Another top of the chart for the boys and it is a biggie !!

http://ifpi.org/news/music-subscript...-major-markets

Wow, best selling album of 2013 worldwide!! 4 million copies sold in about 5 weeks

I think that they somehow included streaming in it -no idea how they did that:
"The chart captured the popularity of artists across multiple licensed channels, including streams on access services such as YouTube and Spotify as well as ownership services such as download stores and physical sales across 2013".
Or did I misunderstand?

It's very impressive that they came out on top!

Some good news about Niall & Zayn's involvement in writing (recording?) music:


https://twitter.com/NaughtyBoyMusic/...46140992335872 (retweeted by Zayn)
Naughty Boy ‏@NaughtyBoyMusic
sick studio vibes with @emelisande & @zaynmalik - forget what you think you know. #doitanyway


https://twitter.com/NiallOfficial/st...84259728506880
@NiallOfficial
Last night I wrote a song with @Dannymcfly @dougiemcfly and @tommcfly , dougie went home, tom got peed on by his son,me and danny had curry

https://twitter.com/NiallOfficial/st...83374487457792
@NiallOfficial
Just wrote another cool song with danny,dougie and tom!What a laugh that was! #leftmytomtomwiththedriver @Dannymcfly @dougiemcfly @tommcfly

got overly excited!! thought it was today 19th march... turns out the "record store day" is next month, 19 april, lolz!! the boys are releasing MM single with extras in vinyl... http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/26626341

now that's music to my ears...

what date is Wembley? I need to think about dates for flights etc and when do you want ticket money? Hope you ok and just busy working? You've been a bit quiet

just busy... shot my first wedding in cambridge last thursday and had been busy editing my pictures... then will shoot my next wedding on the 29th of this month in chelsea and westminster... busy times... i'm happy with how my photography is improving each time... getting there...


i have reserved 3 seats on BK 122 Row 10 on Sun 8 Jun for MTUK, you and me...

Impressive. Hopefully Naughty boy will work on the next album.

Not keen on the Mcfly writing, sorry. All the songs sound the same to me.

So massively excited for 'Zaughty Boy'. Emeli and Zayn's voices would be gorgeous together. Maybe he will be a guest on her second album. Happier for the next album to sound more McFly than Good Charlotte but maybe the new songs will be for McFly not 1D album. Perhaps Naughty Boy could produce the 4th album - I think the Bunetta/Scott set-up will get a bit stale.

can't wait to see how emeli pushes and stretches zaynie musically!! that's what the boy needs, a real good challenge!! mmmmm.... i can already taste the wonderful of their sound together...

deleted scenes from AAoOD2 from mark parson's hard drive... why he deleted them in the first place, i don't know https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVmAeQuZbqc

The two of them will sound great together I bet. Although Zayn doesn't need any help from Emele. He's amazing already.

i love zayn's last tweet...

I'm not keen on You & I being a single. It's not very catchy and is pretty slow for radio. I don't see it being a success and they need a hit to follow up SOML. Zayn's ad libs and high note are amazing but I don't think they should go for another ballad straight after SOML in the US. I can't see it winning any new fans. It's also one of the only songs not co-written by the boys. Maybe they want to release something that's different from the folk and rock-pop of SOML and MM to show the variety on this album. I would love TTD but I think it might make them look like a folk pop band. Happily would have been so good though, or Strong. I've also come round to Right Now

God knows what their team/ record label is doing. Hopefully MM's flopping in the UK will dissuade Louis and Liam from going punk rock with the next album.

What did that beauty say?

I love the diverse sound of the last album, and I really hope that they won't go only rock (or punk rock). Actually, I hope that it will be as diverse & reflect the boy's different tastes.

I read somewhere that Liam or Louis said that he thought that guys might like their next album better -though it's just in the phase of writing & the tracks haven't even been selected for the album yet, so who knows really what direction it will take? Just because 2 of the boys wrote a couple of rockier or more "masculine" songs doesn't make it the next album's direction for sure, does it?
I really hope that they won't forget who is most likely to buy their next album, & guys aren't IMO (even if they like the music, many are just put out by the boyband image...). They should make an album they like (that's an important point), but not go for a new fanbase & completely forget about the current one.

