The 1975 by numbers: 23 facts that will blow your mind
Think you know everything there is to know about ? We’re willing to bet that a few of these numerical facts about the band have escaped you.
From how old frontman Matty Healy was when he wrote his first song, to how much money he asked Harry Styles for during a game of Call Or Delete, up your super fan game with the numbers below.
In the beginning…
11: age frontman Matty Healy wrote his first song
1975: the band’s name and title of their debut album
410,000: copies of The 1975 sold in the UK to date
1186: height of the 410,000 albums stacked on top of each other if we’re measuring in Mattys
1: The 1975’s position on NME’s Worst Bands list in 2014
Lads on tour...
250,000: kilometres travelled by the band on their 2014 tour
6: times the band could have lapped the world that year
195: shows played by The 1975 in 2014
14: hours The 1975 super fans queued to be at the front for their Brixton Academy gig
2500: fans Matty broke down in front of during a Boston gig
I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It…
71: the Billboard record-breaking number of characters in the title of The 1975’s second album
5: countries where the album reached number one (Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the US and the UK)
58,000: copies the album sold in the UK in its first week
The 1975’s Live Lounge symphony performance…
The 1975 with the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic - Somebody Else
The 1975 and the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic Orchestra play Somebody Else live in Blackpool.
64: members in the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic orchestra, who played alongside the band
2: days of rehearsal per song
192: total number of hours spent learning The 1975’s 12-track set list
2300: audience members at the sold-out Blackpool Tower Ballroom
Music video madness...
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5: videos worked on with director Tim Mattia
1500: dollars made by Tate Ashley for starring in the Girls video as the female version of Matty
10: costumes tried on by Tate
4: costumes worn by Tate in the final video
12: hours spent shooting the Girls video
Random fact…
The 1975 play Call or Delete
Grimmy plays Call or Delete with The 1975, featuring Harry Styles!
5000: pounds Matty asked Harry Styles for on Radio 1’s Call Or Delete
