in 7 months, that is a great achievement. What Makes you beautiful has sold nearly 4 million copies.

Also the boys obviously do not need choreographed dance moves, they've done very well without it.

you mean JLS's latest album sold less than 1D's and it was released a week before the boys'?

and yeah, what's choreographed dance moves got to do with it? that's so 90s... lolz!!

Bit unfair to compare sales from the third album of one act to the sales of another's debut album.

That's exactly what I was thinking :sleep:

And, in reply to an earlier poster, choreographed dance moves make everything look better IMO. I'd much rather watch JLS singing and dancing, than One Direction singing and jumping about! It also shows that JLS have more control over their voices because they can sing(and, in Aston's case, hit ridiculously amazing notes!) while doing all that dancing, and most of OD struggle to sing in tune even when they're not moving!

My opinion of course

We can only compare the sales of the first albums, because that's all 1D have released at present.
There is a two years gap between JLS and 1D's first release, and in two years album sales haven't fallen that much: 7% in 2010 and 6% in 2011.

Album sales have fallen twice as sharply in the US though, and even reaching gold (500k) is becoming an achievement. The fact that 1D are nearly there in 5 weeks without the help of a talent competition is quite remarkable, in my opinion.

And ironically they just talked about how unfair it is to compare sales of 2008 with now .

You can compare if you adjust the numbers. The equivallent of 1 million in 2009 ('JLS' release year - not 2008 or even more ancient) would be 850k in 2011 ('Up All Night' release year - not 2012 or even more recent).

I agree with you Chi. Even though album sales haven't fallen that much in the UK, there's still a big difference between album sales now and 3 years ago. Adele, is very much a big deal, but let's not forget it took her about 6 months to sell a million albums in the UK.
Selling over half a million albums today makes you one of the biggest sellers in the country.

I also agree about the U.S market, and can go as far as saying the reason 1D have done so well in U.S, Canada and Australia is because they have bigger fanbases in those countries, and I think they will always do better in those places, which is not a bad thing really, any UK artists would love to be in that position.