Scots singer Sande's album has sold 683,000. Her debut album was the biggest seller of 2012 and has sold more than two million copies to date.
The figures mean no album by a single artist has reached a million sales in 2013, for the first time in more than 20 years.
Official Charts Company chief executive Martin Talbot called One Direction's speedy ascent "a very impressive achievement".
Midnight Memories, the band's third album debuted at number one in the chart, selling more than 237,000 copies during its first week, making it the fastest selling album of 2013.