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Music
One Direction
One of the most popular acts to emerge from The X
Factor UK, One Direction formed on the show and has
been making history ever since. Their debut album, Up
All Night, charted at No. 1 in 16 countries. When Up All
Night entered the U.S. Billboard Top 200 at No. 1 with
more than 176,000 copies sold, One Direction became
the first British group ever to top the U.S. charts with a
debut album. Further proof of their intense popularity,
One Direction’s DVD Up All Night: The Live Tour de-
buted at No. 1 in 25 countries. Selling 76,000 copies in
the U.S. its first week, One Direction made Billboard
char t histor y as the first No. 1 DVD to outsell that
week’s No. 1 album.
Usher
Seven-time GRAMMY® Award winner Usher released
his eagerly anticipated new album Looking 4 Myself in
June 2012 (RCA Records). Usher has been ranked by the
RIAA as one of the best-selling artists in American music
history, having sold more than 43 million albums
worldwide. He has won numerous awards, including
seven GRAMMY® Awards, and was recently named the
No. 1 Hot 100 artist of the 2000s. Billboard named him
the second most successful artist of the 2000s, with
his career-propelling 2004 album Confessions ranked
as the top solo album of the decade. Usher has
attained nine Hot 100 No. 1 hits (all as a lead artist) and
17 Hot 100 top-ten singles.
Artist: Usher
Photo credit: Timothy Saccenti
Artist: One Direction
Photo credit: Tony Cutajar
Kana Nishino
Feted by fans for her lyrics, which speak poignantly of
love, as well as for her incomparable singing voice and
striking beauty, Kana Nishino was hailed as a “charis-
matic songstress for the connected generation” when
she burst onto Japan’s music scene. Her immensely
successful second album, to LOVE, sold more than
950,000 physical copies. In 2011, she made her second
consecutive appearance on Kohaku Utagassen, an
annual music show on New Year’s Eve produced by
Japanese public broadcaster NHK. Her first nationwide
tour is scheduled for autumn 2012, underscoring hopes
that she will be even more successful in years ahead.
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