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Take Me Home
Take Me Home
Studio album by One Direction
Released	9 November 2012
Recorded	May–August 2012
Studio	Kinglet Studios (Stockholm); Chalice Studios (Los Angeles); MixStar Studios (Virginia Beach, Virginia); Sticky Studios (Surrey, England);
Genre	Pop; teen pop; pop rock;
Length	42:19
Label	Columbia; Syco;
Producer	Julian Bunetta; Cirkut; Dr. Luke; Carl Falk; Kristoffer Fogelmark; Jake Gosling; Steve Robson; Shellback; Rami Yacoub;
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Singles from Take Me Home
	"Live While We're Young"; Released: 28 September 2012; "Little Things"; Released: 12 November 2012; "Kiss You"; Released: 7 January 2013;

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Take Me Home is the second studio album by British-Irish boy band One Direction, released on November 9, 2012, by Syco Music and Columbia Records. As a follow-up to One Direction's internationally successful debut album Up All Night (2011), Take Me Home was written in groups and has an average of just under five songwriters per track. Largely recorded and composed in Sweden during 2012, Savan Kotecha, Rami Yacoub and Carl Falk, who composed One Direction's hits, "What Makes You Beautiful" and "One Thing", spent six months in Stockholm developing songs for the album, and were able to shape melodies around the members' tones.

The album's songs are characterised by metronomic pop, vocal harmonies, hand claps, prominent electric guitar riffs, bright synthesizers, a homogeneous sound and message, and rotations of lead vocals. The members' voices are presented individually on the record, and its lyricism speaks of falling in love, unrequited love, commitment, jealousy and self-empowerment. Take Me Home garnered mostly positive reviews from music critics. There was praise for its quality of production, while criticism hinged on its generic, rushed nature.

Globally, the album topped the charts in more than 35 countries. According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), Take Me Home was the fourth-global-best-selling album of 2012, selling 4.4 million units.^[1] The album's number-one debut on the US Billboard 200 chart made One Direction the first group to bow atop the Billboard 200 with their first two albums since American girl group Danity Kane entered with Welcome to the Dollhouse in 2008 and their self-titled debut in 2006. One Direction also became the second act in 2012 to achieve two number-one albums within a 12-month period, and the first boy band in US chart history to land two number-one albums in a calendar year. Their debut album and Take Me Home were the third and fifth-best-selling albums of 2012 in the United States, respectively, making the band the first act to place two albums in the year-end top five in the Nielsen SoundScan era.

The album's lead single, "Live While We're Young", released on 28 September 2012, peaked inside the top ten in almost every country it charted in and recorded the highest one-week opening sales figure for a song by a non-U.S. artist. The subsequent singles, "Little Things" and "Kiss You", were less successful, although the former topped the UK Singles Chart. To promote the album, One Direction performed the album's songs on several televised programmes and a headlining sold-out concert at the Madison Square Garden. Furthermore, One Direction embarked on their second worldwide concert tour entitled the Take Me Home Tour in 2013.

Background and production

In 2012, One Direction revealed that a follow-up release to their debut album, Up All Night (2011), was in development. "In the summer, we're going to get back and start a new record. We want to bring out a record nearly every year, every year and a half," Niall Horan said, revealing they were arranging "meetings and stuff with different writers and producers."^[2] In March 2012, McFly frontman Tom Fletcher confirmed that he would be writing a song for the album.^[3] In February 2012, One Direction expressed interest in working with Ed Sheeran,^[4] and in June 2012, Sheeran confirmed that they were in contact: "I'm going into the studio in August to produce the tracks for them. I won't feature on the tracks though".^[5]

In April 2012, The Independent reported that Simon Cowell, the group's manager, had challenged prominent songwriters to compete for space on One Direction's second album.^[6] Dee Demirbag, responsible for repertoire at BMG Rights Management, a music publisher, in Scandinavia, said: "Breaking a boy band in the U.S. is about as big as it gets in the music industry, so you can imagine the competition to get cuts on the next One Direction album is immense".^[6] In addition, the article reported that Syco Records was working on candidates with Max Martin and Kristian Lundin.^[6] By August 2012, it was confirmed that album would feature work from veterans such as Carl Falk, Rami Yacoub, Dr. Luke, Cirkut, and Shellback.^[7]

Take Me Home was written in groups and has an average of just under five songwriters per track. "The Swedish-style songwriting: melody first" was predominantly utilised, according to Time correspondent Douglas Wolk. Savan Kotecha, Yacoub, and Falk, who composed One Direction's hits, "What Makes You Beautiful" and "One Thing", spent six months in Stockholm, Sweden, developing songs for the album, and were able to shape melodies around their tones. Kotecha reflected: "We'll spend days, sometimes weeks, challenging the melody. The goal is to make it sound like anyone can do this, but it's actually very difficult".^[8] In addition, after viewing the international success of "What Makes You Beautiful", the trio conceptualised songs "that kids could play on guitar and cover on YouTube."^[8]

After extensive promotional appearances in support of their debut album, One Direction began recording the album in May 2012, in Stockholm, Sweden, at Kinglet Studios.^[9]^[10]^[11] In June 2012, the group continued recording the album in the United States, while touring on the final leg of their Up All Night Tour.^[12] Horan, in a June interview with MTV News, disclosed that the group were intending to spend their time in July and August "getting the album done."^[13] Besides sessions in Kinglet Studios, recording sessions and mixing for the album took place at Chalice Studios in Los Angeles, MixStar Studios in Virginia Beach, Wendy House Productions in London, and Sticky Studios in Surrey, England.^[9]

Packaging

The album cover artwork, revealed on 30 August 2012, features the group surrounding a traditional British K6 red telephone box, a familiar sight on the streets of the UK.^[14]^[15] The phone booth is on display at the Hard Rock Cafe in Piccadilly Circus London.

Music and lyrics

The album's songs are characterised by metronomic rock-inherited pop, vocal harmonies, hand claps, prominent electric guitar riffs, bright synthesisers, double entendres for sexual intercourse, a homogeneous sound and message, the pitch-correcting software Auto-Tune, and rotations of lead vocals.^[8]^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19] Jon Caramanica, writing in The New York Times, considered the album "far more mechanical" than their debut album, although noted that it is sonically and lyrically similar.^[17] San Lansky, an editor for Idolator, described it as "'80s-inflected and intermittently rock-dappled", and as more indebted to the "sanitized punk crunch of McFly" than to teen pop.^[20]

Alexis Petridis, a music journalist, interpreted its signature sound as a "peppy, synth-bolstered take on early-80s new-wave pop, heavy on clipped rhythms and chugging guitars," which, he said, is at least an improvement on the substitute R&B "that was once the grim lot of the boyband."^[18] The opening guitar riff of "Live While We're Young" has been noted as similar to that of the Clash's 1982 single, "Should I Stay or Should I Go", by some critics.^[8]^[17]^[18]^[19]^[21] According to Petridis, the guitar is played thrice between the riff with the plectrum stroking the strings, while it is pressed. One note in the chord is changed, which Petridis surmised was probably to avoid paying any royalty to the Clash.^[18] "Rock Me" has a clapping, mid-tempo beat that has been likened to that "We Will Rock You", a 1977 single by Queen.^[8]^[22]

The group's voices are presented individually on the record.^[8] Savan Kotecha noted that the Backstreet Boys' late-'90s hits inspired the way he formulated One Direction's voices for the album.^[8] Composer Julian Bunetta, who worked on three of Take Me Home's tracks, also tried to place emphasis on the sound of each member: "The fans can tell the difference, but we wanted to make sure that when it came on the radio, the average person knew that it must be One Direction, because it's five guys."^[8] Likewise, Caramanica noted that the album's songs produced by Bunetta "tend to start out with more breathing room, giving the guys a chance to show off vocally". The album's lyricism speaks of falling in love, unrequited love, the insistence that flaws are what make a person unique, and commitment, in songs such as "Little Things," "Last First Kiss," "Back For You," and "They Don't Know About Us."^[17]^[18]^[19]^[23] Other tracks, like "Heart Attack," "Rock Me," "I Would," and "Over Again," have a more solemn tone, addressing jealousy and longing for past significant others.^[23]

Promotion

Take Me Home has yielded three singles, including two US singles. Its lead single, "Live While We're Young", was released by Syco Records on 28 September 2012. The song rocketed to worldwide success, peaking at number one in Ireland and New Zealand and the top ten in almost every country it charted in.^[24]^[25]^[26] In the United States, "Live While We're Young" debuted at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, sold 341,000 downloads in its first week, and bowed at number one on the Digital Songs chart. Its debut marks the highest bow by a British group and the second-highest debut among all UK acts, outpaced only by Elton John's number one arrival with "Candle in the Wind 1997". Its opening sales denote the biggest opening sales figure for a single by a non-US artist and the third ever for a download by a group, surpassed by the arrivals of Maroon 5's 2012 single, "Payphone" (493,000), and The Black Eyed Peas' 2009 single, "Boom Boom Pow" (465,000).^[27]^[28] "Little Things" was released in the UK and Ireland on 12 November 2012, as the second single.^[29]^[30] The track debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart of 18 November 2012, becoming One Direction's fifth top-ten appearance and second number-one hit in the United Kingdom.^[31] "Kiss You", chosen as the second and final U.S. single third and final overall single of Take Me Home, was released digitally on 17 November 2012, according to MTV News.^[32]

The group and the album's lead single were featured in a Pepsi television commercial for the United States, which premiered on the Fox Broadcasting Company network on 10 October 2012.^[33] Columbia Records allowed the record to stream in full on iTunes in the week leading up to its 13 November 2012 release.^[34] In addition, One Direction promoted the album in a series of live appearances from October toward December, notably on television programmes The X Factor USA,^[35] The X Factor UK,^{[citation needed]} The Today Show,^{[citation needed]} and the BBC's Children in Need 2012 telethon.^[36] Additional live appearances include at the Royal Variety Performance, in the presence of Queen Elizabeth II,^[37] the Bambi Awards,^[38] and a headlining sold-out show at New York City's Madison Square Garden.^[39] The album's accompanying concert tour, the Take Me Home Tour, commenced at London's O2 Arena on 23 February 2013.^[40]^[41] The concert tour consists of over 100 shows in Australasia, Europe, and North America, and is set to visit arenas and stadiums from February through October 2013. Announced by member Liam Payne at the 2012 BRIT Awards in early 2012, the original concert tour was billed as the UK & Ireland Arena Tour.^[42]^[43] In mid-2012, the concert tour expanded with legs in North America and Australasia following the band's international breakthrough.^[44]^[45] In the UK and Ireland, ticket sales reached 300,000 within a day of release, which included a six-date sell out at the O2 Arena in London.^[46] In Australian and New Zealand markets, tickets grossed US$15.7 million, with all 190,000 tickets being sold for eighteen shows to be held in Australia and New Zealand.^[47]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	68/100^[48]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[16]
Billboard	80/100^[49]
Daily Express	^[50]
Entertainment Weekly	C^[51]
The Guardian	^[18]
The Independent	^[52]
PopMatters	6/10^[53]
Rolling Stone	^[54]

