One Direction will be celebrating today after their album Midnight Memories not only shot to number one in the UK Album Charts, but also became their fastest selling album to date.
Not only that, but it's on course to take the accolade of being the fastest selling artist album of 2013.
Midnight Memories, which is the boyband's third LP, went straight in at the top of the Offical UK Albums Chart yesterday, knocking Robbie Williams off his perch.
It's also their second UK number one album after Take Me Home went to number one last year, a spot higher than their debut album Up All Night, which was released in 2011.
Midnight Memories has sold more than 237,000 copies during the last seven days, beating the first week tallies of 2011’s Up All Night (139,000 copies week one) and 2012’s Take Me Home (155,000 copies).
And being the fastest selling artist album of 2013 so far, it overtakes Random Access Memories by Daft Punk, the previous record holder, which sold 165,000 copies during its first week sale in the UK back in May.
Listen: One Direction - Midnight Memories (Lyric Video)
Martin Talbot, the Official Charts Company’s Chief Executive, said: “It is a fantastic first week for One Direction, whose album is not just the fastest seller of the year - but is also the first artist title to sell more than 200,000 copies in a week since Michael Buble‘s Christmas album in December, 2011.
"The success really does send a signal that the festive season is almost with us - and means 1D are now real contenders to claim the biggest album of the year.”
Meanwhile, as Williams drops two places to number three with his album Swings Both Ways - which last weekend became the UK's 1,000th number one album, his Take That bandmate Gary Barlow makes his chart debut at number two with his long awaited solo album, Since I Saw You Last.
The X Factor judge also claimed a bigger first week sales figure than Robbie, who opened on sales of more then 109,000 copies last week, while Gary clocked up just over 116,000 sales this week.
At number four is Robbie's new best friend Olly Murs, whose album Right Place Right Time jumped a whopping 92 places following the release of a special edition version of the LP, which topped the charts when it was first released in November last year.
And Eminem clings on to a top five slot as his The Marshall Mathers LP 2 dropped three places to number five.
1: One Direction - Midnight Memories
2: Gary Barlow - Since I Saw You Last
3: Robbie Williams - Swings Both Ways
4: Olly Murs - Right Place Right Time
5: Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 2
6: Boyzone - BZ20
7: Elvis Presley - The Nation's Favourite Elvis Songs
8: Celine Dion - Love Me Back To Life
9: Susan Boyle - Home For Christmas
10: Andre Rieu - Music of the Night
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