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Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson and Niall Horan of One Direction at ABC's "Good Morning America" in New York City on Aug. 4, 2015. Kevin Mazur—WireImage/Getty Images by [Dana Rose Falcone / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Dana Rose Falcone / Entertainment Weekly Sep 1, 2015 5:48 PM UTC They might be taking a [hiatus next year](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/08/24/niall-horan-confirms-one-direction-break), but the boys of One Direction will still be in the 2016 Guinness World Records book. The record keepers announced the group’s six honors on Monday, awarded for everything from their ability to sell albums to attracting Twitter followers. Here’s a [list of the accomplishments](http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2015/8/one-direction-down-to-four-members-but-boy-band-score-six-world-records-in-our) that landed One Direction a place in history: **First group to debut at No. 1 with their first four albums in the U.S.:** _Up All Night, Take Me Home, Midnight Memories, Four_ **First U.K. group to debut at No. 1 in U.S. with debut album** (same as above) **Highest debut by U.K. group on U.S. singles chart** at No. 3 with “Live While We’re Young” **Most popular dance game track** for their “What Makes You Beautiful” routine on Just Dance 4, which garnered 36,817,975 views **Most followers on Twitter for a music group:** 23,393,106 **Most subscribers for a band on YouTube:** 36,817,975 views In 2015, 1D earned a spot in the Guinness World Records book for becoming the [first act to debut at No. 1](http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2014/9/one-direction-find-place-in-guinness-world-records-2015-book-with-historic-first-three-albums-60015/) with their first three albums. One Direction’s [latest single “Drag Me Down”](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/07/31/one-direction-drag-me-down) — the band’s first without Zayn Malik — has already achieved high numbers, breaking the [Spotify record](http://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2015/08/03/one-directions-new-single-drag-me-down-sets-a-new-spotify-record-in-just-one-day/) for one-day streams, and becoming the [first video](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/08/21/one-direction-drag-me-down-video) to reach [one million likes](http://www.unrealitytv.co.uk/showbiz/one-direction-land-vevo-record-for-drag-me-down-likes-but-whats-wrong-with-niall-horan/) within the first 24 hours of its Vevo release. Hopefully their upcoming album, expected this fall, will put the foursome in the world record books yet again. _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/09/01/one-direction-2016-guinness-world-records-book) _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com) ### See One Direction Throughout the Years  Louis Tomlinson, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, Niall Horan and Zain Malik of One Direction perform at the BBC Teen Awards at Wembley arena in London, England in 2011. Dave Hogan—Getty Images  One Direction perform at the BBC Teen Awards at Wembley arena in London, England in 2011. Dave Hogan—Getty Images  One Direction perform at the BBC Teen Awards at Wembley arena in London, United Kingdom in 2011. Dave Hogan—Getty Images  One Direction perform at the BBC Teen Awards at Wembley arena in London, United Kingdom in 2011. Dave Hogan—Getty Images  Zayn Malik of One Direction performs at Nickelodeon's 25th Annual Kids' Choice Awards held at Galen Center in Los Angeles, Calif. in 2012. Christopher Polk—KCA2012/Getty Images  Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan, Harry Styles, Liam Payne and Zayn Malik of One Direction perform at HMV Hammersmith Apollo in London, England in 2012. Joseph Okpako—FilmMagic/Getty Images  Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan, Liam Payne and Harry Styles of One Direction pose during a portrait shoot at Fox Studios in Sydney, Australia in 2012. Sam Ruttyn—Newspix/Getty Images  Zayn Malik of One Direction performs on NBC's Today at Rockefeller Plaza in New York City in 2012. Slaven Vlasic—Getty Images  One Direction performs onstage during Z100's Jingle Ball 2012 at Madison Square Garden on in New York City in 2012. Kevin Kane—Getty Images for Jingle Ball 201  One Direction speaks onstage during the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn in 2013. Theo Wargo—WireImage/Getty Images  One Direction performs onstage during the 2013 American Music Awards at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, Calif. in 2013. Christopher Polk—AMA2013/Getty Images  One Direction performs at the stage during their presentation as part of the tour "Where We Are Tour" at Velez Sarsfield Stadium on May 03, 2014 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Cesar Quiroga—LatinContent/Getty Images  Guitarist Dan Richards and Niall Horan of One Direction perform onstage during the "Where We Are" tour at Met Life Stadium on Aug. 4, 2014 in New York City. Kevin Mazur—OneD/Getty Images  Zayn Malik of One Direction performs onstage during the "Where We Are" tour at Met Life Stadium on Aug. 4, 2014 in New York City. Kevin Mazur—OneD/Getty Images  Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson, Liam Payne, Niall Horan and Harry Styles on the One Direction TV special in 2014. Jeff Daly—NBC/Getty Images  Niall Horan of One Direction performs onstage during the 2014 iHeartRadio Music Festival at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Sept. 20, 2014 in Las Vegas, NV. Denise Truscello—WireImage/Getty Images  Niall Horan of One Direction performs onstage during the 2014 iHeartRadio Music Festival at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Sept. 20, 2014 in Las Vegas, NV. Christopher Polk—Getty Images  Liam Payne, Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson and Niall Horan of One Direction perform onstage during the 2014 iHeartRadio Music Festival at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Sept. 20, 2014 in Las Vegas, NV. Kevin Mazur—WireImage/Getty Images  Niall Horan of One Direction appears on NBC's Today Show to release their new album "Four" at Universal City Walk At Universal Orlando on Nov. 17, 2014 in Orlando, Fla. John Parra—WireImage/Getty Images  Amy Adams and One Direction members Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson and Niall Horan appear on Saturday Night Live on Dec. 18, 2014. Dana Edelson—NBC/Getty Images  Harry Styles performs on Saturday Night Live on Dec. 18, 2014. Dana Edelson—NBC/Getty Images  Louis Tomlinson, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, Zayn Malik and Niall Horan of One Direction perform on Saturday Night Live on Dec. 18, 2014. Dana Edelson—NBC/Getty Images ## Transcript British pop group One Direction is rumored to be taking a length hiatus in 2016, and fans are not happy about it. The Directioners report their sadness over report that Niall, Harry, Liam, and Lewis will spend at least a year apart working on solo projects starting in March. The hashtag OneDirection Quickly began trending and reached over 177, 000 mentions. People reported the members have no intention of splitting up for good. They just need a little time to do their own thing. A friend of the group told People there's no reason why they can't have lifetime careers both as a group and working on their own. Solo projects. 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