Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Niall Horan … Which One Direction succeeds best his solo career?
While Harry Styles has unveiled his debut album and Liam Payne has released “Strip That Down,” we’re interested in the solo career of each One Direction!
You know, I love it when the music’s loud / But c’mon, strip that down for me . This is what Liam Payne repeats in the refrain of “Strip That Down” , her first single as a solo artist. Last of the One Direction to launch itself, the release of this title was much awaited. This was because the teasers showed him naked . Just that ! And while we were told that Kendrick Lamar joined his friend Future on the remix of “Mask Off” , Liam Payne accepted the help of the rapper Quavo to make “Strip That Down” even more urban. A collaboration that should quickly prove effective since the lyric video has already been seen more than 4, 5 million times as we write these lines. And on the side of Spotify, “Strip That Down” counts more than 9.8 million streams . Figures that make you dream but do not make Harry Styles blush. First of the remaining One Direction to have unveiled a solo album, his disc Harry Styles sold 230,000 copies the first week in the United States.
By way of comparison, the album Mind of Mine by Zayn Malik had elapsed to 157,000 units the first 7 days. On the singles side, Zayn Malik can rub his hands because 267,000 copies of “Pillowtalk” sold the first week in the US against 142,000 for “Sign of the Times” by Harry Styles . And if the announcement of the release of “Strip That Down” on Twitter has resulted in 26,000 retweets, Harry Styles looks over the others with his 179,000 retweets for “Sign of the Times . ” And while Miley Cyrus arrives in the Billboard Hot 100 with “Malibu” , remember that “Pillowtalk” Had entered directly to the first position of the Billboard Hot 100 when Harry Styles contented himself with the 4th position. In a few hours, we’ll know what Liam Payne’s “Strip That Down” is worth . Perfect for summer and reminiscent of some titles Justin Timberlake in his debut or even Justin Bieber, “Strip That Down” should quickly become a hit. Unfortunately, on the niche of crooner R’n’B, Liam Payne will soon compete with Zayn Malik! And not sure he holds the shock. By Liam Payne. Perfect for summer and reminiscent of some titles Justin Timberlake in his debut or even Justin Bieber, “Strip That Down” should quickly become a hit. Unfortunately, on the niche of crooner R’n’B, Liam Payne will soon compete with Zayn Malik! And not sure he holds the shock. By Liam Payne. Perfect for summer and reminiscent of some titles Justin Timberlake in his debut or even Justin Bieber, “Strip That Down” should quickly become a hit. Unfortunately, on the niche of crooner R’n’B, Liam Payne will soon compete with Zayn Malik! And not sure he holds the shock.
Already identified as a rocker queer to the David Bowie , Harry Styles flies perfectly solo. And he’s right. And what about the last two members of One Direction? Well not much. Unwittingly, Niall Horan reminds a lot of Ed Sheeran and his first single “This Town” was a relative success . Number 20 in the United States when it was at its best, it quickly collapsed afterwards. As for his second single, “Slow Hands” , it’s not joy either. More sensual certainly, the piece does not take off, quite the contrary. In the 52nd position of the Billboard Hot 100 last week, “Slow Hands” is now 60th . And while ” Ed Sheeran is in freefall in the Billboard 200 , we are still waiting for news of Louis Tomlinson. Last December, he unveiled the single “Just Hold On” featuring with Steve Aoki. Number 52 in the United States, it quickly (very quickly) disappeared from the radars. Since then, we are waiting to know where the albums of Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson are. Let’s be patient! And you, what do you think of their solo singles?