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One Direction - Up All Night (FULL ALBUM)

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Louis Tomlinson ; Liam Payne ; Niall Horan ; Zayn Malik et Harry Styles. 1. What Makes You Beautiful 2. Gotta Be You 3. One Thing 4. More Than This 5. Up All Night 6. I Wish 7. Tell Me A Lie 8.Taken 9. I Want 10. Everything About You 11.

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United Kingdom

Pop

2010 - 2014

Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Harry Styles

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One Direction is a British-Irish pop boyband consisting of Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, and Niall Horan. Former member Zayn left thee band in March 2015. They were contestants on the seventh season of The X Factor UK in 2010, and finished third. Despite losing, the group was subsequently signed to Simon Cowell's record label, Syco Music. After releasing five best-selling albums between 2011 and 2015, the band announced an indefinite hiatus, beginning December 2015. By May 2017, all members had released solo material.

Background

The X Factor (2010-11) In early 2010, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik auditioned as solo performers for the seventh season of The X Factor (UK). For Liam Payne, it was his second audition process. Payne first auditioned in 2008, but was eliminated during the judge's houses portion, due to inexperience. For Louis Tomlinson, it was also his second audition process, though his first to qualify past the initial producer's auditions, which took place in April 2010. Each soloist succeeded through to the bootcamp stage, but all were eliminated at its conclusion. Simon Cowell and three other judges decided the groups were not evenly split that year, and decided to call back ten eliminated solo contestants. These contestants were placed into two groups, allowing them all to continue competing. In August 2010, all five members of One Direction spent two weeks living at Harry's dad's bungalow in Cheshire. One Direction were the favorite act to win throughout the 2010 season of X Factor, generating massive and unprecedented fan/media hype. Ultimately, they finished in third place behind runner up Rebecca Ferguson and winner Matt Cardle. Simon Cowell signed One Direction to his record label, Syco Music, on December 13, 2010.

Musical Career

One Direction's debut single, " What Makes You Beautiful" was released on 11 September 2011, and debuted on the United Kingdom Singles Chart at #1 on September 18, 2011. It became the third fastest selling single of 2011, selling 153,965 copies. The song also reached #1 in Ireland, Mexico and Scotland. It peaked at #4 in the United States, but reached #1 on the US Dance Club Songs chart. It is one of the best selling singles of all time, with over 7 million copies sold worldwide. Their debut album Up All Night was released on November 18, 2011 and became one of the best-selling albums of the year. Three more singles were released - Gotta Be You, One Thing and More Than This - with One Thing becoming a worldwide top ten hit. One Direction embarked on their first headlining tour, the Up All Night Tour, on December 18, 2011.

The band's second album Take Me Home was released on November 12, 2012. The singles Live While We're Young, Kiss You and Little Things all found immense success, with Live While We're Young debuting at #3 on the United States Billboard Hot 100, and Little Things being certified platinum after shipping 1,000,000 copies. One Direction embarked on their second headlining tour, the Take Me Home Tour, on February 23, 2013. On August 20, 2013, One Direction's debut concert film, This Is Us, premiered worldwide.

One Direction's third album, Midnight Memories, was released on November 25, 2013, and presented a rockier sound from the band, as well as a departure from the bubblegum pop sound and lyrics. The album also saw the band creative contributions increase with Louis Tomlinson and Liam Payne each co-writing ten tracks, Harry Styles co-writing five tracks, Niall Horan co-writing three tracks and Zayn Malik co-writing two. Four singles were released - Best Song Ever, Story of My Life, Midnight Memories and You & I - with Best Song Ever and Story Of My Life becoming worldwide hits. One Direction's third headlining tour, the Where We Are Tour, began on April 25, 2014.

Their fourth album, Four, was released on November 17, 2014. The album further established the band's transition into mainstream rock, and again featured each member contributing to the majority of the album's writing. Tomlinson and Payne both co-wrote nine tracks, Styles co-wrote five songs, while Horan and Malik both co-wrote three. Two singles were released - Steal My Girl and Night Changes - and both found considerable success. The band embarked on their fourth headlining tour, On The Road Again, on February 7, 2015. Zayn Malik exited the band permanently on March 25, 2015, citing exhaustion and a desire to live a more normal life. The band continued the world tour and it eventually concluded as intended on October 31, 2015.

One Direction released their fifth album, Made in the A.M., on November 13, 2015. The album saw the most creative contribution from the band members so far, with Tomlinson contributing ten co-writes, Styles contributing seven, Payne contributing six co-writes, and composing two tracks, and Horan contributing four co-writes. Three singles were released - Drag Me Down, Perfect and History - with Drag Me Down debuting at #1 in 13 countries, and eventually becoming one of the highest selling songs of 2015. Perfect was also successful, reaching #1 in 4 countries, and peaking at #2 in the UK, #4 in Australia and #10 in the US. History peaked at #6 in the United Kingdom and #3 in Scotland.

In the seven years since becoming a band, One Direction have sold over 50 million albums worldwide, and were the first band to ever have four albums debut at #1 on the US Billboard 200. Four of One Direction's albums have sold over a million copies in the USA. In 2016, they were the second highest earning celebrities of the year, earning over $130 million. Their fourth world tour, On The Road Again, acquired over $188 million and saw the most concert tickets sold in 2015. One Direction was named Artist Of The Year by Billboard in 2014, and by the American Music Awards in both 2014 and 2015.

Zayn Malik's Departure

On 25 March 2015, a statement posted on One Direction's official Facebook page confirmed that Zayn Malik had officially and permanently exited the band. His sudden departure made worldwide headlines, as One Direction were in the process of completing their fourth world tour at the time. Malik had previously been signed off from the tour a week before, but had been expected to return after a short trip back to his hometown in London. It was speculated at the time Malik was signed off due to relationship troubles with then-fiance Perrie Edwards. Malik was photographed holding hands with and embracing another woman days before he was signed off, and angrily addressed claims of infidelity on Twitter. Zayn would later reveal a combination of anxiety, exhaustion and introversion as primary reasons for his exit. He also revealed the band's pop-rock sound was never his preferred taste in music. Zayn released his debut single on January 29, 2016, and his debut album, Mind of Mine, on March 25, 2015. Niall, Harry, Liam and Louis continued One Direction as a four piece. The band's relationship with Zayn was initially strained. Louis and Zayn clashed on Twitter in April 2015, and Harry has made several underhanded comments suggesting continued tension. In 2017, Zayn claimed he and Harry rarely spoke during their time as bandmates. Louis would eventually make up with Zayn in early 2017, partially to fulfill his mother's dying wish for them to repair their friendship. Liam has said he and Zayn keep in contact.

Band Hiatus

One Direction have been on hiatus since 13 December 2015, when they last performed as a group on The X Factor (UK)'s 2015 grand final episode.

On 23 August 2015, UK tabloid publication The Sun reported One Direction would be taking a break in 2016, but used the tagline " This Is The End", which worldwide media outlets then used to report the band was splitting up. On August 25, Niall confirmed on Twitter that the band would take a break from touring, but said they had no plans to split up. Louis also tweeted saying "we're not going anywhere". The hiatus is the band's first, and only, break from touring and collaborating together since 2010.

All four members defined the hiatus as a "well-deserved" break they will eventually return from as a group. Niall stated, "It seems like no matter how many times we say that we are not breaking up, the more people are convinced we are breaking up, so I have given up trying to explain it. It will be good to be able to get home a bit more, because that really is the only downside of the gig." All four members acknowledged their sixth and seventh year annniversaries as a band on social media in 2016 and 2017. An end date for the hiatus will not be confirmed until each member is ready to return to the group.

In the September 2016 issue of AnOther Man Magazine, Harry stated "I would never say we'll never do anything again, but it's good for us to be exploring different things. Maybe at some point everyone will want to do something again but it's better if it happens naturally, like, "Hey we all really want to do this again". If that were to happen, it'd be amazing. I would never rule that out. It's the most important, greatest thing that ever happened to me, being in that band. It completely changed my life". On September 29, 2016 Niall told Capital FM a reunion was inevitable, stating "For the foreseeable, we're doing our own thing. We still talk all the time. It could be one year, could be two, but it'll definitely happen there's no doubt about that." He elaborated further in a November interview, stating "We just felt like it was the right time. I can't really put anything to it. It wasn't something we delved into and thought 'is this the right time to do this?'. We just thought 'let's take a break' and we will get back into it in a couple of years or something. I am sure once everyone starts getting bored again, we will be like 'Hey, are you ready?".

In April 2017, Harry elaborated on One Direction's reason for their hiatus in a Rolling Stone interview, stating: "I didn't want to exhaust our fan base. If you're shortsighted, you can think, 'Let's just keep touring'. But we all thought too much of the group than to let that happen. You realize you're exhausted and you don't want to drain people's belief in you. I love the band, and would never rule out anything in the future. The band changed my life, gave me everything". Interviewer Cameron Crowe stated in a subsequent interview that Harry "defended the future of the band". Harry further elaborated on French TV show Quotidien, stating "It's been a lot of fun. We were very lucky to get to do some amazing things at the moment in our lives. We're in a time where everyone's trying their own thing and having a good time. It's been amazing to see everyone do so well. If I can do as well as the other boys, that'd be amazing.

As both Niall and Harry will be on solo world tours throughout 2018, and Louis has confirmed his own touring plans for 2018, it is unlikely the band will be reuniting before 2019.

Solo Career Developments

Liam: In January 2016, Liam began re-working on several collaborations with rapper Juicy J, and previewed a self-written rap song on Instagram. Liam and Louis provided their voices for a One Direction cameo on animated TV series " Family Guy", which aired May 15, 2016. On July 21, Liam announced he had signed a solo record deal with Capitol Records UK. He tweeted "One Direction will always be my home and family". Liam is currently working on his debut solo album, and has collaborated with various artists, including Pharrell Williams, TM88, Intensi-t and Jean Malvo Baptiste. On October 17, Liam announced his US record label would be Republic Records. In February 2017, he accepted One Direction's Brit Award for Best British Video for History, stating "One Direction is who we are and who we'll always be". In March 2017, Liam revealed his second solo magazine cover, for Rollacoaster Magazine. In May 2017, Liam premiered his debut solo single, Strip That Down, featuring Migos rapper, Quavo. It became a top 10 hit worldwide. On July 5, producer Zedd released "Get Low", a dance-pop single featuring Liam on vocals. Liam released his second single, "Bedroom Floor", on October 20, 2017. He released a collaboration single with UK singer Rita Ora, titled "For You", on January 5 2018, for the Fifty Shades Freed soundtrack.

Harry: On January 26, 2016, Harry signed with DawBell PR. He officially parted ways with Modest Management on February 1, 2016. He is now managed by music mogul Irving Azoff's son, Jeff. Reports of an $80 million dollar Columbia Records deal for Harry surfaced in June 2016, and, while the price tag went unconfirmed, Harry eventually released his debut album via Columbia. On September 27, 2016 Harry revealed three separate covers for the 23rd issue of AnOther Man Magazine. On March 25, 2017 a promotional advert aired on UK television, announcing Harry's debut single would premiere April 7, 2017. On 7 April 2017, Harry premiered Sign Of The Times on BBC Radio 1. It was a top 5 hit worldwide. In May 2017, Harry covered Rolling Stone magazine for the first time. In mid May 2017, he co-hosted The Late Late Show With James Corden for an entire week. Harry staged spontaneous concerts in the UK and US throughout May, and began a small venue tour in September 2017, which was followed by an arena tour from March 2018. His self-titled album debuted at #1 in 20 countries, including the United States, making him only the second UK male artist, after former bandmate Zayn Malik, to debut atop the US album chart. On July 21, Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk, which featured Harry in his debut acting role, premiered worldwide to critical acclaim. On 31 October, Kiwi was released as the second official single from Harry Styles. The music video premiered on 8 November and featured schoolchildren engaging in a food fight with Harry, who brings puppies along to help. On 2 November 2017, Nick Grimshaw hosted a variety special about Harry on BBC. Also in November 2017, Harry performed live on The X Factor UK and the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. During his arena world tour, Harry performed two previously unreleased songs live: "Anna" and "Medicine". "Medicine" received worldwide media attention after lyrics in the song were found to be strongly implying bisexuality.

Louis: In May 2016, Louis and Liam's voices were featured in a One Direction cameo skit for US comedy series Family Guy. On May 31, Louis parted ways with Modest Management, and is now represented by James Grant Group. On June 5, Louis competed against Niall in the Soccer Aid All Stars charity match, playing for England, who won. On 20 July, Louis appeared alongside Simon Cowell on America's Got Talent, as a special guest judge. Louis released a solo single, Just Hold On, in collaboration with DJ Steve Aoki, on December 10, 2016. The duo performed it live the same day, on the 2016 X Factor (UK) grand final. The song went to #1 on iTunes in 36 countries upon release and acquired over 200 million Spotify streams. It would eventually go platinum in Canada. A music video was released on March 8, 2017. Louis and Steve performed together at the Ultra Festival on 25 March 2017, Louis's first ever solo festival performance. On July 21, Louis released his debut solo single Back To You featuring Bebe Rexha. It was a top 20 hit worldwide and reached #1 on iTunes in 50 countries. On October 11, Louis surprise released a promo single, Just Like You, as a gift for fans. In November, Louis won his first solo award for Best UK/Ireland Act at the 2017 MTV EMAs, and performed live at the Royal Variety Performance, where he met Prince William and Kate Middleton. On 1 December 2017, Louis released the second official single from his forthcoming album, Miss You. The music video premiered on December 8 and featured Louis's real life friends. In March 2018, Louis won his second solo award, iHeartRadio's Best Breakthrough Solo Artist award.

