Album Comparisons

Source: I made the graph on Power Point

One Direction has made two albums in the last year and have already sold more that 12 million copies which is amazing for a new band with such young members. On the graph above you can see that the Backstreet Boys are in the lead for the most albums sold, but they have been around since the early 90's. They released two albums in the course of two years and sold around 28 million copies. One Direction's CDs have only been out for less than a year and they've sold 12 million, in another year they might be able to surpass the Backstreet Boys, who happen to be the best selling boy band of all time. So even though One Direction has sold the least amount of albums, they have also been famous for the least amount of time and in a few years could sell more albums than some of these boy bands. Album sales are influenced by the amount of albums a band has made, for instance the Backstreet Boys have made eight studio albums and N'Sync has only made three. Right now there is no talk of a new One Direction CD, but there would be no surprise if the boy band released a new album in 2013. Album sales not only help musicians, they help record labels, producers, and of course the stores that sell them.

Evolution of Boy Bands

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