One Direction have made waves on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart this week as their first American single ‘What Makes You Beautiful’ entered at No. 28. It’s the highest bow for a UK act’s debut US single in nearly 14 years, since the Verve’s ‘Bittersweet Symphony’ entered at No. 13 on the chart dated March 28, 1998.

The track sold a whopping 132,000 downloads in its first week according to Nielsen SoundScan, starting at No. 12 on the Digital Songs chart.

The last UK group to see its first US single start higher was the Spice Girls, when ‘Wannabe’ landed at No. 11 on Jan. 25, 1997. ‘Wannabe’ vaulted to No. 1 four weeks later, spending four straight weeks at the top of the tally.

The success of ‘Beautiful’ may only be just the beginning. It makes its retail launch even before One Direction’s record label — Columbia — officially begins going for airplay at pop radio next week.

Next up for the group will be a US tour with Big Time Rush beginning Feb. 24 in Chicago, with dates lined up through March 9 at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

They’ll also play NBC’s Today show on March 12 — the day before ‘Up All Night’ is released.

Following up from the band’s Brit Awards success on Tuesday night and it would seem that Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik and Louis Tomlinson have had quite a week!