Niall: Niall began the Horan and Rose annual charity golfing event, in collaboration with golfer Justin Rose, on May 29, 2016, where over $1 million USD was raised for cancer research. He also helped launch Modest!Golf, a golf management company, alongside One Direction's former management team, Modest Management. Niall simultaneously released his debut single " This Town" and announced a solo record deal with Capitol Records on September 29, 2016. The song went to #1 on iTunes in 50 countries and became a platinum-selling top 10 hit worldwide. He won the 2017 People's Choice Award for Favourite Breakout Artist, the 2017 Radio Disney Music Award for Best Male Artist and the 2017 American Music Award for Best New Artist. On 2 May 2017, Niall released his second single, " Slow Hands", which became a top 5 hit worldwide, and reached #1 on US pop radio. His first solo tour, "Flicker Sessions 2017", began in August 2017, and was followed by an arena tour from March 2018. Niall released a third single " Too Much To Ask" on September 15, 2017. His debut album, Flicker, was released on October 20, 2017 and debuted at #1 in five countries, including the United States, making him the third consecutive member of One Direction to debut atop the US charts as a solo artist. Flicker's fourth single " On The Loose" was released on 20 February 2018.

Group: On 1 July 2016, One Direction won Best Live Act at the Silver Cleft Awards. The band's statement read "Thank you to all our fans for voting. Our live show is so important and it is amazing for this to be recognized for the second time." They were announced as Forbes second Top Earners of 2016 with $110 million to their name. On September 4, it was announced One Direction currently held six 2016 Guinness World Records. On 24 October 2016, a song titled 'Something That Scares Me About Love', co-written by Liam and Louis, was registered to ASCAP. On November 23, One Direction won Best International Artist at the 2016 ARIA Awards. On November 30, Forbes Magazine announced One Direction were the #2 highest paid musicians of the year, despite being on hiatus. All four members of One Direction were reunited on 10 December at the 2016 X Factor (UK) grand finale, where Louis Tomlinson performed his debut solo release " Just Hold On", a collaboration with DJ Steve Aoki, in tribute to Louis's mother, Johannah Deakin, who passed away after a battle with cancer three days earlier. Zayn sent a message of support to Louis via Twitter. On December 29, One Direction were named the top earning celebrities in Europe for 2016, earning $110 million. This also made them the top earning band of the year and second highest amongst all celebrities. In February 2017, One Direction's History music video won Best British Video at the 2017 BRIT Awards. When Liam's debut single entered at #3 on the UK charts, One Direction became the second group in UK chart history from which all members made the top 10, after The Beatles. In August 2017, One Direction became the first band to have all current and former members achieve a Top 40 solo hit. They achieved this in 18 months, while previous record holders The Beatles achieved the same in 21. One Direction are now tied with The Eagles for most members achieving a solo Top 40 hit (5). When Liam's single reached #1 on US pop radio, One Direction became the only group to have three members achieve this, and the only group to have two members of the same group hold both the #1 and #2 spots, as Liam's single dethroned Niall's single from number one. On 11 May 2018, The Sunday Times Rich List 2018 revealed Harry was the third wealthiest UK musician under 30, followed by Niall at #4, while Liam and Louis tied for fifth.

One Direction released their debut album, Up All Night on November 18, 2011. The singles released were " What Makes You Beautiful", " One Thing", " Gotta Be You", and " More Than This". Up All Night sold more than 4.5 million copies worldwide and What Makes You Beautiful became one of the best selling songs of all time.

In November 2012, One Direction released their second album Take Me Home, which includes the singles " Live While We're Young", " Little Things" and " Kiss You". The album reached number one in 35 countries.

In November 2013, One Direction released their third album Midnight Memories, which includes the singles " Best Song Ever", " Story of My Life", " Midnight Memories" and " You & I". Midnight Memories was the best selling album of 2013, selling four million copies.

One Direction's fourth studio album, Four, was released on November 17, 2014. The album was announced on September 8 along with a free download of promotional single, " Fireproof". The song acquired over a million downloads in 24 hours. The album only featured two singles, " Steal My Girl" and " Night Changes". The album sold over a million copies in the United States, and became their fourth to reach #1 on the US Billboard 200. Fans organised a significantly successful online project to promote album track " No Control" as if it were a single, which saw the song added to radio station playlists, featured in interactive video game Just Dance and eventually won a Teen Choice Award. Four was Zayn Malik's final album as a member of One Direction.

One Direction's fifth studio album, Made in the A.M., was released on November 13, 2015. It was their first album without Zayn Malik. " Drag Me Down" was the first single from the album, released on July 31, 2015. It sold more than 300,000 digital copies on the first day of release and was #1 in 90 countries on iTunes. Two more singles, " Perfect" and " History" were released, and reached the top 10 worldwide. In January 2016, the album went platinum in the United Kingdom. As was the case with " No Control" on the band's previous album, fans organized a successful online campaign to promote " Home", a song which did not appear on Made In The A.M., but was released on the Perfect EP, a short collection of remixes and acoustics. The campaign saw "Home" added to radio playlists and winning a Teen Choice Award. In April 2016, Made In The A.M. went platinum in the United States.

Discography

This Is Us was the first theatrical concert film about One Direction, detailing life on the road during their 2012 Take Me Home Tour. Filming began in January 2013. All footage was shot in 3D. This Is Us premiered worldwide on August 20, 2013. This Is Us is currently the fourth highest grossing concert movie, grossing over six times the film's budget. The band's music video for " Best Song Ever" featured preview clips from the film, and the plot of the video centered around a Hollywood production company pitching ideas to the band for a music video, when they stop by the office while filming their movie. The band has made suggestive comments in subsequent interviews about the documentary being heavily scripted.

"One Direction: Where We Are - The Concert Film" was the second theatrical concert film of One Direction, showcasing one concert at San Siro Stadium in Milan, Italy, during the band's 2014 Where We Are world tour. The film was exclusively released to cinema for two days from October 11, 2014. While mostly centered around the concert, the DVD featured behind the scenes footage of the band rehearsing songs, while discussing their success so far and recording their fourth album.The footage also showed the band visiting Christ The Redeemer in Rio De Janeiro on a day off. The film broke the record for the highest grossing event cinema production with a net total of $15 million.

Filmography

The X Factor: Series 7 (finalists)

Up All Night: The Live Tour

One Direction: This Is Us

One Direction: Where We Are - The Concert Film

Other appearances as themselves can be found here

Band Members

Former Members

Backing Band

Concert tours

Headlining

Opening Act

Awards and Nominations

Main article: One Direction/Awards and nominations

Since 2011, One Direction has won a total of 199 awards and has been nominated for 289. Some of the more significant awards include two consecutive American Music Awards for Artist Of The Year, won in 2014 and 2015. The band also won four BRIT Awards and four World Music Awards.

Publications

One Direction: Forever Young, HarperCollins (February 17, 2011)

One Direction: The Official Annual 2012, HarperCollins (September 1, 2011)

Dare to Dream: Life as One Direction, HarperCollins (September 15, 2011)

One Direction: The Official Annual 2013, HarperCollins (August 30, 2012)

One Direction: Where We Are: Our Band, Our Story, HarperCollins (August 27, 2013)

One Direction: The Official Annual 2014, HarperCollins (August 29, 2013)

Who We Are: Our Autobiography, HarperCollins (September 25, 2014)

One Direction: The Official Annual 2015, HarperCollins (October 21, 2014)

One Direction: The Official Annual 2016 HarperCollins (October 2, 2015)

References

One Direction at the Boybands Wiki

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One Direction is a British-Irish pop boyband consisting of Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, and Niall Horan. Former member Zayn left thee band in March 2015. They were contestants on the seventh season of The X Factor UK in 2010, and finished third.

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Louis William Tomlinson (born Louis Troy Austin, December 24, 1991) is a member of One Direction along with Harry Styles, Liam Payne, and Niall Horan. He is the oldest member of the group. Louis is currently signed as a solo artist to Syco Music and Epic Records.

Louis released his debut solo single, Just Hold On, on December 10, 2016, and is currently working on his debut album.

Louis was born in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England to Troy Austin and Johannah Deakin. His parents split when Louis was just ten days old. When Johannah remarried, Louis took on his stepdad Mark Tomlinson's name. Louis has five younger half-sisters and a younger half-brother by his mother: Charlotte (Lottie), Félicité (Fizzy), twins Daisy and Phoebe, and twins Doris and Ernest. He has one younger half-sister, Georgia, by his father. Mark and Johannah divorced in 2011. Johannah then remarried to Daniel Deakin in 2014. Louis was a sixth form student at Hall Cross School, a state comprehensive school, and previously a pupil at The Hayfield School. While he was a student at Hall Cross, Louis starred in several Scholastic musical productions at this school, including Grease, which sparked his interest in performing.

Musical Career

Early Beginnings

Louis appeared as an extra in the 2006 film If I Had You. His mother worked as a chaperone on UK TV show Fat Friends, which James Corden also worked on. Corden has spoken about spending time between takes playing football with Louis, as he was one of the only kids on set.

On March 26, 2010, when he was 18 years old, Louis auditioned for The X Factor with "Hey There Delilah" by Plain White T's. It was his third time auditioning for the reality talent show, and his first time proceeding to the televised judges stage (contestants are first required to audition for producers in order to perform for the celebrity judges). Louis received three out of three "yes"s from the judges, and qualified to the next round. He revealed in One Direction's 2013 concert film This Is Us that he was not happy with his audition and felt it was "terrible". He also revealed he had hoped he would be put into a group, as he did not think he was a strong enough soloist. At bootcamp, Louis sang Bob Dylan's "Make You Feel My Love" before being eliminated as a solo artist, but ultimately allowed to continue after being placed into One Direction. Louis's mother took the first ever photo of One Direction as a formed group, on July 23, 2010. One Direction placed third in the overall competition, signed a recording contract with Simon Cowell's Syco Music soon after, and released five best-selling albums between 2011 and 2015.

Solo Career

On 10 December 2016, Louis released Just Hold On, a collaboration with American DJ/dance producer Steve Aoki. The track doubled as a tribute to Louis's mother, Johannah Deakin, who passed away after a battle with cancer three days before the song's release. Just Hold On reached #1 on iTunes in 40 countries and debuted at #2 on the UK Singles Chart. In January 2017, the British Phonographic Industry announced Louis had won his first solo bpi Award, as "Just Hold On" had gone silver. On 21 July 2017, Louis released his debut solo single " Back To You", featuring pop singer Bebe Rexha, and produced by Digital Farm Animals. The song reached the top 10 in the United Kingdom and was a top 30 single worldwide. Louis released two more singles " Just Like You" and " Miss You" to moderate success. Louis has won awards for Best UK/Ireland Act at the 2017 MTV EMAs and Best Solo Breakout at the 2018 iHeartRadio Awards. Louis is currently working on his debut album, which he has said will document his life from mid 2015 onward.

In April 2015, Louis started his own record label, an imprint of Simon Cowell's Syco label. Throughout 2016, Louis built the profile of an pop-punk girl band (now disbanded), and cross-promoted English independent group High Tyde. Also in 2016, Louis parted ways with former management group Modest Management, signing with James Grant Group until May 2018. In June 2017, it was initially reported Louis had signed a solo record deal with RCA Records, however the following month, it was confirmed he had signed with Epic Records instead. He remains signed to Syco Music in the United Kingdom. Louis served as a guest judge for Simon Cowell on The X Factor (UK) UK and America's Got Talent in 2015 and 2016 respectively. Louis and Liam lent their voices to a Family Guy episode cameo, which aired on May 15, 2016. Louis competed alongside Niall in Soccer Aid 2016's charity match. Louis was one of the featured vocalists on the Artists for Grefwell 2017 charity single " Bridge Over Troubled Water", along with Liam. Louis was the cover star for The Observer magazine and contributed photoshoots/interviews for Noisey and HighSnobiety.

Personal Life

Outside of music, Louis supports many charities. In particular, he has worked closely over the years with the Eden Dora Trust, which helps children suffering from Encephalitis. In 2015, Louis participated in a charity football match, held a Cinderella ball for terminally ill children in collaboration with charity Believe In Magic, in which he raised over 7 million dollars, and became the official patron for the Stacey Mowie Appeal. In January 2016, a journalist interviewed a family Louis had worked closely with, where they praised him for his admirable dedication to providing for them and their terminally ill son[5]. On 15 May 2018, Louis presented Manchester bombing survivor Freya Lewis with the Young Fundraiser Award at the NHS Heroes ceremony.

Louis is a part-time contract-based football player for the Doncaster Rovers. He played various matches throughout 2012-2015. He played on England's side in the Soccer Aid All Stars charity match for UNICEF on June 5, 2016. It was announced on May 9th that Niall had joined the opposing team. England won 3-2 and over 5.39 million pounds was raised for UNICEF.

Relationships

Louis began dating Hannah Walker on March 18, 2010, shortly before he began competing on The X Factor. Walker attended Hall Cross Academy with Louis, and they met through the school's production of Louis and Hannah are believed to have split in July 2011, after the Daily Mail published a statement saying "All the lads are now young, free and single to concentrate on recording their debut album and promote their new single." Louis's final tweet to Hannah was in January 2011.

It is unconfirmed how Louis and Eleanor officially met, with initial reports stating Harry Styles introduced them. However, a fan discovered Eleanor went to university with the son of Harry MacGee, co-founder of One Direction's former management team, Modest Management. Louis and Eleanor's first public outing together was 14 September 2011, to celebrate Niall's birthday. Louis confirmed they were dating in an October 2011 interview. People Magazine confirmed in March 2015 that, after four years together, Eleanor and Louis had split. Neither publicly spoke about the split though Louis confirmed he was single two months later during an interview on James Corden's The Late Late Show. The pair rekindled their relationship in January 2017. Louis has told various media outlets that his debut album will document the time they spent apart and how he reunited with her. He confirmed his song " Miss You" is about Eleanor.

Louis met American stylist Briana Jungwirth in early 2015. Louis was photographed partying with Briana once in February 2015, then three more times in early May 2015. In July 2015, People Babies announced Louis was expecting his first child with Briana. Louis confirmed the pregnancy on Good Morning America a few weeks later. Louis and Briana welcomed Freddie Reign Tomlinson on January 21, 2016. Louis confirmed the birth via Twitter saying, "I'm pleased to say my baby son was born yesterday. He is healthy and pretty amazing. I'm very happy!!". Louis initially based himself in Briana's hometown of Los Angeles, though frequently began to spend more time in the United Kingdom after losing his mother to Leukemia in December 2016. Louis and Briana appeared to have a rocky relationship shortly after their son's birth, with members of both families clashing publicly numerous times. In June 2016, Louis filed for joint custody of Freddie, though any further developments in the case were not publicised. Louis's publicists confirmed and asked for privacy, stating "Louis appreciates, respects and values his relationship with the media and we hope he and his son are afforded the same respect on this matter."

