All of One Direction's albums are back on the Irish charts

October 26, 2024
All of One Direction's albums are back on the Irish charts

All five of One Direction's albums are back in the charts following band member Liam Payne's death in Buenos Aires last week.

Payne died at the age of 31 after falling from a third-floor balcony of the Casa Sur Hotel in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires, on 16 October.

Take Me Home is at No 6, Midnight Memories is at No 7, Four is at No 11, Made in the A.M. is at No 12 and Up All Night has reentered the charts at No 24.

US popstar Sabrina Carpenter has topped the Irish album chart this week with Short N' Sweet, up from the second position last week.

Sabrina Carpenter has topped the Official Irish Album Chart

Gracie Abrams' The Secret of Us follows in the second spot, up from No 12 last week, while Charlie XCX's Brat has gone from the top spot to No 3.

Noah Kahan is in the fourth position with Stick Season, while Chappell Roan's The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess rounds out the Top 5.

Chappell Roan's The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess is at No 5 in the Album Chart

Meanwhile, over on the Irish Singles Chart, three of One Direction's singles and two of Liam Payne's solo singles have reentered the charts.

One Direction's Night Changes is at No 4, Story Of My Life is at No 6 and Perfect is at No 17.

For You, Payne and Rita Ora's track for the Fifty Shades Freed soundtrack, is a No 43 and Strip That Down, his collaboration with Quavo, is at No 47.

Three of One Direction's singles and two of Liam Payne's solo singles have reentered the Irish Singles Chart

Gracie Abrams' I Love You I'm Sorry has retained the top position in the singles chart, Gigi Perez's Sailor Song is at No 2 and Sabrina Carpenter's Taste is at No 3.

Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars' Die With A Smile rounds out the Top 5.

In 2008, Payne auditioned for The X Factor as a 14-year-old, singing Frank Sinatra’s Fly Me To The Moon, with judge Simon Cowell telling him to return to the talent show two years later.

In 2010, he impressed the judges with a rendition of Michael Buble’s Cry Me A River before being put together with four other solo hopefuls at the boot camp stage of the competition – the group which later became One Direction.

Following his death, tributes have poured in for Payne, who sang in the group alongside Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson.

In a joint statement, Payne's former bandmates said they were "completely devastated" and will miss the singer "terribly", adding the "memories we shared with him will be treasured forever".

Payne died of multiple traumas and "internal and external haemorrhage", a post-mortem examination report said.

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