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 X Factor auditions ranked: From Liam Payne winking at Cheryl to Zayn Malik’s awkward dancing
standard.co.ukOne Direction celebrates a big ten years since they first formed.Having all auditioned as individuals on The X Factor in 2010, it was Nicole Scherzinger’s brainwave that Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson would work better together as a boyband – and became one of the best-loved groups of all-time.They may not have won The X Factor (they only placed third next to Rebecca Ferguson and Matt Cardle) but they certainly won our hearts, selling millions of records worldwide and becoming international superstars.But they weren’t always the multimillionaire household names that we’ve come to know them as – once, they were just five ordinary teenagers hoping to make it big.
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