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• August 29, 1993 - October 16, 2024
• BIGGEST POP SINGLE: "Strip That Down" (2017)
• GRAMMY AWARDS: 0

• Liam Payne was born on August 29, 1993 in England. He's best known for his being 1 of 5 members of the boy band One Direction before going solo in 2017. Liam's time with the band allowed him to explore and improve his vocals and song writing abilities. He also had the opportunity to produce under the names 'Big Payno' and 'Payno'.

• Liam auditioned for the talent competition show in the UK - The X Factor - at age 14, but was eliminated. Judge Simon Cowell suggested Liam come back to the competition in 2 years.

• Liam, again, auditioned for The X Factor and again was eliminated and was combined with 4 other eliminated contestants to form a group to compete on the show. The result was One Direction. The group came in third but still had worldwide success with their singles and albums.

• Liam signed a solo recording deal with Capitol Records.

# 16 Singles Artist of the Year

• June 3: Liam hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with help from Quavo with "Strip That Down."

• July 22: Liam hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with Zedd with "Get Low."

• August 12: Liam hit the Top 10 with help from Quavo with "Strip That Down."

• October 14: Liam topped the Billboard Pop Songs chart for 2 weeks with help from Quavo with "Strip That Down."

• November 4: Liam topped the Billboard Dance/Mix Show Airplay chart for 1 week with help from Quavo with "Strip That Down."
• November 18: Liam hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Bedroom Floor."

# 85 Singles Artist of the Year

• January 27: Liam hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with Rita Ora with "For You."

• May 12: Liam hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with J Balvin with "Familiar."

• August 20: The video for "Get Low" was nominated for a MTV Video Music Award for Best Dance Video.

• January 5: Liam topped the Billboard Dance Club Play Songs chart with Jonas Blue and Lennon Stella with "Polaroid."

• December 6: Liam released LP1

• October 16: Liam died at age 31 after falling from an Argentina hotel third floor balcony.

LP1 Released: December 6, 2019 Tracks: "Stack It Up" (featuring A Boogie Wit da Hoodie) - "Remember" - "Heart Meet Break" - "Hips Don't Lie" - "Tell Your Friends" - "Say It All" - "Rude Hours" - "Live Forever" (with Cheat Codes) - "Weekend" - "Both Ways" - "Strip That Down" (featuring Quavo) - "For You" (with Rita Ora) - "Familiar" (with J Balvin) - "Polaroid" (featuring Jonas Blue & Lennon Stella)

1	"Strip That Down" [Liam Payne featuring Quavo] from the LP LP1 ARC chart run: 39 - 31 - 27 - 25 - 24 - 20 - 18 - 15 - 12 - 11 - 8 - 7 - 7 - 7 - 5 - 5 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 2 - 3 - 5 - 6 - 11 - 16 - 23 - 35 - 38 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 9 RIAA Certification: 3x Platinum Billboard # 1: Pop Songs, Dance/Mix Show Airplay	2	28	2017	iTunes Amazon.mp3
2	Familiar [Liam Payne & J Balvin] from the LP LP1 ARC chart run: 36 - 33 - 25 - 25 - 25 - 25 - 25 - 21 - 21 - 34 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 92	21	10	2018	iTunes Amazon.mp3
3	Get Low [Zedd & Liam Payne] from the digital download RIAA Certification: Gold ARC chart run: 40 - 34 - 27 - 22 - 22 - 22 - 22 - 24 - 29 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 98 MTV VMA Nominee: Best Dance Video	22	9	2017	iTunes Amazon.mp3
4	Bedroom Floor from the digital download ARC chart run: 38 - 36 - 32 - 32 - 31 - 28 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 123	28	6	2017	iTunes Amazon.mp3
5	For You [Liam Payne & Rita Ora] from the Fifty Shades Freed soundtrack ARC chart run: 39 - 35 - 35 - 37 - 37 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 132	35	5	2018	iTunes Amazon.mp3
Note: Song title and position links lead you to the song's ARC Weekly Top 40 chart run Songs charting prior to 1980 have information from Billboard magazine.