One Direction sell 237K copies of “Midnight Memories” in the UK.
She’s gone back to her roots… literally! Leona Lewis arrives at ITV sporting the corkscrew curls she wore for her 2006 X Factor triumph
She’s taken a few very big steps forward since winning The X Factor crown in 2006, but her hair appeared to be heading in the opposite direction during an appearance on ITV show Daybreak.
Leona Lewis was making a promotional visit to the studio as she plugs festive new album of Christmas With Love and its lead single, Winter Wonderland.
The album will be her fourth of a seven year recording career that has seen her achieve wider acclaim in the US thanks to her distinctive voice.
Read more: Daily Mail
X-tra support! Leona Lewis channels 70s disco vibe in glittering minidress as she and Hannah Barrett perform at G-A-Y
Life after The X Factor looks promising for Hannah Barrett after she was asked to support fellow talent show superstar Leona Lewis, on Saturday evening.
The singers, who both started off on the ITV1 programme but were seven years apart, took to London’s G-A-Y stage for a special event.
Leona, 28, stepped out in a show-stopping dress for her performance alongside two topless male dancer were clad in festive, red trousers.
Read more: Daily Mail
Mmmbop! Harry Styles and BFF Nick Grimshaw don blonde wigs to dress up as Hanson for Poppy Delevingne’s hen night
He’s already one fifth of the world’s most popular boyband, but now Harry Styles has become part of an old one.
The One Direction star dressed up with best bud Nick Grimshaw and their friend Gillian Orr to become nineties indie band of brothers Hanson on Saturday night.
Donning blonde wigs and grungy clothes, threesome headed off to Poppy Delevingne’s retro hen party at the Groucho Club.
Read more: Daily Mail
He shoots, he scores! One Direction’s Liam Payne is suited and booted as he joins girlfriend Sophia Smith and Harry Styles at The Class of ’92 premiere
It wouldn’t be most girls’ idea of an ideal date night.
But Liam Payne’s new girlfriend, Sophia Smith, looked more than happy to be spending the evening in front of a football movie as she joined her beau at the premiere of British documentary, The Class of ’92, on Sunday night.
Posing on at London’s Odeon West End in Leicester Square, the cute couple were joined by Liam’s One Direction bandmate, Harry Styles, as they celebrated the meteoric careers of Manchester United ‘super six’ David Beckham, Nicky Butt, Ryan Giggs, Gary Neville, Phil Neville and Paul Scholes.
Read more: Daily Mail
Pride of Stateside: Newlywed Cher Lloyd wraps up to perform at Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
Singer Cher Lloyd seems to have been adopted by the American public and on Thursday, she proved just how popular she is when she performed at Macy’s 87th annual Thanksgiving Parade.
The former X Factor star stood upon a bridged shaped float and performed to the waiting crowds who lined the streets of Manhattan. The parade was aired on the NBC channel.
Cher, 20, performed her hit single, I Wish, which was released back in September and the crowds were lapping up her rendition.
Read more: Daily Mail
‘I could be the new Louis Walsh’: Olly Murs reveals it would be ‘incredible’ to be an X Factor judge but thinks he’d be too nice
Four years after he appeared on The X Factor, Olly Murs has admitted that it would be ‘incredible’ to make his return, but this time on the other side of the famous desk.
The singer opened up while appearing on The Jonathan Ross Show, set to air on Saturday, after rumours emerged that he could be the next judge to join the ITV1 show.
When asked by the host if he would take the role if he was offered it, the 29-year-old said: ‘It would be incredible. I did the show in 2009, so I’ve pretty much done everything, I’ve been a contestant, I’ve been a presenter, I’ve cleaned, I’ve done everything.
Read more: Daily Mail
‘Fame has broken me’: Former X Factor winner James Arthur claims worldwide success has damaged him
He may have triumphed over adversity to have become the winner of last year’s X Factor, but James Arthur claims that success has ‘broken’ him.
The 25 year-old star, who has enjoyed global fame since his appearance on the ITV talent series, made the confession to his sister Sian, who has since shared his hurt in an interview with The Mirror newspaper.
She suggests that he has been mentally destroyed by stardom and is increasingly stressed and isolated by his pop star lifestyle.
Read more: Daily Mail
Simon Cowell hires hypnotist to help X Factor’s Tamera Foster ‘get in right frame of mind’ after she forgot lines for third time
Simon Cowell has resorted to hiring a hypnotist in order to make sure Tamera Foster doesn’t forget her lyrics again during Saturday’s live X Factor show.