The album received generally positive reviews from contemporary music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 68, based on ten reviews.^[48] Despite its "boardroom-defined objectives" and "safety", Al Fox, writing for BBC Music, considered the music itself "notable quality" and reliable.^[55] Matt Collar from AllMusic described it as an "immediately catchy mix of dancey pop that maximizes the group's shared lead-vocal approach and peppy, upbeat image."^[16] Kate Wills from The Independent praised the uptempo material while defining the ballads as jarring, a notion shared by John Dolan of Rolling Stone.^[52]^[54] Simon Gage of Daily Express noted that "it's not going to change the world" but "the voices are good and the charm undiminished".^[56] Chris Richards of The Washington Post wrote that "the group's best songs are dazzlingly efficient" and "the boy band's sophomore album is pop candy in the purest sense—sweet, colorful, and unlike so many releases aimed at ticklish tweenage hearts, consistent".^[57] Sam Lansky of Idolator commented that the album is "some of the purest pop of the year" and "is actually pretty great—certainly better than it needs to be" while adding that "the hooks are instantaneous and keenly crafted" and "the production is '80s-inflected and intermittently rock-dappled".^[58]

Al Fox of BBC Music complimented the album, writing "polished and dependable, despite its safety there are some show-stopping pop anthems present" while adding that the album "takes the One Direction brand, reinforces it nicely, and as far as their fans' needs are concerned, ticks every single box".^[59] Josh Langhoff of PopMatters praised "C'mon C'mon" as the album's best song, calling it "amazing" and "euphoric" and complimenting the group's harmonies while also adding that the album had "unexpected variety" and that "these may be the least articulate cads on the pop charts, but their beats speak volumes".^[60] James Robertson of The Daily Mirror praised the album, writing that "it's fun, infectious and they've found the balance between poptastic fun for the pre-teens and lyrics with meaning for embarrassed twenty-somethings who secretly listen to Up All Night on their iPods" and that "there are some obvious rhymes and repetitive tones but the five-piece have smashed it with Take Me Home".^[61] Carmin Chappell of HuffPost commented that "their maturation into young adults is made evident" and that "although the songs still have the poppy vibe characteristic of boybands, this album has a more cohesive sound than the last" while complimenting the album for how it "successfully embodies the carefree and fun nature of teens".^[62] Sarah Dean, also writing for HuffPost, deemed the album as "disappointingly good pop" and "the kind of music you want to hate and know you shouldn't enjoy as someone who isn't a 'teeny-bopper', but it still puts a smile on your face" while ending her review by saying "One Direction's global music domination won't be ending anytime soon. And this album has made me think it's probably just easier to give in and enjoy it".^[63]

Some reviews were less positive, with Entertainment Weekly writer Adam Markovitz panning the record as an empty gesture and asserting that the album was rushed, signifying an album with "barely enough zip to keep the kids up past dinner."^[51] Likewise, Robert Copsey from Digital Spy wrote, "The result [of Take Me Home] may see them progressing at a snail's pace, but when you've got it so good, what's the rush anyway?"^[64] In a mixed review, The New York Times contributor Jon Caramanica appreciated the album's sonic palette, but dismissed its lyricism as narrow and tedious, and Sheeran's contributions as "unusually lumpy in the hands of such a polished group". Caramanica characterised the members' vocals as "fundamentally interchangeable", and opined that only Zayn Malik "breaks free from the pack vocally with any regularity."^[17]

While he commended the album for its "variable quality", Alexis Petridis for The Guardian felt the record would not be able to transcend its target market, a core audience aged approximately 8 to 12 and female: "To anyone else, the mystery of One Direction's success—or at least the sheer scale of it—remains as opaque as ever."^[18] The latter view was shared by Ben Rayner of the Toronto Star: "Unless you're in the target demographic or are, perhaps, a mom who lived through the same thing in her youth, there's no point in even going near this record, of course, but the rest of us were never meant to in the first place."^[65] Writing for HitFix, Melinda Newman maintained that the album "masterfully hits its target", and concluded as follows: "I'm so far out of the One Dimension demographic, I practically need a GPS to find it."^[22] Kyle Kramer of Chicago Tribune called the album "a bit of a cash grab" and "an empty gesture" while stating "that almost every song" on the album "appears carefully engineered to stick to a three-minute run time and the same strict structural formula, in which two verses crescendo into forgettable choruses".^[66]

Commercial performance

Globally, Take Me Home topped the charts in more than 35 countries, and was the fourth-best-selling album of 2012, selling 4.4 million units.^[67]^[68] In the United Kingdom, the album sold over 94,000 copies in its first two days of sale.^[69] It debuted atop the UK Albums Chart with first-week sales of 155,000 copies, becoming their first album to top the chart and the second fastest selling album of 2012.^[31] The album and its second single, "Little Things", both debuted simultaneously at number one in the UK on 18 November 2012, making One Direction the youngest act in British chart history to achieve the feat.^[70] The album became the fifth-best-selling album of 2012 in the UK, having sold 616,000 copies by the end of 2012.^[71] It was certified quadruple platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) in 2022, denoting sales of 1,200,000 equivalent units.^[72] As of February 2016, the album has sold 1,000,924 copies in the UK.^[73]

In Ireland, Take Me Home became the fastest-selling album of 2012,^[74] lodged six consecutive weeks atop the Irish Albums Chart, and was certified triple platinum by the Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA).^[75]^[76] In Italy, the collection became their second Italian chart-topper, and Italy's seventh-best-selling album of 2012.^[77]^[78] It has been certified double platinum by the Federation of the Italian Music Industry (FIMI), indicating sales of 60,000 copies.^[79] In the Netherlands, the album debuted at number one on 17 November 2012, and shipped 25,000 copies in its first day of release.^[80]^[81] It was certified platinum by 18 December 2012, denoting shipments of 50,000 copies in the region.^[81] After a month of its release, it was certified platinum in Poland for shipments of 30,000 copies,^[82] while it became the seventh-best-selling album of 2012 in Denmark, having sold 28,875 copies by year end in that country.^[83] In Sweden, the album was the ninth-best-selling album of 2012, and has been certified platinum by the Swedish Recording Industry Association (GLF), signifying shipments of 40,000 units.^[84]

The album debuted at number one on the Australian ARIA Chart dated 25 November 2012, a position it held for a second week.^[85] It was certified platinum in Australia in its first week by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) and has since been certified double platinum for a shipment of 140,000 copies.^[86]

The record became the band's second number-one album in the United States in the week of 18 November 2012, and recorded the biggest first-week sales tally for an album by a boy band since N'Sync's Celebrity (2001), and the third-largest debut sales week of 2012, behind Taylor Swift's Red and Babel by Mumford & Sons, with 540,000 copies sold.^[87]^[88] One Direction became the first group to bow atop the Billboard 200 with their first two albums since American girl group Danity Kane entered with Welcome to the Dollhouse in 2008 and their self-titled debut in 2006, the second act in 2012 to achieve two number-one albums within a 12-month period alongside Justin Bieber, and the first boy band in US chart history to land two number-one albums in a calendar year.^[87]^[88] The album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on 5 December 2012, denoting shipments of one million copies.^[89] It became their second album in 2012 to top the one-million mark in US sales in the week of 16 December 2012, making them the first act to achieve the feat in a calendar year since 2009, and the first group or duo to achieve the feat since Rascal Flatts in 2007.^[90] Their debut album and Take Me Home were the third- and fifth-best-selling albums of 2012 in the United States, respectively, making the band the first act to place two albums in the year-end top five in the Nielsen SoundScan era.^[91] On 29 March 2015, it surpassed the 2 million threshold becoming their second album (after Up All Night) to sell over 2 million copies in the U.S. As of August 2015, the album has sold 2.02 million copies in the U.S.^[92]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Live While We're Young"	Rami Yacoub Carl Falk Savan Kotecha	Yacoub Falk	3:20
2.	"Kiss You"	Yacoub Falk Kotecha Shellback Kristian Lundin Kristoffer Fogelmark Albin Nedler	Yacoub Falk	3:03
3.	"Little Things"	Ed Sheeran Fiona Bevan	Jake Gosling	3:39
4.	"C'mon, C'mon"	Julian Bunetta Jamie Scott John Ryan	Bunetta Ryan^[a]	2:46
5.	"Last First Kiss"	Yacoub Falk Kotecha Fogelmark Nedler Liam Payne Louis Tomlinson Zayn Malik	Yacoub Falk Fogelmark Nedler	3:24
6.	"Heart Attack"	Yacoub Falk Kotecha Shellback Lundin	Yacoub Falk Shellback	2:57
7.	"Rock Me"	Allan Grigg Sam Hollander Peter Svensson Lukasz Gottwald Henry Walter	Dr. Luke Kool Kojak Cirkut Emily Wright^[b]	3:21
8.	"Change My Mind"	Yacoub Falk Kotecha	Yacoub Falk	3:33
9.	"I Would"	Tom Fletcher Danny Jones Dougie Poynter	Bunetta Ryan^[a] Sam Waters^[b]	3:22
10.	"Over Again"	Sheeran Robert Conlon Alexander Gowers	Gosling	3:03
11.	"Back for You"	Yacoub Falk Kotecha Fogelmark Nedler Harry Styles Niall Horan Payne Tomlinson	Yacoub Falk Fogelmark Nedler	3:00
12.	"They Don't Know About Us"	Peter Wallevik Tebey Ottoh Tommy Gregersen Tommy Lee James	Bunetta Ryan^[a] Ottoh^[b]	3:21
13.	"Summer Love"	Steve Robson Wayne Hector Lindy Robbins Payne Tomlinson Malik Styles Horan	Steve Robson	3:29
Total length:				42:12

Target edition bonus tracks^[93]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
14.	"Truly Madly Deeply"	Dahl Gad Robbins	Toby Gad	3:01
15.	"Magic"	Yacoub Falk Kotecha	Yacoub Falk Shellback	3:05
16.	"Irresistible"	Fletcher Jones Poynter Horan Malik Payne Styles Tomlinson	Bunetta Waters	3:59
17.	"One Thing" (Live)	Yacoub Falk Kotecha	Yacoub Falk	3:26
18.	"I Wish" (Live)	Yacoub Falk Kotecha	Yacoub Falk	3:48

Limited yearbook edition bonus tracks^[9]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
14.	"She's Not Afraid"	Bunetta Scott Ryan Tim Wood	Bunetta Ryan^[a]	3:12
15.	"Loved You First"	Bunetta Ryan Ottoh James Wood	Bunetta Ryan^[a]	3:05
16.	"Nobody Compares"	Yacoub Falk Kotecha Shellback	Yacoub Falk Shellback	3:33
17.	"Still the One"	Yacoub Falk Kotecha Payne Tomlinson Styles	Yacoub Falk Svensson^[c]	3:03

iTunes Store bonus tracks^[94]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
18.	"One Thing" (Live)	Yacoub Falk Kotecha	Yacoub Falk	4:01
19.	"What Makes You Beautiful" (Live)	Yacoub Falk Kotecha	Yacoub Falk	3:50
20.	"Moments" (Live)	Sheeran Si Hulbert	Si Hulbert	5:10
21.	"One Direction backstage at the 2012 iTunes Festival" (Video)			4:26

