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
Edward Christopher Sheeran, MBE (born 17 February 1991) is an English singer-songwriter. In early 2011, Sheeran independently released the extended play, No. 5 Collaborations Project. After signing with Asylum Records, his debut album, + (pronounced "plus"), was released in September 2011. It topped the UK and Australian charts, reached number five in the US, and has since been certified eight-times platinum in the UK.
The album contains the single "The A Team", which earned him the Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically. In 2012, Sheeran won the Brit Awards for Best British Male Solo Artist and British Breakthrough Act. "The A Team" was nominated for Song of the Year at the 2013 Grammy Awards, where he performed the song with Elton John.
Ed Sheeran, Liam Payne and The Wanted bandmates lead tributes to Tom Parker
officialcharts.comTributes have poured in overnight for Tom Parker, who died yesterday aged just 33 following a long battle with a brain tumour.
Tom's death was announced via his wife, Kelsey, who said: "Tom passed away peacefully earlier today with all of his family by his side.
Our hearts are broken, Tom was the centre of our world and we can’t imagine life without his infectious smile and energetic presence." Tom revealed in 2020 that he was suffering with an inoperable, stage 4 brain tumour known as as glioblastoma.
Leading tributes were his bandmates in The Wanted Max George, Jay McGuinness, Nathan Sykes and Siva Kaneswaran, who said Tom "was our brother, words can’t express the loss and sadness we feel.
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