Liam payne official biography 2012

English singer and songwriter (1993–2024)

Liam James Payne (29 August 1993 – 16 October 2024) was an English singer and composer. He was a member beat somebody to it the pop band One Aim, one of the best-selling fellow bands of all time, side by side akin Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Give chase to Styles, and Louis Tomlinson.

Payne twice appeared as a alone auditionee on the British weigh on series The X Factor unembellished 2008 and 2010; in rectitude latter, he was invited approximately join One Direction alongside clone contestants, placing third and subsequent achieving global success.

Following Suspend Direction's hiatus in 2016, Payne pursued a solo career, mark with Republic Records in Northern America.^[9] In 2017, he on the loose his debut solo single "Strip That Down", which reached enumerate three on the UK singles chart and number ten unpleasant incident the US Billboard Hot Century.

The song received multi-platinum certifications in both countries. The shadowing year, he released "For You", a collaboration with Rita Ora which became a hit institute and received gold or pt certifications in several countries. King solo studio album, LP1, was released in December 2019. Away the first three years recognize his solo career, Payne sell over 18 million singles, 2.4 million albums, and amassed 3.9 billion streams.^[10] In addition resolve his solo work, Payne clock on remixes under the pseudonymsBig Payno and Payno, remixing tracks fend for both his group and collaboration singer Cheryl.^[11]

Payne struggled with stuff abuse and mental illness from start to finish his career.^[12][13] On 16 Oct 2024, he died at rank age of 31 after cursive from a third-floor balcony orderly a hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Following his death, Payne's track "Teardrops" debuted on nobility UK singles chart, alongside rectitude re-entry of 11 of tiara other works. Five people were later criminally charged in coupling with his death in Dec 2024.

Early life

Liam James Payne was born at New Crabbed Hospital in the Heath Civic district of Wolverhampton on 29 August 1993, the son emblematic infant nurse Karen Payne title fitter Geoff Payne.

He confidential two older sisters named Nicola and Ruth.^[14][15] Payne was provincial three weeks premature and entitled frequent illnesses. Until the pluck out of four, he had popular tests done in hospital little doctors noticed one of authority kidneys was scarred and maladaptive.

In the book Dare drawback Dream: Life as One Direction, he mentioned that before unwind was four, "I was on all occasions in hospital having tests recital but they couldn't find call what was wrong. They determined that one of my kidneys wasn't working properly and transaction had scarred. I had touch upon have 32 injections in inaccurate arm in the morning endure evening to try and bright me better."^[16][17]

As a student, Payne was heavily involved in amusements, particularly cross-country running.

Payne connubial the Wolverhampton & Bilston Contest Club to pursue his say career. For three years illegal was ranked in the coat of arms three 1500m runners in righteousness country within his age group.^[18][19]

He began taking boxing lessons trim the age of 12 among bullying from older students beget secondary school.^[20] Payne completed 11 GCSEs at St Peter's Bookish School (now St Peter's Learned Academy) before moving on principle study music technology at Socket of Wolverhampton College.^[21] Payne was introduced to the world exhaustive show business at the coat of 12, as a associate of the Pink Productions Playhouse Company, appearing as Tony Manero from Saturday Night Fever.^[22] Payne had previously performed in momentum of a crowd of 26,000 during a Wolverhampton Wanderers territory match.^[21][23]

Career

2008–2015: The X Factor final One Direction

Main article: One Direction

Payne auditioned for the fifth focus of The X Factor beget 2008, at 14 years a mixture of, in front of judges Dramatist Cowell, Cheryl Cole, Dannii Minogue and Louis Walsh.

Payne counterfeit past the first round rearguard performing Frank Sinatra's "Fly Watch to the Moon". He was cut at the boot bivouac stage, but Cowell then denaturised his mind and asked Payne to return for the judges' houses stage.^[24] Payne was uncomplicated again during judges' houses, however was encouraged by Cowell anticipation "come back in two years".^[25]

Payne returned to the show imprison 2010 for the seventh keep fit, auditioning in front of Cowell, Cole, Walsh and guest aficionada Natalie Imbruglia.

He sang excellence Michael Bublé version of "Cry Me a River".^[26] He contemporary but failed to progress nominate the "Boys" category at judges' houses. During the boot campingsite stage of the competition, Payne, along with Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson, and Zayn Malik, were put together forth form a five-piece boy guests called One Direction, to bend over backwards in the "Groups" category.^[27] Loftiness group came in third prepare on the show.^[28]

In January 2011, One Direction were signed guard Simon Cowell's Syco Entertainment.^[29] Their UK number one debut nonpareil, "What Makes You Beautiful", essential their debut studio album, Up All Night, were released after that year.^[30][31] The album, which contained three songs co-written descendant Payne, debuted at number amity in the United States.^[32][33] Border of their next four factory albums—Take Me Home (2012), Midnight Memories (2013), Four (2014) spell Made in the A.M. (2015)—debuted at number one in description UK.^[34]Midnight Memories was the world's best-selling album of 2013,^[35] pointer its accompanying Where We Bony Tour was the highest-grossing outing of 2014.^[36] After the unbind of Four, One Direction became the only group in rectitude 58-year history of the Billboard 200 albums chart to be endowed with their first four albums coming out at number one.^[37] The albums spawned a string of of use singles, including "Live While We're Young", "Little Things", "Best Melody line Ever", "Story of My Life", "Drag Me Down" and "History".^[38][39][40] Following the departure of Zayn Malik in March 2015, Payne was tasked with taking exceedingly the bulk of Malik's vocals.^[41]

Payne was credited for co-writing repair than half of the songs on One Direction's third impressive fourth albums.^[42][43] Together with Prizefighter Tomlinson, Payne was also birth band's top earner.^[42] In 2014, Payne began working as precise producer under the monikers "Big Payno" or "Payno", teaming tot up with fellow producers AfterHrs dealings remix several tracks including Cheryl's "I Don't Care" in 2014.^[44] Payne was also credited come to mind co-writing Cole's "I Won't Break", off her album Only Human.^[45] In August 2014, Payne authored and became director of Jazzman Music Limited, a publishing association under which his solo projects appeared.^[46][47] Payne served as procrastinate of the directors for say publicly production company One Mode Works Limited.^[48] In 2015, Payne co-wrote the Irish band Hometown's unmarried "The Night We Met".^[49]

One Give directions went on an indefinite cessation in 2016, after completing promotional activities related to Made cloudless the A.M.^[50][51][52] Since their premiere, One Direction have sold 70 million records worldwide, including 7.6 million albums and 26 billion singles in the US, convenient one of the best-selling boyhood bands of all time.^[39][53][54] Representation group amassed numerous accolades, as well as seven Brit Awards,^[55] seven English Music Awards,^[56] six Billboard Theme Awards,^[57] and four MTV Videotape Music Awards.^[58]

2016–2018: Solo debut turf First Time

In 2015, Payne began working on solo material.^[59][60] Imprison early 2016, Payne featured fascinate a track titled "You" induce Wiz Khalifa and Juicy J; the track was a ugly from an unreleased mixtape.^[61][62] Join October 2016, it was declared that Payne had signed tidy recording contract with Republic Records.^[9] His debut solo single "Strip That Down", featuring Quavo extract co-written with Ed Sheeran bear Steve Mac, was released mood 19 May 2017.^[63] The melody was a commercial success, motility number ten on the Preceding Billboard Hot 100 and back number three on the UK Singles Chart.

"Strip That Down" was certified double platinum in picture United Kingdom and 3× pt in the United States.^[64][65] Payne followed up this release set about two UK top 30 singles: "Get Low", a collaboration varnished Zedd which was certified silverware, and "Bedroom Floor", which was certified gold.^[66][67]

In January 2018, Payne collaborated with Rita Ora regular "For You", released as fine single from the soundtrack farm animals the film Fifty Shades Freed.^[68] The song was a advert success worldwide, peaking within prestige top ten of several countries.

"For You" was certified parcel in Brazil, platinum in rank United Kingdom, and received money or platinum certifications in xiii further countries.^[69][70] In April 2018, Payne released "Familiar" with Enumerate Balvin, which peaked at give out 14 in the United Monarchy and was certified platinum.^[71][72] Artificial 30 March 2018, Payne finish in front of more better 100,000 people during a comfortable concert at Global Village 2018 in Dubai.^[73][74] Payne initially declared that his debut album would be released on 14 Sep 2018, but he delayed illustriousness release to continue work muddle it.^[75][76] Instead, he released emperor first extended play, First Time, on 24 August 2018.^[77] Interpretation EP's sole single was "First Time", a collaboration with Gallic Montana.^[78] He collaborated with Jonas Blue and Lennon Stella consideration the single "Polaroid", released come to blows 5 October 2018.^[79] The nonpareil peaked at number 12 keep the United Kingdom and was certified platinum.^[80]

2019–2024: LP1 and set able second studio album

Payne released justness song "Stack It Up", featuring American rapper A Boogie disaster da Hoodie, on 18 Sept 2019.

In October 2019, Payne announced that his debut wedding album, LP1, would be released compose 6 December 2019.^[81] Several in this area Payne's previous single releases were included on the album's indication list, and Payne released "All I Want (For Christmas)" devious 25 October as the 6th single from the album.^[82]LP1 debuted at number 17 on blue blood the gentry UK Albums Chart and digit 111 on the Billboard Cardinal.

The album was certified treasure in the United Kingdom other platinum in Canada.^[83][84]

In April 2020, Payne began a weekly YouTube series.^[85][86] In July, he declared he would be launching The LP Show, a livestream lean-to, with "Act 1" being topping live-streamed concert.^[87][88] On 9 Oct 2020, Payne released Midnight Hour, a collaborative EP with director Alesso.

It was preceded from one side to the ot the single "Midnight", released meander April.^[89][90] On 30 October 2020, Payne released "Naughty List", shipshape and bristol fashion Christmas single featuring Dixie D'Amelio.^[91] In August 2021, Payne on the loose the single "Sunshine", which was featured in the film Ron's Gone Wrong.^[92]

In May 2023, Payne announced that he was place on his second album.^[93] Be active planned his first solo way, with dates for Latin U.s.

scheduled to take place straighten out September 2023, but the twine was postponed after Payne was hospitalised in August 2023 hash up a kidney infection.^[94] Payne shared to music with the individual "Teardrops", which was released stash 1 March 2024.^[95][96] The one and only was co-written with NSYNC associate JC Chasez.^[97][98] "Teardrops" did distant chart upon release, but debuted at number 85 on goodness UK Singles Chart following tiara death in October 2024.^[99]

On 28 October 2024, Sam Pounds proclaimed that Payne would be glory featured artist on his celibate "Do No Wrong", to do an impression of released on 1 November 2024.^[100][101] However, a day later, take action delayed the single, as loosen up felt that it was shout yet time.^[102]

Artistry

On One Direction's next three albums, especially Four, Payne became a "prolific co-writer" convene over 30 credits total,^[103] following only to Louis Tomlinson, refurbish whom he frequently collaborated.

Annulus Tomlinson was known for diadem lyricism, Payne had a inclination for coming up with melodies.^[104] He told Entertainment Weekly welcome 2015 that the two imprints he was most proud trap were "Better Than Words" accept "What a Feeling". The earlier is composed of titles deseed other songs, while he tube Tomlinson wrote the latter brilliant by Fleetwood Mac.^[105]

Payne was neat as a pin pop^[106] and R&B^[107] singer who explored other genres, including electronic music.^[108] He cited Chris Brown,^[109]Pharrell Williams,^[110]Justin Timberlake,^[111] and Usher importance being major musical influences.^[112] Payne said, "The person who has inspired me most is Pharrell Williams who I worked grow smaller a while back.

I got talking to his producer currently and asked him what Pharrell was like when he was younger, and he said tackle me that when he was my age he couldn't break open a note on a monitor. And that was amazing instantaneously me because at 22 Side-splitting thought I was too dated to learn guitar."^[113] His greatest exposure to rock music was through Linkin Park's Hybrid Theory with "In the End", kind they were the gateway glossy magazine him to listen to bottle up types of music outside break on what he would typically hark to to as a child.

Payne would label "In the End" as one of the accumulate important songs of his life.^[114]

Other ventures

Payne was named the chief global brand ambassador for European brand Hugo Boss in Haw 2019. The first Hugo stopping Liam Payne capsule collection was revealed during Berlin Fashion Hebdomad in July 2020.^[115] His following capsule collection with Hugo Leader was launched in May 2020.

The collection, which mainly consists of men's wardrobes, includes traveller shirts, T-shirts, shorts, hoodies, sweatpants and a pair of sneakers.^[116] In January 2020, Payne marked in the Hugo Boss niff campaign for their perfume Poet Now.^[117]

In June 2021, Payne launched a non-fungible token (NFT) digital artwork collection, entitled "Lonely Bug".^[118] On 25 January 2022, sharp-tasting dedicated a separate Twitter history @PaynoETH solely to cover picture subject.^[119]

Philanthropy

As a member of Song Direction, Payne supported many charities.

The band supported BBC's Offspring in Need fundraising efforts.^{[120][121][122]} Rank band also supported Comic Easing, notably raising over £2 cardinal for the charity in 2013, in part through the unfasten of a charity single “One Way or Another (Teenage Kicks)” and films of the band's trip to Ghana.^[123][124] He was also part of an enterprise titled Action 1D "to compliant better the future".^[125]

Payne was intimation avid supporter of UNICEF accept teamed up with tennis familiarity Andy Murray, Jack Whitehall refuse Clare Balding in support stir up UNICEF UK's Children in Threat Summer Disease Appeal.^[126] Payne teamed up with motorsport star Eddie Jordan in support of UK based charity CLIC Sargent.^[127] Payne was an ambassador for high-mindedness charitable organisation Trekstock.^[128] Payne's another campaign with the organisation divide 2013 raised $784,198.^[129] He lifted an additional $211,237 during coronate campaign in 2015.^[130] Payne was also named an ambassador believe Sustainable Development Goals also familiar as the Global Goals campaign.^[131][132] In 2015, Payne helped explicate promote a £6 million youth attempt "The Youth Zone" in consummate hometown of Wolverhampton.^[133]

Payne and bandmate Harry Styles partnered with Trekstok, a youth cancer charity, past as a consequence o taking two people on keen date.^[134][135] They became Trekstok ambassadors.^[136] Payne co-hosted a charity ballgame in honour of Believe take back Magic, an organisation that supports terminally ill children, with bandmate Louis Tomlinson.

Tomlinson donated £50,000 for Payne's face to write down painted.^[137] Collectively Payne and Tomlinson donated over £5 million accessible the event.^[137] In 2018, Payne and Tomlinson filmed an stage of Gogglebox in support luggage compartment Stand Up to Cancer.^[138]

Payne was an advocate for food cover.

Beginning in the spring grounding 2020 he became a giver to the Trussell Trust status its network of UK edibles banks, funding more than 360,000 meals during the COVID-19 pandemic.^{[139][140][141]} He said, "I'm glad taking place be playing my small assign as we work towards neat future in which nobody requirements a food bank."^[139] More to wit, Payne donated £80 thousand bear volunteered to help out subtract person at Euston Food Margin and Food for All dilemma Holborn, which was not leak out until after his death.

Aliment for All director Pete O'Grady said Payne "didn't want rhyme to make a thing display it. He let nobody comprehend of his generosity".^[142]

Payne participated occupy UNICEF's Soccer Aid. In 2022, he captained the English team,^[143] and he returned in goodness 2023 event.^[144]

Payne donated thousands remove pounds to various GoFundMe pages in the month prior stopper his death.^[145] In a Snapchat video uploaded at the put on the back burner he explained, "I’ve been raincloud on night by night because of night, trying to finish sendoff people’s donations so that they can get the operations they need."^[145]

Personal life

From 2010 to bump 2012, Payne dated Danielle Peazer, a dancer on The Agree Factor.^[146] From 2013 to 2015, he and a childhood observer, Sophia Smith, dated.^[147] In 2016, he started dating Cheryl;^[148] they had one son who was born on 22 March 2017.^[149][150] Their relationship ended in 2018.^[151] In early 2019, he full of years British model and actress Noemi Campbell.^[152][153]

Payne began dating model Mayan Henry in 2019; they became engaged in August 2020.^[154] Vulgar June 2021, Payne and Speechmaker had separated.^[155] The couple reunited that year and were correct engaged.^[156][157] In May 2022, ethics couple ended their engagement grieve for a second time.^[158] From Oct 2022 until his death encourage 16 October 2024, he esoteric been in a relationship traffic influencer Kate Cassidy.^{[159][160][161][162]}

Payne's net value was estimated at £47 bundle in 2020.^[163] Payne owned casing in Malibu, California, and County, but listed them for vending buyers in early 2020 and 2021, respectively.^[164][165] In 2020, he afflicted to Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire to be near his young gentleman, having previously lived with Cheryl in nearby Chalfont St Peter.^[166]

Payne was a supporter of righteousness football team West Bromwich Albion.^[167]

Political views

Payne was pro-choice.

In Could 2019, amidst anti-abortion legislation passed in Alabama, he said dump they were "completely taking draw back the rights of women splendid the ownership of the destitute that belong to them" boss that "... men never suppress to go through that inexpressive how can we even annotation or decide what women necessity or shouldn't go through." Appease added "here was me sensible it was supposed to facsimile the land of the consign (and) it all looks very much tied up from where I'm standing".^[168] In May 2020, Payne expressed support for the Inky Lives Matter movement and pleased fans to educate themselves captivated donate.

He attended London Caliginous Lives Matter protests.^[169]

Health

Payne had oral about his struggles with intemperance since the peak of Figure out Direction's success. More specifically, noteworthy mentioned being locked in bed rooms with a mini-bar halfway gigs.^[170] In May 2023, Payne mentioned being sober for pick up the check three months.

That July, misstep shared a video expanding wrong this, and he discussed defrayment 100 days in a renovate facility in Louisiana.^{[171][172][173]} In Noble 2023, Payne was hospitalised take out a kidney infection.^[94]

On 1 June 2022, he was intoxicated time being interviewed by Logan Disagreeable for his podcast series.

Payne said that One Direction originated with a promise that Saint Cowell had made to him; Payne had previously appeared foresight the show, and Cowell supposedly pledged to "make it work" should he return. He along with discussed former fellow member Zayn Malik's family life and said: "There's many reasons why Crazed dislike Zayn and there's hang around reasons why I'll always, everywhere be on his side".^[174] Sharp-tasting later clarified his remarks deliver Malik and apologised.^[175]

Death

On 2 Oct 2024, Payne and his lover Kate Cassidy travelled to Argentina to renew his United States O visa at the Measured embassy in Buenos Aires enjoin to attend Horan's The Show: Live on Tour concert abuse the city's Movistar Arena.^[176] Smartness had posted about his use to travel to Argentina seep out videos to his Snapchat account.^[177] Payne and Cassidy initially stayed at a luxury Airbnb possessions in Buenos Aires before relocating to a hotel when Payne's visa application was delayed topmost their booking expired.^[178] Cassidy exchanged to her home in Florida on 14 October, with Payne staying in Argentina.^[179] A enthusiast told reporters that Payne confidential approached them on 16 Oct and had appeared sober favour discussed with them at weight his time in Buenos Aires and his appreciation of rectitude area.^[180]

Later that day, Payne dull after falling from a third-floor balcony at the CasaSur inn in the Palermo neighbourhood preceding Buenos Aires, at the go ragged of 31.^{[181][182][183]} His last speech prior to death was "I used to be in splendid boyband, that's why I'm good fucked up."^{[184][185][186]} Police went friend the hotel following an distress call from the hotel chief, who reported "an aggressive guy who could be under honesty effects of drugs and alcohol".^[181][187] The manager indicated in nobleness call that "when he anticipation conscious he is destroying nobleness entire room and we call for you to send someone", signs that the man's life was at risk due to magnanimity room having a balcony.^[187][188] Payne fell from the balcony in a little while after emergency services arrived.^[189] Her highness death was confirmed at 5:11 p.m.

Argentina Time (UTC−03:00).^[181][190] The exigency medical team that arrived motionless the hotel reported a "cranial fracture and extremely serious injuries" that led to Payne's critical death.^[183][191]

Alberto Crescenti, the director show consideration for Buenos Aires' public emergency curative service, announced Payne's death kick the Argentine news channel TN, saying that the fall was from a height of price 13 to 14 metres (43 to 46 ft) and that Payne sustained "very serious injuries inappropriate with life" leaving "no chance of resuscitation".^[181][188] Crescenti declined on every side comment on whether the pull off was a suicide or chiefly accident.^[188][192] Pablo Policicchio, communications leader for the Buenos Aires Care Ministry, stated that Payne "had jumped from the balcony win his room".^[188][193] The office exact not respond to follow-up questions regarding the claim and sure the reporters to the prosecutor's office.^[194] The forensic experts subsequent reported that Payne "did sob adopt a reflexive posture smash into protect himself" and that proceed "could have fallen in spiffy tidy up state of semi or full unconsciousness".^[195][196] According to Argentine newscaster Paula Varela, citing unreleased CCTV footage, Payne accidentally fell look after his death after fainting confide in the balcony.^[197]

Payne's body was originally interred at the Cementerio Británico in Buenos Aires before actuality repatriated by air to description United Kingdom on 6 November.^[198] His funeral was held culpability 20 November at Saint Mary's Church in Amersham, Buckinghamshire.^[199][200]

Investigation

Authorities unsealed an investigation into Payne's kill and conducted a post-mortem.^[188] The law said that several medications gain energy supplements were found wear his room, including clonazepam, endure that a whiskey bottle was found in the courtyard ring his body was recovered.^[201] Fundamental post-mortem examination indicated that Payne died from internal and shallow haemorrhages and multiple traumatic injuries.^[202] The forensic experts reported 25 injuries caused by the melancholy and said that Payne's damaging brain injuries were "enough pressurize somebody into cause death", with bleeding show his head and upper item contributing to his death.

Magnanimity examination found no signs position a fight and noted go off at a tangent Payne was alone in illustriousness room at the time emblematic his death.^[203][204]

The media incorrectly present-day that Payne had "multiple substances" in his system when perform died, including pink cocaine, hole cocaine, and benzodiazepine.^[205][206] However, register 22 October, Argentina's public prosecutor's office clarified that the toxicology report was not yet responsible and denied that any trifles had been disclosed.^[207][208] On magnanimity night of 23 October, efficient week after Payne's fall, Buenos Aires police raided the CasaSur Hotel, seeking documents and conquer information.

A government official rout police had seized items specified as computers. Authorities requested significance hotel hand over camera footage.^[209][210] On 7 November, prosecutors oral that post-mortem toxicological exams keep control Payne showed "traces of indulge, cocaine and a prescribed antidepressant" prior to his death.

Become absent-minded same day, Argentine police emotional three people with "abandonment illustrate a person followed by death" and "supplying and facilitating description use of narcotics" over Payne's death. The suspects were adamant as: a companion of Payne; a hotel employee who undersupplied cocaine to Payne while recognized was at the hotel; flourishing a drug dealer.^[211]

Criminal charges

On 30 December 2024, an Argentinean pronounce charged five people in coupling with Payne's death.

Two create, a waiter who met involve Payne in a local edifice and an employee of loftiness hotel where Payne stayed reassure the time of his litter, were charged with supplying Payne with the drugs he took shortly before his death take up were ordered to be retained in pre-trial detention at a-one preventive prison. Three others, out businessman who was with Payne in Argentina and two managers of the hotel, were chock-full with manslaughter.^[212]

Aftermath

Reactions

Payne's family released far-out statement shortly after his dying, stating that they were desolate and that Payne would material forever in their hearts, be first asking for privacy as they supported each other.^[213] Payne's ecclesiastic Geoff and One Direction's one-time head of security Paul Higgins arrived in Buenos Aires fix 18 October.^[214] His former associate Cheryl issued a public call for for consideration and dignity, fearing their son could potentially catch "the abhorrent reports and publicity exploitation" around his father's surround later in life.^[215] Payne's Put off Direction bandmates Horan, Malik, Styles, and Tomlinson released a sickness statement asking for time differ speak more on his humanity and that they were griefstricken and processing it,^[216] with dispersed statements of respect coming detach from Tomlinson, Malik, Styles, Horan, direct Styles' mother.^{[217][218][219]} Malik later declared that he would be elimination the US leg of culminate Stairway to the Sky Progress following news of Payne's death.^[220][221]

Musicians across the world paid coverage to Payne.^[222] A number appreciate public figures, including Sharon Osbourne, Rebecca Ferguson, and Bruce Springsteen, raised concerns about the congregation industry, media, and adolescent repute in their commemorations.^{[223][224][225]} One Direction's X Factor mentor Robbie Playwright, relating Payne's struggles to jurisdiction own, made a plea go allout for compassion, saying, "We don't enlighten what's going on in people's lives".^[226][227] Filming of auditions ardently desire series 18 of Britain's Got Talent, a show produced manage without Cowell, was suspended out bring into play respect;^[228] production resumed that weekend, with Cowell absent for bore episodes.^[229] Cowell himself paid festival two days after Payne's death.^[230] UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer released a statement grief Payne and mentioning One Direction's "huge impact on many packet of fans around the world".^[231] Wolverhampton councillor Simon Bennett supposed Payne should posthumously receive say publicly Freedom of the City honour.^[232]Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.

and West Bromwich Albion paid tributes to Payne.^[233][234]

On 18 October, a fan began a petition calling for "Liam's Law" to protect artists' intellectual health, which would enforce make contact with to mental health professionals, usual mental health checks, and full rest periods. Within five period, their petition had been shipshape by over 68,000 people.^[235][236] Layer addition, Payne's death sparked regular number of conspiracy theories.^[237]

On 25 October, all five One Train albums reentered the top 40 of the UK Albums Give a rough idea at numbers 13 (Midnight Memories), 21 (Made in the A.M.), 22 (Four), 25 (Take Holder Home), and 38 (Up Roughness Night), with Payne's solo release LP1 re-entering at number 62.^[238] In addition, the One Aiming songs "Night Changes", "Story invoke My Life", and "What Begets You Beautiful" and Payne songs "Strip That Down", "Get Low", and "Teardrops" entered the UK singles chart at six, ninespot, 23, 41, 43, and 85, with "Night Changes" bettering cause dejection previous peak of 7 pointer "Teardrops" entering for the foremost time.^[239]

Media coverage

American tabloid website TMZ obtained photographs of Payne's stiff and published cropped images put off showed his arm and waist.^[240][241] Their decision to publish rank photos was criticised by clever number of fans and the populace figures, prompting the outlet style remove the images.^[242]

ABC News point of view Hulu produced an episode be in command of Impact X Nightline about Payne's "final days", featuring contributions expend X Factor contestant Mary Byrne and numerous ABC journalists heretofore Payne's body had been belowground, prompting criticism from a critic at The A.V.

Club.^[243] Earlier BBC newsreader Michael Buerk wrongdoer the corporation of excessive provision of the death, and was criticised for referring to Payne as a "drugged up, washy, boy band singer".^[244]

Memorials

Shortly after top death, fans of the soloist and One Direction gathered skin the hotel in Buenos Aires before breaking into applause although the van carrying Payne's reason was driven away.

The crowd then lit candles and not viable before dispersing.^[245] Payne's father Geoff visited the memorial upon occurrence in Buenos Aires.^[246] Fans besides gathered to light candles terminate Mexico City on 17 Oct and a service was restricted in Copenhagen. Written notes were left at London's Hard Crag Cafe where the telephone case featured on the cover quick of Take Me Home review on display.^[247]

At Clevedon Pier, position One Direction filmed the penalisation video for "You & I", fans came to lay burgeon at the One Direction memento, which was installed to memorialize the filming of the opus video.^[248] The pier's management along with issued a statement of condolence^[249] and, in January 2025, well-organized plaque was installed on honesty pier in Payne's memory.^[250] Splendid vigil was held at grandeur Lady Wulfrun statue at Incommode Peter's Collegiate Church on 18 October.^[251] A fan memorial warmth an estimated attendance of respite to 1,000^[252] took place dubious Hyde Park on 20 October,^[253] as well as in thought UK cities over the weekend.^[254] Further memorials were held suspend cities across the world,^{[255][256][257]} as well as in New York's Washington Rectangular Park.^[258][259]

Rita Ora paid tribute give somebody no option but to Payne at the 2024 MTV Europe Music Awards, calling him "one of the kindest children that [she] knew".^[260]

Bandmate Zayn Malik paid tribute to Payne withdraw the end of all be fond of his Stairway to the Goal Tour shows.^[261]

London's 2025 New Year's Eve fireworks included the concord "What Makes You Beautiful" whereas a nod to Payne.^[262]

Discography

Main article: Liam Payne discography

See also: Connotation Direction discography

Studio album

Filmography

Awards and nominations

See also: List of awards discipline nominations received by One Direction

Notes

References