Tributes from throughout the music business poured in Wednesday night for Liam Payne, with information rising that the One Direction member had died at the age of 31 after reportedly falling from a resort in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
The English singer entered the music business after showing as a competitor on “The X Issue” in 2008. The looks was solely his first, with Payne returning to this system two years later alongside Harry Types, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik. The quintet positioned third and had been rapidly signed to Simon Cowell’s Syco Leisure, starting a partnership that may launch One Path as one of the in style and highest-selling boy bands of all time.
The group achieved music business dominance from 2010 to 2016, promoting greater than 70 million information worldwide boosted by chart-topping hits like “What Makes You Lovely,” “Night time Adjustments” and “Story of My Life.” In 2017, Payne debuted as a solo singer with “Strip That Down,” after One Path had introduced an indefinite hiatus. His debut album “LP1” was launched in 2019.
“I’m in shock proper now. Liam was at all times so sort to me. He was one of many first main artists I set to work with. I can not consider he’s gone,” Charlie Puth wrote on his Instagram story. “I’m so upset proper now, could he relaxation in peace.”
“Simply talked to you 2 days in the past my man. Ima miss u frfr,” rapper Ty Dolla Signal wrote on his Instagram story, sharing a video of Payne.
“So upsetting to listen to the information of [Liam Payne] passing,” Paris Hilton wrote on X. “Sending love and condolences to his household & family members. 🙏 RIP my good friend”
The Irish duo act Jedward, who additionally competed on “X Issue UK,” despatched power to Liam Payne’s son Bear and Bear’s mom Cheryl.
See extra tributes to Payne beneath.