The TV boss, who curbed his smoking addiction through hypnotherapy, is worried that his bid to make the 16-year-old a star will be ruined if the same happens this week, reports The Sun.
Last week the talented singer fluffed the words to James Arthur’s hit Impossible for the third time, but was saved by the voting public.
Read more: Daily Mail
The road to success! Nicholas McDonald takes a break from X Factor rehearsals for his first driving lesson
He’s getting to grips with singing to live audiences on the X Factor.
And now contestant Nicholas McDonald is taking on a new challenge with his first ever driving lesson.
The 17-year-old looked excited but a little nervous as he got behind the wheel in London on Wednesday.
Read more: Daily Mail
X Factor 2013 final: ‘Wacky’ acts to return for special group performance
Wacky X Factor acts past and present are set to appear on this year’s final.
A huge variety of novelty acts are set to take to the stage at Wembley Arena on December 15 for what is sure to be a very special group performance.
Those set to return include Wagner and Kitty Brucknell, as well as duos Diva Fever and 2 Shoes and last year’s star Rylan Clark.
The Sun reports that the group song will be part of a celebration of the show’s tenth series on air.
An insider told the newspaper today: “Seeing Wagner, Kitty and Rylan back on the stage where they found fame will be a massive treat for viewers.
“It is a great way to help mark The X Factor’s tenth birthday.”
Read more: TellyMix
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Irish Charts
Singles
1 Lily Allen – Somewhere Only We Know
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2 One Direction – Story of My Life
8 Gary Barlow – Let Me Go
14 Little Mix – Move
22 One Direction – Strong
45 One Direction – You & I
50 Olly Murs – Hand on Heart
51 One Direction – Don’t Forget Where You Belong
64 Robbie Williams – I Wann’na Be Like You (feat. Olly Murs)
66 Olly Murs – Dear Darlin’
82 One Direction – Half a Heart
97 Olly Murs – Troublemaker (feat. Flo Rida)
98 One Direction – What Makes You Beautiful
Albums
1 One Direction – Midnight Memories
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4 Robbie Williams – Swings Both Ways (features Olly Murs and Kelly Clarkson)
5 Gary Barlow – Since I Saw You Last
9 Olly Murs – Right Place, Right Time
11 Little Mix – Salute
12 One Direction – Up All Night
17 One Direction – Take Me Home
18 James Arthur – James Arthur
43 JLS – Goodbye The Greatest Hits
94 Union J – Union J
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One Direction score fastest selling album of their career with Midnight Memories
Midnight Memories becomes the fastest selling album of Harry, Louis, Niall, Zayn and Liam’s career to date, and the fastest selling artist album of 2013 so far.
One Direction have gone straight in at Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart today with their third full-length, Midnight Memories. In doing so, the Anglo-Irish boyband have not only scored the fastest selling artist album of 2013 so far, but also the fastest selling album of their career to date.
According to Official Charts Company’s sales data, 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).
Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik and Liam Payne’s third full-length is also the fastest selling artist album of 2013 so far, overtaking the previous record holder, Random Access Memories by Daft Punk, which sold 165,000 copies during its first week sale in the UK back in May.
Read more: The Official Charts Company
The Official Charts
Singles
1 Calvin Harris & Alesso – Under Control (feat. Hurts)
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2 Gary Barlow – Let Me Go
3 One Direction – Story of My Life
12 Little Mix – Move
19 One Direction – You & I
21 One Direction – Don’t Forget Where You Belong
25 Olly Murs – Hand on Heart
42 One Direction – Best Song Ever
48 One Direction – Strong
49 One Direction – Midnight Memories
58 One Direction – Diana
65 James Arthur – You’re Nobody ‘Til Somebody Loves You
70 JLS – Billion Lights
77 Olly Murs – Dear Darlin’
89 Robbie Williams – I Wan’na Be Like You (feat. Olly Murs)
Albums
1 One Direction – Midnight Memories (237K)
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2 Gary Barlow – Since I Saw You Last (116K)
3 Robbie Williams – Swings Both Ways (features Olly Murs and Kelly Clarkson)
4 Olly Murs – Right Place, Right Time
11 Little Mix – Salute
17 JLS – Goodbye The Greatest Hits
18 James Arthur – James Arthur
34 One Direction – Take Me Home
42 One Direction – Up All Night
60 Union J – Union J
83 Little Mix – DNA
One Direction’s “Midnight Memories” also debuted at #1 in Australia and was certified platinum!
