Liam James Payne was born on 29 August 1993 and is an English singer.
57 Facts About Liam Payne
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Liam Payne rose to fame as a member of the boy band One Direction.
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Liam Payne worked with other producers under the monikers "Big Payno" and "Payno" creating remixes for songs by his group and Cheryl.
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In May 2017, Liam Payne released "Strip That Down" as the lead single from his debut album.
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Liam Payne has sold over 18 million singles in under three years since One Direction's hiatus, and over 3.9 billion career streams in that span.
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Liam James Payne was born at New Cross Hospital in the Heath Town district of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England.
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Liam Payne is the son of Karen Payne, an infant nurse, and Geoff Payne, a fitter.
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Liam Payne has two older sisters, Nicola and Ruth Payne.
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Until the age of four, Liam Payne had regular tests done in hospital as doctors noticed one of his kidneys was scarred and dysfunctional.
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Liam Payne originally joined the Wolverhampton and Bilston Athletics Club to pursue his running career.
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Liam Payne completed 11 GCSEs at St Peter's Collegiate School before moving on to study music technology at City of Wolverhampton College.
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Liam Payne was first introduced to the world of show business at age twelve as a member of the Pink Productions Theatre Company, even appearing as Tony Manero from Saturday Night Fever.
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Liam Payne had previously performed in front of a crowd of 26,000 during a Wolverhampton Wanderers football match.
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Liam Payne first auditioned for the fifth series of The X Factor in 2008, at just 14 years old, in front of judges Simon Cowell, Cheryl Cole, Dannii Minogue and Louis Walsh.
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Liam Payne moved past the first round after performing Frank Sinatra's "Fly Me to the Moon".
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Liam Payne was cut at the Boot Camp stage, but Cowell then changed his mind and asked Payne to return for the judges' houses stage.
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Liam Payne was cut again during judges' houses, but was encouraged by Cowell to "come back in two years".
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Liam Payne returned to the show in 2010 for the seventh series, auditioning in front of Cowell, Cole, Walsh and guest judge Natalie Imbruglia.
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Liam Payne sang the Michael Buble version of "Cry Me a River", which earned him four yeses and a standing ovation from Cowell.
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Liam Payne was considered the second favourite to win the competition following his solo audition.
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Liam Payne failed to progress to the "Boys" category at judges' houses, but after a suggestion by guest judge Nicole Scherzinger, Payne, along with Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson, and Zayn Malik, were put together to form a five-piece boy band at Wembley Arena, during the bootcamp stage of the competition, thus qualifying for the "Groups" category.
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Liam Payne was known as one of the principal songwriters in One Direction, credited for co-writing more than half of the songs on the band's third and fourth album.
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Some EDM websites noted Liam Payne's remixes were venturing into future house.
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Liam Payne is credited with writing Cole's "I Won't Break", off her album Only Human.
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Australian band 5 Seconds of Summer is signed to One Mode Productions Limited, on which Liam Payne serves as one of the directors.
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Liam Payne began working on future projects collaborating with Juicy J on seven tracks with more in the works, DJ Mustard, and Miguel.
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Liam Payne has been in the studio with producer and performing artist Pharrell Williams.
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Liam Payne contacted The Collective member and YouTube musician and producer Will Singe.
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In 2015, Liam Payne collaborated with songwriter Jamie Scott on Irish band Hometown's single "The Night We Met".
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In early 2016, Payne featured on a track titled "You" by Wiz Khalifa and Juicy J Payne denied that the track was a single, but it was confirmed to be a leak from an untitled, unreleased mixtape.
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In October 2016, it was announced that Liam Payne had signed a recording contract with Republic Records.
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Liam Payne's debut solo single "Strip That Down", featuring Quavo and co-written with Ed Sheeran and Steve Mac, was released on 19 May 2017, and sent to US contemporary hit radio on 23 May The song was a commercial success, reaching number ten on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number three on the UK Singles Chart.
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Liam Payne later released the single "Bedroom Floor" and a collaboration with Zedd, "Get Low".
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Liam Payne announced his debut album would be released on 14 September 2018.
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On 30 March 2018, Liam Payne performed in front of more than 100,000 people during a free concert at Global Village 2018 in Dubai.
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Liam Payne released his first extended play, First Time, which features a collaboration with French Montana of the same name, on 24 August 2018.
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Liam Payne contributed vocals on Jonas Blue's song "Polaroid", along with Lennon Stella, released on 5 October 2018.
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Liam Payne released the song "Stack It Up", featuring American rapper A Boogie wit da Hoodie, on 18 September 2019.
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On 30 October 2020, Liam Payne released "Naughty List", a Christmas single featuring Dixie D'Amelio.
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Liam Payne cites Chris Brown, Pharrell Williams, Justin Timberlake, and Usher as major musical influences.
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Liam Payne was named the first global brand ambassador for German brand Hugo Boss in May 2019.
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In January 2020, Liam Payne starred in the Hugo Boss fragrance campaign for their perfume Hugo Now.
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In June 2021, Liam Payne launched his non-fungible token digital artwork collection, entitled "Lonely Bug".
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Liam Payne is an avid supporter of UNICEF and teamed up with tennis star Andy Murray, Jack Whitehall and Clare Balding in support of UNICEF UK's Children in Danger Summer Disease Appeal.
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Liam Payne teamed up with motorsport star Eddie Jordan in support of UK based charity CLIC Sargent.
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Liam Payne raised an additional $211,237 during his campaign in 2015.
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Liam Payne has been named an ambassador of Sustainable Development Goals known as the Global Goals campaign.
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In May 2020, Liam Payne expressed support for the Black Lives Matter movement and encouraged fans to educate themselves and donate.
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Liam Payne participated in Soccer Aid 2022, where he captained the English team, returning in the 2023 edition.
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From 2010 to late 2012, Liam Payne dated then-X Factor dancer Danielle Peazer.
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From 2013 to 2015, Liam Payne was in a relationship with childhood friend, Sophia Smith.
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In 2016, Liam Payne started dating Cheryl Cole; they have one son who was born 22 March 2017.
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In early 2019, Liam Payne dated British model and actress Naomi Campbell.
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Liam Payne began dating model Maya Henry in 2019, and they announced their engagement in August 2020.
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In June 2021, Liam Payne announced they had ended their relationship.
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Liam Payne previously owned homes in Malibu, California, and Surrey, but listed them both for sale in early 2020 and 2021, respectively.
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Liam Payne is a supporter of the football team West Bromwich Albion.