Battle of the Heartthrobs

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

TWITTER

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