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
Nicole Scherzinger is paying tribute to Liam Payne in a touching post that she just put on Instagram.
If you didn’t know, Nicole was a judge alongside Simon Cowell on The X Factor UK and she actually helped form One Direction.
While he’s often crediting as the one who created the band, behind-the-scenes video shows that she was the one picking the members of the group. Nicole also just worked with Liam on the Netflix competition series Building the Band, which filmed over the summer.
Hours before her tribute was posted, it was revealed that Nicole had been texting with Liam on the day he passed away.
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