Liam James Payne (born 29 August 1993) is an English singer and songwriter.
He rose to fame as a member of the boy band One Direction.
Payne made his debut as a singer when he auditioned for the British television series The X Factor in 2008. After being eliminated as a solo performer, he auditioned again in 2010 and was put into a group with four other contestants to form One Direction
Harry Styles' Biggest Songs: As It Was, Watermelon Sugar and more UK Official Chart hits
officialcharts.comTo celebrate the return of Harry Styles' mammoth Love On Tour concert to UK shores, the Official Charts Company is proud to present the Cheshire-born chap's Official Top 20 biggest songs ever in the UK.
Finding infamy as a member of One Direction alongside Louis Tomlinson, Liam Payne, Niall Horan and Zayn Malik, Harry earned four Number 1 singles and albums during his time in the band, cultivating an enormous fanbase as a teen idol.
Then, once 1D announced their indefinite hiatus in January 2016, Harry shed his pin-up skin almost immediately. His solo music has expanded this frontman persona; deeply indebted musically and stylistically to British icons like Mick Jagger, David Bowie and Elton John.
Across three albums, Harry has explored various genres (soft rock, psychedelia and, on his latest record, post-funk and disco); all the while managing to front-load his own personal experiences and emotions to lend an air of authenticity that has only deepened with each new record.
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