Japanese limited yearbook edition and 2022 digital expanded edition bonus tracks^[95]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
18.	"Truly Madly Deeply"	Trevor Dahl Toby Gad Robbins	Gad	3:01
19.	"Magic"	Yacoub Falk Kotecha	Yacoub Carl Falk Shellback	3:05
20.	"Irresistible"	Fletcher Jones Poynter Horan Malik Payne Styles Tomlinson	Bunetta Waters	3:59
Total length:				64:00

Japanese iTunes Store special deluxe edition bonus tracks^[96]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
21.	"Live While We're Young" (Dave Audé remix)	Yacoub Falk Kotecha	Yacoub Falk Audé	3:16
22.	"Kiss You" (Sharoque remix)	Yacoub Falk Kotecha Shellback Lundin Fogelmark Nedler	Yacoub Falk Sharoque	4:23

Notes

^{^[a]} signifies a co-producer
^{^[b]} signifies a vocal producer
^{^[c]} signifies an additional producer

Personnel

Adapted from AllMusic.^[97]

Karl Brazil – drums
David Bukovinszky – cello
Julian Bunetta – engineer, musician, producer, vocal producer
Mattias Bylund – editing, string arrangements, string engineer
Cirkut – musician, producer, programming
Rupert Coulson – engineer
Tom Coyne – mastering
Tommy Culm – background vocals
Dr. Luke – musician, producer, programming
Chris Elliot – string engineer
Levon Eriksson – assistant
Carl Falk – guitar, musician, producer, programming, vocal editing, vocal engineer, background vocals
Rachael Findlen – assistant
Kristoffer Fogelmark – guitar, musician, producer, programming, vocal editing, vocal engineer, background vocals
Ian Franzino – assistant engineer
Serban Ghenea – mixing
Clint Gibbs – assistant, vocals
Jake Gosling – drums, mixing, percussion, piano, producer, programming, strings
Lukasz Gottwald – vocals
Stephen P. Grigg – assistant
John Hanes – mixing engineer
Sam Hollander – musician, programming
Niall Horan – guitar
Ash Howes – mixing, programming
Andy Hughes – assistant
Ava James – vocals
Matthias Johansson – violin
Koool Kojak – engineer, musician, producer, programming, vocals
Savan Kotecha – background vocals
Chris Leonard – acoustic guitar, bass guitar, electric guitar
Zayn Malik – illustrations
Sam Miller – engineer
Katie Mitzell – production coordination
Malcolm Moore – bass
Adam Nedler – background vocals
Albin Nedler – musician, producer, programming, vocal editing, vocal engineer
One Direction – primary artist
Alex Oriet – vocal engineer
Tebey Ottoh – vocal producer
Joel Peters – assistant
Luke Potashnik – guitar
Irene Richter – production coordination
Steve Robson – guitar, keyboards, mixing, producer
Shellback – bass, musician, producer, programming, background vocals
Peter Svensson – musician, programming, vocals
John Urbano – photography
Henry Walter – vocals
Sam Waters – vocal engineer, vocal producer
Caroline Watson – stylist
Emily Wright – engineer, vocal producer, vocals

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2012)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[85]	1
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[98]	2
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[99]	1
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)^[100]	3
Brazilian Albums (ABPD)^[101]	2
Canadian Albums (Billboard)^[102]	1
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)^[103]	1
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)^[104]	1
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[80]	1
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)^[105]	2
French Albums (SNEP)^[106]	3
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[107]	2
Greek Albums (IFPI)^[108]	1
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)^[109]	2
Irish Albums (IRMA)^[110]	1
Italian Albums (FIMI)^[77]	1
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[111]	2
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[112]	1
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)^[113]	1
Polish Albums (OLiS)^[114]	3
Portuguese Albums (AFP)^[115]	1
Scottish Albums (OCC)^[116]	1
South African Albums (RISA)^[117]	4
South Korean Albums (Circle)^[118]	14
South Korean International Albums (Circle)^[119]	2
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)^[120]	3
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[121]	1
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[122]	1
UK Albums (OCC)^[123]	1
US Billboard 200^[124]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (2012)	Position
Argentinian Albums (CAPIF)^[125]	2
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[126]	8
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[127]	72
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[128]	20
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)^[129]	37
Brazilian Albums (ABPD)^[130]	17
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)^[83]	7
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[131]	11
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)^[132]	17
French Albums (SNEP)^[133]	26
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[134]	100
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)^[135]	10
Italian Albums (FIMI)^[78]	7
Mexican Albums (AMPROFON)^[136]	4
New Zealand Albums Chart^[137]	9
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)^[138]	12
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[84]	9
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[139]	65
UK Albums (OCC)^[140]	5
Worldwide^[141]	4

Chart (2013)	Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[142]	42
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[143]	26
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)^[144]	63
Canadian Albums (Billboard)^[145]	1
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[146]	21
Hungarian Albums Chart^[147]	79
Mexican Albums (AMPROFON)^[148]	4
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)^[149]	14
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[150]	32
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[151]	60
UK Albums (OCC)^[152]	22
US Billboard 200^[153]	3

Chart (2020)	Position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[154]	112
Irish Albums (IRMA)^[155]	42

Chart (2021)	Position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[156]	118

Chart (2022)	Position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[157]	188

Decade-end charts

Chart (2010–2019)	Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[158]	41
UK Albums (OCC)^[159]	41
US Billboard 200^[160]	94

Certifications and sales


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Argentina (CAPIF)^[161]	Platinum	40,000^{^}
Australia (ARIA)^[86]	3× Platinum	210,000^{^}
Austria (IFPI Austria)^[162]	Gold	10,000^*
Belgium (BEA)^[163]	Gold	15,000^*
Canada (Music Canada)^[164]	3× Platinum	240,000^{^}
Chile^[165]	2× Platinum	23,000^[165]
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)^[166]	4× Platinum	80,000^‡
Ecuador^[167]	Gold
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)^[168]	Gold	19,919^[168]
France (SNEP)^[169]	Platinum	100,000^*
Germany (BVMI)^[170]	Gold	100,000^{^}
Greece (IFPI Greece)^[171]	2× Platinum	12,000^{^}
Hungary (MAHASZ)^[172]	Gold	3,000^{^}
Ireland (IRMA)^[76]	3× Platinum	45,000^{^}
Italy (FIMI)^[79]	3× Platinum	150,000^*
Japan (RIAJ)^[173]	Platinum	250,000^{^}
Mexico (AMPROFON)^[174]	Diamond+Platinum	360,000^‡
Netherlands (NVPI)^[81]	Platinum	50,000^{^}
New Zealand (RMNZ)^[175]	4× Platinum	60,000^‡
Norway (IFPI Norway)^[176]	Gold	15,000^*
Peru^[167]	Gold
Philippines (PARI)^[177]	5× Platinum	75,000^*
Poland (ZPAV)^[82]	Platinum	20,000^*
Portugal (AFP)^[178]	2× Platinum	30,000^{^}
Singapore (RIAS)^[179]	Platinum	10,000^*
Spain (PROMUSICAE)^[180]	2× Platinum	80,000^{^}
Sweden (GLF)^[181]	2× Platinum	80,000^‡
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)^[182]	Gold	15,000^{^}
United Kingdom (BPI)^[72]	4× Platinum	1,000,924^[73]
United States (RIAA)^[183]	3× Platinum	3,000,000^‡
Venezuela^[184]	Diamond
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)^[185]	Platinum	1,000,000^*
^* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone. ^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Country	Date	Format(s)	Edition(s)
Netherlands^[186]	9 November 2012	CD digital download	Standard deluxe
Germany^[187]
Australia^[188]
United Kingdom^[189]	12 November 2012
United States^[190]	13 November 2012
Spain	13 November 2012
Japan^[191]	14 November 2012
China^[192]^[193]	30 December 2012	CD	Standard
China^[192]^[193]	28 June 2013	CD	Deluxe

