One Direction have reportedly outsold a string of prominent UK acts after notching up record sales of 12m in less than 12 months.

One Direction, 2012 MTV Video Music AwardsOne Direction have thanked their fans after selling 12m records in under a year (Picture: Twitter/Xposurephotos.com)

The five-piece band - Liam Payne, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson and Harry Styles - are said to have shifted more records than Arctic Monkeys, Kasabian, Mumford and Sons and Noel Gallagher's High-Flying Birds combined.

And much of their succes...


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