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One Direction Nets Rare Pair of No. 1s in a Year

by Keith Caulfield, L.A. | November 23, 2012 10:00 EST

One Direction's arrival atop the Billboard 200 albums chart this week with "Take Me Home" marked the second No. 1 for the act in less than a year. It follows "Up All Night," which also bowed at No. 1 on the list dated March 31.

With a pair of No. 1s on the Billboard 200 in less than a year's time, One Direction joins an elite group of acts that have managed the feat. Earlier this year, Justin Bieber did it with "Believe" (July 7), which was preceded eight months earlier by "Under the Mistletoe" (Nov. 19, 2011).

We scrolled through the Billboard 200's archives, back to when the chart started using Nielsen SoundScan sales data on May 25, 1991, to see how many other acts have managed the feat. Turns out, since the chart was revolutionized that year with SoundScan's point-of-sale purchase information, only 17 acts have scored a pair of No. 1s albums in a year.

Garth Brooks and the Beatles took it a step even further: they each claimed three No. 1s in 12 months' time.

That said, here's a look at all of the acts that reached No. 1 with two different albums for the first time within a year on the Billboard 200 chart in the SoundScan era (May 1991-present).

Three No. 1 Albums in a Year:

- Garth Brooks ("Sevens," Dec. 13, 1997; "The Limited Series," May 23, 1998 and "Double Live," Dec. 5, 1998)

- The Beatles (The three volumes of the "Anthology" series: Dec. 9, 1995; April 6, 1996 and Nov. 16, 1996)

Two No. 1 Albums in a Year:

- Jay-Z (He's claimed a pair of No. 1s in a year five separate times)

- Justin Bieber (three times)

- 2Pac (twice)

- DMX (twice)

- Kenny Chesney (twice)

- All with one pairing each: Garth Brooks again (this time with 1992's "The Chase" and 1993's "In Pieces"), Susan Boyle, Hootie & the Blowfish, Ja Rule, Jonas Brothers, R. Kelly, Lil Wayne, Master P, One Direction, George Strait and System of a Down

Congrats to them!

So f-cking weird. He gives me asexual vibes.

I admit, I havent checked it out yet bc Im obsessed with B2ST at the moment (a Korean boy band). I'll get back to One Direction eventually

That pic though, um okay. Theres something about him that just irks me. He reminds me of Paul Ryan there

Edited November 25, 201213 yr by Cheap21

Niall is my favorite, so I'm not exactly pleased with you two at the moment.

Edited November 26, 201213 yr by All My Shadows

http://crushable.com/entertainment/one-direction-the-wanted-twitter-war-zayn-malik-louis-tomlinson-max-george-tom-parker-chlamydia-boy-212/

Niall is my favorite, so I'm not exactly pleased with you two at the moment.

Those TEETH.

Anyways...

Add me to the list honey, cause I don't like him and I ain't running your fan club either.

Edited November 26, 201213 yr by SoapBoy94

His teeth are natural. Imperfections are beautiful.

Those stank ass crooked ass yellow ass teeth are NOT beautiful. There is nothing beautiful about bad teeth.

Blame Katy Perry...

Edited November 26, 201213 yr by Y&RWorldTurner

His teeth aren't yellow! Not Darren Criss yellow, at least.

And LMAO at the Twitter war. My heart belongs to The Wanted (when comparing TW to 1D at least.......still love you, BTR, just need you to do some [!@#$%^&*]). I hope they're joking.

I believe imperfections are beautiful but not when it comes to teeth. That's just nasty and his face ain't cute either.

His face is ADORABLE.

Edited November 26, 201213 yr by All My Shadows

That link doesn't work...

Thank God.

Hmm...I'm seeing the gorgeous face of an Irish lad. Maybe you don't see it because your eyes aren't ready for it.