It's not every day that you read "One Direction make transatlantic pop history with US No 1 album" in The Guardian. But, to be fair, four one directioned haircuts have indeed made history.

Maybe that will soften the blow for Bruce Springsteen… he saw his album Wrecking Ball "displaced" from the No.1 spot by the scamps. Don't be sad, Bruce, you could've been bumped for the likes of Boyzone, or Westlife, who also tried to make it Stateside.

The Guardian reports: "Up All Night sold 179,000 copies in a week after an intense promotional blitz that had some excitable commentators comparing it to the Beatles' first visit to the States in 1964. Its sales made One Direction the first British pop band to go straight in at No 1 in America with their first LP. 'Whenever we talk to people from the label they don't know what's going on - everyone's just overwhelmed by the reaction," the five-piece band's chief heartthrob, Harry Styles, told The Guardian. 'We're just loving it.' He described his band's achievement as 'incredibly humbling'. His bandmate Zayn Malik played down the Beatles comparisons: 'It seems ridiculous for that sort of thing to apply to you - you laugh about it, someone comparing you to such a huge phenomenon'."

… who wrote their own songs, played their own instruments, and were at the forefront of a mind expanding musical revolution in the 1960s and will invariably continue to be a massive influence on all musicians for another 40 odd years (do you think the Chemical Brothers came up with Setting Sun all by themselves? Again, take a listen to Revolver's Tomorrow Never Knows). Then again, did anyone know the heights of innovation they'd reach when they released I Wanna Hold Your Hand?

Of One Direction's success Simon Coverlord: "I couldn't be happier for One Direction, it is an incredible achievement. They deserve it. They have the best fans in the world." He said while stuffing hunnerd dollar bills down the gusset of his trousers.

And they do have the best fans in the world, who go out and physically buy whole records like nobody does anymore.

Someone who won't be recommending their album is Perez Hilton. Behold his esteemed review: "Nothing groundbreaking or even particularly interesting here, but harmless and cute. We know they're a boyband but it sounds too young. If they want a huge and long-lasting hit, they need a song with mass appeal."

What? You've not heard their BRIT winning single What Makes You Beautiful? The one that won Best Single over Adele's Someone Like You? It was a public vote?