One Direction have become the first group to debut at No 1 on the Billboard 200 with their first three albums after Midnight Memories sold 546,000 copies.
The Syco album follows Up All Night and Take Me Home by becoming an instant chart-topper on the countdown and is their fastest-selling title yet in the States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Up All Night shifted 176,000 copies first week and Take Me Home 540,000 copies with both reaching No 1 in 2012.
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