One Direction Reach An Incredible 12 Million Sales In Less Than A Year

Band Presented With Special Disc To Celebrate Phenomenal Success (see attached photo – photo credit: Chris Lopez)

One Direction have notched up an incredible 12 million sales worldwide in less than a year including 8 million singles, 3 million albums and a million DVDs. To celebrate this amazing success the band were presented with a special disc last night by Syco and Sony Music.

One Direction’s debut album ‘Up All Night’ has sold over 3 million copies worldwide and has hit No.1 in 16 different countries, including the USA where they became the first ever UK band to debut at No.1 on the US Billboard chart. The album is currently the top selling debut album of 2012 in the US.

In the USA ‘Up All Night’ has been certified platinum with over 1 million sales, whilst ‘What Makes You Beautiful’ has sold over 3 million copies in the US and 5 million worldwide. Their live DVD is also 3 x platinum in the US. In the UK ‘Up All Night’ is at double platinum status, whilst their DVD is the biggest selling music DVD of the year.

Liam from the band says: “We are obviously ecstatic and incredibly humbled by our award today. We have an incredible team of people around us who have helped us achieve this and above all we would like to thank our fans. We owe all our success to them.”

The band will perform at the MTV Video Music Awards on September 6th, and have been nominated for two awards, Best Pop Act and Best Pop Video. They will play a special concert at Madison Square Garden in New York on December 3rd, before embarking on a sell-out worldwide tour in 2013. One Direction recently took home three awards at the 2012 Teen Choice Awards including Choice Music Breakout Group, Choice Music Star Group and Choice Summer Song for ‘What Makes You Beautiful’.

One Direction have just celebrated their two year anniversary, marking the time they came together at boot camp on the UK’s X Factor. The band are currently writing and recording their forthcoming second album.

Up All Night CD and Up All Night: The Live Tour DVD is now available in music stores nationwide. Only from Ivory Music & Video, the exclusive licensee of Sony Music in the Philippines.

Parokya Ni Edgar releases second volume of Inuman Sessions after eight years

Eight years was all it took for Parokya Ni Edgar to release the follow-up to the phenomenal hit album Inuman Sessions Vol. 1 – aptly titled Inuman Sessions Vol. 2. The project, produced by Universal Records, comes in CD only and DVD with bonus CD formats.

The band’s hits are performed live in the album – Pangarap Lang Kita, Mang Jose, Papa Cologne, One Hit Combo, among others.

“This new volume is actually a continuation of the first,” admits lead vocalist Chito Miranda. “It is a celebration of music, booze, fun, and friendship, just like the first Inuman Session.”

While Inuman Sessions Vol. 1 had the carrier track Yes Yes Show performed by Parokya Ni Edgar, Gloc-9, and the late great Francis M., this new volume opens with Bagsakan, which taps Francis M’s son Frank Magalona to collaborate with Parokya Ni Edgar and Gloc-9.

For Inuman Sessions Vol. 2, the band gathered their legion of fans through their Facebook Fan Page, which has more than two million followers, to treat them to a night of memorable music, good drinks, and strong friendships.

Aside from Gloc-9 and Frank Magalona, Parokya Ni Edgar’s friends Miggy Chavez of Chicosci, Yeng Constantino, and Kamikazee also performed for this project.

Meet the band and be the first to get a copy of the album their album this August 24, Friday, 7 p.m., Eastwood City, Central Plaza. Buyers of the DVD with bonus CD will receive a T-Shirt, poster, while CD-buyers will be given posters.

Follow Parokya Ni Edgar:

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/parokyaniedgarofficial

Twitter: https://twitter.com/parokyaniedgar

Parokya ni Edgar Inuman Sessions Vol. 2 Tracklist:

1.  Mang Jose

2.  Sino Walang Alak?

3.  Para Sayo

4.  Papa Cologne

5.  Gitara

6.  Macho

7.  Akala

8.  Pakiusap Lang (Lasingin Nyo Ako)

9.  Pangarap Lang Kita feat. Yeng Constantino

10.  The Ordertaker feat. Kamikazee

11.  Shot!!!

12.  One Hit Combo feat. Gloc-9

13.  Bagsakan feat. Gloc-9 And Frank Magalona

14.  Alumni Homecoming

15.  Your Song (My One And Only You)

16.  Tatlong Araw

17.  The Yes Yes Show feat. Miggy Chavez of Chicosci

Discover the Artist in you through Fam Day at Infinity!

On August 4, 2012, celebrate with moms, dads, and kids a bonding experience with Infinity Tutorial Services. This event starts at 2:00pm and ends at 5:00pm at the Infinity Tutorial Services in Trade And Financial Tower, Unit 1006, 7th Avenue Corner 32nd Streets, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig.

Infinity Tutorial Services is committed to developing the kids of today into the global citizens of tomorrow. Family Day is being organized by Infinity Tutorial Services, an after-school tutorial center that makes use of state-of-the-art teaching methodologies and technology to sharpen young minds. It has Xbox, Wii and Kinect among its teaching tools. Alongside tutorial services for grade school to college students, Infinity also offers language lessons (ESL, Mandarin, Japanese, Korean, and Spanish), 3D Lessons, Ballet classes, Violin Lessons, and HipHop Classes. 

Family Day at Infinity aims to encourage family bonding through fun learning activities amidst so many distractions in society these days.