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One Direction is one of the most successful pop acts in the industry, and the boys have the bank accounts to prove it. The Brits have reportedly pocketed over £100 million — or $160 million — over the last two years.
But Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik aren’t the only ones racking in millions. One Direction’s success has also earned Simon Cowell and their record label Syco an extra £200 million — or $323 million.
The lads’ debut album, Up All Night, sold over 12 million copies worldwide and topped the Billboard 200, becoming the first debut record from a British group to do so. Since the album’s release, One Direction embarked on a sold-out tour, released a live concert DVD, authored two behind-the-scenes books and even released their very own collection of dolls.
Recently the band signed a deal with Pepsi which is thought to be worth millions, and are also set to embark on a huge world tour next year which will see their earnings increase significantly.
One Thing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1xs_xPb46M
Sources:
http://www.celebuzz.com/2012-09-20/o...ust-two-years/
http://www.hollywire.com/2012/09/rol...over-two-years
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/art...170434256.html
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2012-09-21, 12:31 AM #1Deleted
[Music] One Direction Earns 160 Million In Just 2 Years.
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2012-09-21, 12:33 AM #2The Patient
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Not much to say.
It is a boys band, but as far as sucessful (typo cba) british bands go, this one can only be measured in euros/pounds cause they dont have enough hits or talent like other boys bands
take that
back street boys
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2012-09-21, 12:34 AM #3The Lightbringer
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In b4 wannabe commies call for their heads.
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2012-09-21, 12:34 AM #4Warchief
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It's because I buy back up copies of their albums just in case my back up copies break.
@1:54, was she breast feeding or something? What's with the drape?Last edited by Letmesleep; 2012-09-21 at 12:38 AM.
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2012-09-21, 01:07 AM #5Titan
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Just goes to show you what is wrong with the music business today. Very few bands have the talent to create anything unique and then you have all these hacks who couldn't play an instrument or sing for real to save their lives. If there was one thing the digital evolution has ruined, it was music.
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2012-09-21, 01:11 AM #6LOAD"*",8,1
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Pretty generic pop music. No surprise that it's successful.
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2012-09-21, 01:12 AM #7Herald of the Titans
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Hot damn. All the more power to them.
Unlike Biebs, I don't find their song (there's only the one in the OP, right?) detestable.Last edited by Nadev; 2012-09-21 at 02:06 AM.
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2012-09-21, 01:16 AM #8Epic!
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My 13 year old daughter is obsessed with them, so I've heard most of their music unfortunately. It's not so terrible I don't let her play it, some of it is catchy just like every other boy band has had a few songs.
I saw a post on facebook and was dying laughing, it just struck me as incredibly funny. She scowled at me for two days.
How do 5 gays walk? In one direction.Apply blizzards model to any other subscription service,you'd be outraged:
Netflix adds no new movies for a year, you click a new movie, there's a $5 fee.
You're in an accident, click your onstar button, but there's an addition $20 fee for them to help.
You turn on your tv only to find all you get are the infomercial channels. Every other show is pay per view.
See how dumb that model is?
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2012-09-21, 01:20 AM #9Titan
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Im guessing all of those copies sold are teenage girls in the age between 12 - 18.
No surprise, that's a huge market for this kind of garbage.
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2012-09-21, 01:21 AM #10The Lightbringer
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2012-09-21, 02:08 AM #11Herald of the Titans
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...Did I hear "Dick-eating" @ :16?
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2012-09-21, 04:16 AM #12Pandaren Monk
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These guys have nothing on BSB.
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2012-09-21, 07:13 PM #13Titan
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You have Simon Cowel to thanks people
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2012-09-21, 07:58 PM #14Dreadlord
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Impressive.
The most astounding thing about it is that.... "What makes you beautiful" is indeed an extremely catchy great pop song, but I previewed the rest of their album and not one of their other songs even comes close to it.
Their entire fanbase of screaming tween girls somehow pays for their album and to see them live, despite that only 1 song is truly great.
Artists who can cash in on silly little girls crushes = The motherload of cash apparently
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2012-09-21, 08:29 PM #15Pandaren Monk
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when the group fades, id wager at least 2 of them will reveal that they are gay
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2012-09-21, 08:32 PM #16Over 9000!
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Two words: Teenage girls. Nuff said.
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2012-09-24, 06:26 AM #17DeletedDon't blame the teenage girls, the money doesn't just appear in their pockets, blame the lazy dumb arse parents buying this crap as presents or giving the kids money- Originally Posted by Shootandkill
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2012-09-24, 09:44 AM #18Deleted
Good for them
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2012-09-24, 10:42 AM #19Immortal
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How is a parent dumb or lazy to give their kid something they like? Originally Posted by MorTvicR
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2012-09-24, 10:53 AM #20Deleted
Im no fan of pop music or the band itself but that's quite amazing. They came from the British version of X factor and if I remember right they didn't even enter the competition as a group, the show put them together. Good for them really.
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