Up All Night (album)

For the song by the same name, see Up All Night (song).

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General information
Release Date	November 18, 2011 (Ireland) November 21, 2011 (UK) March 13, 2012 (US)
Recorded	April - October 2011
Genre	Pop
Length	45:12
Label	Syco, Columbia
Producer(s)	Ash Howes, BeatGeek, Brian Rawling, Carl Falk, Jimmy Joker, Matt Squire, Paul Meehan, Rami Yacoub, RedOne, Richard "Biff" Stannard, Savan Kotecha, Shep Solomon, Steve Mac, Steve Robson, Toby Gad, Tom Meredith
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Singles
1. "What Makes You Beautiful" Released: (Released: August 11, 2011) 2. "Gotta Be You" Released: (Released: November 11, 2011) 3. "One Thing" Released: (Released: January 6, 2012) 4. "More Than This" Released: (Released: May 25, 2012)

Up All Night is the debut album from One Direction. It was first released on November 2011 in Ireland and the United Kingdom, through Syco Records. It was later released in North America, through Columbia Records. The album was released in various editions, ranging from the standard thirteen songs to a souvenir editions with 18 tracks.

One Direction became the first U.K group to debut at #1 in the United States with their debut album, a Guinness World Record the band still holds as of 2016.

Background

After the seventh season of The X Factor concluded, One Direction was signed by Simon Cowell to Sony Records subsidiary Syco Music in December 2010. After the X Factor Live Tour ended in April 2011, the group began recording their debut album.

Recording sessions took place in London, Los Angeles and Stockholm. On April 4 2011, One Direction guested on The Alan Titchmarsh Show, where Zayn confirmed their lead single was called "What Makes You Beautiful." The single was originally set to be released in June, but was pushed back to August, in order to coincide with the launch of The X Factor's eighth season, and was then pushed back once more, to September.

On October 15 2011, One Direction revealed the album title was Up All Night, after fans completed an unlocking challenge on the official band website. The track listing was revealed on October 17 and the artwork on October 21. On November 17, One Direction previewed several tracks from the album during a UStream session.

In November 2011, One Direction signed a deal with Columbia Records, a United States record label, in order to launch the band in North America. The album was originally set for a U.S release on March 23 2012, but was rescheduled, and released one week earlier on March 13 2012, due to popular demand. Columbia Records released a statement saying "Due to overwhelming fan demand, One Direction's debut album will be released one week early on March 13, 2012." The album was hugely successful worldwide and established One Direction as the definitive boy band of the 2010s.

Reception

Commercial perfo​rmance

Up All Night was the third best selling album of 2012 globally, selling 4.5 million copies and reaching #1 in sixteen countries. The album debuted at number on the US Billboard 200, selling 176,000 copies in its first week. One Direction became the first U.K. group ever to debut at number one in the United States with their first album, a Guinness World Record the band still holds as of 2017. As of August 2015, the album has sold over 2.5 million copies in the United States.

The album debuted at number two on the United Kingdom charts on 27 November 2011, selling 138,631 copies, and becoming the UK's fastest-selling debut album of 2011, as well as the fastest selling album of 2011 to miss out on number one. Up All Night also became the fifteenth best selling album in the UK of 2012, with sales of 372,000 copies. It was certified double platinum by the British Phonographic Industry on 15 February 2013. As of November 2014, the album has sold 1,086,434 copies in the UK. It was the tenth biggest selling album in 2011, in Ireland. In Australia, the album topped the ARIA Charts for five weeks, and was certified 5 times platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association. In New Zealand, the album topped New Zealand Albums Chart for three weeks, and was certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand.

The album debuted at #1 on the Canadian Albums Chart, which made One Direction the first U.K group in Canadian history to enter at number one with their debut album, and the first international group to debut at #1 in the Nielsen SoundScan era (post 1991) with a debut album. The album has been certified double platinum by Music Canada.

