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BY GILLIAN STEDMAN

ANCHOR LAUREN ZIMA

 

Boy band “One Direction” has become the UK’s first act to top American Charts with their very first album, “Up All Night.”   Not even the Beatles did that.  ITN has more...

“They’ve already conquered the UK but now the One Direction boys are making history stateside. They’ve gone straight in at number one in the US Billboard 200 charts.”

Who are they you ask? The teenage heart throbs formed a band on the UK X-Factor stage back in 2010. In the space of just two years they have gone from regular teenage boys to a growing worldwide phenomenon.

Following the record breaking debut, the lads took to Twitter to thank their US fans...

“Hi guys! This news is incredibly humbling and I feel so lucky to be part of this..Would be nowhere without you. Thank you so much!! GAAAHHH!”

Simon Cowell also posted...

“I couldn’t be happier for One Direction, it is an incredible achievement. They deserve it. They have the best fans in the world.”

But it appears the boys may not be handling their sudden rise to fame all that well. STV quotes 18-year-old band member Harry...

“I get ill all the time – it’s all the travelling and long distance flights...Four of us had to have vitamin jabs because we were run down...We miss our families, we miss our friends. We get homesick, massively so.”

Not everyone believes “One Direction” or fellow up-and-coming British boyband “The Wanted” will last in the US music scene. Yahoo quotes Joey from the “New Kids on the Block”...

"The odds are against both One Direction and The Wanted — neither of them are going to work in America — it hasn't happened in 50 years so why now?”

But CBS says boy bands are back for good!

“It seems like we can never say goodbye, bye, bye to boy bands. A decade after 'N Sync and the Backstreet Boys dominated the entertainment world, boy bands have returned and are making a comeback.”

To celebrate their breakthrough in the US, the boys revealed details of their first North American Tour. Tickets go on sale Friday.