One Direction Beats Beatles' Record With Fifth Top 10 Debut on Hot 100

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'Perfect' enters at No. 10, marking 1D's fifth top 10 start, the most among groups, besting the Beatles' four. 

With its latest Billboard Hot 100 debut, One Direction bests the group's British boy band ancestors the Beatles.

As previously reported, One Direction roars onto the Hot 100 (dated Nov. 7) at No. 10 with new single "Perfect." Fueling its start, it begins at No. 2 on the Digital Songs chart with 136,000 sold in its first week, according to Nielsen Music, and No. 18 on Streaming Songs (6.9 million U.S. streams), following the arrival of its official video Oct. 20.

"Perfect" is 1D's fifth top 10 debut on the Hot 100, and second from its Nov. 13 album Made in the A.M.; "Drag Me Down" debuted and peaked at No. 3 upon its arrival on the Aug. 22. With five, One Direction breaks the record for the most top 10 Hot 100 debuts among groups, passing the Beatles' four. Counting all artists, Taylor Swift has tallied a record 12 top 10 debuts, dating to the Hot 100's 1958 inception.

http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6745031/one-direction-beatles-record-fifth-top-10-debut-hot-100

Congrats to them ??

[Fiona Apple 13,006]

Is that really a big achievement? 

[Spock 20,290]

Kings  

[Bloody 64,631]

good for them  

[Creyk 17,760]

Perfect is a shockingly good song. Their best one since Act My Age. good on them for releasing it.

[JEWRJEWR 5,663]

tragic

[Fame Romance 10,517]

Gaga has 6 top ten debuts and nobody makes a major hype for that