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 reunion drama as Liam Payne asks DJ Alesso to replace Zayn Malik
dailystar.co.ukOne Direction are believed to be gearing up to reunite their tenth anniversary rapidly approaches. July 2020 will see the band mark a decade in the music industry after finding fame on The X Factor when Simon Cowell and Nicole Scherzinger became the masterminds in putting Liam Payne, Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik into a band.
Earlier this year, Daily Star Online exclusively revealed that the What Makes You Beautiful hitmakers were tipped to return to the industry, without Zayn Malik.
It now seems as though Zayn Malik has been ignoring calls to rejoin his former bandmates, with Liam Payne asking fellow musicians to take the 27-year-old's place in the band.
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