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
Liam Payne's life after One Direction including celebrity girlfriends and rumoured romance with supermodel
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThe world of showbusiness is mourning Liam Payne after his death at the age of 31. The Wolverhampton-born singer died falling from the third-floor balcony of a hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Local police said the 31-year-old fell into the courtyard of the CasaSur Hotel in the Palermo neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, before medics confirmed his death.
The singer rose to fame as part of One Direction, who went on to become a global sensation after they finished third on The X Factor in 2010.
Fans were devastated when Liam, Harry Styles, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson went on indefinite hiatus in 2016 - although a split was never formally confirmed. READ MORE: Inside Liam Payne's hotel room as photos show white powder and smashed TV Zayn Malik was the first to leave the group in 2015, with the boy band releasing one more record before going their separate ways to pursue solo projects.
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