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1D AKA One Direction—The first British/Irish group in the history of music to go straight in at #1 in America with their debut album.1D consists of members Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson. They were discovered as solo acts by Simon Cowell and were formed into a group and placed third in the seventh series of The X Factor.The Numbers Don't Lie1D has close to 6 million Twitter followers, 9 million Facebook fans and reportedly gains over thousands of new followers each day. Their video for the hit single "What Makes You Beautiful" has received more than 200 million views on YouTube, and, according to Google, 1D generates over 13.6 million average monthly searches.They Took America By StormAfter an intense promotional blitz, 1D’s debut album, Up All Night, sold 179,000 copies in a week. Countless excited commentators compared it to the Beatles' first visit to the States. As of August 2012, the album has sold over 3 million copies, and their 2nd album will be released in November 2012. 1D is the first British/Irish act to ever debut its first album at #1 on the Billboard album chart. Not even the Beatles or the Spice Girls had that kind of instant success.