Louis dated American actress Danielle Campbell from December 2015 to January 2017. The pair were first photographed together in December 2015, but officially confirmed their relationship four months later. It is unknown if she met the rest of One Direction, aside from Niall, who posted a photo with Danielle and Louis to his Instagram in June 2016. Reports surfaced that Briana Jungwirth did not want Danielle around her and Louis's son, Freddie. Danielle was photographed holding the baby at a beach on July 12, 2016. Shortly after the photos were released, Jungwirth tweeted "You can pretend all you want but you will NEVER be my baby son's mother". She later deleted the tweet. On August 17, Danielle told Entertainment Tonight she admired Briana and Louis's co-parenting skills. Danielle was in attendance for Louis's debut solo performance on X Factor, on December 10, 2016. On 19 January 2017, UK tabloid The Sun confirmed Louis and Danielle had amicably split.

Controversies

In unexplained circumstances, during One Direction's time on X Factor, Louis was mysteriously sent home by producers for a week. Police were also called one week when it appeared Louis had gone missing, but it was found he had gone home to see family without informing anyone.

From 2011 onward, Louis and bandmate Harry Styles have been the subject of a fan conspiracy theory suggesting they are a closeted gay couple. The rumours began when they announced they had made plans in 2010 to move in together after finishing filming The X Factor. The pair told media they'd invented the combined name Larry Stylinson ( Louis Tom linson/H arry Styles) themselves, and Harry told a magazine: "Until I find the perfect girl, I have Louis". Their mothers often tweeted about how close the pair were, with Louis's mother once referring to Harry as Louis's husband. The pair began renting an apartment together in September 2011, just before the band's debut single was released. The speculation only increased when rumours of Louis dating a woman began to surface. In October 2011, Louis tweeted "Always in my heart @HarryStyles. Yours sincerely, Louis". The tweet came shortly after Louis was confirmed to be dating Eleanor Calder. Many fans believed it signified he and Harry had been forcibly closeted. Past boy bands have had closeted gay members who hid their sexuality, for fear of angering heterosexual female fans. Louis's tweet to Harry is currently the third most retweeted of all time (with over 2 million retweets). In February 2015, it surpassed a tweet by former US President Barack Obama, sparking worldwide headlines. Neither Harry or Louis have ever addressed the tweet.

After two years of fevered speculation, Louis began vehemently denying he was in a relationship with Harry. An interview was published where Louis reasoned that the speculation was ruining his friendship with Harry. In September 2012, he tweeted a fan saying "How's this? Larry is the biggest load of bullshit I've ever heard. I'm happy, why can't you accept that?" The tweet upset many fans, with some refusing to believe it was him. Louis has never publicly addressed the tweet.

In early 2012, Harry ended his relationship with TV host Caroline Flack and rumors of him moving out of he and Louis's rental began surfacing. Fans noted throughout the year that Harry and Louis were not publicly interacting as often as they used to, and had stopped interacting on social media. Over the next three years, denials of a hidden relationship were continually issued by Louis. From early 2013 to mid 2014, Harry and Louis were not seen together at all outside of work commitments. In July 2014, however, Harry attended Louis's mother's wedding, along with Niall and Liam.

As of 2017, Harry and Louis's friendship appeared intact, but careful. In August 2015, Harry attended Louis's sister Lottie's birthday party, along with Louis and Liam. During One Direction's November 2015 promotional campaign for Made in the A.M., the pair began sitting next to each other again and shared jokes together. Louis stated Zayn's departure from the band had brought the four remaining members much closer together again. It is unknown if Harry and Louis made contact throughout 2016, however Harry was in attendance for Louis's first solo performance on The X Factor, on December 10, 2016, along with Liam and Niall. Louis wished Harry a happy birthday on Twitter on February 1, 2017, his first online interaction toward Harry in four years. In a May 2017 interview, due to intensified fan speculation, Harry was asked to clarify if his solo single Sweet Creature was about Louis. Harry stated: " People are always going to speculate what songs are about. I don't want to tell someone that they're wrong for feeling how they feel about a song, even when they're not necessarily right. The fun thing with music is you get to write a song that has all you want to say on it and you don't necessarily have to explain it much further than that. If you really listen to the lyrics, you can work out whether its about that or not, and I would lean towards no[24]". In June 2017, Louis expressed his condolences to Harry and his family on Twitter, after Harry's stepfather lost his battle with cancer. Throughout his Back To You promotional campaign, Louis stated numerous times that he was proud of Harry's successful venture into acting.

In July 2017, Louis spoke at length about the speculation surrounding he and Harry, stating: " It's a funny thing. People can believe what they want to believe, but I think it comes across sometimes a little bit disrespectful to the ones I love, like Eleanor. It's one of these things that people just love to buy into but, in reality, obviously, there's no truth to it. Obviously. When it first came around, I was with Eleanor, and it actually felt a little bit disrespectful. I'm so protective over things like that, about the people I love. So it created this atmosphere between the two of us where everyone was looking into everything we did. It took away the vibe you get off anyone. It made everything, I think on both fences, a little bit more unapproachable. I think it shows that it was never anything real, if I can use that word."

Louis was involved in numerous Twitter fights with members of boy band The Wanted. The band had previously made fun of Harry Styles after he was overcome with stage fright during a performance, and both bands remained at odds ever since. Zayn Malik and Liam, and eventually Eleanor all came to Louis's defence during a particularly nasty 2013 spat. In 2015, The Wanted split up and blamed the bad publicity from their rivalry with One Direction as the reason they called it quits.

In May, a video was leaked by The Daily Mail showing Louis and Zayn smoking cannabis while in Peru. Zayn can be heard criticizing One Direction's official merchandise, saying both the band and the fans are sick of shallow products solely catering solely to a young audience, and wishing they could do more artistic ventures. Louis can allegedly be heard uttering several racial slurs throughout the video. Neither Louis or Zayn have ever publicly addressed the video but Liam took to Twitter a few days after it surfaced to apologize for them.

In November, Louis lashed out on Twitter at a journalist who wrote an article about a rainbow Apple logo shirt he had recently worn. The journalist interpreted this as a sign of support for Apple CEO Tim Cook who had come out as gay the previous week. Louis appeared to interpret the article as speculating his own sexuality and tweeted "I am in fact straight!" despite the article not stating anything about his sexuality.

After Zayn's departure from One Direction, Louis became involved in two Twitter fights with Zayn's then friend, music producer Naughty Boy. Louis lashed out at Naughty Boy after several tweets from the producer appeared to be gloating about Zayn's exit from the band as a "win" for him. One particular tweet stated "Zaughty will rise" (Zayn/Naughty hybrid name). Naughty Boy responded to Louis's tweet with various insults about his talent before leaking a solo demo of Zayn's titled "I Won't Mind". Weeks later, Liam uploaded video of a bad karaoke singer captioned "New replacement member" to Instagram. Naughty Boy responded with a picture of Zayn captioned "Replace this". Louis proceeded to insult the filter Naughty Boy used on the image. More insults were exchanged from both, and Zayn eventually tweeted Louis: "Remember when you had a life instead of making bitchy comments about mine?" Louis did not respond to Zayn's tweet and no more fighting occurred. Both spats made worldwide headlines. Zayn cut all ties with Naughty Boy in July 2015. In November 2015, Louis strongly hinted in various Made in the A.M. promo interviews that he and Zayn were not on talking terms, and that Zayn was distancing himself from them. In January 2016, Zayn liked a picture of Louis with his son Freddie, and, when questioned by media, said they were not friends at the moment but liking the tweet was the least he could do. He did not, however, like Louis's official tweet, but a fan accounts. On 9 December 2016, after the passing of Louis's mother Johannah Deakin was announced, Zayn tweeted his sympathies to Louis, saying "Love you bro! All of your family is in my prayers. proud of your strength and know your mum is too x." In January 2017, Louis confirmed his feud with Zayn had subsided, stating: "It's a strange feeling but it's nice. I think we've got to a point now, a lot of us have spoken recently, me and Zayn have spoken recently. It's gotten to a point where you can be happy for each other and things have happened in the past, of course, but you know, it's great. His first song was an absolute smash and a great song, so yeah, it's nice."

The public nature of Louis's 2015/2016 relationship with Danielle Campbell caused some controversy. Louis was expecting his first child with Briana Jungwirth when he began to publicly date Danielle. Various media outlets reported Jungwirth was upset with Louis for openly dating someone else, even though they were not a couple themselves. Briana's father commented on the situation to The Sun, stating "Sure I wish he stepped up and made it public that he was going to be a father to Briana's baby. Sure I wish they grew their relationship together, but he will always be the child's father. This is a difficult time for Briana. This baby should be the focus here."

In February, it was reported that Briana had temporarily banned Louis from seeing their son Freddie, claiming that girlfriend Danielle was interfering with crucial mother-son bonding time. A custody battle ensued with a temporary settlement put in place a few days later. As of April 2016, these rumors have been laid to rest by a rep from TMZ saying the story was untrue, despite TMZ breaking it in the first place. Briana's cousin, Ashley, inadvertently confirmed tension regarding Danielle, calling Louis's relationship with her "disrespectful" to Briana. She also sold her family's story to tabloid Now Magazine, stating her family was "hurt" when Louis moved on with Danielle.

Louis was briefly arrested and jailed on March 3, 2017. He became involved in an altercation at LAX airport with a photographer and three alleged fans. After the photographer startled Louis's on-off girlfriend Eleanor Calder, Louis attempted to block the paparazzo from taking more pictures. The two grappled and fell to the floor. Eleanor was photographed by the three women and attempted to slap the phone out of one woman's hand. The woman responded by cornering Eleanor and allegedly striking her. Louis ran over, pulled the woman away from Eleanor, and the two fell backward. Airport staff then stepped in to separate them. Citizen arrests were made and Louis was booked with simple battery and held in an LA jail for one hour. Louis's legal team issued a statement, saying: "The paparazzi provoked and caused the altercation that occurred with Louis. It's not the first time that a paparazzi has created an altercation with a celebrity. While the altercation was going on with the paparazzi, three other individuals were attacking his girlfriend during this incident and he came to her defense." No charges were filed by anyone involved.

In December 2017, an Australian radio host and her co-hosts made several comments about Louis's appearance and popularity, which fans interpreted as a diss. The main host, Ash London, changed her social media account to private and released an apology, but Louis himself tweeted that she should stay on private longer, until the fan backlash subsided, ending the tweet with a middle finger emoji. This provoked even more backlash and triggered worldwide headlines. Eventually, Louis made a subsequent tweet asking fans to stop.

As of June 2017, Louis has only 31 known tattoos.

Up All Night

Take Me Home

Midnight Memories

Four

Made in the A.M.

Perfect EP

Untitled Solo Album

[On songwriting] "There's been a few times where fans have held up "You Make Me Strong" signs, everyone's held that up. I'd be singing the song, going through the motions, and it actually takes something as blatant as that to go, "Hang on a minute. That's - I wrote on that song. These are the references that I've said." It's an amazing feeling. It's exactly what you would want as an artist. It's very important for us, I think."

"My personal tastes... I actually like quite a bit acoustic and more mellow kinds of things. I quite like American music, like The Fray, I'm a massive fan of them, and The Killers. I also like more acoustic stuff like Ed Sheeran, I like this English songwriter James Morrison and another singer called Ben Howard." (Billboard interview, 2012)

"Feel free to insult me but you don't have the right to insult our fans"

"I've sometimes felt like that, but to be honest most of the time I'm the immature one who needs to be told to get focused. I'm a bit of a perfectionist so I have to be on board with every minor detail and [I'm] quite opinionated." (Billboard interview, 2012)

"It's a big thing to sit in a room and talk about your feelings, your deepest love, whenever you got your heart broken. So you have to be able to be comfortable for the good stuff to come out." (One Direction TV Special, Recording Four, 2014)

[On the No Control fan project] "I think it's a perfect example of how unique and incredible and passionate our fans are" (Billboard Awards, 2015)

"I don't actually think [going on a break] is that weird. We've been on the road for four years and have made as many albums in the same amount of time. So we're just taking a break to see our families and enjoy our houses". (ITV News, 2015)

"I had a great upbringing, great childhood. I was very lucky. And my school life, I absolutely loved it. That's what I found hard about [becoming famous]; it was such a massive jump. It was something I knew that I wanted, but in hindsight...I wouldn't change anything, but you never know what you're getting into. You don't really know one percent of what [fame] means." (2017 Noisey interview)

His mother was a midwife. As a child, Louis would often help look after the babies she delivered.

His zodiac sign is Capricorn.

He smokes.

He has a fear of birds and growing old.

He is signed on a non-contract basis with his hometown football club, the Doncaster Rovers.

He had his own custom "Mystery Machine" van (from TV series Scooby Doo) made.

He has written/co-written 38 One Direction songs, making him the band's most prominent writer.

He was the best man at his mother's wedding.

He plays piano.

He is 5"9 feet tall.

He was featured on Debrett's list of the 500 Most Influential People in 2017.

In 2018, he confirmed he supports the Labour political party.

He owns three companies: 78 Productions Ltd., LT Publishing Limited and Triple Strings Limited.

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Zain Javadd "Zayn" Malik (born January 12, 1993), also known mononymously as Zayn, is a former member of British-Irish band One Direction.

He left the band on March 25, 2015, to pursue a solo music career. His debut solo album, Mind of Mine, was released on March 25, 2016.

Zayn was born in West Lane, Baildon, Bradford, England. He is of English and Pakistani descent. He was born to British-Pakistani father Yaser Malik and English mother Patricia. He has one older sister, Doniya, and two younger sisters, Waliyha and Safaa. He and his family are Muslim. Zayn grew up in East Bowling, located south of the Bradford city centre. He was a student at Lower Fields Primary School in East Bowling and went to Tong High School, a state comprehensive school.

Zayn's mother, Trisha, told the BBC in 2013 about her son's religious upbringing, stating "I made sure the children went to the mosque. Zayn has read the Quran three times." When Zayn was growing up, Trisha worked as a halal chef at a primary school, cooking meals for Muslim children.

