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 studio album by English-Irish boy band One Direction, released on 13 November 2015 by Columbia Records and Syco Music. This album is also the group's first album following the departure of Zayn Malik, who left the group on 25 March 2015,[1] and the group's last album before they entered their indefinite hiatus in January 2016. 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. These three singles reached the top 10 in a number of national charts.

Upon its release, the record received generally favourable reviews from critics. It debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart with 93,189 copies, and it debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200, with 459,000 album-equivalent units in it first-week which of 402,000 copies were pure album sales, behind Justin Bieber's Purpose. The album's first-week sales were higher than the band's previous album, Four, which amassed an opening sale of 387,000 in 2014, breaking a predicted boy band trend of consecutive declining album sales.[2][3] Additionally, Made in the A.M. was the second fastest-selling album of 2015 in the UK, surpassed only by Adele's 25, a week after the album's release.[4] According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, Made in the A.M. was the sixth best-selling album of 2015 with 2.4 million copies sold worldwide.[5]

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  2. ^ "Does One Direction's 'Midnight Memories' Follow The Boy Band Third-Album Trend? | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2015-12-15.
  3. ^ Yahr, Emily (2014-11-18). "Sorry, boy band haters: One Direction seems unstoppable". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2015-12-15.
  4. ^ "One Direction win fastest selling album of 2015 and 4th Number 1". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2015-12-15.
  5. ^ "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.