Singles

"What Makes You Beautiful"

"Gotta Be You"

"One Thing"

"More Than This"

Promotion

Live performances

2011
Date	Event	Song(s)	Country
September 10	Red or Black?	"What Makes You Beautiful "	England
October 9	Teen Awards	"What Makes You Beautiful" "Na Na Na "	England
November 13	The X Factor	"Gotta Be You"	England
November 18	Children in Need	"What Makes You Beautiful" "Gotta Be You "	England
December 4	Jingle Bell Ball	"What Makes You Beautiful" "Gotta Be You " "One Thing"	England
December 10	The X Factor	"What Makes You Beautiful " (medley with JLS)	England

2012
Date	Event	Song(s)	Country
February 5	Dancing on Ice	"What Makes You Beautiful"	England
February 17	Italian Song Festival	"What Makes You Beautiful"	Italy
March 12	Today	"What Makes You Beautiful" "Gotta Be You" "One Thing" "More Than This"	United States
March 27	Musique Plus Studios	"What Makes You Beautiful "	Canada
March 31	Kids' Choice Awards	"What Makes You Beautiful"	United States
April 7	Saturday Night Live	"What Makes You Beautiful" "One Thing"	Canada
August 12	Closing Ceremony (2012 Olympics)	"What Makes You Beautiful"	United Kingdom
September 6	MTV Video Music Awards	"One Thing"	United States

Tour

Main article: Up All Night Tour

One Direction's debut headline tour, the Up All Night Tour was officially announced on September 27, 2011.

Editions

Main article: Editions of Up All Night

Aside from the standard edition, ''Up All Night'' was released in various special and deluxe editions worldwide.

Standard Editions

Deluxe Editions

Special Editions

Track Listing

Standard Edition
#	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"What Makes You Beautiful"	Rami Yacoub, Carl Falk, Savan Kotecha	Yacoub , Falk	3:18
2.	"Gotta Be You"	Steve Mac, August Rigo	Mac	4:04
3.	"One Thing"	Yacoub , Falk , Kotecha	Yacoub , Falk	3:17
4.	"More Than This"	Jamie Scott	Rawlings, Paul Meehan	3:48
5.	"Up All Night"	Kotecha , Matt Squire	Squire	3:12
6.	"I Wish"	Yacoub , Falk , Kotecha	Yacoub , Falk	3:35
7.	"Tell Me A Lie"	Kelly Clarkson, Tom Meredith, Sheppard Soloman	Meredith, Soloman	3:15
8.	"Taken"	Toby Gad, Lindy Robbins, Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik	Toby Gad	3:55
9.	"I Want"	Tom Fletcher	Biffco, Howes	2:51
10.	"Everything About You	Steve Robson, Wayne Hector, Styles , Payne , Tomlinson , Horan , Malik	Robson	3:35
11.	"Same Mistakes"	Robson, Hector , Styles , Payne , Tomlinson , Horan , Malik	Robson	3:37
12.	"Save You Tonight"	RedOne, BeatGeek, Jimmy Joker, Teddy Sky, AJ Junior, Alaina Beaton, Kotecha	RedOne , BeatGeek, Jimmy Joker	3:24
13.	"Stole My Heart"	Scott , Meehan	Rawling, Meehan	3:25

Limited Yearbook Edition additional tracks
#	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
14.	"Stand Up"	Josh Wilkinson, Roy Stride	Biffco	2:53
15.	"Moments"	Ed Sheeran, Si Hulbert	Hulbert	4:22

Australian Souvenir Edition additional tracks
#	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
14.	"Stand Up"	Stride, Wilkinson	Stannard	2:53
15.	"Moments"	Sheeran , Hulbert	Hulbert	4:22
16.	"Another World"	Jannusi, Hajji, Sanicola, Geo Slam, Khayat , Teddy Sky	Khayat	3:23
17.	"Na Na Na"	James, Kotecha , Murray, Squire , Omer	Squire	3:05
18.	"I Should Have Kissed You"	Khayat , Teddy Sky , Kotecha	Khayat	3:34

American edition alternative tracks
#	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
2.	"Gotta Be You" (US version)	Mac , Rigo	Mac	4:01

Italian special edition additional tracks
#	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s	Length
14.	"Gotta Be You" (Steve Smart & Westfunk Remix)	Mac , Rigo	Mac	6:17
15.	"Gotta Be You" (Mojam Remix)	Mac , Rigo	Mac	3:23
16.	"One Thing" (acoustic version)	Yacoub , Falk , Kotecha	Yacoub , Falk	3:04

Additional Credits

(Credits taken from AllMusic and Up All Night's liner notes.)

• AJ Junior — composer
• Beatgeek — composer, producer
• Alaina Beaton — composer
• Orlando Calzada — mixing
• Kelly Clarkson — composer
• Tom Coyne — mastering
• Carl Falk — lyricist, composer, producer
• Tom Fletcher — composer
• Matt Furmidge — mixing
• Josh Devine — drums
• Toby Gad — composer
• Chris Galland — assistant
• Jon Shone — keyboards, various instruments
• Dan Richards — guitar
• Sandy Beales — bass guitar
• Serban Ghenea — mixing
• Chris Gray — illustrations
• John Hanes — mixing
• Wayne Hector — composer
• Niall Horan — composer, guitar, vocals
• Ash Howes — mixing, producer
• Jimmy Joker — composer, producer
• Savan Kotecha — composer, producer
• Steve Mac — arranger, composer, producer
• Eric Madrid — assistant
• Zayn Malik — composer, vocals
• Manny Marroquin — mixing
• Paul Meehan — composer, producer
• Tom Meredith — composer, producer
• Liam Payne — composer, vocals
• Brian Rawling — producer
• RedOne — composer, producer
• August Rigo — composer
• Lindy Robbins — composer
• Steve Robson — composer, producer
• Jamie Scott — composer
• Phil Seaford — assistant
• Ed Sheeran — composer
• Teddy Sky — composer
• Shep Solomon — composer, producer
• Matt Squire — composer, producer
• Richard Stannard — producer
• Harry Styles — composer, vocals
• Lou Teasdale — hair stylist, make-up
• Louis Tomlinson — composer, vocals
• John Urbano — photography
• Caroline Watson — stylist
• Rami Yacoub — composer, producer

Chart Performance

Weekly Charts

Chart (2011 - 2013)	Peak Position
Argentine Albums Chart	4
Australian Albums Chart	1
Austrian Albums Chart	18
Belgian Flanders Albums Chart	7
Belgian Wallonia Albums Chart	27
Brazilian Albums (ABPD)	6
Canadian Albums Chart	1
Croatian Albums Chart	1
Czech Albums Chart	12
Danish Albums Chart	5
Dutch Albums Chart	7
Finnish Albums Chart	4
French Albums Chart	15
German Albums Chart	16
Greek Albums Chart	7
Hungarian Albums Chart	6
Irish Albums Chart	1
Italian Albums Chart	1
Japanese Albums Chart	6
Mexican Albums Chart	1
New Zealand Albums Chart	1
Norwegian Albums Chart	9
Polish Albums Chart	6
Portuguese Albums Chart	3
Scottish Albums Chart	2
South African Albums Chart	1
Spanish Albums Chart	4
Swedish Albums Chart	1
Swiss Albums Chart	18
Taiwanese Albums Chart	1
UK Albums Chart	2
US Billboard 200	1

Year-End Charts

Chart (2011)	Peak Position
Australian Albums Chart	47
Irish Albums Chart	10
New Zealand Albums Chart	17
UK Albums Chart	16

Chart (2012)	Peak Position
Australian Albums Chart	2
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)	17
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)	68
Dutch Albums Chart	37
Finnish Albums Chart	51
Hungarian Albums Chart	34
Irish Albums Chart	8
Italian Albums Chart	12
Mexican Albums Chart	1
New Zealand Albums Chart	3
Spanish Albums Chart	22
Swedish Albums Chart	29
Swiss Albums Chart	55
UK Albums Chart	15
US Billboard 200	5

Chart (2013)	Peak Position
Australian Albums Chart	50
Irish Albums Chart	13
Italian Albums Chart	59
Japanese Albums Chart	52
Mexican Albums Chart	12

Chart (2014)	Peak Position
Italian Albums Chart	80