Musical Career

One Direction

In 2010, when he was 17 years old, Zayn auditioned in Manchester for the seventh series of The X Factor. He revealed in the film This Is Us and in his 2015 Fader magazine interview that he would not have gone to his audition if his mother hadn't dragged him out of bed that morning. He stated he went to the audition because he "felt like I owed her".

Zayn sang "Let Me Love You", a 2004 hit by R&B singer Mario. All three judges - Simon, Louis, and Nicole - gave him a 'yes'. His audition was initially not broadcast, but was later shown briefly on The Xtra Factor.

Zayn was noted for becoming nervous and withdrawn in bootcamp, and famously refused to participate in a dance segment until personally encouraged by Simon Cowell. He passed the dance stage but failed to proceed past bootcamp, where he was initially eliminated as a solo artist, but brought back to be added to the group that would become One Direction. Following their placing third on The X Factor, One Direction signed a record contract with Sony Music subsidiary Syco Music, releasing 4 #1 albums with Zayn (and 1 without), and completing 4 world tours in 4 years.

Departure From One Direction

On March 25, 2015 One Direction's official Facebook account announced in a statement that Malik had permanently departed from the band, citing his desire to live life away from the spotlight. Additionally, in an interview with The Sun, he further explained that he "didn't feel like himself anymore" and that he had been unhappy for a while, having only continued because of the fans. His former bandmates echoed his words in their October/November promo campaign for Made in the A.M., stating he "fell out of love with the music" and they could tell he was increasingly unhappy being within the band. They also stated he did not enjoy liaising with the media, as he is shy and introverted. In January 2016, Zayn elaborated on his departure saying he never really wanted to be in a band, as he auditioned for X Factor as a solo artist, but stayed with 1D as long as he could. He credited the other band members with trying to give him R&B ad-libs in their songs so he would enjoy performing more, but it became more evident as time went on that he would eventually leave. Zayn also spoke out about strict management, saying the band was constantly told what to do, how to keep their appearances and how to sound, saying they were not free to write whatever they wanted. Zayn said there was no room for him to express himself musically the way he wanted to, because the band's sound was distinctly pop-rock rather than R&B. In November 2016, Zayn revealed to Evening Standard Magazine that he did not write the official exit statement posted to Facebook, saying "Look how it's worded. I'm not a 35-year-old lawyer. I don't write like that". In April 2017, Harry Styles told Rolling Stone magazine: "I think it's a shame Zayn felt that way, but I never wish anything but luck to anyone doing what they love. If you're not enjoying something and need to do something else, you absolutely should do that. I'm glad he's doing what he likes, and good luck to him".

Solo Career

Zayn officially signed with RCA Records on July 29, 2015. On 23 January 2016, Zayn confirmed his debut single, titled "Pillowtalk", would be released on January 29, 2016. Simultaneously, the music video premiered on MTV, and featured Zayn's real life girlfriend, model Gigi Hadid. Pillowtalk debuted at #1 on iTunes in 90 countries, making Zayn only one of two male artists to debut at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2016.

Zayn's debut solo album, Mind of Mine, was released March 25, 2016 - a year to the day he left One Direction. He became the first UK male artist to debut at #1 in the US and UK. Zayn subsequently released music videos for album tracks ' It's You' and ' BeFour', and released ' Like I Would' as the second official single, which he performed at the 2016 IHeartRadio awards. He also performed a set at Wango Tango on May 14, in California. Zayn was originally scheduled to perform at the Capital FM Summertime Ball but cancelled at the last minute, citing "the worst anxiety of my career". It was announced on May 17th that Zayn would be performing a concert in Dubai on October 11th, however this was also cancelled due to continued anxiety. Zayn confirmed ' Wrong' as the third single from Mind of Mine, but it did not receive promotion. In July 2016, Zayn posed for music publications Dazed and Paper. He was also interviewed by Glamour magazine.

On July 14, 2016 electro-R&B duo Snakehips released '' Cruel'', which featured vocals by Zayn. On the same day, the Ghostbusters film soundtrack was released, featuring a track by Zayn titled " wHo". He was then featured on Netflix's The Get Down soundtrack, on " You Can't Hide", released August 12, 2016. Men's magazine GQ also released an exclusive photoshoot and interview with Zayn. On September 1st, English rapper M.I.A. released a single called " Freedun", featuring Zayn.

On November 1, 2016, Zayn released an autobiographical book titled ZAYN. November 20, 2016, Zayn attended the 2016 American Music Awards, where he won New Artist of the Year, and briefly greeted former bandmate Niall. Zayn was also interviewed by Evening Standard.

On December 8th, Zayn surprise released a duet with American singer Taylor Swift, titled " I Don't Wanna Live Forever", for the Fifty Shades Darker film soundtrack. The music video premiered on January 27, 2017 and featured Zayn and Taylor trashing their hotel rooms. The video quickly acquired over 100 million views by March 2017. The single was a top 5 success worldwide and peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100. In 2017, the music video won the 2017 MTV VMA for Best Collaboration.

During a December 14th radio interview with SiriusXM's Hits 1, Zayn revealed he was working on his second album.

In January 2017, Zayn released a shoe line in collaboration with Giuseppe, titled GiuseppexZayn. In February 2017, Zayn released a smartphone emoji app called Zaynmoji. The app features small animations of Malik's face, based on his career and various hair/clothing styles. Zayn's fashion collaboration with Versace, titled Versus, launched in March 2017.

On March 5, 2017 Zayn won Best Music Video at the IHeartRadio Awards, for Pillowtalk. On March 23, 2017 Zayn released a single titled " Still Got Time" with Canadian rapper PARTYNEXTDOOR. The song was a top 20 hit worldwide. Zayn's label, RCA Records, confirmed via press release that Zayn's second studio album would be released in summer. The Still Got Time music video premiered on April 21, 2017 and featured a raucous party held in Zayn's actual London residence. On May 21, Zayn won Top New Artist at the 2017 Billboard Music Awards. On 7 September 2017, Zayn released a single titled "Dusk Till Dawn" featuring Australian singer Sia, for the 2017 film The Mountain Between Us and the lead single from his second studio album. The single was a top 20 hit worldwide.

On 12 April 2018, Zayn released "Let Me", the second single from his second album. He also premiered the music video simultaneously. The song peaked at #20 on the UK charts. It was reported on 18 April 2018 that Zayn's management had dumped him from their client roster after he refused to tour. The reports remain unconfirmed. On 7 May 2018, Zayn received a Broadcast Music Inc (BMI) award for "I Don't Wanna Live Forever".

Personal Life

Zayn's parents are Yaser and Trisha Malik. He has three sisters; Safaa, Doniya and Waliyha. Zayn credits his father's music taste as a primary influence on his own singing and songwriting. In One Direction's 2013 film This Is Us, Zayn is shown buying a house for his entire family, stating this was the reason he wanted to be a successful entertainer, so he could give back to, and provide for, his family. His father was not featured in the film.

Zayn owns three dogs; Boris, Rhino and Marley. An attack dog was mentioned in his November 2015 Fader interview, but has never been photographed. Ex-girlfriend Perrie Edwards kept the two dogs they bought together.

Zayn dated fellow The X Factor (UK) contestant Geneva Lane briefly in 2010, when he was 17 and she was 20. They were photographed sharing a kiss on December 12, 2010 after the grand finale episode, and Zayn confirmed the next day on Twitter that they were dating. They officially split the following month, on January 21, 2011.

In 2011, Zayn dated The X Factor (UK) season seven runner-up, Rebecca Ferguson for four months, when he was 18 and she was 23. Their relationship drew media attention because of the five year age gap. They met while they were on The X Factor, but Rebecca stated that "It took a while before we looked at each other in a different light. There was no one particular moment, it just evolved over time." After their July 2011 split, Rebecca stated, "Me and Zayn just grew apart. I wish him all the best." However, in an interview in October 2012, Zayn stated, "It shouldn't have happened. It was just a wrong idea from the start. It did end quite badly, so we don't talk any more. We're not in touch at all." Ferguson called the relationship "a mistake" in 2013, saying the age gap wasn't worth the controversy.

Zayn dated, and was previously engaged to, Perrie Edwards, a member of The X Factor eighth season winning girl group, Little Mix. They met when One Direction guest performed on the show in November 2011. In May 2012, paparazzi pictures of them kissing and riding a scooter together confirmed them as a couple. They were dogged by four separate cheating scandals involving Zayn, including one where photos of him asleep in bed were leaked online by the woman he allegedly had an affair with. On August 20, 2013 Zayn and Perrie confirmed they were engaged. After a fourth cheating scandal in February 2015, Zayn flew home to the UK, then exited One Direction the following week. He and Perrie still appeared to be planning their marriage, with Perrie jokingly referring to herself as "Perrie Malik" in June 2015. However, on August 4, 2015 it was confirmed Zayn and Perrie had officially split. Zayn called off the engagement, ending the relationship the month before. In his November 2015 interview with Fader Magazine, Zayn denied he broke up with Perrie via text message, stating "I have more respect for Perrie than to end anything over text message. I love her a lot, and I always will, and I would never end our relationship over four years like that. She knows that, I know that, and the public should know that as well. I don't want to explain why or what I did, I just want the public to know I didn't do that."

Zayn began dating American model Gigi Hadid in November 2015. Gigi appeared in Zayn's debut music video for Pillowtalk, released in January 2016. In February 2016, Zayn officially confirmed Gigi was his girlfriend in a radio interview with Zach Sang. In April, Vogue Italia released a Zayn and Gigi fashion spread photoshoot. On May 2nd, they attended the 2016 MET Gala together. On June 2, 2016 many media outlets, including People Magazine, incorrectly reported Zayn and Gigi had split after seven months. In July 2016, Zayn spoke to Elle UK about their relationship and compatibility. They attended the American Music Awards together in November 2016, and collaborated together on Zayn's Versace fashion line, Versus, in March 2017. The couple posed for Vogue again in July 2017 but were criticised after their accompanying article dubbed both Gigi and Zayn "gender fluid" for wearing each other's clothes. Vogue later apologised for the article. On 13 March 2018, Zayn and Gigi confirmed they had split up. On April 29, they were photographed kissing.

Controversies

Leaked Video

In May 2014, a video recorded in April by former One Direction bandmate Louis, was leaked by The Daily Mail. The footage showed Zayn and Louis, alongside other members of their management team, smoking cannabis while being driven to a concert in Peru. The footage contained Zayn criticizing One Direction's official merchandise, stating that both the band and the fans were growing tired of it pandering to a much younger audience, devoid of any artistic creativity. Louis received media backlash for apparently using racial slurs. No member of the band has ever publicly commented on the incident, or the video, but Liam offered an apology on their behalf on Twitter, a few days after the video leaked. It was speculated in early 2015 that Zayn and Louis may be charged for using illegal drugs but nothing eventuated.

Cheating Allegations

Throughout Zayn's four year relationship with Perrie Edwards, numerous allegations of his infidelity were speculated on by the media. While nothing was ever directly confirmed, pictures of Zayn asleep in bed, taken by a waitress he reportedly slept with, were leaked onto the internet in 2013. In March 2015, allegations resurfaced when paparazzi pictures of Zayn holding hands and cuddling a woman named Lauren Richardson were published, and the woman herself uploaded a picture of her in Zayn's arms. The reports caused Zayn to lash out on Twitter stating "I'm 22 years old... I love a girl named Perrie Edwards. And there's a lot of jealous f*cks in this world I'm sorry for what it looks like x". The next day, Zayn was signed off from One Direction's world tour and a week later he announced his exit from the band. In his November 2015 Fader interview, he said the incident did not lead to his decision to leave, stating "The two things never really coincided in my mind. Obviously, publicly, that's the way it worked, because it worked well for the purpose."

Closeting/Publicity Relationship Rumors

As is the case for Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson, many fans speculated that Zayn was in a relationship with fellow bandmate Liam Payne. Speculation began based on their behaviour towards one another, which appeared very personal and intimate. In numerous interviews, Zayn showed off a specific knowledge of Liam and his family, that the other band members did not. Liam is the only member Zayn has remained in contact with since leaving the band. When Zayn's engagement to Perrie was addressed in one particular interview, Liam stumbled over his words while saying "I don't think [the wedding] will happen...I think you'll...lose the rings...". Many speculate that because One Direction and Little Mix both shared the same management and both bands were created by Simon Cowell, that Zayn's relationship with Perrie was in fact built for publicity for each band, as well as a cover-up for Zayn's alleged relationship with Liam. Fans noted how a scandal involving Perrie would usually make headlines just as One Direction were releasing something, and how Zayn would constantly be mentioned in Little Mix interviews. Fans and media alike speculated the same about Zayn's relationship with Gigi Hadid, as Hadid had previously dated male entertainers with newly established careers.

Naughty Boy

Zayn had a brief working relationship with producer Naughty Boy (real name Shahid Khan) from early 2014 to mid 2015. Naughty Boy has ties to Syco Music and is friendly with Simon Cowell. Tension was reported to have risen between One Direction and Naughty Boy after they did not feature songs produced by him on their album Four, after collaborating throughout 2014. Zayn appeared close with Naughty Boy, even purchasing custom made 'Zaughty' tracksuits with him in 2014. In March 2015, after Zayn exited One Direction, Naughty Boy posted a series of antagonizing tweets, making fun of One Direction's fans, claiming "Zaughty" had "won". Louis Tomlinson called him out, tweeting "Wow @NaughtyBoyMusic you're so inconsiderate pal , seriously how fucking old are you? Grow up! #masterofallwisdom". Naughty Boy responded by leaking a rough version of an unfinished solo Zayn song titled I Won't Mind. In May 2015, another Twitter fight between Tomlinson and Naughty Boy erupted, after Naughty Boy responded to an Instagram post by Liam, which stated he had found a replacement fifth member. Naughty posted a photo titled "Replace this" onto Twitter, which Louis promptly insulted. Naughty Boy responded by saying Louis couldn't sing and used autotune. The fight concluded when Zayn addressed Louis, tweeting "Remember when you had a life and stopped making bitchy comments about mine?". These events were the catalyst for the fan-led campaign to make No Control an unofficial single. In July 2015, after Naughty Boy leaked Zayn's cover of Rae Sremmurd's song No Type, along with a music video he secretly filmed in January 2015 (prior to exiting 1D), Zayn cut ties with Naughty Boy, tweeting "@NaughtyBoyMusic you fat joke stop pretending we're friends, no one knows you." Naughty Boy went on to work with Beyonce on the hit single Runnin'. In January 2017, Louis and Zayn confirmed they'd made amends.

