Made in the A.M.
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| Studio album by One Direction | ||||
| Released | 13 November 2015 | |||
| Recorded | 2015 | |||
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| Length | 44:39 | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 6.3/10 |
| Metacritic | 65/100 |
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| AllMusic |   |
| The A.V. Club | B |
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| Drowned in Sound | 5/10 |
| Entertainment Weekly | B |
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| Spin | 6/10 |
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Made in the A.M. is the fifth studio album by the English-Irish boy band One Direction, released on 13 November 2015, by Columbia Records and Syco Music. The album is the group's first without member Zayn Malik, who left the group in March 2015, and is their last album before going on hiatus in 2016. The album was complemented by the singles "Drag Me Down", released on 31 July 2015; "Perfect", released on 16 October 2015 and "History", released on 16 December 2015. These three singles reached the top 10 in a number of national charts.
Upon its release, the record received generally favourable reviews from critics. It debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart with 93,189 copies, and at number two on the US Billboard 200, with 402,000 first-week sales. The album's first-week sales were higher than the band's previous album, Four, which amassed an opening sale of 387,000 in 2014, breaking a predicted boy band trend of consecutive declining album sales. Additionally, Made in the A.M. was the second fastest-selling album of 2015 in the UK, surpassed only by Adele's 25, a week after the album's release. According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, Made in the A.M. was the sixth best-selling album of 2015 with 2.4 million copies sold worldwide.
The album was announced on 22 September 2015. Following the release of its lead single, "Drag Me Down", it was revealed that the group would go on a temporary hiatus in 2016 to take a break. On 22 September, the title for the fifth studio album, Made in the A.M., was officially announced along with promotional single "Infinity" being released. The group began to reveal the track listing on their Snapchat stories to which it was later confirmed on iTunes. The band members all agreed that this album was the best work out of their other efforts due to their main involvement with writing and composition for the majority of the songs.
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