Boy band One Direction are Britain’s biggest pin-ups, selling more calendars than any other celebrity including long-time favourite Cliff Richard.
The 1D boys - Harry Styles, 19, Liam Payne, 20, Zayn Malik, 20, Niall Horan, 20, and Louis Tomlinson, 21 – have dominated calendar sales since their debut album three years ago according to Amazon’s all-time bestseller list.
One Direction beat Cliff Richard, who until 2011, topped calendar sales every year since online retailer Amazon started in 1998.
Cheryl Cole, 30, was crowned the calendar queen beating Kylie Minogue, 45, and Kelly Brook, 33, to win the women’s poll.
Xavier Garambois, vice president of EU Retail at Amazon, said: ‘Before 2011, no one could get near Cliff Richard at the top of the calendar charts but One Direction’s unrivalled popularity has seen them shoot to the top of the all-time bestsellers list, almost doubling Cliff Richards’s all time sales in just three years.’
1D beat long time favourite Cliff Richard whose calendars topped calendar sales until 2011
Cheryl Cole has topped female calendar sales at Amazon since 2009.
The results were released by Amazon ahead of their 15th anniversary tomorrow.
Darren Hardy, Amazon’s books manager, said: ‘In the battle of the sexes, the celebrity boys triumph.
'Cheryl and Kylie may top the female calendar chart but One Direction are outselling them by more than double with Christmas still to come.’
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