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
Louis Tomlinson shares tribute to late mum as One Direction celebrate 10 years
dailystar.co.ukLouis Tomlinson has paid a touching tribute to his late mother Johannah Deakin after the first ever One Direction group photo that she took emerged online.The 28-year-old singer replied to a fan who shared the first group picture that Johannah took of the boyband, as well as the words she originally wrote alongside the image.Replying to a tweet of the throwback snap of him and his band members Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Niall Horan and Zayn Malik, Louis penned: "This made me smile."The original post written by Johannah reads: "…I went into full mum mode.
I had gone to pick Louis up and he rang me about 7.30pm saying 'can’t talk – they have put me in a band' and the line went dead."…When he came out and explained briefly about the band I.
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