Liam James Payne (born 29 August 1993) is an English singer and songwriter.
He rose to fame as a member of the boy band One Direction.
Payne made his debut as a singer when he auditioned for the British television series The X Factor in 2008. After being eliminated as a solo performer, he auditioned again in 2010 and was put into a group with four other contestants to form One Direction
90s boy band hunk unrecognisable with stunning new career - 26 years since chart-topping hit
ok.co.ukAnother Level were one of the biggest boy bands of the late Nineties and had huge chart success with hits including Freak Me, but since their split many would struggle to remember who Dane Bowers performed alongside.
Dane shared a stage with Wayne Williams, Mark Baron and Bobak Kianoush from their early success in 1997 through to the band's break up in 2000.
While Dane has been in and out of the spotlight since then, Bobak has pursued a very different career and achieved even more than he did as a pop star.
Bobak sported a close-shaved head in his boy band days, so fans who saw him reunite with his bandmates at the Kisstory festival in 2021 might have struggled to place the singer who turned up on stage with dark hair and heavy stubble covering his trademark dimples.
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