1. Liam James Payne was an English singer and songwriter.
71 Facts About Liam Payne
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Liam Payne was a member of the pop band One Direction, one of the best-selling boy bands of all time, alongside Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Harry Styles, and Louis Tomlinson.
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Liam Payne struggled with substance abuse and mental illness throughout his career.
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Liam James Payne was born at New Cross Hospital in the Heath Town district of Wolverhampton on 29 August 1993, the son of infant nurse Karen Payne and fitter Geoff Payne.
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Liam Payne had two older sisters named Nicola and Ruth.
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Liam Payne was born three weeks premature and suffered frequent illnesses.
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Liam Payne began taking boxing lessons at the age of 12 amidst bullying from older students in secondary school.
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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 introduced to the world of show business at the age of 12, as a member of the Pink Productions Theatre Company, 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 auditioned for the fifth series of The X Factor in 2008, at 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".
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The album, which contained three songs co-written by Liam Payne, debuted at number one in the United States.
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Liam Payne was credited for co-writing more than half of the songs on One Direction's third and fourth albums.
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Together with Louis Tomlinson, Liam Payne was the band's top earner.
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Liam Payne was credited with co-writing Cole's "I Won't Break", off her album Only Human.
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Liam Payne served as one of the directors for the production company One Mode Productions Limited.
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In 2015, Liam Payne co-wrote the Irish band Hometown's single "The Night We Met".
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In early 2016, Liam Payne featured on a track titled "You" by Wiz Khalifa and Juicy J; the track was a leak from an 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 followed up this release with two UK top 30 singles: "Get Low", a collaboration with Zedd which was certified silver, and "Bedroom Floor", which was certified gold.
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In January 2018, Liam Payne collaborated with Rita Ora on "For You", released as a single from the soundtrack of the film Fifty Shades Freed.
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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 initially announced that his debut album would be released on 14 September 2018, but he delayed the release to continue work on it.
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Liam Payne collaborated with Jonas Blue and Lennon Stella on the single "Polaroid", 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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In October 2019, Liam Payne announced that his debut album, LP1, would be released on 6 December 2019.
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On 9 October 2020, Liam Payne released Midnight Hour, a collaborative EP with producer Alesso.
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On 30 October 2020, Liam Payne released "Naughty List", a Christmas single featuring Dixie D'Amelio.
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In May 2023, Liam Payne announced that he was working on his second album.
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Liam Payne planned his first solo tour, with dates for Latin America scheduled to take place in September 2023, but the tour was postponed after Payne was hospitalised in August 2023 with a kidney infection.
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Liam Payne returned to music with the single "Teardrops", which was released on 1 March 2024.
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On 28 October 2024, Sam Pounds announced that Liam Payne would be the featured artist on his single "Do No Wrong", to be released on 1 November 2024.
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On One Direction's later three albums, especially Four, Liam Payne became a "prolific co-writer" with over 30 credits total, second only to Louis Tomlinson, with whom he frequently collaborated.
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Where Tomlinson was known for his lyricism, Liam Payne had a penchant for coming up with melodies.
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Liam Payne told Entertainment Weekly in 2015 that the two tracks he was most proud of were "Better Than Words" and "What a Feeling".
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Liam Payne cited Chris Brown, Pharrell Williams, Justin Timberlake, and Usher as being 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 a non-fungible token digital artwork collection, entitled "Lonely Bug".
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Liam Payne was 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 was an ambassador for the youth cancer charity Trekstock, along with bandmate Harry Styles.
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Liam Payne raised an additional $211,237 during his campaign in 2015.
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Liam Payne was named an ambassador of Sustainable Development Goals known as the Global Goals campaign.
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Liam Payne co-hosted a charity ball in honour of Believe in Magic, an organisation that supported terminally ill children, with bandmate Louis Tomlinson.
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Liam Payne donated thousands of pounds to various GoFundMe pages in the month prior to his death.
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Liam Payne started dating Danielle Peazer, a dancer on The X Factor, when he was 17 and she was 22 in 2010.
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Liam Payne began dating model Maya Henry in 2019; they became engaged in August 2020.
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Liam Payne owned homes in Malibu, California, and Surrey, but listed them for sale in early 2020 and 2021, respectively.
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Liam Payne was a supporter of the football team West Bromwich Albion.
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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 had spoken about his struggles with alcoholism since the peak of One Direction's success.
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In May 2023, Liam Payne mentioned being sober for over three months.
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Liam Payne said that One Direction originated with a promise that Simon Cowell had made to him; Liam Payne had previously appeared on the show, and Cowell purportedly pledged to "make it work" should he return.
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Liam Payne discussed former fellow member Zayn Malik's family life and said: "There's many reasons why I dislike Zayn and there's many reasons why I'll always, always be on his side".
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Liam Payne later clarified his remarks on Malik and apologised.
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Liam Payne had posted about his intention to travel to Argentina in videos to his Snapchat account.
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Later that day, Liam Payne died after falling from a third-floor balcony at the CasaSur hotel in the Palermo neighbourhood of Buenos Aires.
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Liam Payne fell from the balcony shortly after emergency services arrived.
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Pablo Policicchio, communications director for the Buenos Aires Security Ministry, stated that Liam Payne "had jumped from the balcony of his room".
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The forensic experts later reported that Liam Payne "did not adopt a reflexive posture to protect himself" and that he "could have fallen in a state of semi or total unconsciousness".
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The examination found no signs of a fight and noted that Liam Payne was alone in the room at the time of his death.
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The media incorrectly reported that Liam Payne had "multiple substances" in his system when he died, including pink cocaine, crack cocaine, and benzodiazepine.
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Liam Payne's family released a statement shortly after his death, stating that they were heartbroken and that Liam Payne would live forever in their hearts, and asking for privacy as they supported each other.
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UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer released a statement mourning Liam Payne and mentioning One Direction's "huge impact on many millions of fans around the world".
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Shortly after his death, fans of the singer and One Direction gathered outside the hotel in Buenos Aires before breaking into applause as the van carrying Liam Payne's body was driven away.