One Direction top recorded music sales for 2013

CAN YOU SPOT 1D?

One Direction have collected their award after being named the IFPI Global Recording Artist of 2013 last month.  The award, which honours the most popular act globally across downloading, streaming and physical format sales, was presented by IFPI’s chief executive Frances Moore. The Top 10 global recording artists 2013 are:

1	One Direction
2	Eminem
3	Justin Timberlake
4	Bruno Mars
5	Katy Perry
6	P!nk
7	Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
8	Rihanna
9	Michael Bublé
10	Daft Punk

Source: IFPI

One Direction sell out!

Pop sensations One Direction, the British/Irish boy band who are ruling the music charts on both sides of the pond and down under have sold out their spring U.S. tour so quickly that the group has decided to give fans another chance to see them...next year! Not only did the group's scheduled dates in May and June sell out rapidly, but according to Hollywoodreporter.com, a special performance on December 3rd at, Madison Square Garden, which was announced only on April 3, sold out in ten minutes. Wow. But will they still be called One Direction we wonder as the trade mark case brought by the US band of the same name hangs heavy around their young necks …..

One Direction face name dispute

British boy band One Direction are being been sued for trademark infringement by a California pop-rock group with the same name. Attorneys for the California band are seeking an injunction that would stop X-factor supremo Simon Cowell's Syco Entertainment and Sony Music Entertainment as well as the UK band from using the name One Direction and they also want a share of the profits earned by the chart-topping British boys.

Adele's 21 joins the mega-sellers

Adele'a 21 has joined the ranks of the best selling UK album's ever, leapfrogging Michael Jackson's Bad, Queen's Greatest Hits II and Pink Floyd's iconic Dark Side of the Moon to now sit at No 7 in the all time greats with 4,412,000 sales - just 12,000 short of 6th placed residents Dire Straits with Brothers in Arms. Top of the pile remains Queen's Greatest Hits I (5,864 million) followed by The Beatles' Sgt Pepper (5.045 million) at Number 2, Abba Gold (4.992 million) at No 3, Oasis with What's the Story Morning Glory at No 4(4.52 million) and fifth placed Thriller also by Michael Jackson (4.272 million) according to the UK's Official Chart Company.

And in more good news for the British music industry (maybe), X-factor popsters One Direction have become the first UK boy band to top the US charts with their debut album after selling 175,000 copies of Up All Night. The band are currently touring the uS and a TV show is being planned.