English-Irish boy band One Direction and tabloid fixture Justin Bieber are each releasing a new album on Nov. 13. Below, how the pop idols stack up:
TOP 10 HITS
U.S.
6
8
U.K.
13
8
FOLLOWERS
23 MILLION
AVERAGE OF EACH MEMBER
69 MILLION
FAMOUS EXES
Harry Styles dated
Taylor Swift
Bieber dated
Selena Gomez
HEADLINE NEWS
2014
Video appears to show two members smoking pot
2015
Zayn Malik quits group “to be a normal 22-year-old”
2013
Caught on camera urinating into restaurant mop bucket
2013
Fined about $11,000 for leaving pet monkey in German custody
SOURCE: NIELSEN MUSIC
One Direction
’10
’11
Up All Night
2.1 MILLION SOLD
’12
Take Me Home
2.0 MILLION SOLD
’13
Midnight Memories
1.5 MILLION SOLD
’14
Four
1.0 MILLION SOLD
’15
Made in the A.M.
RELEASING NOV. 13
Justin Bieber
’10
Date of album release
My World 2.0
3.3 MILLION SOLD
’11
Under the Mistletoe
1.5 MILLION SOLD
’12
Believe
1.6 MILLION SOLD
’13
’14
’15
Purpose
RELEASING NOV. 13
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