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-'''''Take Me Home''''' is the second studio album by British-Irish [[boy band]] [[One Direction]], released on 9 November 2012 by [[Syco Music]] and [[Columbia Records]]. As a follow-up to One Direction's internationally successful debut album ''[[Up All Night (One Direction album)|Up All Night]]'' (2011), ''Take Me Home'' was written in groups and has an average of just under five songwriters per track. Largely recorded and composed in Sweden during 2012, [[Savan Kotecha]], [[Rami Yacoub]] and [[Carl Falk]], who composed One Direction's hits, "[[What Makes You Beautiful]]" and "[[One Thing (One Direction song)|One Thing]]", spent six months in [[Stockholm]] developing songs for the album, and were able to shape [[melody|melodies]] around the members' tones.
+'''''Take Me Home''''' is the second studio album by British-Irish [[boy band]] [[One Direction]], released on November 9, 2012, by [[Syco Music]] and [[Columbia Records]]. As a follow-up to One Direction's internationally successful debut album ''[[Up All Night (One Direction album)|Up All Night]]'' (2011), ''Take Me Home'' was written in groups and has an average of just under five songwriters per track. Largely recorded and composed in Sweden during 2012, [[Savan Kotecha]], [[Rami Yacoub]] and [[Carl Falk]], who composed One Direction's hits, "[[What Makes You Beautiful]]" and "[[One Thing (One Direction song)|One Thing]]", spent six months in [[Stockholm]] developing songs for the album, and were able to shape [[melody|melodies]] around the members' tones.
 The album's songs are characterised by [[Metronome|metronomic]] [[Pop music|pop]], vocal harmonies, hand claps, prominent electric guitar riffs, bright synthesizers, a [[Homogeneity and heterogeneity|homogeneous]] sound and message, and rotations of [[lead vocal]]s. The members' voices are presented individually on the record, and its lyricism speaks of falling in love, [[unrequited love]], commitment, jealousy and self-empowerment. ''Take Me Home'' garnered mostly positive reviews from [[music critics]]. There was praise for its quality of production, while criticism hinged on its generic, rushed nature.
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 ==Background and production==
 [[File:One Direction 2012 Stockholm.jpg|thumb|right|200px|One Direction greet Swedish fans in [[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]], May 2012, as the recording commenced at Kinglet Studios]]
-In 2012, One Direction revealed that a follow-up release to their debut album, ''[[Up All Night (One Direction album)|Up All Night]]'' (2011), was in development. "In the summer, we're going to get back and start a new record. We want to bring out a record nearly every year, every year and a half," [[Niall Horan]] said, revealing they were arranging "meetings and stuff with different writers and producers."<ref name="nationalpost1">{{cite web |author=Leah Collins |url=http://arts.nationalpost.com/2012/03/12/one-direction-is-more-than-just-another-boy-band/ |title=One Direction: X Factor boy band on what sets them apart |publisher=[[National Post]] ([[Postmedia Network Inc.]]) |date=12 March 2012 |access-date=25 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708201347/http://arts.nationalpost.com/2012/03/12/one-direction-is-more-than-just-another-boy-band/ |archive-date=8 July 2012  }}</ref> In March 2012, [[McFly]] frontman [[Tom Fletcher]] confirmed that he would be writing a song for the album.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a373573/mcfly-to-write-for-new-one-direction-album.html |title=McFly to write for new One Direction album |author=Lewis Corner |date=7 June 2012 |work=[[Digital Spy]] |publisher=[[Hearst Magazines UK]] |access-date=27 June 2012}}</ref> In February 2012, One Direction expressed interest in working with [[Ed Sheeran]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.capitalfm.com/artists/one-direction/news/ed-sheeran-new-album/ |title=One Direction Want To Work With Ed Sheeran Again on New Album |work=[[Capital (radio network)|Capital]] |publisher=[[Global Radio]]|date=20 February 2012 |access-date=27 March 2012}}</ref> and in June 2012, Sheeran confirmed that they were in contact: "I'm going into the studio in August to produce the tracks for them. I won't feature on the tracks though".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.mtv.co.uk/news/ed-sheeran/357935-ed-sheeran-working-with-one-direction |title=Ed Sheeran to produce One Direction tracks |work=[[MTV News]] |publisher=[[Viacom (2005–present)|Viacom]]|date=25 June 2012 |access-date=12 November 2012}}</ref>
+In 2012, One Direction revealed that a follow-up release to their debut album, ''[[Up All Night (One Direction album)|Up All Night]]'' (2011), was in development. "In the summer, we're going to get back and start a new record. We want to bring out a record nearly every year, every year and a half," [[Niall Horan]] said, revealing they were arranging "meetings and stuff with different writers and producers."<ref name="nationalpost1">{{cite web |author=Leah Collins |url=http://arts.nationalpost.com/2012/03/12/one-direction-is-more-than-just-another-boy-band/ |title=One Direction: X Factor boy band on what sets them apart |publisher=[[National Post]] ([[Postmedia Network Inc.]]) |date=12 March 2012 |access-date=25 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708201347/http://arts.nationalpost.com/2012/03/12/one-direction-is-more-than-just-another-boy-band/ |archive-date=8 July 2012 }}</ref> In March 2012, [[McFly]] frontman [[Tom Fletcher]] confirmed that he would be writing a song for the album.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a373573/mcfly-to-write-for-new-one-direction-album.html |title=McFly to write for new One Direction album |author=Lewis Corner |date=7 June 2012 |work=[[Digital Spy]] |publisher=[[Hearst Magazines UK]] |access-date=27 June 2012}}</ref> In February 2012, One Direction expressed interest in working with [[Ed Sheeran]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.capitalfm.com/artists/one-direction/news/ed-sheeran-new-album/ |title=One Direction Want To Work With Ed Sheeran Again on New Album |work=[[Capital (radio network)|Capital]] |publisher=[[Global Radio]]|date=20 February 2012 |access-date=27 March 2012}}</ref> and in June 2012, Sheeran confirmed that they were in contact: "I'm going into the studio in August to produce the tracks for them. I won't feature on the tracks though".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.mtv.co.uk/news/ed-sheeran/357935-ed-sheeran-working-with-one-direction |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120627195055/http://www.mtv.co.uk/news/ed-sheeran/357935-ed-sheeran-working-with-one-direction |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 June 2012 |title=Ed Sheeran to produce One Direction tracks |work=[[MTV News]] |publisher=[[Viacom (2005–present)|Viacom]]|date=25 June 2012 |access-date=12 November 2012}}</ref>
 In April 2012, ''[[The Independent]]'' reported that [[Simon Cowell]], the group's manager, had challenged prominent songwriters to compete for space on One Direction's second album.<ref name="ide">{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/one-direction--but-where-next-writers-join-battle-to-create-boy-bands-next-hits-7609020.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220526/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/one-direction--but-where-next-writers-join-battle-to-create-boy-bands-next-hits-7609020.html |archive-date=26 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=One Direction – but where next? Writers join battle to create boy band's next hits |author=Adam Sherwin |date=3 April 2012 |work=[[The Independent]] |publisher=Independent Print Limited|access-date=7 December 2012 |location=London}}</ref> [[Dee Demirbag]], responsible for repertoire at [[BMG Rights Management]], a music publisher, in Scandinavia, said: "Breaking a boy band in the U.S. is about as big as it gets in the music industry, so you can imagine the competition to get cuts on the next One Direction album is immense".<ref name="ide"/> In addition, the article reported that [[Syco Records]] was working on candidates with [[Max Martin]] and [[Kristian Lundin]].<ref name="ide"/> By August 2012, it was confirmed that album would feature work from veterans such as [[Carl Falk]], [[Rami Yacoub]], [[Dr. Luke]], [[Cirkut (record producer)|Cirkut]], and [[Shellback (record producer)|Shellback]].<ref name=Billboard1>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/475353/one-direction-reveals-take-me-home-album-cover|title=One Direction Reveals 'Take Me Home' Album Cover|author=Billboard Staff |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]] |date=30 August 2012 |access-date=1 September 2012}}</ref>
-''Take Me Home'' was written in groups and has an average of just under five songwriters per track. "The Swedish-style songwriting: melody first" was predominantly utilised, according to ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' correspondent Douglas Wolk. [[Savan Kotecha]], Yacoub, and Falk, who composed One Direction's hits, "[[What Makes You Beautiful]]" and "[[One Thing (One Direction song)|One Thing]]", spent six months in [[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]], developing songs for the album, and were able to shape melodies around their tones. Kotecha reflected: "We'll spend days, sometimes weeks, challenging the melody. The goal is to make it sound like anyone can do this, but it's actually very difficult".<ref name=Wolk>{{cite magazine|author= Douglas Wol|url=http://entertainment.time.com/2012/11/13/one-directions-songwriters-theyre-what-make-the-boy-band-beautiful/|title=One Direction's songwriters: They're what make the boy band beautiful|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|publisher=[[Time Inc.]] |date=28 June 2012 |access-date=25 August 2012}}</ref> In addition, after viewing the international success of "What Makes You Beautiful", the trio conceptualised songs "that kids could play on guitar and cover on YouTube."<ref name=Wolk/>
+''Take Me Home'' was written in groups and has an average of just under five songwriters per track. "The Swedish-style songwriting: melody first" was predominantly utilised, according to ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' correspondent Douglas Wolk. [[Savan Kotecha]], Yacoub, and Falk, who composed One Direction's hits, "[[What Makes You Beautiful]]" and "[[One Thing (One Direction song)|One Thing]]", spent six months in [[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]], developing songs for the album, and were able to shape melodies around their tones. Kotecha reflected: "We'll spend days, sometimes weeks, challenging the melody. The goal is to make it sound like anyone can do this, but it's actually very difficult".<ref name=Wolk>{{cite magazine|author= Douglas Wol|url=https://entertainment.time.com/2012/11/13/one-directions-songwriters-theyre-what-make-the-boy-band-beautiful/|title=One Direction's songwriters: They're what make the boy band beautiful|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|publisher=[[Time Inc.]] |date=28 June 2012 |access-date=25 August 2012}}</ref> In addition, after viewing the international success of "What Makes You Beautiful", the trio conceptualised songs "that kids could play on guitar and cover on YouTube."<ref name=Wolk/>
-After extensive promotional appearances in support of their debut album, One Direction began recording the album in May 2012, in Stockholm, Sweden, at Kinglet Studios.<ref name=credits>{{cite AV media notes |title=Take Me Home |people=One Direction |date=2012 |type=liner notes |publisher=[[Syco Records]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.mtv.co.uk/news/one-direction/354656-one-direction-sweden |title=One Direction Recording Second Album |work=MTV News |publisher=Viacom|date=11 May 2012 |access-date=25 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.capitalfm.com/artists/one-direction/news/new-album/ |title=One Direction Enjoy "Amazing Day" In The Studio Recording New Album |publisher=Capital (Global Radio)|date=12 May 2012 |access-date=25 August 2012}}</ref> In June 2012, the group continued recording the album in the United States, while touring on the final leg of their ''[[Up All Night Tour]]''.<ref name="CapitalFM">{{cite news|url=http://www.capitalfm.com/artists/ed-sheeran/news/one-direction-songs/ |title=Ed Sheeran Heading into Recording Studio For One Direction This Summer |work=Capital |publisher=Global Radio|date=27 June 2012 |access-date=27 June 2012}}</ref> Horan, in a June interview with [[MTV News]], disclosed that the group were intending to spend their time in July and August "getting the album done."<ref>{{cite news|author=Jocelyn Vena|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1688679/one-direction-already-plotting-tracks-sophomore-album.jhtml |title=One Direction Already Plotting Tracks For Sophomore Album |work=MTV News|publisher=Viacom |date=28 June 2012 |access-date=25 August 2012}}</ref> Besides sessions in Kinglet Studios, recording sessions and mixing for the album took place at Chalice Studios in Los Angeles, MixStar Studios in Virginia Beach, Wendy House Productions in London, and Sticky Studios in Surrey, England.<ref name=credits/>
