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
Simon Cowell pays tribute to Liam Payne: “I feel empty”
nme.comSimon Cowell has paid tribute to Liam Payne, saying he “feels empty” and “heartbroken” by the singer’s death.The solo artist and former One Direction member died on Wednesday (October 16), following a fatal fall from a third-floor balcony at the CasaSur Palermo Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina.The Argentine prosecutor’s office has revealed that the 31-year-old’s cause of death was due to multiple traumas and internal and external bleeding.Cowell played a major role in Payne’s career, signing One Direction to his Syco label after their third-place finish on the 2010 season of The X Factor, on which Cowell was the head judge.
The group went on to record five studio albums and sell over 70 million records worldwide.A post shared by Simon Cowell (@simoncowell)Now, Cowell has shared a heartfelt, personal tribute to the singer in a post on his Instagram account.“You never really know how you feel about someone until a moment like this happens,” he wrote. “Liam, I am devastated.
Heartbroken. And I feel empty. And I want you to know how much love and respect I have for you. Every tear I have shed is a memory of you.”“I wanted to let you know what I would always say to the thousands of people who would always ask me.
What is Liam like? And I would tell them you were kind, funny, sweet, thoughtful, talented, humble, focused. And how much you loved music.
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