Zayn is half Pakistani and a practising Muslim. As a result, he has been subjected to numerous racist attacks both from the public and the press:

In August 2012, Zayn deleted his Twitter account after receiving constant racist attacks and accusations of infidelity. He remade his Twitter acount later, but received more attacks and death threats after tweeting #FreePalestine in 2014, during a particularly vicious string of attacks between Palestine and Israel.

In 2014, US talk show The Daily Show compared Zayn to a terrorist. Fan backlash caused the show to address the joke, claiming they did not know he was Muslim. They later made fun of the fanbase for defending him.

In 2015, US personality Bill Maher also compared Zayn to a terrorist, and also made fun of the fanbase upon their immediate backlash against the comparison. In November 2015, a Huffington Post article about terrorist group ISIS briefly mentioned Zayn as an example of a Western Muslim public figure. A photograph of Zayn was used in social media postings of the article, making it look as though his image was being used to illustrate the terrorist angle. Fans once again criticized the outlet and Huffington Post quickly deleted and apologized for the error. Zayn's 2015 Fader interview addressed the racism he has faced, stating " As the band's only person of color, and the West's single most prominent Muslim celebrity, Zayn has faced misunderstanding to an unimaginable degree...after hearing Zayn talk about how normal he is, I can't help but wonder how "normal" a Muslim person would have to be in order to appease all the world's bigots-and whether, given the impossible degree of nonthreatening-ness that seems required, how someone in Zayn's position could ever feel safe enough to say something like, "Yes, I do want to be influential." In October 2015, Zayn was photographed wearing a shirt that read "I Am Not A Terrorist...Please Don't Arrest Me" as part of a social campaign against anti-terror legislation.

In May 2016, US rapper Azealia Banks verbally attacked Zayn online with a series of racist and homophobic tweets, accusing him of stealing black culture and plagiarising her look and style for his Like I Would music video. She was suspended from Twitter and turned down from a music festival as a result. She later wrote Zayn a public letter apologising for her comments.

In July 2016, Zayn came under fire after tweeting several statements supporting an "All Lives Matter" perspective. Fans felt this was insensitive and misunderstood the point of "Black Lives Matter" movements/protests. Zayn hit back at these claims saying "Meanwhile I'm brown myself, and understand it's nothing to do with police brutality it's about minority's equality". He eventually deleted all tweets relating to the subject.

His first tattoo is والتر, which is his grandfather's name, Walter, in Arabic, on his chest. He got the tattoo after his grandfather passed away while Zayn was competing on The X Factor. During an interview with Capital FM in September 2011, Zayn confirmed he had two additional tattoos. He stated he had a Japanese symbol that means "born lucky" on his stomach (later covered by a heart), and a yin/yang symbol on his left wrist. Zayn said the crossed fingers on his forearm are a symbol of good luck. He tweeted that the inscription across his collarbone meant "be true to who you are". The tattoo of a woman (rumored to be of Perrie Edwards) was completed during the American leg of the Take Me Home Tour, in Maryland. The snake and tiger tattoos were done in a hotel room during the Oceania leg of the Take Me Home Tour. In January 2016, Zayn told Zane Lowe he had two new tattoos, one of his debut album title ( Mind Of Mine) on his left arm, and one on his leg of a man's silhouette. On March 11, 2016, Zayn debuted a new tattoo of a sparrow on his neck. On July 14, 2016, a Snapchat video showed Zayn displaying a new finger tattoo: a Star Wars lightsaber that glows in the dark. Paparazzi photos from September 2016 showed Zayn has covered his "Perrie" tattoo, though it is unknown what the new design is. In November 2016, Zayn revealed to Evening Standard Magazine that One Direction were not allowed to get tattoos, but he decided to anyway because "Once it's done, it's done". He spoke of management "going crazy" after he got the "Zap!" tattoo on his arm.

As of March 2018, Zayn has approximately 48 known tattoos.

Up All Night

Take Me Home

Midnight Memories

Four

Ghostbusters 2016 Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Snakehips collaboration

M.I.A. collaboration

Fifty Shades Darker: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack/Taylor Swift collaboration

PARTYNEXTDOOR collaboration

Untitled Studio Album

"Let Me" - writing

"Dusk Till Dawn" - writing (Sia collaboration)

August Alsina collaboration

"Vas Happenin?" (Famous Catchphrase)

"I feel like there is a connection between music and art, I don't know what that is but there's definitely a connection between it because I just can play music and whatever I feel from the music. I think I kinda paint it."

"Life is funny. Things change, people change, but you will always be you, so stay true to yourself and never sacrifice who you are for anyone."

"There comes a day when you realize turning the page is the best feeling in the world, because you realize there's so much more to the book than the page you were stuck on."

"I want to thank god for allowing me to be able to do what my dreams were. I'd like to thank my mum and dad for making me Asian and allowing me to have some sort of an effect on the Asian community, it's a massive honor. I'd also like to take this moment to thank four of the best guys that i ever met, whilst being in the band and doing all the amazing things that I did, some of the things that we did will stay with me for the rest of my life and i thank you for that. and here's to the future." (After winning an achievement award at the 2015 Asian Awards)

"#FreePalestine" (on Twitter)

"My main influences in music came from my dad, It was a lot of R&B, a lot of R. Kelly, a lot of Usher, a lot of Donell Jones, a lot of Prince. I used to play a lot of rap as well, 2Pac and Biggie. A lot of bop, a lot of reggae, Gregory Isaac and weird artists like Yellowman." (Talking to Fader magazine in 2015 about his taste in music)

"I can map every lyric and every note to mean something to me. It's a snapshot of my life and the thoughts on my life, my hopes, my aspirations, and my regrets in the summer of 2015." (Talking to Fader magazine in 2015 about his debut solo album)

In terms of me being described as the mysterious one, that was put on me as a stigma because I didn't get the chance to speak as much. The other boys' personalities were much more forward. They would answer the questions. I would let that happen because, like I said, I didn't have any creative input there. I didn't feel like I was going to say anything about it anyway. Now I get to talk about what I'm passionate about-it's nice to have the chance to speak. (Complex Magazine, 2016)

"An alien spoke to me in a dream" (Why he left One Direction, Glamour, 2016)

"Do your research and be a bit more prepared about certain situations before you make a decision" (On what advice he would give to his 17-year-old self now, Evening Standard, 2016)

Zayn's birth name is actually spelled 'Zain'. He has not legally changed the spelling. The original spelling was still being used in media articles from December 2010. It is unknown when or why Zayn switched to the alternate spelling.

His name means "beautiful king" in Arabic.

In Arabic, Malik means 'king' or 'chieftain'.

When he was younger, he sang for Jay Sean who was impressed by his talent.

Mexican-American Marvel character Robbie Reyes (Ghost Rider) was illustrated to resemble Zayn.

He had never owned a passport or been on a plane before 2010.

His zodiac sign is Capricorn.

He loves art and regularly shares his and his fans artwork on social media.

He was not allowed to grow a beard or dye his hair while in One Direction.

His first tweet from his first Twitter account @zaynmalik was on August 9, 2010.

He is the godfather to stylist Caroline Watson's daughter, Brooklyn.

Four was the last album he recorded as part of One Direction.

Night Changes was his last single, and music video, as a member of One Direction.

Zayn placed at #32 on GQ's Best Dressed Men of 2016.

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Niall James Horan (born September 13, 1993) is a member of One Direction along with Harry Styles, Liam Payne, and Louis Tomlinson. He is the only Irish member of the band. He is currently signed to Capitol Records as a solo artist but remains a member of One Direction.

Niall released his debut solo single This Town on 29 September, 2016, and released his debut album, Flicker, on October 20, 2017.

Niall Horan was born in Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland. Niall was a pupil at Coláiste Mhuire, Mullingar, a boys Christian Brothers school. He began playing guitar at eleven years old and would perform shows around his homeland, including as a support act for Lloyd Daniels.

Musical Career

In 2010, at sixteen years old, Niall auditioned for the seventh series of The X Factor UKin Dublin. He sang "So Sick" by Ne-Yo, and received mixed comments from the judges, who felt he was acceptable, but overconfident in his vocal abilities. Louis Walsh was in his favor, but Cheryl Cole, and guest judge Katy Perry, felt he wasn't ready. Simon voted yes, Cheryl voted no and Louis decided yes, leaving Niall's fate up to Katy. She deliberated, before eventually voting yes.

At bootcamp, Niall sang "Champagne Supernova", but failed to qualify. Along with Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, and Zayn Malik, Niall was eliminated as a solo artist but placed into what would become One Direction, instead of being eliminated from the entire series. Niall, along with Louis, was not given regular solos to perform during the group's live weekly X Factor performances. One Direction qualified to the grand finale episode, where they finished in third place.

Immediately following the conclusion of The X Factor, One Direction signed a million dollar recording contract with Simon Cowell's Sony subsidiary label, Syco Music. The band released five best-selling albums between 2011 and 2015. Fans would often emphasise how Niall appeared to be shunned vocally, and a hashtag titled #LetNiallSing would trend upon a new album release. Eventually Niall would go on to sing entire verses within One Direction songs. He also gradually contributed more to the group's songwriting, telling fans that his knee injury in 2014 stopped him from contributing creatively to their fourth album.

Solo Career

On 3 February 2016, it was announced Niall was opening a golfing management company with One Direction's former management team, Modest, called Modest!Golf. It aims to encourage younger players to take up the sport. On May 29, Niall held a charity golfing event, in collaboration with professional golfer Justin Rose. The event raised over £800,000 ($1,600,000 USD) for cancer research. On 9 May 2016, Soccer Aid announced Niall had been booked as Assistant Manager on the Rest Of The World team for the All Stars charity match on June 5. The team opposed England, which fellow bandmate Louis played for. In July 2016, Niall officially debuted Modest!Golf at the Northern Ireland Open Pro-Am.

Niall was the first remaining member of One Direction to release solo music during the band's hiatus. On 20 May 2016, songwriter Wayne Hector revealed he'd been writing with Niall. On May 30, singer/songwriter Ruth-Anne Cunningham also revealed she'd written songs with Niall. On 29 September, Niall released his first solo single, " This Town", through Capitol Records. The song reached #1 on iTunes in 49 countries and became a top 10 single worldwide. On 5 December, Niall published a monthly letter for fans subscribed to his website, where he discussed the ongoing production of his album, stating: "...all the music is recorded live with a full band with me singing in the live room, then I record my guitar parts. I'm currently 8 songs deep and ready for more...". In 2017, Niall won the People's Choice Award for Favourite Breakout Artist. On 4 May 2017, Niall released his second single, " Slow Hands". It was a critical and commercial success. On May 12, Niall premiered a new album track titled " On The Loose", live at Channel 993's Summer Kick Off festival. Through May 2017, Niall performed at various live events including Wango Tango and Today Show's Summer Concert Series, and appeared on the cover of Billboard and TMRW magazines for their June 2017 issues. Niall performed at Ariana Grande's One Love Manchester benefit concert on June 4, 2017. On 29 August 2017, Niall began his first world tour, titled Flicker Sessions 2017. Niall released his debut album, Flicker, on October 20, 2017. It debuted at #1 in the United States, making Niall the third member of One Direction to achieve this. He released his third solo single " Too Much To Ask" on September 15, 2017. On 8 November 2017, Wilhelmina Models announced Niall had signed a modelling contract with them. On 19 November 2017, Niall won the American Music Award for Best New Artist.

Personal Life

Niall's parents are Bobby Horan and Maura Gallagher. They divorced when he was five and his mother remarried. Niall has one older brother, Greg Horan. Greg has tweeted about feeling estranged from Niall since his rise to fame, hinting at ongoing familial tension. Niall has spoken about their volatile early relationship, as Greg struggled to babysit Niall while their parents were both working full time. His son, Theo, is Niall's nephew. Niall has eight cousins, some of whom live in Australia. Niall revealed in a 2015 interview that he was living with one of his cousins, Willie.

Knee Injury

Niall struggles with ongoing patellar subluxation, or an unstable kneecap. His first tweet regarding the injury was in October 2011. Niall eventually addressed the injury in One Direction's 2014 autobiography Who We Are, stating he first injured it during The X Factor whilst playing football, and that his doctor knew what was wrong as soon as he looked at Niall's knee. Niall has tweeted numerous times throughout the years about battling with pain symptoms that have often forced him to use crutches or sometimes sit down during concerts. On 6 January 2014, Niall travelled to the United States to undergo extensive surgery on his knee. On 29 May 2015, Niall described the surgery as "huge, not one I expected...the sort of operation that my knee will never be 100% again". Fans criticised Niall's label and management team for allegedly delaying the surgery over 12 months, as Niall had first tweeted about needing an operation back in October 2012. Niall was still using crutches when he attended the 2014 Brit Awards with One Direction just 13 days after his surgery. Based on further social media postings, Niall was still recovering from his surgery in April 2014, shortly before One Direction's third world tour, Where We Are, began. His knee was injured again during that tour when a fan threw an object on stage. A similar incident occurred the following year during the On The Road Again Tour. Niall still occasionally refers to his struggles on social media, he was initially hesitant to participate as a player in the May 2016 Soccer Aid charity match, stating on Twitter "if I knew for certain my kneecap wouldn't end up in row Z, I'd be out there". He eventually participated with no injuries. In October 2016, Niall posted to Snapchat saying "my knee is in bits" after participating in the 2016 Ryder Cup. In March 2018, Niall told fans at a soundcheck for his Flicker world tour that his other knee would also be needing an operation soon.

Relationships

Niall dated Holly Scallyin 2010. They broke up in 2012 due to his music career keeping them apart. Scally told media "We were apart for four weeks, which felt really long because we used to see each other all the time. One day Niall called and said "I think we should finish because I never see you." I said "Yeah, I know. I understand". So it's cool. I think he felt bad because he kept saying "I'm so sorry." I tried to sound like it was no big deal but it was a bit sad for me. I liked him more than I'd let on. I missed him but we still talked on Skype and we met up whenever he was back.'

