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One Direction has social media to thank for a lot of their success here in the US. Their videos from them performing on the UK X Factor were uploaded to YouTube so they had millions of US fans before ever coming here. They have over 11 million likes on Facebook and 6-8 million Twitter followers. On Twitter they can tweet about appearances and concerts to get people to go and it also helps fans feel more connected to them. They often get a lot of trends on twitter like during their iCarly episode some of the trends were "#GibbyToOpenNext1DTour" and "Sam and Zayn". One Direction even set the record on YouTube for the most viewed single in 24 hours for their song Live While We're Young. The video got 8.34 million views and beat Justin Bieber who previously held the record with 8 million views for his single Boyfriend. 

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One Direction Beats Justin Bieber 

Works Cited:

Hay, Carla. "One Direction Does Comedy on 'iCarly' and 'Saturday Night Live'; 1D Fans React." Examiner.com. N.p., 07 Apr. 2012. Web. 09 Dec. 2012.

O'Shea, Kerry. "One Direction's 'Live While We're Young' Beats out Justin Bieber's YouTube Record - VIDEO." IrishCentral.com. N.p., 28 Sept. 2012. Web. 09 Dec. 2012.

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