First of all that article is four months old.... just for the record.
But that article is astronomically silly. Comparing one aspect is never the measuring stick of who is bigger or better. If we compare the number of outfit changes, 1D is probably "bigger" than The Beatles but I tend to think language has meaning and to call 1D bigger based on one arbitrary chart record defies the meaning of the word bigger. If you're going to base the comparison on one statistic, at least choose something consequential, maybe if 1D sells more records in the US than The Beatles ever have, using words like bigger might be justified.
People seem to make comparisons like this solely based on the fangirl mania associated with acts. Yeah 1D has the screaming teen aspect, like The Beatles did. But there's more to a band than that, ahahaha. I remember people were asking "Are the Jonas Brothers bigger than The Beatles?" Um, guys, The Jonas Brothers were still opening up for Hannah Montana at the time. If you're going to compare modern sensations to the biggest band of all-time at least have the good sense to pick the biggest acts of today. Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, Britney Spears, Rihanna, Beyonce, Katy Perry, are all much bigger than One Direction so how could One Direction possibly be bigger than The Beatles?
