One Direction's Liam Payne died on October 16, 2024, in Buenos Aires, Argentina after falling from the balcony of his hotel room. Following his death, One Direction's music received its biggest streaming day of all time on Spotify with a record 57.5 million streams, according to Chart Data, Complex, and NME.
The band is now ranked at the top spot in the UK and the second spot globally for streams, just behind Taylor Swift. The band is tied with BTS and Blackpink as the second-highest streamed artist/group on Spotify.
According to Chart Data, One Direction had fifteen songs earn more than 1 million streams on October 17, 2024, with an additional 22 songs earning 500 thousand streams or more. These list of songs and the streams they received on October 17 are listed below:
- Night Changes - 4.69M
- Story of My Life - 4.02M
- What Makes You Beautiful - 2.66M
- Perfect - 2.45M
- Steal My Girl - 2.17M
- You & I - 1.72M
- Drag Me Down - 1.61M
- 18 - 1.53M
- Best Song Ever - 1.5M
- Right Now - 1.36M
- History - 1.29M
- Little Things - 1.19M
- One Thing - 1.15M
- Live While We're Young - 1.11M
- Kiss You - 1.09M
- They Don't Know About Us - 974K
- Strong - 807K
- More Than This - 801K
- Gotta Be You - 791K
- Midnight Memories - 720K
- Where Do Broken Hearts Go - 701K
- Stockholm Syndrome - 687K
- No Control - 677K
- Fireproof - 666K
- Love You Goodbye - 637K
- Infinity - 633K
- Walking in the Wind - 616K
- Fool's Gold - 600K
- Moments - 592K
- Olivia - 559K
- Ready to Run - 537K
- Up All Night - 533K
- A.M. - 528K
- Last First Kiss - 524K
- One Way or Another (Teenage Kicks) - 516K
- Over Again - 510K
- If I Could Fly - 507K
- Diana - 500K
Love You Goodbye debuted at the 79th spot on the Spotify UK Viral 100 Chart. Meanwhile, the song Night Changes has become one of the 200 most streamed songs in Spotify history.
One Direction issued a statement following Payne's death
One Direction issued a statement following Liam Payne's death on October 16, 2024, via their Instagram page on October 18, 2024:
"We're completely devastated by the news of the Liam's Passing. In time and when everyone is able to, there will be more to say. But for now, we will take some time to grieve, and process the loss of our brother, who we loved dearly. The memories we shared with him will be treasured forever."
The statement continued:
"For now, our thoughts are with his family, his friends, and the fans who loved him alongside us. We will miss him terribly. We love you, Liam. Louis, Zayn, Niall, and Harry."
Liam's girlfriend at the time of his death, Kate Cassidy, also issued a statement on the singer's death:
"Thank you for all of the kind words and love that has been sent my way. I have been at a complete loss. Nothing about the past few days have felt real. I ask and pray that you’ll give me the grace and space to navigate this in private."
Cassidy continued:
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"Liam, my angel. You are everything. I want you to know I loved you unconditionally and completely. I will continue to love you for the rest of my life. I love you Liam."
One Direction is best known for its second studio album, Take Me Home, which released on November 9, 2012. The album sat at the top spot on several major album charts.
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