Made in the A.M.

Made in the A.M.
Studio album by
One Direction
Released13 November 2015 (2015-11-13)
RecordedFebruary–July 2015
Genre
Length44:39
Label
Producer
One Direction chronology
Four
(2014) 		Made in the A.M.
(2015)
Singles from Made in the A.M.
  1. "Drag Me Down"
    Released: 31 July 2015
  2. "Perfect"
    Released: 16 October 2015
  3. "History"
    Released: 6 November 2015

Made in the A.M. is the fifth and final studio album by English-Irish boy band One Direction, released on 13 November 2015 by Columbia Records and Syco Music. It was the band's first album without Zayn Malik, who left the group eight months earlier, and the last released before the group entered an indefinite hiatus the following year. It is One Direction's last album to be released before the death of member Liam Payne, on 16 October 2024.[1] It was the year's sixth best-selling album worldwide, with 2.4 million copies sold,[2] and received generally favourable critical reviews.

The album was preceded by the three singles: "Drag Me Down", released on 31 July 2015; "Perfect", released on 16 October 2015; and "History", released on 6 November 2015. All three reached the top 10 in a number of national charts.

The album itself debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart with 93,189 copies, and at number two (behind Justin Bieber's Purpose) on the US Billboard 200, with 459,000 album-equivalent units in its first week, including 402,000 pure album sales. Defying predictions that interest in boy-band albums was declining, its first-week sales topped the 387,000 sold by the band's previous album, Four.[3][4] Made in the A.M. was the second fastest-selling album of 2015 in the UK, surpassed only by Adele's 25.[5]

  1. ^ Lipshutz, Jason (August 25, 2015). "One Direction Producer: Hiatus 'Wasn't Decided Just Yesterday,' Impacted Upcoming Album". Billboard. Retrieved November 13, 2015.
  2. ^ "Global Music Report" (PDF). International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. April 12, 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 30, 2016. Retrieved April 12, 2016.
  3. ^ "Does One Direction's 'Midnight Memories' Follow The Boy Band Third-Album Trend? | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2015-12-15.
  4. ^ Yahr, Emily (2014-11-18). "Sorry, boy band haters: One Direction seems unstoppable". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2015-12-15.
  5. ^ "One Direction win fastest selling album of 2015 and 4th Number 1". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2015-12-15.