+After extensive promotional appearances in support of their debut album, One Direction began recording the album in May 2012, in Stockholm, Sweden, at Kinglet Studios.<ref name=credits>{{cite AV media notes |title=Take Me Home |people=One Direction |date=2012 |type=liner notes |publisher=[[Syco Records]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.mtv.co.uk/news/one-direction/354656-one-direction-sweden |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120515084808/http://www.mtv.co.uk/news/one-direction/354656-one-direction-sweden |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 May 2012 |title=One Direction Recording Second Album |work=MTV News |publisher=Viacom|date=11 May 2012 |access-date=25 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.capitalfm.com/artists/one-direction/news/new-album/ |title=One Direction Enjoy "Amazing Day" In The Studio Recording New Album |publisher=Capital (Global Radio)|date=12 May 2012 |access-date=25 August 2012}}</ref> In June 2012, the group continued recording the album in the United States, while touring on the final leg of their ''[[Up All Night Tour]]''.<ref name="CapitalFM">{{cite news|url=http://www.capitalfm.com/artists/ed-sheeran/news/one-direction-songs/ |title=Ed Sheeran Heading into Recording Studio For One Direction This Summer |work=Capital |publisher=Global Radio|date=27 June 2012 |access-date=27 June 2012}}</ref> Horan, in a June interview with [[MTV News]], disclosed that the group were intending to spend their time in July and August "getting the album done."<ref>{{cite news|author=Jocelyn Vena|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1688679/one-direction-already-plotting-tracks-sophomore-album.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120701002206/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1688679/one-direction-already-plotting-tracks-sophomore-album.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 July 2012 |title=One Direction Already Plotting Tracks For Sophomore Album |work=MTV News|publisher=Viacom |date=28 June 2012 |access-date=25 August 2012}}</ref> Besides sessions in Kinglet Studios, recording sessions and mixing for the album took place at Chalice Studios in Los Angeles, MixStar Studios in Virginia Beach, Wendy House Productions in London, and Sticky Studios in Surrey, England.<ref name=credits/>
 ==Packaging==
-The album cover artwork, revealed on 30 August 2012, features the group surrounding a traditional British K6 [[red telephone box]], a familiar sight on the streets of the UK.<ref>[https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/one-direction-reveal-album-artwork-1289666 "Squeal! One Direction reveal album artwork for Take Me Home"]. The Mirror. Retrieved 28 November 2012</ref><ref>[http://www.billboard.com/news/one-direction-s-new-album-take-me-home-1007907752.story#/news/one-direction-s-new-album-take-me-home-1007907752.story "One Direction Reveals 'Take Me Home' Album Cover"]. Billboard. Retrieved 28 November 2012</ref>
+The album cover artwork, revealed on 30 August 2012, features the group surrounding a traditional British K6 [[red telephone box]], a familiar sight on the streets of the UK.<ref>[https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/one-direction-reveal-album-artwork-1289666 "Squeal! One Direction reveal album artwork for Take Me Home"]. The Mirror. Retrieved 28 November 2012</ref><ref>[http://www.billboard.com/news/one-direction-s-new-album-take-me-home-1007907752.story#/news/one-direction-s-new-album-take-me-home-1007907752.story "One Direction Reveals 'Take Me Home' Album Cover"]. Billboard. Retrieved 28 November 2012</ref> The phone booth is on display at the Hard Rock Cafe in Piccadilly Circus London.
 ==Music and lyrics==
 [[File:Clash 21051980 12 800.jpg|thumb|left|210px|The opening guitar riff of "[[Live While We're Young]]" was compared by some critics to that of [[the Clash]]'s (''pictured'') 1982 single, "[[Should I Stay or Should I Go]]".]]
-The album's songs are characterised by [[Metronome|metronomic]] [[Rock music|rock]]-inherited [[Pop music|pop]], vocal harmonies, hand claps, prominent electric guitar riffs, bright synthesisers, [[double entendre]]s for [[sexual intercourse]], a [[Homogeneity and heterogeneity|homogeneous]] sound and message, the pitch-correcting software [[Auto-Tune]], and rotations of lead vocals.<ref name=Wolk/><ref name=Allmusic/><ref name=NYT>{{cite news| author=Jon Caramanica| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/15/arts/music/one-direction-rides-boy-band-wave-with-take-me-home.html?_r=0 |work=[[The New York Times]] | title=Riding the Boy Band Wave While It Lasts | date=14 November 2012|access-date=30 November 2012}}</ref><ref name=Guardian/><ref name=NZH>{{cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10847430|title=Album review: One Direction — Take Me Home|publisher=[[APN News & Media]]|date=15 November 2012|access-date=16 November 2012|work=[[The New Zealand Herald]]|author=Lyndia Jenkin}}</ref> Jon Caramanica, writing in ''[[The New York Times]]'', considered the album "far more mechanical" than their debut album, although noted that it is sonically and lyrically similar.<ref name=NYT/> San Lansky, an editor for [[Idolator (website)|Idolator]], described it as "'80s-inflected and intermittently rock-dappled", and as more indebted to the "sanitized [[Punk rock|punk]] crunch of McFly" than to [[teen pop]].<ref name=Idolator>{{cite news|url=http://idolator.com/7267562/one-direction-take-me-home-album-review|title=One Direction's 'Take Me Home': Album Review|date=13 November 2012|access-date=16 February 2013|work=[[Idolator (website)|Idolator]]|publisher=[[Buzz Media]]|author=Sam Lansky}}</ref>
+The album's songs are characterised by [[Metronome|metronomic]] [[Rock music|rock]]-inherited [[Pop music|pop]], vocal harmonies, hand claps, prominent electric guitar riffs, bright synthesisers, [[double entendre]]s for [[sexual intercourse]], a [[Homogeneity and heterogeneity|homogeneous]] sound and message, the pitch-correcting software [[Auto-Tune]], and rotations of lead vocals.<ref name=Wolk/><ref name=Allmusic/><ref name=NYT>{{cite news| author=Jon Caramanica| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/15/arts/music/one-direction-rides-boy-band-wave-with-take-me-home.html?_r=0 |work=[[The New York Times]] | title=Riding the Boy Band Wave While It Lasts | date=14 November 2012|access-date=30 November 2012}}</ref><ref name=Guardian/><ref name=NZH>{{cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10847430|title=Album review: One Direction — Take Me Home|publisher=[[APN News & Media]]|date=15 November 2012|access-date=16 November 2012|work=[[The New Zealand Herald]]|author=Lyndia Jenkin}}</ref> Jon Caramanica, writing in ''[[The New York Times]]'', considered the album "far more mechanical" than their debut album, although noted that it is sonically and lyrically similar.<ref name=NYT/> San Lansky, an editor for [[Idolator (website)|Idolator]], described it as "'80s-inflected and intermittently rock-dappled", and as more indebted to the "sanitized [[Punk rock|punk]] crunch of McFly" than to [[teen pop]].<ref name=Idolator>{{cite news|url=http://idolator.com/7267562/one-direction-take-me-home-album-review|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411034702/http://idolator.com/7267562/one-direction-take-me-home-album-review|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 April 2013|title=One Direction's 'Take Me Home': Album Review|date=13 November 2012|access-date=16 February 2013|work=[[Idolator (website)|Idolator]]|publisher=[[Buzz Media]]|author=Sam Lansky}}</ref>
 [[Alexis Petridis]], a music journalist, interpreted its signature sound as a "peppy, synth-bolstered take on early-80s [[New wave music|new-wave]] pop, heavy on clipped rhythms and chugging guitars," which, he said, is at least an improvement on the substitute [[contemporary R&B|R&B]] "that was once the grim lot of the boyband."<ref name=Guardian/> The opening guitar [[riff]] of "[[Live While We're Young]]" has been noted as similar to that of [[the Clash]]'s 1982 single, "[[Should I Stay or Should I Go]]", by some critics.<ref name=Wolk/><ref name=NYT/><ref name=Guardian/><ref name=NZH/><ref name="fix">{{cite web|url=http://www.hitfix.com/news/watch-one-directions-new-video-for-live-while-were-young|title=Watch: One Direction's new video for 'Live While We're Young'|date=20 September 2012|access-date=16 March 2012|publisher=HitFix Inc.|work=[[HitFix]]|author=Melinda Newman}}</ref> According to Petridis, the guitar is played thrice between the riff with the plectrum stroking the strings, while it is pressed. One note in the chord is changed, which Petridis surmised was probably to avoid paying any royalty to the Clash.<ref name=Guardian/> "Rock Me" has a clapping, mid-[[tempo]] [[Beat (music)|beat]] that has been likened to that "[[We Will Rock You]]", a 1977 single by [[Queen (band)|Queen]].<ref name=Wolk/><ref name=Hitfix/>
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 ==Promotion==
 [[File:One Direction 2013.jpg|thumb|left|224px|One Direction performing in Glasgow during the album's [[Take Me Home Tour (One Direction)|accompanying concert tour]], February 2013]]
-''Take Me Home'' has yielded three singles, including two US singles. Its lead single, "[[Live While We're Young]]", was released by Syco Records on 28 September 2012. The song rocketed to worldwide success, peaking at number one in Ireland and New Zealand and the top ten in almost every country it charted in.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/singles?chart=2066|title=NZ Top 40 Singles Chart|publisher=[[New Zealand Singles Chart|The Official New Zealand Music Chart]]|access-date=19 October 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chart-track.co.uk/?i=1431&s=1111|title=One Direction – straight to the top|work=Chart-track|publisher=GFK|date=5 October 2012|access-date=12 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222200304/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/?i=1431&s=1111|archive-date=22 February 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=One+Direction&titel=Live+While+We%27re+Young&cat=s|title=One Direction – Live While We're Young (song)|work=australiancharts.com |publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=2 October 2012}}</ref> In the United States, "Live While We're Young" debuted at number three on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart, sold 341,000 downloads in its first week, and bowed at number one on the [[Digital Songs]] chart. Its debut marks the highest bow by a British group and the second-highest debut among all UK acts, outpaced only by [[Elton John]]'s number one arrival with "[[Candle in the Wind 1997]]". Its opening sales denote the biggest opening sales figure for a single by a non-US artist and the third ever for a download by a group, surpassed by the arrivals of [[Maroon 5]]'s 2012 single, "[[Payphone (song)|Payphone]]" (493,000), and [[The Black Eyed Peas]]' 2009 single, "[[Boom Boom Pow]]" (465,000).<ref name="Billboarddebut">{{Cite magazine|author=Keith Caufield|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/474711/one-direction-has-highest-ever-hot-100-debut-by-uk-group|title=One Direction Has Highest-Ever Hot 100 Debut by U.K. Group|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|access-date=12 October 2012|location=United States}}</ref><ref name="Musicweek1">{{cite news|author=Tina Hart|url=http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/one-direction-have-fastest-selling-single-by-a-uk-artist/052114 |title=One Direction achieve fastest-selling single by a UK act in the US |work=Music Week |publisher=Intent Media|date=21 October 2012 |access-date=11 October 2012|location=United Kingdom}}</ref> "[[Little Things (One Direction song)|Little Things]]" was released in the UK and Ireland on 12 November 2012, as the second single.<ref name="lout">{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/music/news/a430767/one-direction-confirm-new-single-little-things.html|title=One Direction confirm new single 'Little Things'|work=Digital Spy |publisher=Hearst Magazines UK |date=15 October 2012 |access-date= 1 November 2012}}</ref><ref name="MTVNEWS">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1695868/one-direction-little-things-ed-sheeran.jhtml|title=One Direction's Pal Ed Sheeran Penned Their Next U.K. Single|date=19 October 2012|access-date=1 November 2012|work=MTV News|publisher=Viacom|author=Jocelyn Vena}}</ref> The track debuted at number one on the [[UK Singles Chart]] of 18 November 2012, becoming One Direction's fifth top-ten appearance and second number-one hit in the United Kingdom.<ref name="UKdebut"/> "[[Kiss You (One Direction song)|Kiss You]]", chosen as the second and final U.S. single third and final overall single of ''Take Me Home'', was released [[Music download|digitally]] on 17 November 2012, according to MTV News.<ref name="MTVNEWS2">{{cite news|author=Christina Garibaldi |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1697510/one-direction-kiss-you-star-wars.jhtml|title=One Direction find the force in 'Kiss You' video|work=MTV News |publisher=Viacom |date=17 November 2012 |access-date=7 December 2012}}</ref>
