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Originally posted by BabyCantYouSee
Nah, they had a bigger fan base.
Justin's peak was huge. Everyone knows who Justin Bieber is.
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It's because Justin's music evolved. One Direction stays trying to cater to the teenage girl demographic. Most of their fans grew up.
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1D peak was huge too. Both of their successes is attributed to having large fanbases. And I'd say everyone knows One Direction as well. And if they don't, it doesn't matter since they've played to nearly 6 million people across the world in the last year and a half. There's some artistic and musical pride to that, versus what I believe your reasoning would be from "Baby" viral hate and mugshots.
And the last three albums have not really been geared to the same demo. SOML was a huge adult contemporary hit, and FOUR/MATIAM heavily lean towards that sound in general. To have continued to reach for the same demo, they'd still be doing the type of sound of the first two albums. They've arguably evolved more than Bieber, who's really just gotten better producers (Diplo/Skrillex vs Mike Posner) and polished and updated his brand successfully. The concepts, lyrics and such are the same like there's are.
But again, this conversation is 100% pointless since there's been no outlasting done. I can't at anyone trying to answer the question.