Matthew Horton of opined that the album brims with 'punchy pop rock', and considered the dance-orientated 'Stole My Heart': 'the only misstep, which only reinforces their decision to go pop rock.' 's Ben Chalk called the album: 'manufactured, calculated and commercial', assessing that the resulting album 'is a corking pop album'. Get ready to hear a lot more of One Direction. Up All Night has its ups and downs, but One Direction complete two important tasks on their debut album: the boy band notches a long-lasting hit with 'What Makes You Beautiful,' and they look forward instead of back. The electropop currently dominating Top 40 radio is seamlessly weaved into the pop harmonies made standards by, and - for instance, the title track sounds like a hybrid of Backstreet Boys' ' and an song, and even includes a name-check. The album debuted at #1 on the Canadian Albums Chart, which made One Direction the first U.K group in Canadian history to enter at number one with their debut album, and the first international group to debut at #1 in the Nielsen SoundScan era (post 1991) with a debut album.
In Australia, the album topped the ARIA Charts for five weeks, and was certified 5 times platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association. In New Zealand, the album topped New Zealand Albums Chart for three weeks, and was certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. It was the tenth biggest selling album in 2011, in Ireland. It was certified double platinum by the British Phonographic Industry on 15 February 2013. As of November 2014, the album has sold 1,086,434 copies in the UK. The album debuted at number two on the charts on 27 November 2011, selling 138,631 copies, and becoming the UK's fastest-selling debut album of 2011, as well as the fastest selling album of 2011 to miss out on number one. Up All Night also became the fifteenth best selling album in the UK of 2012, with sales of 372,000 copies.
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