+''Take Me Home'' has yielded three singles, including two US singles. Its lead single, "[[Live While We're Young]]", was released by Syco Records on 28 September 2012. The song rocketed to worldwide success, peaking at number one in Ireland and New Zealand and the top ten in almost every country it charted in.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/singles/2012-10-05|title=NZ Top 40 Singles Chart|publisher=[[New Zealand Singles Chart|The Official New Zealand Music Chart]]|access-date=19 October 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chart-track.co.uk/?i=1431&s=1111|title=One Direction – straight to the top|work=Chart-track|publisher=GFK|date=5 October 2012|access-date=12 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222200304/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/?i=1431&s=1111|archive-date=22 February 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=One+Direction&titel=Live+While+We%27re+Young&cat=s|title=One Direction – Live While We're Young (song)|work=australiancharts.com |publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=2 October 2012}}</ref> In the United States, "Live While We're Young" debuted at number three on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart, sold 341,000 downloads in its first week, and bowed at number one on the [[Digital Songs]] chart. Its debut marks the highest bow by a British group and the second-highest debut among all UK acts, outpaced only by [[Elton John]]'s number one arrival with "[[Candle in the Wind 1997]]". Its opening sales denote the biggest opening sales figure for a single by a non-US artist and the third ever for a download by a group, surpassed by the arrivals of [[Maroon 5]]'s 2012 single, "[[Payphone (song)|Payphone]]" (493,000), and [[The Black Eyed Peas]]' 2009 single, "[[Boom Boom Pow]]" (465,000).<ref name="Billboarddebut">{{Cite magazine|author=Keith Caufield|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/474711/one-direction-has-highest-ever-hot-100-debut-by-uk-group|title=One Direction Has Highest-Ever Hot 100 Debut by U.K. Group|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|access-date=12 October 2012|location=United States}}</ref><ref name="Musicweek1">{{cite news|author=Tina Hart|url=http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/one-direction-have-fastest-selling-single-by-a-uk-artist/052114 |title=One Direction achieve fastest-selling single by a UK act in the US |work=Music Week |publisher=Intent Media|date=21 October 2012 |access-date=11 October 2012|location=United Kingdom}}</ref> "[[Little Things (One Direction song)|Little Things]]" was released in the UK and Ireland on 12 November 2012, as the second single.<ref name="lout">{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/music/news/a430767/one-direction-confirm-new-single-little-things.html|title=One Direction confirm new single 'Little Things'|work=Digital Spy |publisher=Hearst Magazines UK |date=15 October 2012 |access-date= 1 November 2012}}</ref><ref name="MTVNEWS">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1695868/one-direction-little-things-ed-sheeran.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020082733/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1695868/one-direction-little-things-ed-sheeran.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 October 2012|title=One Direction's Pal Ed Sheeran Penned Their Next U.K. Single|date=19 October 2012|access-date=1 November 2012|work=MTV News|publisher=Viacom|author=Jocelyn Vena}}</ref> The track debuted at number one on the [[UK Singles Chart]] of 18 November 2012, becoming One Direction's fifth top-ten appearance and second number-one hit in the United Kingdom.<ref name="UKdebut"/> "[[Kiss You (One Direction song)|Kiss You]]", chosen as the second and final U.S. single third and final overall single of ''Take Me Home'', was released [[Music download|digitally]] on 17 November 2012, according to MTV News.<ref name="MTVNEWS2">{{cite news|author=Christina Garibaldi |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1697510/one-direction-kiss-you-star-wars.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121119042815/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1697510/one-direction-kiss-you-star-wars.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 November 2012|title=One Direction find the force in 'Kiss You' video|work=MTV News |publisher=Viacom |date=17 November 2012 |access-date=7 December 2012}}</ref>
-The group and the album's lead single were featured in a [[Pepsi]] television commercial for the United States, which premiered on the [[Fox Broadcasting Company]] network on 10 October 2012.<ref name="Pepsi">{{cite news|author=Jocelyn Vena|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1695355/one-direction-pepsi-ad.jhtml |title=One Direction sign sixth member ... for a can of soda?|work=MTV News |publisher=Viacom |date=11 October 2012 |access-date=27 October 2012}}</ref> [[Columbia Records]] allowed the record to stream in full on [[iTunes]] in the week leading up to its 13 November 2012 release.<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Grady Smith |url=http://music-mix.ew.com/2012/11/06/one-direction-stream-take-me-home/ |title=You can stream One Direction's 'Take Me Home' in its entirety on iTunes|magazine=Entertainment Weekly |publisher=Time, Inc|date=6 November 2012 |access-date=10 March 2013}}</ref> In addition, One Direction promoted the album in a series of live appearances from October toward December, notably on television programmes ''[[The X Factor USA]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/08/one-direction-x-factor-us_n_2096917.html |title=One Direction 'X Factor USA' Video: The Boys Perform 'Little Things' And 'Live While We're Young' Live!|work=[[The Huffington Post]]|publisher=The Huffington Post, Inc. |date=11 November 2012|access-date=16 November 2012}}</ref> ''[[The X Factor UK]]'',{{citation needed|date=March 2020}} ''[[The Today Show]]'',{{citation needed|date=March 2020}} and the [[BBC]]'s ''[[Children in Need 2012]]'' telethon.<ref>{{cite news|publisher=[[Independent News and Media]]|url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/uk/children-in-need-total-passes-14m-16238988.html|title=Children in Need total passes £23m|date=16 November 2012|access-date=16 November 2012|work=[[Belfast Telegraph]]}}</ref> Additional live appearances include at the [[Royal Variety Performance]], in the presence of Queen [[Elizabeth II]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/queen-elizabeth-II/9690193/Royal-Variety-Performance-2012-One-Direction-and-Girls-Aloud-sing-for-The-Queen.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121121192154/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/queen-elizabeth-II/9690193/Royal-Variety-Performance-2012-One-Direction-and-Girls-Aloud-sing-for-The-Queen.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 November 2012|title=Royal Variety Performance 2012: One Direction and Girls Aloud sing for The Queen |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=20 November 2012 |access-date=24 November 2012}}</ref> the [[Bambi Awards]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.itn.co.uk/Entertainment/62333/one-direction-perform-at-the-bambi-awards|title=One Direction perform at the Bambi awards|work=[[ITN]]|publisher=ITN, Inc.|date=23 November 2012|access-date=25 November 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130224034338/http://www.itn.co.uk/Entertainment/62333/one-direction-perform-at-the-bambi-awards|archive-date=24 February 2013}}</ref> and a headlining sold-out show at New York City's [[Madison Square Garden]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/photos/live/473866/one-direction-headlines-sold-out-show-at-madison-square-garden|title=One Direction Headlines Sold-Out Show at Madison Square Garden|date=4 December 2012|access-date=5 December 2012|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|author=Andrew Hampp}}</ref> The album's accompanying concert tour, the ''[[Take Me Home Tour (One Direction)|Take Me Home Tour]]'', commenced at London's [[The O2 Arena|O2 Arena]] on 23 February 2013.<ref name="Capital FM Take Me Home">{{cite web|title=One Direction take zumba classes to prepare for 'Take Me Home' world tour|url=http://www.capitalfm.com/artists/one-direction/news/take-me-home-world-tour-zumba-classes/|publisher=Capital (Global Radio)|access-date=23 February 2013}}</ref><ref name="Mirror Take Me Home">{{cite news|last=Robertson|first=James|title=Behind the scenes of One Direction tour: Zayn Malik wears Perrie t-shirt, Harry Styles dresses for winter|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/behind-the-scenes-of-one-direction-take-1586979|access-date=23 February 2013|newspaper=Daily Mirror|date=23 February 2013}}</ref> The concert tour consists of over 100 shows in Australasia, Europe, and North America, and is set to visit arenas and stadiums from February through October 2013. Announced by member [[Liam Payne]] at the [[2012 BRIT Awards]] in early 2012, the original concert tour was billed as the UK & Ireland Arena Tour.<ref>{{cite web|author=Lewis Corner |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a367174/one-direction-announce-uk-and-ireland-arena-tour-for-2013.html |title=One Direction announce UK and Ireland arena tour for 2013|work=Digital Spy |publisher=Hearst Magazines UK |date=22 February 2012|access-date=7 March 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/17122371 |title=One Direction announce UK tour in 2013 after Brits win |work= [[Newsbeat]] |publisher=BBC |date=22 February 2012 |access-date=7 March 2013}}</ref> In mid-2012, the concert tour expanded with legs in North America and [[Australasia]] following the band's international breakthrough.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/495844/one-direction-plot-summer-tour-in-2013|title=One Direction Plot Summer Tour... in 2013|author=Billboard Staff|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|date=12 April 2012|access-date=7 March 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=''The Daily Telegraph'' Staff Writers |url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/one-direction-announce-aussie-tour-in-september-2013/story-e6freuy9-1226331998252 |title=One Direction announce Aussie tour in September 2013|work=[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|The Daily Telegraph]]|publisher=[[News Limited]] |date=18 April 2012 |access-date=7 March 2013}}</ref> In the UK and Ireland, ticket sales reached 300,000 within a day of release, which included a six-date sell out at the O2 Arena in London.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.co.uk/news/one-direction/349694-one-direction-tickets |title=One Direction Fans in Ticket-Buying Frenzy|work=MTV News|publisher=Viacom |date=26 February 2012 |access-date=7 March 2013}}</ref> In Australian and New Zealand markets, tickets grossed US$15.7 million, with all 190,000 tickets being sold for eighteen shows to be held in Australia and New Zealand.<ref>{{cite news|author=Brittany Stack |url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/how-one-direction-cashed-in-on-their-hugely-successful-australian-tour/story-e6freuy9-1226341685202 |title=How One Direction cashed in on their hugely successful Australian tour |work=The Daily Telegraph|date=29 April 2012 |access-date=11 March 2013}}</ref>
+The group and the album's lead single were featured in a [[Pepsi]] television commercial for the United States, which premiered on the [[Fox Broadcasting Company]] network on 10 October 2012.<ref name="Pepsi">{{cite news|author=Jocelyn Vena|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1695355/one-direction-pepsi-ad.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013222126/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1695355/one-direction-pepsi-ad.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 October 2012 |title=One Direction sign sixth member ... for a can of soda?|work=MTV News |publisher=Viacom |date=11 October 2012 |access-date=27 October 2012}}</ref> [[Columbia Records]] allowed the record to stream in full on [[iTunes]] in the week leading up to its 13 November 2012 release.<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Grady Smith |url=http://music-mix.ew.com/2012/11/06/one-direction-stream-take-me-home/ |title=You can stream One Direction's 'Take Me Home' in its entirety on iTunes|magazine=Entertainment Weekly |publisher=Time, Inc|date=6 November 2012 |access-date=10 March 2013}}</ref> In addition, One Direction promoted the album in a series of live appearances from October toward December, notably on television programmes ''[[The X Factor USA]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/08/one-direction-x-factor-us_n_2096917.html |title=One Direction 'X Factor USA' Video: The Boys Perform 'Little Things' And 'Live While We're Young' Live!|work=[[The Huffington Post]]|publisher=The Huffington Post, Inc. |date=11 November 2012|access-date=16 November 2012}}</ref> ''[[The X Factor UK]]'',{{citation needed|date=March 2020}} ''[[The Today Show]]'',{{citation needed|date=March 2020}} and the [[BBC]]'s ''[[Children in Need 2012]]'' telethon.<ref>{{cite news|publisher=[[Independent News and Media]]|url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/uk/children-in-need-total-passes-14m-16238988.html|title=Children in Need total passes £23m|date=16 November 2012|access-date=16 November 2012|work=[[Belfast Telegraph]]}}</ref> Additional live appearances include at the [[Royal Variety Performance]], in the presence of Queen [[Elizabeth II]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/queen-elizabeth-II/9690193/Royal-Variety-Performance-2012-One-Direction-and-Girls-Aloud-sing-for-The-Queen.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121121192154/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/queen-elizabeth-II/9690193/Royal-Variety-Performance-2012-One-Direction-and-Girls-Aloud-sing-for-The-Queen.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 November 2012|title=Royal Variety Performance 2012: One Direction and Girls Aloud sing for The Queen |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=20 November 2012 |access-date=24 November 2012}}</ref> the [[Bambi Awards]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.itn.co.uk/Entertainment/62333/one-direction-perform-at-the-bambi-awards|title=One Direction perform at the Bambi awards|work=[[ITN]]|publisher=ITN, Inc.|date=23 November 2012|access-date=25 November 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130224034338/http://www.itn.co.uk/Entertainment/62333/one-direction-perform-at-the-bambi-awards|archive-date=24 February 2013}}</ref> and a headlining sold-out show at New York City's [[Madison Square Garden]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/photos/live/473866/one-direction-headlines-sold-out-show-at-madison-square-garden|title=One Direction Headlines Sold-Out Show at Madison Square Garden|date=4 December 2012|access-date=5 December 2012|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|author=Andrew Hampp}}</ref> The album's accompanying concert tour, the ''[[Take Me Home Tour (One Direction)|Take Me Home Tour]]'', commenced at London's [[The O2 Arena|O2 Arena]] on 23 February 2013.<ref name="Capital FM Take Me Home">{{cite web|title=One Direction take zumba classes to prepare for 'Take Me Home' world tour|url=http://www.capitalfm.com/artists/one-direction/news/take-me-home-world-tour-zumba-classes/|publisher=Capital (Global Radio)|access-date=23 February 2013}}</ref><ref name="Mirror Take Me Home">{{cite news|last=Robertson|first=James|title=Behind the scenes of One Direction tour: Zayn Malik wears Perrie t-shirt, Harry Styles dresses for winter|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/behind-the-scenes-of-one-direction-take-1586979|access-date=23 February 2013|newspaper=Daily Mirror|date=23 February 2013}}</ref> The concert tour consists of over 100 shows in Australasia, Europe, and North America, and is set to visit arenas and stadiums from February through October 2013. Announced by member [[Liam Payne]] at the [[2012 BRIT Awards]] in early 2012, the original concert tour was billed as the UK & Ireland Arena Tour.<ref>{{cite web|author=Lewis Corner |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a367174/one-direction-announce-uk-and-ireland-arena-tour-for-2013.html |title=One Direction announce UK and Ireland arena tour for 2013|work=Digital Spy |publisher=Hearst Magazines UK |date=22 February 2012|access-date=7 March 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/17122371 |title=One Direction announce UK tour in 2013 after Brits win |work= [[Newsbeat]] |publisher=BBC |date=22 February 2012 |access-date=7 March 2013}}</ref> In mid-2012, the concert tour expanded with legs in North America and [[Australasia]] following the band's international breakthrough.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/495844/one-direction-plot-summer-tour-in-2013|title=One Direction Plot Summer Tour... in 2013|author=Billboard Staff|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|date=12 April 2012|access-date=7 March 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=''The Daily Telegraph'' Staff Writers |url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/one-direction-announce-aussie-tour-in-september-2013/story-e6freuy9-1226331998252 |title=One Direction announce Aussie tour in September 2013|work=[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|The Daily Telegraph]]|publisher=[[News Limited]] |date=18 April 2012 |access-date=7 March 2013}}</ref> In the UK and Ireland, ticket sales reached 300,000 within a day of release, which included a six-date sell out at the O2 Arena in London.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.co.uk/news/one-direction/349694-one-direction-tickets |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307145549/http://www.mtv.co.uk/news/one-direction/349694-one-direction-tickets |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 March 2012 |title=One Direction Fans in Ticket-Buying Frenzy|work=MTV News|publisher=Viacom |date=26 February 2012 |access-date=7 March 2013}}</ref> In Australian and New Zealand markets, tickets grossed US$15.7 million, with all 190,000 tickets being sold for eighteen shows to be held in Australia and New Zealand.<ref>{{cite news|author=Brittany Stack |url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/how-one-direction-cashed-in-on-their-hugely-successful-australian-tour/story-e6freuy9-1226341685202 |title=How One Direction cashed in on their hugely successful Australian tour |work=The Daily Telegraph|date=29 April 2012 |access-date=11 March 2013}}</ref>
 ==Critical reception==
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 | rev1score={{Rating|4|5}}<ref name=Allmusic>{{cite news|author=Matt Collar |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/take-me-home-mw0002418914 |title=Take Me Home (CD – Sony Music Distribution #88725475972)|work=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=16 November 2012 }}</ref>
 | rev2 = ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''
-| rev2score = 80/100<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/review/1066768/one-direction-take-me-home-track-by-track-review |title=One Direction, 'Take Me Home': Track-By-Track Review |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=23 March 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140521100320/http://www.billboard.com/articles/review/1066768/one-direction-take-me-home-track-by-track-review |archive-date=21 May 2014  }}</ref>
+| rev2score = 80/100<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/review/1066768/one-direction-take-me-home-track-by-track-review |title=One Direction, 'Take Me Home': Track-By-Track Review |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=23 March 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140521100320/http://www.billboard.com/articles/review/1066768/one-direction-take-me-home-track-by-track-review |archive-date=21 May 2014 }}</ref>
 | rev3 = ''[[Daily Express]]''
 | rev3score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="DE">{{cite news|url=http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/357054/CD-Review-One-Direction-Take-Me-Home|title=CD review: One Direction: Take Me Home|date=9 November 2012|access-date=9 November 2012|work=[[Daily Express]]|author=Simon Gage}}</ref>
 | rev4 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
-| rev4score = C<ref name=EW>{{cite magazine|author=Adam Markovitz |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20643783,00.html |title=Take Me Home — review — One Direction |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=11 November 2012 |access-date=16 November 2012}}</ref>
+| rev4score = C<ref name=EW>{{cite magazine |author=Adam Markovitz |url=https://ew.com/article/2012/11/02/take-me-home-review-one-direction/ |title=Take Me Home — review — One Direction |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=11 November 2012 |access-date=16 November 2012 |archive-date=15 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915094551/https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20643783,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
 | rev5 = ''[[The Guardian]]''
 | rev5score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name=Guardian>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/nov/08/one-direction-take-me-review|title=One Direction: Take Me Home — review|work=[[The Guardian]]|author= Alexis Petridis|author-link=Alexis Petridis|date=8 November 2012|access-date=9 November 2012}}</ref>
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 The album received generally positive reviews from contemporary [[music journalism|music critics]]. At [[Metacritic]], which assigns a [[Standard score|normalised]] rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an [[weighted mean|average]] score of 68, based on ten reviews.<ref name="metacritic"/> Despite its "boardroom-defined objectives" and "safety", Al Fox, writing for [[BBC Music]], considered the music itself "notable quality" and reliable.<ref name=BBCmusic>{{cite news|author=Al Fox|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/fh8r |title=Music – Review of One Direction – Take Me Home|work=[[BBC Music]] |date=12 November 2012|access-date=16 November 2012}}</ref> Matt Collar from [[AllMusic]] described it as an "immediately catchy mix of dancey pop that maximizes the group's shared lead-vocal approach and peppy, upbeat image."<ref name=Allmusic/> Kate Wills from ''[[The Independent]]'' praised the uptempo material while defining the ballads as jarring, a notion shared by John Dolan of ''Rolling Stone''.<ref name=Independent/><ref name=RS/> Simon Gage of ''[[Daily Express]]'' noted that "it's not going to change the world" but "the voices are good and the charm undiminished".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/music/357054/CD-Review-One-Direction-Take-Me-Home|title = CD Review: One Direction: Take Me Home|date = 9 November 2012}}</ref> Chris Richards of ''[[The Washington Post]]'' wrote that "the group's best songs are dazzlingly efficient" and "the boy band's sophomore album is pop candy in the purest sense—sweet, colorful, and unlike so many releases aimed at ticklish tweenage hearts, consistent".<ref>{{cite news| author=Chris Richards| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/one-direction-take-me-home-album-review/2012/11/12/92f31c80-2a97-11e2-bab2-eda299503684_story.html |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] | title=One Direction, 'Take Me Home' album review | date=14 November 2012|access-date=30 November 2012}}</ref> Sam Lansky of ''[[Idolator (website)|Idolator]]'' commented that the album is "some of the purest pop of the year" and "is actually pretty great—certainly better than it needs to be" while adding that "the hooks are instantaneous and keenly crafted" and "the production is '80s-inflected and intermittently rock-dappled".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.idolator.com/7267562/one-direction-take-me-home-album-review|title=One Direction's 'Take Me Home': Album Review|date=13 November 2012}}</ref>
-Al Fox of [[BBC Music]] complimented the album, writing "polished and dependable, despite its safety there are some show-stopping pop anthems present" while adding that the album "takes the One Direction brand, reinforces it nicely, and as far as their fans' needs are concerned, ticks every single box".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/fh8r/|title = BBC - Music - Review of One Direction - Take Me Home}}</ref> Josh Langhoff of ''[[PopMatters]]'' praised "C'mon C'mon" as the album's best song, calling it "amazing" and "euphoric" and complimenting the group's harmonies while also adding that the album had "unexpected variety" and that "these may be the least articulate cads on the pop charts, but their beats speak volumes".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/165358-one-direction-take-me-home-2495798027.html|title = One Direction: Take Me Home, PopMatters| date=15 November 2012 }}</ref> James Robertson of ''The [[Daily Mirror]]'' praised the album, writing that "it's fun, infectious and they've found the balance between poptastic fun for the pre-teens and lyrics with meaning for embarrassed twenty-somethings who secretly listen to ''[[Up All Night (One Direction album)|Up All Night]]'' on their iPods" and that "there are some obvious rhymes and repetitive tones but the five-piece have smashed it with ''Take Me Home''".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/one-direction-take-me-home-review-1418646|title = One Direction track-by-track review of Take Me Home: Find out the best songs, funniest lyrics and more!|website = [[Daily Mirror]]|date = 5 November 2012}}</ref> Carmin Chappell of ''[[HuffPost]]'' commented that "their maturation into young adults is made evident" and that "although the songs still have the poppy vibe characteristic of boybands, this album has a more cohesive sound than the last" while complimenting the album for how it "successfully embodies the carefree and fun nature of teens".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/one-direction-take-me-hom_b_2095074|title=One Direction 'Take Me Home': Album Review|date=13 November 2012}}</ref> Sarah Dean, also writing for ''HuffPost'', deemed the album as "disappointingly good pop" and "the kind of music you want to hate and know you shouldn't enjoy as someone who isn't a 'teeny-bopper', but it still puts a smile on your face" while ending her review by saying "One Direction's global music domination won't be ending anytime soon. And this album has made me think it's probably just easier to give in and enjoy it".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/11/05/one-direction-take-me-home_n_2077216.html|title = REVIEW: Should You 'Take Home' One Direction's Second Album?|date = 9 November 2012}}</ref>
