Iconic rock band Pink Floyd are gearing up to release a brand new album called 'The Endless River' and it has now become Amazon's most pre-ordered album of all time beating current record holders One Direction, who previously held the title with their 2013 record 'Midnight Memories'. 

The album is due to be released on November 10 and pre-sale figures have exceeded those for the 'Story Of My Life' heartthrobs' offering, putting them firmly in first place. Back in October, Pink Floyd's drummer Nick Mason praised One Direction's back catalogue and admitted that the boyband have some great tracks:

"They have some good songs. I don’t subscribe to this idea that musicians don’t make good music anymore. The standard of musicians is higher now than it was in my day."

Amazon's top 10 pre-ordered artist albums of all time are as follows:

1. Pink Floyd: The Endless River
2. One Direction: Midnight Memories
3. Robbie Williams: Swings Both Ways
4. Take That: Progress
5. Susan Boyle: I Dreamed a Dream
6. Coldplay: Ghost Stories
7. David Bowie: The Next Day
8. Coldplay: X&Y
9. Take That: The Circus
10. Amy Winehouse: Lioness: Hidden Treasures

Amazon's top 10 pre-ordered artist albums of 2014 are as follows:

1. Pink Floyd: The Endless River
2. Coldplay: Ghost Stories
3. Bruce Springsteen: High Hopes
4. Paolo Nutini: Caustic Love
5. Ed Sheeran: x (multiply)
6. Kasabian: 48:13
7. Elbow: The Take Off And Landing Of Everything
8. Collabro: Stars
9. Royal Blood: Royal Blood
10. Wilko Johnson and Roger Daltrey: Going Back Home

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Check out Pink Floyd's album sampler here: