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Liam Payne

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Liam Payne is a singer who got into fame as a member of One Direction. Liam Payne has released singles like Strip That Down, LP1, and more.

Early Life

On August 29, 1993, Liam James Payne was born in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England. As of now, he is 30 years old and is a Virgo as per his zodiac sign.

He is the youngest child of his parents Ruth Gibbons and Nicola Payne. One of his kidneys was scarred and dysfunctional when he was a child. For his education, he went to the City of Wolverhampton College.

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Caption: Liam Payne with his family. Source: Instagram

Liam Payne – Net Worth 2023

Liam Payne has been highly popular and has been a music sensation among the youth. Additionally, he has released a number of songs with his band and has been solo. Hence, he has not revealed his salary but his estimated net worth is $70 million.

Personal Life

Previously, Liam Payne was in a relationship with dancer Danielle Peazer from 2010 to 2013. Later in 2013, he began dating Sophie Smith. After 2 years of being together, they broke up in 2015. In the same year, he dated the famous British singer Cheryl.

In the year 2017, they welcomed a son named Bear. Unfortunately, they slitted in 2018 for an unknown reason. In 2019, he dated Maya Henry and announced engagement in August 2020. Unfortunately, in May 2022, they ended their relationship.

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Caption: Liam Payne with his ex-girlfriend. Source: Getty Image

Professional Life

At the age of 14, Liam Payne auditioned for the television talent competition ‘The X Factor’, in 2008. Due to his good performance reached the penultimate stage of the show ‘Judges’ Houses’.
Later, X Factor had raised their application age to 16, making him ineligible to audition. To be selected he continued to train as a vocalist in the meantime. The X Factor and auditioned With Julie London’s classic song ‘Cry Me a River’, he returned to X Factor, in 2010. Due to his performance, all 4 judges at the audition approved his selection.
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Caption: Liam Payne with his boy band One Direction. Source: Instagram

He sang ‘Stop Crying Your Heart Out’ and won the approval of 3 judges, at the Bootcamp round. Unfortunately, Simon thought this performance was one-dimensional. He was clubbed with 4 other participants to form a five-member band that qualified for the ‘Groups’ category. Together with his group, they reached the grand finale of the show. However, they managed to win the 3rd spot and came to be known as ‘One Direction’.
One Direction was signed to Simon’s Syco Entertainment after the show was over. They were the only group to have 5 albums debut at the number 1 position on the Billboard Hot 200 chart. However, he is one of the principal writers of One Direction. Thus, he has co-written with Louis Tomlinson for their 3rd and 4th album. In 2015, Zayn Malik quit the band and he has also taken over.

More About Career

In the same year, he co-wrote a song for the Irish boy band ‘Hometown’ called ‘The Night We Met’. Moreover, he and Rita Ora released the single “For You”, in January 2018. The single was from the soundtrack of the film Fifty Shades Freed.
Additionally, he is an avid supporter of UNICEF and teamed up with tennis star Andy Murray. And, Jack Whitehall and Clare Balding have teamed up in support of UNICEF UK’s Children in Danger Summer Disease Appeal.

In 2015, One Direction’s fifth album, “Made in the A.M.,” was released. Thus, 2 singles from the collection, ‘Drag Me Down,’ and ‘Perfect’ were number one in many countries. Fortunately, it ranked at number 1 in the U.K. and number 2 in the U.S.

After their last album. Later on, the group went on a hiatus; nevertheless, a year later, they officially dissolved. After that, he started as a producer, reworking tracks for other artists like Cheryl Cole. He also started working at Hampton Music Limited.

Career Highlight

In the year 2017, he finally came up with his first solo single, ‘Strip That Down,’. It was possible as worked inked a record deal with Republic Records in 2016. His song peaked at number three, on the UK singles Chart.

Likewise, he released his second song, ‘Bedroom Floor, in the same year. He came up with  ‘First Time,’ the first song on his extended play, in 2018. In the year 2019,  he delivered a solo album of him titled  “LP1,”.

Hence, he collaborated with Alesso and released the song “Midnight” to positive reviews, in April 2020. He also began a weekly YouTube series, in the same month. He made an announcement that he would be launching The LP Show, a livestream series, in July.

It will be with “Act 1” being a live-streamed concert. He released “Naughty List”, a Christmas single featuring Dixie D’Amelio, on October 20, 2020.

Social Media

Liam Payne has an Instagram account with 26.4 million followers and Facebook with 10 million followers.

Moreover, on his Twitter account, he has gained 33.5 million followers. The singer has a self-titled YouTube channel with 3.76 subscribers.

Liam Payne – Body Measurements

Liam Payne is very handsome and good-looking. He has a great height of 5 feet 9 inches and weighs 73 kg. Hence, his chest size is 40 inches, waist size is 30 inches and biceps size is 14 inches. The famous singer has both light brown eyes and hair color.