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
Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
More Than 10 Years Ago, We Met One Direction. Where Are They Now?
metroweekly.comThe X Factor in the UK, Harry, Zayn, Niall, Louis, and Liam went to the final episodes of the program, but they didn’t win.For some acts, that would be the end, but when it came to 1D, it was just the beginning.In 2011, the group dropped “What Makes You Beautiful,” which wasted no time in becoming a blockbuster single, the kind that spreads around the world like wildfire.A decade ago, in April 2012, it became the band’s first top 10 smash, the first of many.
For the next half-decade or so, they continued to churn out family-friendly pop-rock smashes, and sold millions of albums with their five full-lengths, many of which hit No.
1 in dozens of countries.As is always the case with pop groups, things eventually came to an end. All five vocalists continued to create and sell, but their solo endeavors have been met with varying degrees of success.So, what have the five boys who created a second UK invasion been up to in the past few years?
Let’s dive in.Harry StylesFor a little while, Zayn was the most successful member of One Direction, when looking at their solo careers, but now that honor goes to Harry Styles.
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