While Niall never spoke publicly about a relationship with Melissa, he was spotted with the Australian 21-year-old numerous times between November 2014 and April 2015. In February 2015, Melissa was spotted with Niall outside Sydney's Allianz Stadium just before the band's first On The Road Again Tour concert. A short video of Niall and Melissa holding hands as they walked through a casino in Australia went viral online later that month. Melissa and Niall were last seen together in London, at a Trekstock charity ball held by Liam in April 2015.. It was widely reported the pair split by June 2015 because of long distance. Melissa interviewed Niall on Australian radio station Fox FM on 13 October 2016.

In 2014, Ed Sheeran released a single called "Don't", which media reported was about British singer Ellie Goulding, Ed's supposed girlfriend at the time, and an alleged affair she had with Niall. Sheeran and Goulding both denied the claims, with Sheeran explaining it was a rumour that got out of hand: "I never let it slip. What happened was one of the newspapers in England just printed that it was confirmed when it never was. We got in touch, and they took the story down. But obviously the damage had already been done by that point because every other newspaper picked up on it. So I never actually confirmed it". Niall has never addressed the rumours. In June 2015, Goulding confirmed she had been on dates with Niall but denied ever dating Sheeran, stating "I did go on a few dates with Niall but I was never in a relationship with Ed. I have absolutely no idea where that came from and why it was turned into such a big thing. I find it so frustrating that female musicians are constantly defined by the men they have or haven't dated." Niall has remained friends with both Sheeran and Goulding. In June 2016, Niall uploaded a photograph after attending one of Ellie's concerts, with the caption "Yesterday I watched my best friend play main stage at Glastonbury. She killed it as always, so happy for her". Goulding responded with a love heart emoji. In 2016, Goulding was Niall's answer for two romance based questions on two different chat shows. On The Ellen DeGeneres Show, she was the winning result of a game of "Who Would You Rather?" and on The Late Late Show With James Corden, Goulding was Niall's answer when asked "Who would you spend your last night on Earth with?".

In January 2014, a fan met Niall in Denver as he recovered from knee surgery. They left a note for him stating "Hope everything works out with Selena". The American singer/actress was later photographed in Denver with another fan. They spent time together publicly in May and August 2014, where fans took photos of them attending a concert and dining at a restaurant. They took pictures together with the same fan on July 13, 2015. Gomez attended One Direction's Apple Music Festival performance in London during September 2015. The pair were seen publicly spending time together in California throughout November and December 2015. During a November 2015 interview, Gomez described Niall as one of her 'best friends'. On December 13 2015, Gomez attended One Direction's final X Factor performance before their hiatus, then attended the afterparty. Fans caught Gomez liking a video titled "Niall is hot", featuring Niall shirtless, on Instagram. On December 9, 2015, Selena commented on Instagram that she preferred One Direction's album Made in the A. M. over ex-boyfriend Justin Bieber's album, Purpose. On December 6, 2015, One Direction filmed a Carpool Karaoke segment for The Late Late Show With James Corden. During the car ride, James asked Niall who he would Sleep With, Marry or Go On A Cruise With out of US comedian Tina Fey, US singer Demi Lovato, or Selena Gomez. Niall responded that he would sleep with Tina, go on a cruise with Demi and marry Selena. On The Late Late Show With James Corden, Corden clarified Niall had dated Gomez.

Controversies

Niall was mobbed by a group of fans while leaving an airport. He expressed frustration with them, calling them a "shower of c**ts". He apologized for his language on Twitter later that day, but also asked fans not to stalk him.

A tabloid publication claimed to have pictorial and video evidence of Niall taking illegal drugs, alongside pop singers Justin Bieber and Cody Simpson. In one released video, Niall can be seen sitting in a room where drug paraphernalia is visible on the table in front of him. The magazine was eventually made to apologise for the fabrication in 2016, after Niall filed a successful lawsuit against them.

On October 13, a pre-recorded appearance from Niall on A League Of Their Own caused controversy within the One Direction fanbase, after Niall joked that he would not trust any of his bandmates around a naked girlfriend, particularly Harry. Fans felt the comment was sexist towards women and offensive toward Harry. While fans addressed both Niall and co-host James Corden, asking for an apology, neither responded.

Niall has previously noted his particular talent for avoiding controversy since becoming famous, especially in comparison to his bandmates. He has said that because he tries to lead a normal life, as a result he does not court the same amount of publicity as the rest of the band seems to.

Credits adapted from album liner notes

Up All Night

Take Me Home

Midnight Memories

Made in the A.M.

Flicker (2017 solo album)

"On The Loose" - writing

"This Town" - writing

"Seeing Blind" (with Maren Morris) - writing

"Slow Hands" - writing

"Too Much To Ask" - writing

"Paper Houses" - writing

"Since We're Alone" - writing

"Flicker" - writing

"Fire Away" - writing

"You and Me" - writing

"On My Own" - writing

"Mirrors" - writing

"The Tide" - writing

Others:

"Cry Your Heart Out" - (co-writing for Vadé)

"I want to have sold out arenas, an album." (X Factor Audition goals, 2010)

"We figured out recently, that - it's not a conscious decision- but we don't really see each other on our time off, do we?" (A Current Affair Australia interview, 2014)

"5 years, literally sittin' down talking about last night. Insane! I remember the day we were put together like it was yesterday! You guys have changed our lives and we all love you so much! Best fans on the planet, easy! Thanks to the boys too, we've seen and done some incredible things together, love you all!" (Commemorating the band's fifth year anniversary on Twitter)

"They pay my bills, not you" (To a paparazzo bothering fans)

"I think Where Do Broken Hearts Go is perfect, what we should've done a long time ago" (FOUR Hangout, 2014)

"We were really really really overworked" (Talking in 2015 about One Direction's schedule)

"I don't think anyone really gave us, 1D, enough credit. In terms of what we were like in the studio. People just thought 'Oh, here we go, another manufactured lot that don't really write their own stuff', but, people would be wrong if they thought that." (Talking on the Zach Sang Show about songwriting)

He is a natural brunette.

His star sign is Virgo.

He is left handed.

His name is pronounced "Nigh-all". Due to the unique spelling, many errors have led to numerous nicknames for Niall, including "Neil" and "Naill". The band members call him "Nialler" as a nickname.

Like Liam, his middle name is James.

He had a twin, but it died during pregnancy.

He is claustrophobic, his phobia can be seen in the Where We Are concert film's behind the scenes segment, when the band is forced to hide in the back of a windowless van.

He has spoken about dealing with anxiety and low self esteem.

He is the only band member who doesn't have tattoos.

His favorite song from the band's third studio album, Midnight Memories, is Don't Forget Where You Belong, his favorite song from the band's fourth studio album, Four, is Where Do Broken Hearts Go, and his favorite song from the band's fifth studio album, Made in the A.M., is Never Enough.

For the United Kingdom's 2016 referendum vote regarding separating from the European Union, Niall announced he was voting to remain a part of the EU. He expressed disappointment with the result to leave the EU on Twitter the following day.

Niall travelled the world in the first three months of One Direction's hiatus (Jan-March 2016). He told Graham Norton in October 2016: "I went backpacking around the world with my two cousins. I wanted to do it properly so we did it on a budget. All of my friends got to do it when I was traveling the world in a different way, so I thought it's only fair that I get to do it, too." Some of the places he visited included Australia, Vietnam and Thailand. In June 2016, Niall also travelled to Portugal.

He was the first member of the band to publicly reunite with Zayn Malik after his 2015 exit from the band. The two shook hands briefly at the 2016 American Music Awards.

In October 2017, Billboard announced Niall was the first artist to debut at #1 on the Social 50 chart, which is powered by data tracked by music analytics company Next Big Sound, ranking the most popular artists on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Wikipedia, Tumblr and Vine.

He named "Don't Let Me Down" by The Chainsmokers featuring Daya as one of his favorite songs of 2016.

In 2017, he became the first Irish person to have 30 million followers on Twitter.

He is close friends with Canadian singer Shawn Mendes.

He owns three companies: Neon Haze Records Limited, NJH Publishing Limited and Camden Recording Studios. He is also a director for Modest!Golf.

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Harry Edward Styles (born February 1, 1994) is a former member of One Direction along with Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, and Niall Horan. He is the youngest member of the group. He is currently signed to Columbia Records as a solo artist.

Harry released his debut solo single " Sign Of The Times" on April 7, 2017. His self-titled debut album " Harry Styles" was released on May 12, 2017.

Harry Styles was born in Redditch, Worcestershire, England to Des Styles and Anne Cox. [1] As a child, Harry loved singing and was heavily influenced by iconic artists such as Elvis Presley and The Rolling Stones.

Growing up, Harry lived in Holmes Chapel, Cheshire, England and attended Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School. Harry mentioned in his 2010 X Factor audition that he planned to study law, and, in a 2015 interview, again commented that he would've studied to be a lawyer, if music hadn't worked out. In a 2016 feature article for AnOther Man Magazine, Harry's sister Gemma revealed he also considered a career in physiotherapy.

Musical Career

Early Beginnings

Harry was the lead singer for the band White Eskimo with members Hayden Morris (lead guitarist), Nick Clough (bass guitarist), and Will Sweeny (drummer). They competed in a local Battle of the Bands competition and won. This helped Harry realise his passion for performing.

The X Factor

In 2010, when he was sixteen years old, Harry auditioned for the seventh season of The X Factor. He wanted professional opinions on his singing, stating "Singing is what I want to do, and if people who can make that happen for me don't think that I should be doing that, then it's a major setback in my plans." Harry sang "Isn't She Lovely" and received positive comments from Simon Cowell and Nicole Scherzinger, while Louis Walsh had doubts on whether he was ready to progress in the competition. At bootcamp, Harry sang "Stop Crying Your Heart Out" before being eliminated as a solo artist then placed into One Direction. After placing third in the competition, One Direction signed a recording contract with Simon Cowell's Sony Music subsidiary label, Syco Music. The band released five best-selling albums over the next five years; Up All Night, Take Me Home, Midnight Memories, and Made in the A.M..

Songwriting

In a May 2016 interview, Snow Patrol singer Johnny McDaid revealed he'd written many songs with Harry over the years. In 2014, Harry co-wrote numerous unreleased songs with pop singer Meghan Trainor and rock band Kodaline. Harry also wrote a song titled "Just A Little Bit Of Your Heart", which was given to American singer Ariana Grande, for her album My Everything. Grande performed the song with Coldplay's Chris Martin at the 2015 Global Citizen Festival. In 2016, one of the songs Harry wrote with Trainor was given to jazz singer Michael Bublè, for his album Nobody But Me.

Solo Career

In early 2016, Harry cut ties with One Direction's former management team Modest Management, signed with public relations management team DawBell, and hired longtime friend Jeff Azoff, son of music mogul Irving Azoff, to be his manager.

Harry began work on his debut solo album in February 2016. He halted production temporarily after winning a lead role in Christopher Nolan's 2017 war film Dunkirk. The film was a box office success and Harry received critical acclaim for his role. Album production restarted in July and concluded by December 2016. In early 2017, Columbia Records CEO Rob Stringer confirmed an imminent album release, stating: "We have a record we're incredibly excited about and it's not far away from being ready. We obviously want everything to be beautifully done, because we think he's here to stay. Harry has stepped up with the vision of someone who's authentic". On 25 March 2017, a television advert featuring Harry exiting a dark room aired in the UK, confirming an April 7 single premiere date. On 7 April 2017, Harry's debut single " Sign Of The Times" was released worldwide. It was a critical and commercial success, and would appear on many Best of 2017 lists. In a first for the series, Harry appeared on The Late Late Show With James Corden for one consecutive week in May, where he contributed to skits, hosted the opening monologue, performed songs from his album, and participated in his first solo Carpool Karaoke. Harry released his self-titled debut album " Harry Styles" worldwide on 12 May 2017. It was a global success, debuting at #1 in many countries. In November 2017, Harry won the ARIA Music Award for Best International Artist. Harry began a small venue world tour entitled Harry Styles: Live On Tour in September 2017, running through to December 2017. An arena tour followed in early 2018. On 5 March 2018, high fashion brand Gucci confirmed Harry would be the face of their 2018 campaign. In May 2018, it was confirmed Harry would serve as executive producer for a CBS sitcom titled Happy Together, which is loosely based on his first years becoming accustomed to newfound fame.

Personal Life

Harry's parents are Anne Twist and Desmond Styles. Anne and Des are divorced, and Anne remarried to Robin Twist. Harry has one older sister, Gemma, who works as a freelance journalist. His family owns a cat named Dusty and his sister has a cat named Olivia. Harry has three cousins, Matt, Ella and Ben Selley. In June 2017, Robin Twist passed away after a battle with cancer, aged 57.

Relationships

Felicity Skinner

Harry dated Felicity Skinner for a year, when both were 15 years old. In 2012, Skinner told media she had not contacted Harry since 2010. She described him as "a really good boyfriend, very romantic and, yes, shy." She said the relationship was long distance and their break up was a matter of drifting apart.

Caroline Flack

Harry allegedly dated Caroline Flack in 2011, when he was 17 and she was 32. Their relationship caused controversy because of their fifteen year age gap. They met in 2010 when Harry was a contestant on The X Factor, and Flack was co-host of companion show, The Xtra Factor. Romance rumors grew after October 16, 2011, when it was reported that Harry and Caroline were seen kissing at an X Factor after party. Rumors went unproven until December 2011, when Harry was photographed leaving her London home early in the morning. Although neither confirmed they were together, in January 2012 Harry tweeted that the relationship had mutually ended. In May 2015, Flack said of the relationship: "I'm not going to ever apologise for it because there was nothing at the time that was serious or bad and nobody was getting hurt."

