THE DIRECTION IS NORTH: Pre-orders for Midnight Memories by SYCO/Columbia’s One Direction, which streets 11/25, are approaching 200k all in—shattering the digital record set earlier this year by part one of Justin Timberlake’s The 20/20 Experience. Midnight looks set to surpass 500k in its first week, and is on track to best 1D’s 2012 debut for Take Me Home, which bowed with 540k and has sold 1.8m RTD. (11/20p)