 Up All Night yielded four singles . The lead single , " What Makes You Beautiful " , was released in September 2011 and debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart , after becoming the most pre @-@ ordered Sony Music Entertainment single in history and selling 153 @,@ 965 copies in its first week . The single also topped the Irish and Scottish Singles Charts , and reached the top ten on the Australian and New Zealand Singles Charts , Flemish Ultratop 50 , Canadian Hot 100 , Japan Hot 100 and the United States Billboard Hot 100 . " What Makes You Beautiful " was released by Columbia Records in the United States on 14 February 2012 . In the US , the single became the highest Billboard Hot 100 debut for a British act since 1998 , when it debuted at number 28 . It peaked at number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and also became a chart success on other Billboard charts , reaching the top five on the Pop Songs , Adult Pop Songs , and Hot 100 Airplay charts , whilst topping the Hot Dance Club Songs chart . The track sold 3 @,@ 881 @,@ 000 copies in the United States in 2012 , becoming the best @-@ selling song by a boy band in digital history . With over 5 million copies sold worldwide , it is among the best @-@ selling singles of all time . At the 2012 BRIT Awards , the song won the BRIT Award for Best British Single . 