Taylor Swift

Harry dated American singer Taylor Swift from November 2012 to January 2013. After Taylor ended her relationship with Connor Kennedy in October 2012, she was photographed the following month wearing a paper plane necklace, similar to the one Harry wore at the time. The pair were then photographed holding hands together numerous times, both in New York where Taylor lives, and in Cheshire, Harry's hometown, throughout December 2012. They shared a New Year's Eve kiss in New York City's Times Square. They split five days later, while on vacation, for unknown reasons. Swift has since described the relationship as "fragile" and full of "anxiety and roadblocks". While many have interpreted Swift's single "I Knew You Were Trouble", from her fourth album "Red", to be about Harry, the song was written before they met and released as a single while they were still dating. However, Swift's fifth album " 1989" does feature two songs confirmed to be about Harry: " Style" and " Out Of The Woods". Style was released as the third official single from 1989, and became one of the best selling songs of 2015. The title references Harry's surname and Swift holds a paper airplane necklace in the music video. Swift confirmed Out Of The Woods references a December 2012 snow mobile accident she and Harry were in where her "life flashed before [my] eyes". Harry was photographed with bandages on his chin in the immediate aftermath. In October 2015, One Direction released " Perfect", a song co-written by Harry and Louis, featuring the lyric " If you're looking for someone to write your break-up songs about, baby, I'm perfect", which sparked worldwide speculation of it being a reference to Swift, who is known for writing songs detailing her past relationships.

On 18 April 2017, in a Rolling Stone interview, Harry addressed his relationship with Swift for the first time since their split. When asked to comment, Styles stated: " She doesn't need me to tell her the [songs about him] are great. It's the most amazing unspoken dialogue ever. Certain things don't work out. There's a lot of things that can be right, and it's still wrong. In writing songs about stuff like that, I like tipping a hat to the time together. You're celebrating the fact it was powerful and made you feel something, rather than 'this didn't work out, and that's bad.' And if you run into that person, maybe it's awkward, maybe you have to get drunk, but you shared something. Meeting someone new, sharing those experiences, it's the best shit ever".

Camille Rowe

On 17 July 2017, radio host and close friend Nick Grimshaw asked Harry during a BBC 1 radio interview to wear a heart monitor while he was shown pictures of people and objects. One of the people shown was American-French model Camille Rowe. A month later, Harry and Camille were seen together backstage and in the audience for a Fleetwood Mac concert. Camille proceeded to accompany Harry on his solo world tour, sitting either backstage or in the audience for many of his concert dates from September to December 2017. Harry's sister Gemma Styles began following Camille on Instagram in December 2017. The pair were spotted having dinner together on 1 January 2018, then photographed together by paparazzi on the 23rd and 29th. Neither have said anything about the relationship but sources have said they are in the early stages of dating.

Controversies

In 2015, British singer Ed Sheeran revealed Harry had told him he purposefully leaked a nude photo of himself during his time on The X Factor. Ed told a reporter "Did you know Harry leaked that nude picture himself? He leaked his own picture. I think that's amazing." As Harry is underage in the photograph, it is illegal to download or distribute the image anywhere.

Harry's alleged 2011 relationship with Caroline Flack caused considerable controversy because of the 15 year age gap between the two. Harry has never publicly spoken about the relationship while Flack courted minor publicity after releasing a book.

As of 2011, Harry has consistently been framed as a womanizer by the media. While claims of short relationships have gone unfounded and unconfirmed, Styles is seen as a "lothario" figure by the general public. He has expressed discomfort with this assumption and Zayn once came to his defence in an interview. In a 2013 interview with GQ, Harry was pushed to reveal how many sexual partners he had. Upon Harry revealing he had slept with two people, the interviewer stated they did not believe him. The harassment caused backlash from fans who did not appreciate reading Harry's discomfort. The magazine criticised fans in response.

Sexuality Speculation (2011- 2018)

From 2011 onward, Harry and bandmate Louis have been the subject of a conspiracy theory suggesting they are a closeted couple, particularly after announcing they had made plans in 2010 to move in together after The X Factor. They began renting an apartment together in September 2011, just before the band's debut single was released. The pair told media in 2011 they'd invented the combined name Larry Stylinson ( Louis Tom linson/H arry Styles) themselves, and Harry told a magazine: "Until I find the perfect girl, I have Louis". Their mothers often tweeted about how close the pair were, with Louis's mother once referring to Harry as Louis's husband. In October 2011, Louis tweeted "Always in my heart @HarryStyles. Yours sincerely, Louis". The tweet came shortly after Louis was confirmed to be dating Eleanor Calder. Many believed it signified he and Harry had been forcibly closeted. Past boy bands have had closeted gay members who hid their sexuality, for fear of angering heterosexual female fans. Louis's tweet to Harry is currently the third most retweeted of all time (with over 2 million retweets). In February 2015, it surpassed a tweet by former US President Barack Obama, sparking worldwide headlines. Neither Harry or Louis have ever addressed the tweet.

In early 2012, rumors of Harry moving out of his house with Louis circulated. Louis stated fans speculating about their relationship had made them too uncomfortable to continue being close friends. Many chose not to believe this as their friendship seemed largely unchanged, despite their spending less time together in public. Over the next three years, several denials were issued by Louis. In late 2012, Louis tweeted "Larry is the biggest load of bullshit I've ever heard" in response to a fan who refused to believe Louis's relationship with Eleanor was real. From early 2013, Harry and Louis were not seen together outside of work commitments, leading many to believe they had fallen out. In July 2014, however, Harry attended Louis's mother's wedding, along with Niall and Liam.

As of 2017, Harry and Louis's friendship appears unaffected by ongoing rumors. In August 2015, Harry attended Louis's sister Lottie's birthday party, along with Louis and Liam. During One Direction's November 2015 album promo, they often sat next to each other and shared jokes together. Louis stated Zayn's departure from the band brought the four remaining members much closer together. It is unknown if Harry and Louis made contact throughout 2016, however Harry was in attendance for Louis's first solo performance on The X Factor, on December 10, 2016, along with Liam and Niall. Louis wished Harry a happy birthday on Twitter on February 1, 2017, his first online interaction toward Harry in four years. In May 2017, Harry was asked during an interview to clarify if his solo single Sweet Creature was about Louis. Harry stated: "People are always going to speculate what songs are about. I don't think I'd ever want to tell someone that they're wrong for feeling how they feel about a song, even when they're not necessarily right. The fun thing with music is you get to write a song that has all you want to say on it and you don't necessarily have to explain it much further than that. If you really listen to the lyrics, you can work out whether its about that or not, and I would lean towards no". In June 2017, Louis expressed his condolences to Harry and his family on Twitter, after Harry's stepfather lost his battle with cancer. Throughout his Back To You promotional campaign, Louis stated numerous times that he was proud of Harry's successful venture into acting.

On 12 May 2017, Harry was asked to clarify his sexuality by The Sun reporter Dan Wooton. Harry stated: "I've never felt the need to [label my sexuality], really. I don't feel like it's something I've ever felt like I have to explain about myself."

On July 22, 2017, Louis criticised the conspiracy, stating: "It created this atmosphere between the two of us where everyone was looking into everything we did. It made everything, I think on both fences, a little bit more unapproachable. I think it shows that it was never anything real, if I can use that word."

In March 2018, Harry performed a previously unreleased song titled "Medicine" during his world tour. One lyric in the song appeared to suggest bisexuality: "The boys and the girls are here/ I mess around with him/ And I'm OK with it", sparking worldwide media speculation.

In 2013, Harry liked a picture on Instagram of a man about to undress. The picture was designed to look like a video and the caption read "Double tap to see me strip". (An image tapped twice on Instagram becomes "liked"). The owner of the photo wrote "Hi @harrystyles :)" after noticing what had happened. It caused continued speculation about Harry's sexuality.

In July, Harry denied being in a relationship with BBC Radio 1 host Nick Grimshaw, after media speculated why they were spending so much time together. Upon being asked about it, Harry stated "'Oh, really? I didn't even know. We're not dating, no. We're just friends." The interviewer also asked if he was bisexual and Harry stated "Bisexual? Me? I don't think so. I'm pretty sure I'm not." Grimshaw also denied in 2015 that he and Harry ever dated.

In December 2013, Harry won a court order against paparazzi, prohibiting them from loitering within 50 metres of his house, placing him under surveillance or pursuing him in vehicles.

In July, a pornographic image of a woman appeared in Harry's favorites on Twitter. The image was left there for over eight hours. When Harry realized the error, he deleted the tweet and favorited numerous pictures of puppies and kittens, before tweeting "Sooooo...the weather?".

During a 2014 concert, Harry danced with an inflatable hammer bearing the Israel flag and symbols, which many found offensive as Israel was conducting brutal attacks against Palestine at the time. Zayn spoke against these attacks on Twitter. On Instagram, Harry took down an image of himself wearing a Native American headdress after receiving accusations of racial appropriation, meaning trivializing sacred elements of culture and removing them from their proper context.

In July, Harry told a US concert audience "If you like whales, don't go to Sea World", referencing the animal cruelty accusations often aimed at the animal park. Sea World staff responded with a series of inflammatory tweets. Media noted Sea World's reputation further plummeted as a result of Harry's comments and in November, the park announced they would be phasing out their famous Orca show. In late 2015, Heat Magazine made a formal apology for running a story about Styles dating a model, stating the story had been completely fabricated.

In October, One Direction released a song called " Perfect", co-written by Harry and Louis, which featured the lyrics "If you're looking for someone to write your break-up songs about, baby I'm perfect". Many took this to be a reference or diss to ex-girlfriend Taylor Swift, who is known for writing songs about former relationships, and wrote about Harry on her 1989 album. Harry was asked numerous times to explain the lyric but remained vague saying it was down to personal interpretation.

Throughout his debut solo world tour, Harry would often wave various LGBT+ flags during his concerts, usually from fans in the crowd. In October, several fans brought flags and signs in support of race relations social movement Black Lives Matter to numerous concerts, but it was unclear if Harry ever saw or had access to them, as he did not wave any. Fans criticised Harry online for what they believed was him specifically ignoring them or being too afraid to publicly show support. Harry eventually posted a supportive image to his official Instagram account.

As of April 2017, Harry has 61 known tattoos.

Writing Credits

Up All Night

Take Me Home

Midnight Memories

My Everything (Ariana Grande)

Four

Made in the A.M.

Others :

"Better Than Being Alone" (given to band Augustana)

"Little Boat" (co-written with, and for, Ainsley Smart)

"Just A Litte Bit Of Your Heart" (given to Ariana Grande)

"I Love You" (given to Alex & Sierra)

Someday (given to Michael Buble, co-written with Meghan Trainor)

"Alfie's Song" (co-written with Jack Antonoff and Ilsey Juber for the film Love, Simon)

"Anna" - (Unreleased song performed during 2018 world tour)

"Medicine" - (Unreleased song performed during 2018 world tour)

"It's not about being who you were. It's about keeping who you were part of who you are now." (Interview with Nightline)

"We feel like that objectifies women and that's not really what we're about" (On whether the band has "dibs" on girls, in 2013).

"I'm 100 percent in this band. I still want to be touring with One Direction in ten years. I'll be doing it until I'm old and people are telling me to stop." (This Is Us)

"It costs nothing to be nice" (Quote featured in 365 Days of Wonder by R.J Palacio)

"I feel like when people label people as famous they take away a lot of the substance that they have as a person. So you don't remember if they were funny or they were really nice and giving, they're just famous. After that, any choice you make, if it's not as famous or more, it's considered a failure. And that's a shame because it's not a failure always" (SPIN 1038 Interview, 2013)

"Olivia is whoever you want her to be. It's open to interpretation. I think it's how people take songs in different ways and that's what's fun. Who am I to tell someone what a song means to them? It doesn't always necessarily mean the same thing to them as it means to me." (On the song "Olivia")

"I just love the imperfections of vinyl. The scratches and crackles - you don't get that from anything else. It has a warmth to it. I think my favourite album cover is the Plastic Ono Band's 'Live Peace In Toronto 1969'. It's so simple. It's perfect." (AnOther Man, September 2016)

"Playing big venues when you just see a sea of people, that view...you stop for a second and wish you could bring all your friends to just stand there with you for a second to see it. It's unlike anything else. There's no drug you can take that give you that same high. It's pretty amazing that it's a natural thing."(On performing live)

"Who's to say that young girls who like pop music - short for popular, right? - have worse musical taste than a 30-year-old hipster guy? That's not up to you to say. Music is something that's always changing. There's no goal posts. Young girls like the Beatles. You gonna tell me they're not serious? How can you say young girls don't get it? They're our future. Our future doctors, lawyers, mothers, presidents, they kind of keep the world going. Teenage-girl fans - they don't lie. If they like you, they're there. They don't act 'too cool.' They like you, and they tell you. Which is sick." (Rolling Stone, April 2017)

"I'm not educated enough on the subject to really go toe-to-toe with someone about it, but disregarding the economic stuff, I think what it symbolises is the opposite of the world I would like to be in. I think the world should be more about being together and being better together and joining together, and I think it's the opposite of that." (On the Brexit)

He had blonde hair as an infant.

His zodiac sign is Aquarius.

He is 5"11 feet tall.

He has four nipples. All four can be seen in the Kiss You music video.

In 2014, he supported the HeForShe equal rights campaign.

He is a Manchester United and Green Bay Packers fan.

Harry has shown interest in Judaism and Jewish culture. He has tweeted acknowledgement of Jewish holidays. Ben Winston gave Harry a kippah (also known as a yarmulke) as a birthday present in 2013. Harry referred to himself as spiritual, rather than religious, in his 2016 AnOther Man interview.

He has matching tattoos with Ed Sheeran and Kings of Leon singer Nathan Followill.

On July 5 2016, Harry was a guest for Professor Robert Winston, Ben Winston's father, at the House Of Lords, to hear the debate about the impact of the Brexit.

He had the second most retweeted tweet of 2016.

Michael Buble's 2016 song "Someday" was co-written by Harry, and Meghan Trainor.

He owns four companies: HSA Publishing Limited, Fridous Limited, Erskine Records Limited, and Erskine Touring Company LLP.

External Links

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7. Harry Styles Height - How Tall. allheight.com

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Liam James Payne (born August 29, 1993) is a member of One Direction along with Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, and Niall Horan.

Liam released his debut single, Strip That Down, on May 19, 2017. His debut album will be released on 14 September, 2018.