I also hope that MM flopping will show them that they can't just drop singles like that, especially after their long time off & with no promo... They can't keep on relying on the fanbase to buy whatever they release (especially when most of us already have the album!). They need to be more careful when they choose singles so that it appeals both to the fans but also to casual music listeners.
Not that MM flopping is a big deal (3rd single from an album that sold very very well...), but it might do them some good to reflect on that for their next single release strategy.

he said:

"Sometimes you pretend even when it's real ...x"


it's just that what immediately came to my mind was him taking a selfie doing a duckface pretending to be cool and hot and all uber-sexy all at the same time and well, you know, it just so happens that it is actually real and true anyway, thus all the feels...

Awww. What a cutie. Can't wait to see him in the flesh again. Not long now. It'll soon come round.

june can't come sooner...

I'd quite like the next album to be more cohesive in style as well as in theme - although obviously Midnight Memories had a lot of lost love going on. I enjoyed them trying lots of new stuff this album - it's what got me into them - but I'd really like them to find the right sound for them (without the songs sounding too 'samey'). I wouldn't want anything more rocky or any hard drum & base, and no more than a handful of Little Black Dress/Dianas or Little White Lies. I'm not sure I have complete faith in Louis and Liam knowing what works for 1D - they have some of their team telling them they are rockstars. Midnight Memories has shown that non-fans, especially guys aren't going to go out and buy a 1D record, at least not for another couple of years. It's not just promo as Kiss You had similar lack of promo last year and still charted well. The song failed on its own. The boys could have made sure people knew they were getting the live tracks as well in the EP but as you say it's unfair to rely on fan loyalty. Hopefully someone like Pharrell Williams will take a look at all the potential album tracks and help them pick ones that the current fanbase will like and ones that will work on radio. I think as One Direction's biggest fan Niall should have the final say

All the boys except Harry with Pete Wentz from Fall Out Boys and Matty from The 1975.

https://twitter.com/The1DNotice/stat...28423931166720

I hope they don't write with that Matty guy. I hate The 1975's album, all the tracks sound identical and I can't understand a word they say!

Here's an article with Harry and Liam talking about Trekstock and the girls they met talk about meeting the boys.

"Both of the boys were just completely down to earth and so so nice!"

"They really made us feel totally at ease and we felt like we were just hanging out with friends rather than two members of a major band."

http://www.ok.co.uk/celebrity-news/h...rity-trekstock

Here's an interview with TV alarm in Japan. Obviously it's old as they talk about the album but it was only uploaded a few days ago (though it could have been re-uploaded) and I've never seen it before so apologies if everyone's already watched.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXcW...e_gdata_player

Louis- "Been revising?.." Lol!

I agree about not wanting any more rocky kinda stuff, personally I think Little Black Dress is their worst track out of all 3 albums. I really dislike it and to me it doesn't sound like a song they should be singing if that makes sense? However I completely disagree about Diana and Little White Lies. I think they are 2 of the more catchier songs from MM and LWL is becoming one of my favourite album tracks so I hope they don't stop with that stuff.

Harry must have been gutted to miss meeting Matty, he loves The 1975.

Sorry I meant Alive not Diana. I don't love LWL because the lyrics are dubious, although without them it is a good song. I think Niall said they'll be performing it on tour, will be interesting to see how they stage it. I can see Liam wanting to put some more drum & base numbers in the next album. They said they were going to record it on the road but maybe they'll do it over the next month alongside tour rehearsals, sounds like Louis is mad keen on it.
https://twitter.com/Louis_Tomlinson/...55230833893376

I do think a lot can change in six months though so it would be good if the songwriting isn't finished this soon as they might come up with some great lyrics whilst on the tour. Liam, Niall and Harry are only 20 after all. Plus they are meeting lots of interesting people recently (e.g. Naughty Boy) so I hope they don't commit themselves to using Julian Bunetta etc. for most of it. They have breaks between the WWA legs so I'm guessing they will fix some studio time then as well as recording in hotel rooms again.

I actually really like Little Black Dress but I still can't get my head around it being 1D singing it haha.

I think Harry's mum is friends with Denise Welch so I'm sure they'd be able to meet if he really wanted to.

I don't mind Alive actually but it is that rocky sound which generally I'm not too keen on. I do think it's better than LBD though. I hope the staging will be good, with venues that big they need to do something spectacular. At least we know that they'll have a big budget and I think there was an article a while back about a man who is working on the tour with them who's experienced in stadiums.

I'm glad Louis is exited about writing and recording the album. It shows he really enjoys what he does.

I hope with all these people they've been writing with are actually producing songs for the 1D album. More so Naughty Boy and Pharrel not The 1975. I think this fourth album could be great if they are getting really talented people to work with them on it.