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The album was placed at number eleven on Cosmopolitan 's list of "The 20 Best Albums of 2014". [40] Jessica Goodman and Ryan Kistobak of The Huffington Post included the album on their list of 2014's best releases, claiming that "2014 will forever be known as the year that we realized One Direction was actually, dare we say, good." Goodman further complimented the album as a "complex, feel-good trip down young love lane". [41] Billboard named Four the best boy band album of the last thirty years, calling it "the absolute standard-bearer for the last decade of pop". [42] Commercial performance The deluxe edition of Four became the top charted album on iTunes in some 67 countries. [44] [45] In the US, the album debuted at No.1 on the Billboard 200 chart on the week ending 23 November 2014, with sales of 387,000. One Direction thus became the first musical group to have each of their first four studio albums debut at No.1; the Monkees and the Kingston Trio also reached No.1 with their first four albums but not in the first week of sales. One Direction follows three solo artists who have attained No.1 status with their first four albums: Britney Spears and DMX in 2003, and Beyoncé in 2011. (In 2013, Beyoncé's fifth album also debuted at No.1.) [46] Four sold 814,000 copies in the US in 2014, the ninth best-selling album of the year. [47] The album reached its millionth sales mark in the U.S. in August 2015, [48] and has sold 1,016,000 as of October 2015. [49] Accolades Decade-end lists Publication One Direction Four album review: 'they bear as much resemblance to Springsteen as Jedward do to Nine Inch Nails' ". 18 November 2014. Where Do Broken Hearts Go (Legal Title)". repertoire.bmi.com. BMI. Archived from the original on 16 October 2014 . Retrieved 27 July 2015.

Western Weekly Top 20: 2014/11/21 – 2014/11/27". Week 48, 2014 (in Chinese). G-Music. 1 December 2014. Archived from the original on 12 August 2012 . Retrieved 1 December 2014. Classifiche "Top of the Music" 2015 FIMI-GfK: La musica italiana in vetta negli album e nei singoli digitali" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Archived from the original on 11 January 2016 . Retrieved 14 January 2016. Caulfield, Keith (13 August 2015). "Billboard 200 Chart Moves: One Direction's 'Four' Reaches 1 Million Sold in U.S." Billboard . Retrieved 14 August 2015.Four es dos veces platino más oro en México!". AMPROFON (in Spanish). 9 February 2015 . Retrieved 10 February 2015. Four (stylized as all caps) is the fourth studio album by English-Irish boy band One Direction, released on 17 November 2014 by Columbia Records and Syco Music. The album was preceded by two singles, " Steal My Girl" and " Night Changes", both achieving platinum status in the US, and scoring the band their tenth and eleventh UK top-ten hits. The album was also One Direction's last with member Zayn Malik, who announced he was leaving the band on 25 March 2015.

Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (One Direction; 'Four ')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie . Retrieved 3 February 2023. International Weekly Top 20: 2014/11/21 – 2014/11/27". Week 48, 2014 (in Chinese). G-Music. 1 December 2014. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011 . Retrieved 1 December 2014. Singapore album certifications – One Direction – One". Recording Industry Association Singapore . Retrieved 4 January 2022. The planet's biggest pop band One Direction return with FOUR, their brand new album and the follow-up to MIDNIGHT MEMORIES, the world’s best-selling album of 2013.Wyróżnienia – Platynowe płyty CD - Archiwum - Przyznane w 2014 roku" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry.

British album certifications – One Direction – Four". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 22 November 2014. New Zealand album certifications – One Direction – Four". Recorded Music NZ . Retrieved 6 February 2015. IFPI Digital Music Report 2015: Charting the Path to Sustainable Growth" (PDF). ifpi.org. International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 March 2016 . Retrieved 14 April 2015.

One Direction bear as much resemblance to Springsteen as Jedward do to Nine Inch Nails". Irish Independent . Retrieved 18 November 2014. a b "One Direction: Four review – glossy pop with hints of Springsteen". The Guardian . Retrieved 17 November 2014. End of Year Charts – ARIA Top 100 Albums 2014". ARIA Charts. Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on 11 January 2015 . Retrieved 7 January 2015. Claufield, Keith (31 December 2014). "Taylor Swift's '1989' Beats 'Frozen' As Top Selling Album of 2014". Billboard. Archived from the original on 31 December 2014 . Retrieved 1 January 2015.

Austrian album certifications – One Direction – Four" (in German). IFPI Austria . Retrieved 2 December 2014. Oficjalna lista sprzedaży:: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart". OLiS. Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 1 December 2014. Steal My Girl" was released as the album's first single on 29 September 2014 worldwide and on 19 October 2014 in the UK. [13] " Night Changes" was then released as the album's second single on 14 November 2014. [14] Promotional singles Myydyimmät ulkomaiset albumit vuonna 2014" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland . Retrieved 17 August 2018.Caulfield, Keith (26 November 2014). "One Direction's 'Four' Makes Historic No. 1 Debut on Billboard 200 Chart". Billboard. Archived from the original on 30 November 2014 . Retrieved 28 November 2014. Lynch, Joe (8 September 2014). "One Direction Reveal New Album 'Four,' Release Free Song (for 24 Hours Only)". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media . Retrieved 8 September 2014. Peters, Mitchell (16 November 2014). "One Direction Performs New Single 'Night Changes' ". Billboard. Archived from the original on 16 November 2014 . Retrieved 16 November 2014. Cosmopolitan (3 December 2014). "Cosmo's 20 Best Albums of 2014". Cosmopolitan . Retrieved 12 December 2014.