One Direction Members Solo Album Sales and Critical Reactions

Three out of five of the original members of the boy band One Direction have released solo albums. This is how they have fared both in first week sales in the United States and in critical reception. 

Zayn Malik's debut Mind of Mine had 157,000 album-equivalent units in its first week. It's the most successful in terms of critical reception with a Metacritic score of 69%.

Harry Styles' self-titled debut had 230,000 album-equivalent units in it's first week. It's just one point behind Zayn's Metacritic score at 68%.

Niall Horan's debut Flicker had a somewhat surprising opening of 145,000 album-equivalent units considering that he was a lessor known member of the band and both singles were only moderate successes in the US. He has the lowest Metacritic score at 64%.

Liam Payne - TBA 
Louis Tomlinson - TBA