Former One Direction member Liam Payne has died. He was 31. Payne died after falling from his third-floor hotel room in Argentina, according to state police as reported by ABC News and CNN. The British singer rose to fame with the boy band One Direction, which was formed on the reality competition show The X Factor in 2010.
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00:00Former One Direction member Liam Payne has died. He was 31.
00:07Payne died after falling from his third-floor hotel room in Argentina,
00:11according to state police, as reported by ABC News and CNN.
00:15The British singer rose to fame with the boy band One Direction,
00:18which was formed on the reality competition show The X Factor in 2010.
00:23Following the release of their debut single,
00:25What Makes You Beautiful, in 2011, Payne and fellow group members
00:28Niall Horan, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik
00:32went on to become one of the best-selling boy bands of all time,
00:35with four No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200 chart
00:38and six top-ten hits on the Billboard Hot 100,
00:40including tracks like Best Song Ever and Story of My Life.
00:49The group went on an indefinite hiatus in 2016.
00:52Malik had departed the band a year prior.
00:55Payne later signed to Capitol Records UK
00:57and released his debut solo single, Strip That Down, featuring Quavo,
01:01which peaked at No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100.
01:08The singer released his debut EP, titled First Time, in August 2018,
01:12and his first solo studio album, titled LP1, the following year.
01:16Payne shared a son, Bear Gray Payne, born in 2017,
01:20with his ex-girlfriend, Cheryl Cole.
01:22He was currently dating influencer Kate Cassidy.
01:25For much more on the life and career of Liam Payne, go to THR.com.
01:29This is The Hollywood Reporter News.