All About One Direction

Up All Night Details Part IX: Commercial Performance

The album topped the charts in sixteen countries. Up All Night became the third best selling album of 2012 globally, selling 4.5 million units. It entered the UK Albums Chart at number two on 27 November 2011, selling 138,631 copies, becoming the UK's fastest-selling debut album of 2011 and also the fastest selling album of 2011 to miss out on the top spot.

 The album was kept off the top spot by the first week sales of Rihanna's Talk That Talk, which sold 163,819 copies. The album became the sixteenth biggest-selling album in the UK of 2011, with 468,000 copies sold. As of 8 December 2012, the album had sold 777,000 copies in the UK.

 The record became the fifteenth best-selling album in the UK of 2012, with sales of 372,000 copies. It was certified double platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) on 15 February 2013, denoting shipments of 600,000 copies. The record held the runner-up position for four non-consecutive weeks on the Irish Albums Chart, and was the tenth biggest selling album in 2011 in Ireland.

 After six months in the Irish Albums Chart top twenty, the album peaked at number one in its twenty-seventh week. The album topped the Australian ARIA Chart for five consecutive weeks, and was certified quadruple platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), denoting shipments of 280,000 units.

 In New Zealand, the album topped New Zealand Albums Chart for three non-consecutive weeks, and was certified triple platinum by Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ), denoting shipments of 45,000 units.

The album debuted atop the Italian Albums Chart on the issue dated 16 February 2012. It was certified platinum by Federation of the Italian Music Industry (FIMI), denoting sales of 60,000 units.

 In Mexico, the album topped the Mexican Albums Chart for twelve non-consecutive weeks, and was certified four times platinum by the Mexican Recording Industry Association (AMPROFON), denoting shipments of 240,000 units. In Canada, the album bowed atop the Canadian Albums Chart with first-week sales of 35,000 copies, which made One Direction the first UK group in Canadian chart history to enter at number one with their debut album, and the first international act to debut at number one in the Nielsen SoundScan era (post 1991) with their debut album.

 The album has been certified double platinum by Music Canada, denoting shipments of 160,000 units. The album went straight to number one on the United States Billboard 200 chart, selling 176,000 copies in its first week, which made One Direction the first UK group in US chart history to debut at number one with their first album. 

They were inducted into the Guinness World Records as a result. The album was certified two times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on 26 July 2012, denoting shipments of 2,000,000 copies. Up All Night also became the first album by a boy band to sell 500,000 digital copies in the US by October 2012. The album had sold 2,000,000 copies in the US by February 2014.