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
All Five One Direction Albums Return To The UK’s Top 40, Following Liam Payne’s Death
deadline.comOne week after the death of band member Liam Payne, all five of One Direction’s albums have returned to high positions in the UK music chart, along with the singer’s solo album.
The BBC reports that Midnight Memories, the band’s third album, holds the highest position at number 13, with a reported sales increase of 517% week-on-week, according to the Official Charts Company.
Three of the band’s singles have also re-entered the chart. Payne died on October 16 following a fall from the balcony of his third-floor hotel room in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Fans have continued to gather around the hotel, mourning their pop idol with candles, poems and flowers. A vigil was held there last weekend.
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