One Direction Most Powerful Musical Minors

by Daniel Falconer | 26 September 2013

One Direction have taken the title as 'Music's Most Powerful Minors'.

The five-piece - who finished in third place on ITV's 'The X Factor' - can be found at the top of Billboard.com's 2013 edition of '21 Under 21', beating off tough competition from both Miley Cyrus and Justin Bieber.

Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Liam Payne have become the only British group in history to have their first two albums, 'Take Me Home' and 'Up All Night', debut at Number One on the US Billboard 200 chart.

In the last year, the 'Best Song Ever' singers have topped the charts in 35 countries with 'Up All Night' and even found success in cinemas with their 3D concert movie 'One Direction: This Is Us' which grossed an estimated $58 million worldwide in its opening week.

The five-piece stole the top spot from Justin, who dropped to Number Two in the rankings, despite becoming the first artist in history to score five Number One albums in the US before the age of 19.

Miley - who has dominated the press recently after her controversial performance at the MTV Video Music Awards last month - came in third on the list after her latest single 'Wrecking Ball', which sees the star licking a sledge hammer and swinging around completely naked - stormed into Number One on the Hot 100 charts as well as breaking Vevo's record for the most-viewed clip in 24 hours.

Billboard Magazine's 21 under 21, 2013:

1. One Direction

2. Justin Bieber

3. Miley Cyrus

4. Ariana Grande

5. Earl Sweatshirt

6. Lorde

7. Austin Mahone

8. Scotty McCreery

9. Cody Simpson

10. Emblem3

11. Cher Lloyd