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
One Direction 11 years on - feuds, sex rumours, ‘near-death’ and ‘reunion'
mirror.co.ukOne Direction was formed 11 years ago, propelling Niall Horan, 29, Zayn Malik, 28, Liam Payne, 27, Harry Styles, 27, and Louis Tomlinson, 27, to a stardom seldom seen since Beatlemania.
Formed on The X Factor by Simon Cowell, the five boys did not know each other but were thrown together with little experience or preparation for what would follow. "We had seen each other at Bootcamp and got on well, and Niall and I had shared a room," Liam would later recall. "But we were competition then, and at the back of the minds we knew were against each other. "So it was strange when we were put together and my first thought was, 'How are we going to make this work when we don't know each other?' "It was such a leap of faith." The risk paid off -
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