Liam was born in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England, to Geoff and Karen Payne. Liam was born three weeks early, and, as a result suffered many health problems as an infant. He spent the first four years of his life in and out of hospital, needing regular testing. Doctors eventually noticed one of his kidneys was scarred and dysfunctional. To help cope with the pain, Liam had 32 injections in his arm every day, as a child. In 2012, Liam found out, and shared with fans via Twitter, that his kidney was fully functioning again

Musical Career

Early Beginnings

From the age of six, Liam showed signs of singing talent. He would sing for his relatives or pub crowds on karaoke nights. Before pursuing music, however, Liam focused on becoming an Olympic runner, joining both the Wolverhampton and Bilston Athletics Club. He trained at 5am every day, running five miles before school. His running dream ended at 14 years old, when he narrowly missed out on a spot in the England school team. Liam then decided to re-focus on music. He joined Pink Productions, a performing arts group based in Wolverhampton, at age twelve. This allowed him to begin performing in front of live audiences for the first time. Liam completed 11 GCSEs at St Peter's Collegiate School before studying music technology at Wolverhampton College's Paget Road campus.

The X Factor

Liam originally auditioned for The X Factor's fifth series in 2008, when he was fourteen years old. He was eliminated at the judges' houses, where Simon Cowell decided Liam was too young to continue. Cowell requested for Liam to come back in two years, after completing his schooling. Liam planned to return the following year, but was unable to audition due to X Factor raising the application age to 16.

In 2010, Liam returned to The X Factor's seventh season, auditioning with " Cry Me a River" by Arthur Hamilton. He received a standing ovation from the audience, and from Simon, before scoring a "yes" from all four judges. At bootcamp, he sang "Stop Crying Your Heart Out" by Oasis. All three judges were impressed, but Simon felt he was "one-dimensional". As such, he was eliminated as a solo artist, then placed into One Direction. The band placed third, but went on to sign a record deal with Simon Cowell's label Syco Music, and released five best-selling albums between 2011 and 2015.

Writing and Producing

Payne and Tomlinson co-wrote the majority of One Direction's songs, often referring to each other as a writing team. In 2014, Payne co-wrote a song for Cheryl, titled "I Won't Break", featured on her fourth album Only Human. In the same year, Liam remixed One Direction's " You & I" and " Steal My Girl". Payne and Tomlinson were named in 2015 as some of Song Splits Top Songwriters in the World. The annual list showcases who in the entertainment industry is the most relevant and valuable, based on airplay, digital sales and web streams. They placed 54th and 55th[2]. For One Direction's fifth album Made in the A.M., Liam played instruments on Hey Angel, co-produced and played all instruments on " Love You Goodbye" and remixed " Drag Me Down". In 2015, Liam co-wrote a song for Irish boy band Hometown called "The Night We Met".

Solo Career

In January 2016, Liam uploaded a video preview of an untitled rap song he wrote, to his Instagram page. He teased another unreleased R&B song on October 29, 2016. On July 21, 2016, Liam announced he had signed a solo deal with Capitol Records. He tweeted "Happy to have signed to @CapitolUK. They have an amazing history of artists, I hope I can follow in their footsteps." He clarified he was not leaving One Direction, saying "One direction will always be my home and family but I'm very excited to see what this chapter brings". On July 26, marketing-management company Doyen Global announced Liam as their new client, confirming Liam's departure from Modest Management. On October 17, Republic Records announced they had also signed Liam and would serve as his United States record label. Liam confirmed the deal, tweeting "Amazing to have signed to @RepublicRecords I am celebrating as I tweet thank you so much for accepting me to your roster of amazing artists". Throughout 2016, Liam worked on his debut solo album with producers such as Intensi-t, Jean Malvo Baptiste, Pharrell Williams and Sean Garrett.

On 29 April 2017, rapper Quavo (from hip hop group Migos) confirmed he'd filmed a music video with Liam, stating: "My boy Liam from One Direction. We just shot that crazy vid. Crazy visuals, crazy team. Cool guy, nice guy." In May 2017, Liam began a radio based press tour in North America, which continued for the rest of month. He also played several live music festivals and made celebrity guest appearances on various web series. On 19 May 2017, Liam premiered his debut single " Strip That Down", co-written by Ed Sheeran, and featuring Quavo. Despite mixed reviews, the single was a worldwide success, peaking in the US top 10 and reaching #1 on American pop radio. On 6 July 2017, producer Zedd released " Get Low", with Liam featuring on vocals. Liam's second solo single, Bedroom Floor, co-written by American singer Charlie Puth, was released on October 20, 2017. On 5 January 2018, a collaboration single with UK singer Rita Ora, titled " For You", was released from the Fifty Shades Freed motion picture soundtrack. In March 2018, Liam won the Global Special Award at the 2018 Global Awards, his first award as a solo artist. In April 2018, Liam released " Familiar" with Colombian singer J Balvin.

Personal Life

Liam's parents are Geoff and Karen Payne. He has two sisters, Ruth and Nicola.

Liam owns three dogs, one of which, named Watson, he kept after his 2015 split from ex-girlfriend Sophia Smith. Another, named Loki, was famously referenced at the 2013 MTV Movie Awards by actor Tom Hiddleston (who plays Loki in The Avengers and Thor films).

Relationships

Liam met Danielle Peazer, a dancer, on The X Factor in 2010. They dated from April 2011 to September 2012, reunited briefly again in December 2012, but split permanently in April 2013. In December 2015, Danielle tagged Liam in a "best friends" picture on Instagram. She stated in a February 2016 interview that she and Liam were still close friends.

Liam dated his former schoolmate, Sophia Smith, from 2013 to 2015. They made their first public appearance as a couple at the premiere of One Direction's concert film: This Is Us, in August 2013. Liam confirmed the song " Illusion", from One Direction's fourth album Four, was written about his relationship with Sophia. In a 2015 interview with Sugarscape, Liam revealed he bought Sophia a puppy named Ralph for Christmas in 2014.

In October 2015, People Magazine confirimed Liam and Sophia had ended their relationship after two and a half years.

Liam began dating British pop singer and The X Factor judge, Cheryl, in February 2016. They originally met in 2008, during X Factor's fifth season, when Liam was just 14 years old. They remained friends and associates after Liam re-applied for X Factor in 2010, where he was placed into One Direction. In 2014, Liam wrote a song titled "I Won't Break" for Cheryl's ' Only Human' album. Cheryl then nominated Liam to participate in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge later that year, which he accepted.

On Valentines Day 2016, Liam posted a picture of a rose on Instagram with the caption, "Happy Valentine's Day baby ...". On February 24, Liam and Cheryl exchanged flirty Instagram messages to one another before attending the 2016 Brit Awards separately. The following day, Liam deleted all photos of ex-girlfriend Sophia Smith from his Instagram. Cheryl and Liam were confirmed to be dating on February 27, 2016. Liam walked the red carpet with Cheryl numerous times throughout 2016, and the pair occasionally post photos of each other on Instagram. The couple welcomed their first child, Bear Payne, on March 22, 2017.

Controversies

Liam received backlash several times over allegedly homophobic comments or beliefs, though he has consistently denied a homophobic stance. In 2014, Payne tweeted to openly homophobic reality TV family the Robertsons, from US reality TV show Duck Dynasty, commending them for their "family values". Many took this as agreement with the family's homophobic and racist stance. Payne reacted angrily to the backlash tweeting "Being a fan of someones show and the way they still hold a family together doesnt mean i am ok with all they say. I can't do anything without being judged, you try that and write about it. What I gotta do to please you bastards I'm a 20 year old just living life as you did when u were twenty but in extraordinary circumstances. Sick of all this bull il be back again when the freedom of speech law is back and people don't believe to much into the bulls#!t they read." He was also criticized for being photographed with the family while holding a rifle.

Later that year, Liam denied rumours he appeared in a gay sex tape, stating "I think I'd rather tweet a full frontal than have people look at that." Some took the comment to be homophobic and Liam responded "I'm 100% not homophobic but I'm also 100% not gay. But when somebody says I am, I'm gunna say I'm not, which does not make me a homophobe".

In August 2015, during an On The Road Again Tour concert in the US, Liam angered fans when he introduced " Girl Almighty" by stating "This is my favorite song off the last album, it's about trying to find that number one woman of your life, which none of you can relate to, because most of you are girls. Except for the boys in here, you know what I'm talking about." Female LGBT fans felt the comment was exclusionary and offensive, and spoke against the comments on Twitter. Liam responded angrily tweeting "I am in no way shape or form homophobic that's a ridiculous thing to say. I'm not here to offend people so take it as you will. So annoying trying your hardest to make people happy in a show and you think about all the notes u tried to hit higher or a little sweeter. I'm sorry to those I offended, really I am, but there's no need for some of the things I'm being called. I'm just here to make people smile. I kinda consider it my job role." During the subsequent UK leg of the tour, the stage lights became rainbow colored during "Girl Almighty", which was interpreted as an apology of sorts for the blunder.

In a 2015 interview with Attitude Magazine, a publication for gay men, Liam angered fans and readers, when he stated he saw the use of rainbow flags/signs at One Direction concerts as being about Larry Stylinson, a fan-rumored relationship between Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson. He claimed "When the law changed in the U.S. [legalizing same-sex marriage] there were loads of rainbow flags flying at our shows, but I think that was mainly because of the Louis and Harry thing [that they're secret lovers], which is absolutely nuts and drives me insane." Rainbow Direction, a fan based organisation designed to create safe spaces at concerts for LGBT fans, released a statement of clarification, saying "Since a large part of the rainbows present at each show are brought by Rainbow Direction participants, we want to remind Liam, and Attitude Magazine - which previously reported on the campaign - of their actual purpose. Rainbow Direction decided to encourage people to make their support for fellow fans of all sexualities and gender identities visible by bringing rainbows in all forms to the shows. The aim is to show fans of all sexualities and gender identities that the 1D community welcomes them. As stated on the official website, Rainbow Direction's actions aren't directed to any band member, but to fellow fans." Many fans expressed confusion about Payne's comments, after previously witnessing him encouraging fans with rainbow signs to hold them up and be "proud", both before and after the interview was published. Some speculated Payne had not in fact made the comments, despite them being published under his name, and that they were PR comments designed to discourage fans from speculating about Harry and Louis. Payne briefly addressed the controversy on Twitter, expressing disappointment in the negative reaction. In late 2015, Payne skipped a pre-scheduled appearance at the Attitude Awards and has not associated with the magazine since.

Since these incidents, Liam has shown support for the LGBT+ community. In 2016, he expressed condolences on Instagram after the Orlando mass shooting at an LGBT+ nightclub. In 2017, he condemned President Donald Trump's decision to ban transgender people from serving in the US military.

Other Incidents

In early 2014, a picture of Liam standing on a roof ledge of a 34 story building was uploaded to his Twitter. The photo showed the dangerous jump needed to get to the ledge. The photo was deleted the next day and Liam issued an apology stating "You may have seen a photo of me today taken on top of a building. I regret being there and having a photo taken. It was a stupid and irresponsible thing to do. I am sorry, and do not endorse any fans trying to repeat this, as it is extremely dangerous."

As of October 2017, Liam has 21 known tattoos.

Up All Night

Take Me Home

Midnight Memories

Four

Perfect EP

"Drag Me Down (Remix)" ft Lunchmoney Lewis - producer

"Home" - writing

Untitled Debut Album

Other Songs

"I Won't Break" - writing (for Cheryl)

"The Night We Met" - writing (for Hometown)

"Get Low" - vocals (Zedd collaboration)

"For You" - vocals (Rita Ora collaboration, for Fifty Shades Freed soundtrack)

"Familiar" - vocals, writing (J Balvin collaboration)

"I've always had a strange fear of spoons." - X Factor Tour Q&A

"I can see a lot of people thanking us for staying, but you're the real heroes here. Thanks for not thinking it's finished." (After Zayn's departure from the band)

"For the past five years now I've been part of something so special I don't think any of us really understand, something that can mean the world to people and put a smile on the face of our fans even in the darkest times. To a lot of people it's just a bunch of silly kids in a band but to the people involved it means so much more." (After Zayn's departure from the band)

"The break will be a lot shorter than what a lot of people think." (2015)

"It's not something that we were given. It's something we worked our asses off for. The way we went to work every day and the way we travelled the world and the way we conducted our business, with great management at the time and greater minds, it turned out great for everybody. But it was a long five years." (On being in the band and his subsequent financial worth, Rollacoaster Magazine 2017)

"I stopped smoking, that's the best thing ever. Honestly, anyone out there who's trying to stop smoking, just do it, honestly. I just did cold turkey, I knew my son was coming, and I was like, I'm not gonna be smoking with my son, that's not right. My life's not my own anymore, now, it's not mine to decide, so smoking had to go." (KISSFM interview, 2017)

His zodiac sign is Virgo.

He is a boxer and can be seen training in a montage for 1D Day.

Due to his live performance experience, he was often lead singer in early One Direction songs, and placed at the front of their earlier live performances.

Louis and Liam revealed in the 2013 One Direction concert film, This Is Us, that they originally did not get along during The X Factor, due to their different personalities.

His four chevrons tattoo represent each other member of One Direction.

In 2013, Liam helped save friend Andy Samuels after he caught alight while trying to fill a patio heater with gas. Samuels told The Mirror "I can still see Liam trying to put out the flames with his hands. I was set completely on fire - terror is the only word fit to describe what I was feeling."

Liam has supported numerous charities over the years including UNICEF, Trekstock, CLIC Sargent, Global Poverty Project, Action1D, Comic Relief, Office Depot's Anti-Bullying Campaign and the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge.

He bought the flying car from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.

One Direction's song "History" reminds him of Toy Story's "You Got a Friend In Me".

He broke his arm in 2014 while in Las Vegas.

He collaborated with rapper Juicy J in 2015 and 2016, however the resulting songs have never been released.

His favorite One Direction song that he wished had been a single was Once in a Lifetime.

He owns Hampton Music Limited, and is a director of Hampton Records Limited.

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Liam James Payne (born August 29, 1993) is a member of One Direction along with Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, and Niall Horan. Liam released his debut single, Strip That Down, on May 19, 2017. His debut album will be released on 14 September, 2018.