![]() ![]() "We've all heard about the teen idols of yore who got warped by the vagaries of fame. One Direction's fervent fan base may have contributed to the pressure, Johnston says. ![]() "There are obvious reasons for that fragility - sudden and overwhelming success at a time in the performers' lives where they're still growing up." "All bands are fragile things, boy bands in particular," Light says. 'N Sync didn't even make it to album No.4. McLean to rehab for a while after 2000's Black & Blue and didn't release another album for four years. "They've already put out four albums, which is a lot for any band that started in 2010, and they've toured seemingly nonstop during that time," says Johnston.įew boy bands have maintained career ascendancy beyond their fourth albums. One Direction and its handlers seemed as aware of that fact as anybody, releasing albums each fall since 2011 like clockwork and announcing their next even as they broke the news about Malik. "Any boy band goes in with the clock ticking," says journalist Alan Light, author of Let's Go Crazy: Prince and the Making of Purple Rain. "Although who knows, perhaps there are five kids on Vine that will break out now that the first crack in the One Direction façade has emerged." "There's no real heir apparent," says Boston-based music writer Maura Johnston. ![]() They also had 2014's top-grossing tour, pulling in $290 million worldwide and becoming the trade publication's artist of the year in the process. According to Billboard, 1D has sold 6.49 million albums and more than 23 million downloads. ![]()
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