ONE DIRECTION albums and sales

Updated: March 14, 2025

ONE DIRECTION sold over 24.8 million albums. The best-selling album by ONE DIRECTION is TAKE ME HOME, which sold over 6.33 million copies. According to the BSA Ranking, ONE DIRECTION is the 172nd best-selling album artist of all time.

The video releases of ONE DIRECTION have sold over 1.88 million units, led by UP ALL NIGHT - THE LIVE TOUR with over 930,000 units sold.

ONE DIRECTION albums ranked by sales

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Rank by Sales ▼ Rank by Year △

№	Album	Year	Total Sales	BSA Ranking
1	TAKE ME HOME ONE DIRECTION 2012	2012	6,335,727	Rank in 2012 Rank in 2010s Overall rank 5 43 472
2	UP ALL NIGHT ONE DIRECTION 2011	2011	6,046,188	Rank in 2011 Rank in 2010s Overall rank 6 51 518
3	MIDNIGHT MEMORIES ONE DIRECTION 2013	2013	5,921,916	Rank in 2013 Rank in 2010s Overall rank 8 54 538
4	MADE IN THE A.M. ONE DIRECTION 2015	2015	3,596,970	Rank in 2015 Rank in 2010s Overall rank 10 113 1,114
5	FOUR ONE DIRECTION 2014	2014	2,986,760	Rank in 2014 Rank in 2010s Overall rank 12 149 1,558
6	MIDNIGHT MEMORIES EP ONE DIRECTION 2014	2014	N/A	Rank in 2014 Rank in 2010s Overall rank 1,820 17,442 68,847
7	THIS IS US ONE DIRECTION 2013	2013	N/A	Rank in 2013 Rank in 2010s Overall rank 1,829 17,690 69,095

ONE DIRECTION videos ranked by sales

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Rank by Sales ▼ Rank by Year △

№	Video	Year	Total Sales	BSA Ranking
1	UP ALL NIGHT - THE LIVE TOUR ONE DIRECTION 2012	2012	930,000	Rank in 2012 Rank in 2010s Overall rank 1 3 25
2	THIS IS US ONE DIRECTION 2013	2013	500,000	Rank in 2013 Rank in 2010s Overall rank 2 24 91
3	WHERE WE ARE: LIVE FROM SAN SIRO STADIUM ONE DIRECTION 2014	2014	300,000	Rank in 2014 Rank in 2010s Overall rank 3 37 188
4	ALL FOR ONE ONE DIRECTION 2012	2012	50,000	Rank in 2012 Rank in 2010s Overall rank 54 419 1,770
5	THE ONLY WAY IS UP ONE DIRECTION 2012	2012	50,000	Rank in 2012 Rank in 2010s Overall rank 55 420 1,771
6	GOING OUR WAY ONE DIRECTION 2013	2013	25,000	Rank in 2013 Rank in 2010s Overall rank 89 674 2,835
7	REACHING FOR THE STARS - COMPLETE ONE DIRECTION 2013	2013	25,000	Rank in 2013 Rank in 2010s Overall rank 90 675 2,836
8	REACHING FOR THE STARS 1 ONE DIRECTION 2013	2013	N/A	Rank in 2013 Rank in 2010s Overall rank 157 1,507 5,133
9	ONE DIRECTION REAL WORLD ONE DIRECTION 2012	2012	N/A	Rank in 2012 Rank in 2010s Overall rank 166 1,588 5,214

ONE DIRECTION sales by country

ONE DIRECTION album sales by country

The largest markets for albums by ONE DIRECTION are the United States (12 million), the United Kingdom (4.8 million) and Mexico (1.32 million).

№	Country ▲	Sales △	Albums △
1	Argentina	320,000	3
2	Australia	980,000	5
3	Austria	42,500	5
4	Belgium	30,000	2
5	Brazil	240,000	2
6	Canada	865,000	5
7	Chilie	41,000	2
8	Denmark	320,000	5
9	Finland	88,271	5
10	France	400,000	5
11	Germany	500,000	5
12	Hungary	5,000	4
13	Iceland	1,405	1
14	Ireland	120,000	3
15	Italy	670,000	5
16	Japan	950,000	5
17	Korea	8,885	5
18	Mexico	1,320,000	5
19	Netherlands	100,000	2
20	New Zealand	112,500	5
21	Norway	15,000	1
22	Poland	140,000	5
23	Portugal	75,000	5
24	Singapore	20,000	2
25	Spain	260,000	5
26	Sweden	260,000	5
27	Switzerland	45,000	3
28	United Kingdom	4,800,000	5
29	United States	12,000,000	5
30	Uruguay	8,000	2
31	Venezuela	150,000	3

ONE DIRECTION video sales by country

The largest markets for video releases by ONE DIRECTION are the United Kingdom (2.6 million), the United States (1.7 million) and Australia (495,000).

№	Country ▲	Sales △	Albums △
1	Australia	495,000	2
2	Canada	215,000	1
3	Mexico	280,000	2
4	Spain	10,000	1
5	Sweden	20,000	1
6	United Kingdom	2,600,000	7
7	United States	1,700,000	2