They may not have planned it but when Harry, Liam & Niall from One Direction all release new singles on the same day a Chart Battle we’re all going to watch will commence.

If this was 15 years ago prior to us having 100 different ways of listening to music, 3 out of 4 members of the same band releasing solo music on the same day would have created front page news for days. For some reason this battle news is staying solely between twitter stans at the moment. Nevertheless we’re going to keep you updated on their singles performance as the week progresses.

Using data from Kworb, iTunes, Spotify & Youtube we round up the One Direction members daily performance. Keep scrolling for details on each of their releases.

Day 5

Unless on of the other two pull something massive out of the bag, Harry is looking set to chart highest out of the three of them this week. He’s the only artist to rise on itunes moving up one place on the US chart. He’s also the only one looking to make any impact in their home country of the UK.

Day 4

Whilst Harry continues to stay ahead of the other two it was Liam who had one of the biggest gains today. ‘Live Forever’ has now crossed 1 million streams on Spotify and Youtube with the latter views increasing by 24% (compared to just 12% increases from the other 2). That’s about all the good news we have for Liam as his album drops to 46 on the UK iTunes chart and 154 in the US. The Sun reveal he has sold just 7,052 of his debut so far in the UK. The publication also throws doubt on Harry’s success predicting a win for Stormzy when he goes up against Harry’s sophomore album next week.

Day 3

It looks like there’s going to be a clear winner by the time the official charts come out at the end of the week. Harry continues to increase his lead staying ahead on iTunes, Spotify & YouTube. However it is worth pointing out that whilst Nialls newest song is dropping down iTunes. His lead single from his upcoming album is still performing well whilst Harry’s first two releases have dropped out the charts. Liams debut offering has not fared well for the star. The single has failed to chart on iTunes nor reach a million views on Spotify or YouTube. The album has also dropped over the weekend and is currently sitting at just 34 in the UK and 71 in the US after just 3 days of release.

Day 2

Harry stays in the lead of the chart battle after the second day moving up 3 places on the Global iTunes chart. Both Harry & Niall saw a 74% increase on their Spotify streams with Liam only increasing by 62%. Whilst Liams previous collaborations have shot up his spotify Top 10, his new single has failed to reach the popularity of previous releases.

Both Harry & Liam put on performances at Capitals Jingle Bell Ball last night whilst Niall took his new single to the UK’s biggest talent show; Strictly Come Dancing. With more to push than just a single, Liam has appeared on talk shows where he confessed on Sunday Brunch this morning that last night was the first time he’d seen Harry in three years and that a 1D reunion is at least 2 years away.

Day 1

One day after release, Harry Styles has taken a huge lead on streaming with nearly 6 million video views and 4 million Spotify streams. It’s not all bad for Niall who currently has the highest amount of downloads globally. Liam’s new music is a long way behind the other two even failing to reach the top 100 on iTunes. No amount of nakedness is saving the video either. His album isn’t doing to badly though despite being critically panned. It’s number 10 on itunes globally and Top 20 in the US & UK.

However this could all change over the weekend as all three singers kick off their single promo run.

Harry Styles – Adore You

Harry hasn’t spoken about the chart battle he’s created but we knew it was a possibility when he was spotted filming the ‘Lights Up’ music video at the same time Niall announced his second album. Harry’s probably invested the most promotion out of the three releases with a marketing campaign set up for the ‘Isle of Eroda’ turning out to be a build up for the impressively strange music video for ‘Adore You’

Niall Horan – Put a Little Love on Me

Insisting the clashed releases are just coincidence Niall told The Sun newspaper’s Bizarre column: “It’s something we don’t talk about, the fact we keep releasing music at the same time.” he said “We should probably start staying away from each other in terms of that but we will get it one day. But thank God there’s enough room for us all.” His newest single has been released with the smallest fanfare but that didn’t stop him beating out the others on the worldwide itunes chart on day one.

Liam Payne – Live Forever

Liam finally released his debut album LP1 today. Accompanying the album release is Cheat Codes collaboration ‘Live Forever’. Also released today was the music video which sees Liam in various forms of toplessness which is sure to help get a few streaming numbers. Whilst revealing the boys are still close Liam admitted to Metro “There’s definitely some sort of competition there, for sure.”

“But at the same time, how do you judge us against each other when everything’s so different? It’s like trying to put me next to an artist that’s like John Mayer at the same time. The songs are completely worlds apart.”