+Al Fox of [[BBC Music]] complimented the album, writing "polished and dependable, despite its safety there are some show-stopping pop anthems present" while adding that the album "takes the One Direction brand, reinforces it nicely, and as far as their fans' needs are concerned, ticks every single box".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/fh8r/|title = BBC – Music – Review of One Direction – Take Me Home}}</ref> Josh Langhoff of ''[[PopMatters]]'' praised "C'mon C'mon" as the album's best song, calling it "amazing" and "euphoric" and complimenting the group's harmonies while also adding that the album had "unexpected variety" and that "these may be the least articulate cads on the pop charts, but their beats speak volumes".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/165358-one-direction-take-me-home-2495798027.html|title = One Direction: Take Me Home, PopMatters| date=15 November 2012 }}</ref> James Robertson of ''The [[Daily Mirror]]'' praised the album, writing that "it's fun, infectious and they've found the balance between poptastic fun for the pre-teens and lyrics with meaning for embarrassed twenty-somethings who secretly listen to ''[[Up All Night (One Direction album)|Up All Night]]'' on their iPods" and that "there are some obvious rhymes and repetitive tones but the five-piece have smashed it with ''Take Me Home''".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/one-direction-take-me-home-review-1418646|title = One Direction track-by-track review of Take Me Home: Find out the best songs, funniest lyrics and more!|website = [[Daily Mirror]]|date = 5 November 2012}}</ref> Carmin Chappell of ''[[HuffPost]]'' commented that "their maturation into young adults is made evident" and that "although the songs still have the poppy vibe characteristic of boybands, this album has a more cohesive sound than the last" while complimenting the album for how it "successfully embodies the carefree and fun nature of teens".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/one-direction-take-me-hom_b_2095074|title=One Direction 'Take Me Home': Album Review|date=13 November 2012}}</ref> Sarah Dean, also writing for ''HuffPost'', deemed the album as "disappointingly good pop" and "the kind of music you want to hate and know you shouldn't enjoy as someone who isn't a 'teeny-bopper', but it still puts a smile on your face" while ending her review by saying "One Direction's global music domination won't be ending anytime soon. And this album has made me think it's probably just easier to give in and enjoy it".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/11/05/one-direction-take-me-home_n_2077216.html|title = REVIEW: Should You 'Take Home' One Direction's Second Album?|date = 9 November 2012}}</ref>
 Some reviews were less positive, with ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' writer Adam Markovitz panning the record as an empty gesture and asserting that the album was rushed, signifying an album with "barely enough zip to keep the kids up past dinner."<ref name=EW/> Likewise, Robert Copsey from ''[[Digital Spy]]'' wrote, "The result [of ''Take Me Home''] may see them progressing at a snail's pace, but when you've got it so good, what's the rush anyway?"<ref name="digital">{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com.au/music/albumreviews/a436752/one-direction-take-me-home-album-review.html|title=One Direction: 'Take Me Home' — album review|work=[[Digital Spy]]|author=Robert Copsey|date=11 November 2012 |access-date=16 November 2012}}</ref> In a mixed review, ''The New York Times'' contributor Jon Caramanica appreciated the album's sonic palette, but dismissed its lyricism as narrow and tedious, and Sheeran's contributions as "unusually lumpy in the hands of such a polished group". Caramanica characterised the members' vocals as "fundamentally interchangeable", and opined that only [[Zayn Malik]] "breaks free from the pack vocally with any regularity."<ref name=NYT/>
-While he commended the album for its "variable quality", Alexis Petridis for ''[[The Guardian]]'' felt the record would not be able to transcend its target market, a core audience aged approximately 8 to 12 and female: "To anyone else, the mystery of One Direction's success—or at least the sheer scale of it—remains as opaque as ever."<ref name=Guardian/> The latter view was shared by [[Ben Rayner]] of the ''[[Toronto Star]]'': "Unless you're in the target demographic or are, perhaps, a mom who lived through the same thing in her youth, there's no point in even going near this record, of course, but the rest of us were never meant to in the first place."<ref name=Star>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/cd%20review/article/1286883--one-direction-album-review-cookie-cutter-pop-for-12-year-olds |title=One Direction album review: cookie-cutter pop for 12-year-olds|work=[[Toronto Star]]|author-link=Ben Rayner|author=Ben Rayner|date=11 November 2012 |access-date=16 November 2012}}</ref> Writing for ''[[HitFix]]'', Melinda Newman maintained that the album "masterfully hits its target", and concluded as follows: "I'm so far out of the One Dimension demographic, I practically need a [[GPS]] to find it."<ref name=Hitfix>{{cite news|url=http://www.hitfix.com/news/album-review-one-directions-take-me-home-masterfully-hits-its-target|title=Album Review: One Direction's 'Take Me Home' masterfully hits its target|date=12 November 2012|access-date=16 February 2012|work=HitFix|author=Melinda Newman}}</ref> Kyle Kramer of ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' called the album "a bit of a cash grab" and "an empty gesture" while stating "that almost every song" on the album "appears carefully engineered to stick to a three-minute run time and the same strict structural formula, in which two verses crescendo into forgettable choruses".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/redeye/redeye-one-direction-take-me-home-album-review-20121112-story.html|title = One Direction, 'Take Me Home' album review|website = [[Chicago Tribune]]| date=12 November 2012 }}</ref>
+While he commended the album for its "variable quality", Alexis Petridis for ''[[The Guardian]]'' felt the record would not be able to transcend its target market, a core audience aged approximately 8 to 12 and female: "To anyone else, the mystery of One Direction's success—or at least the sheer scale of it—remains as opaque as ever."<ref name=Guardian/> The latter view was shared by [[Ben Rayner]] of the ''[[Toronto Star]]'': "Unless you're in the target demographic or are, perhaps, a mom who lived through the same thing in her youth, there's no point in even going near this record, of course, but the rest of us were never meant to in the first place."<ref name=Star>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/cd%20review/article/1286883--one-direction-album-review-cookie-cutter-pop-for-12-year-olds |title=One Direction album review: cookie-cutter pop for 12-year-olds|work=[[Toronto Star]]|author-link=Ben Rayner|author=Ben Rayner|date=11 November 2012 |access-date=16 November 2012}}</ref> Writing for ''[[HitFix]]'', Melinda Newman maintained that the album "masterfully hits its target", and concluded as follows: "I'm so far out of the One Dimension demographic, I practically need a [[GPS]] to find it."<ref name=Hitfix>{{cite news|url=http://www.hitfix.com/news/album-review-one-directions-take-me-home-masterfully-hits-its-target|title=Album Review: One Direction's 'Take Me Home' masterfully hits its target|date=12 November 2012|access-date=16 February 2012|work=HitFix|author=Melinda Newman|archive-date=7 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130307040141/http://www.hitfix.com/news/album-review-one-directions-take-me-home-masterfully-hits-its-target|url-status=dead}}</ref> Kyle Kramer of ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' called the album "a bit of a cash grab" and "an empty gesture" while stating "that almost every song" on the album "appears carefully engineered to stick to a three-minute run time and the same strict structural formula, in which two verses crescendo into forgettable choruses".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/redeye/redeye-one-direction-take-me-home-album-review-20121112-story.html|title = One Direction, 'Take Me Home' album review|website = [[Chicago Tribune]]| date=12 November 2012 }}</ref>
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+| headline        = [[Target Corporation|Target]] edition bonus tracks<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.target.com/p/one-direction-take-me-home-only-at-target/-/A-14258662 |title=One Direction&nbsp;– Take Me Home |publisher=[[Target Corporation]] |access-date=8 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108094340/http://www.target.com/p/one-direction-take-me-home-only-at-target/-/A-14258662 |archive-date=8 November 2012 }}</ref>
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-!scope="row"|Australian Albums (ARIA)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/pink-top-of-australian-album-charts-with-the-truth-about-love/story-e6frfn09-1226549758803|title=Pink top of Australian album charts with The Truth About Love|access-date=8 March 2013|work=[[news.com.au]]|publisher=News Limited}}</ref>
+!scope="row"|Australian Albums (ARIA)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/pink-top-of-australian-album-charts-with-the-truth-about-love/story-e6frfn09-1226549758803|title=Pink top of Australian album charts with The Truth About Love|access-date=8 March 2013|work=[[news.com.au]]|publisher=News Limited|archive-date=15 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215031807/http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/pink-top-of-australian-album-charts-with-the-truth-about-love/story-e6frfn09-1226549758803|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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-*{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.fi/tilastot/myydyimmat/2012/kotimaiset/albumit|title=Myydyimmät kotimaiset albumit vuonna 2012|language=fi|publisher=Musiikkituottajat&nbsp;– IFPI Finland|access-date=5 August 2013}}
+*{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.fi/tilastot/myydyimmat/2012/kotimaiset/albumit|title=Myydyimmät kotimaiset albumit vuonna 2012|language=fi|publisher=Musiikkituottajat&nbsp;– IFPI Finland|access-date=5 August 2013|archive-date=19 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130319022545/http://www.ifpi.fi/tilastot/myydyimmat/2012/kotimaiset/albumit|url-status=dead}}
-*{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.fi/tilastot/myydyimmat/2012/ulkomaiset/albumit|title=Myydyimmät ulkomaiset albumit vuonna 2012|language=fi|publisher=Musiikkituottajat&nbsp;– IFPI Finland|access-date=5 August 2012}}</ref>
+*{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.fi/tilastot/myydyimmat/2012/ulkomaiset/albumit|title=Myydyimmät ulkomaiset albumit vuonna 2012|language=fi|publisher=Musiikkituottajat&nbsp;– IFPI Finland|access-date=5 August 2012|archive-date=31 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121231181847/http://www.ifpi.fi/tilastot/myydyimmat/2012/ulkomaiset/albumit|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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-!scope="row"|New Zealand Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web|title=END OF YEAR CHARTS 2012|url=http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/albums?chart=2131|work=The Official NZ Music Charts|publisher=Recorded Music New Zealand Limited|access-date=8 December 2013}}</ref>
+!scope="row"|New Zealand Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web|title=END OF YEAR CHARTS 2012|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-albums/2012-12-31|work=The Official NZ Music Charts|publisher=Recorded Music New Zealand Limited|access-date=8 December 2013}}</ref>
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+!scope="row"|UK Albums (OCC)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/20120108/37502/|title=End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2012|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=12 May 2021|archive-date=2 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302052122/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/20120108/37502/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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+!scope="row"|UK Albums (OCC)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/20130106/37502/|title=End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2013|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=12 May 2021}}</ref>
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-!scope="row"|US ''Billboard'' 200<ref name="Billboard 200">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2013/the-billboard-200|title=Billboard 200 Albums - Year-End 2013|magazine=Billboard|access-date=6 January 2018}}</ref>
+!scope="row"|US ''Billboard'' 200<ref name="Billboard 200">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2013/the-billboard-200|title=Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2013|magazine=Billboard|access-date=6 January 2018}}</ref>
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v t e One Direction
Niall Horan Zayn Malik Liam Payne Harry Styles Louis Tomlinson
Studio albums	Up All Night Take Me Home Midnight Memories Four Made in the A.M.
Video albums	Up All Night: The Live Tour
EPs	iTunes Festival: London 2012
Singles	"What Makes You Beautiful" "Gotta Be You" "One Thing" "More than This" "Live While We're Young" "Little Things" "Kiss You" "One Way or Another (Teenage Kicks)" "Best Song Ever" "Story of My Life" "Midnight Memories" "You & I" "Steal My Girl" "Night Changes" "Drag Me Down" "Perfect" "History"
Promotional singles	"Diana" "Strong" "Fireproof" "Where Do Broken Hearts Go" "18" "Fool's Gold" "Infinity" "Home" "Love You Goodbye" "What a Feeling"
Other songs	"Moments" "No Control" "If I Could Fly"
Concert tours	Up All Night Tour Take Me Home Tour Where We Are Tour On the Road Again Tour
TV and film	This Is Us Where We Are – The Concert Film "Run, Chris, Run"
Related	Discography Awards and nominations Songs Our Moment John Ryan
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