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Published 16:38 IST, November 25th 2020

Liam Payne of 'One Direction' talks about sharing an award with Zayn Malik post exit

Liam Payne, who shot to fame and stardom as a member of One Direction, spoke about the award they shared with Zayn Malik after his exit. Read to know more.

Reported by: Ganesh Raheja
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Liam Payne, who received fame and fortune as one of the lead members of the hit 5-member-big boy band, One Direction, spoke about the one time they shared an award with Zayn Malik. Liam spoke about how two months after Zayn’s exit from the group, he and the remaining members of the team took the stage at the prestigious Billboard Music Awards in 2015 in Las Vegas. Liam also spoke about how that day, the group shared the two awards they won that night, "Top Group" and "Top Touring Artists", with Zayn.

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One direction was formed in the year 2010 as each and every single member of the team performed individually at the British Television Show X-Factor. The band was brought together by one of the judges, Simon Cowell. The five would go on to perform as a band for nearly five years from then on. Between the years 2010-2015, the quintet produced nearly 60 Billboard Number One hits and sold north of 35 million copies of their albums worldwide.

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Upon nearing One Direction’s Anniversary, Zayn decided to go his own separate way, citing stress as a reason for his departure. Over the course of the next few months, each and every member of the boyband went their separate ways. Some of their most notable songs are What Makes You Beautiful, Night Changes, History and Best Song Ever. The band was particularly famous amongst the young ladies.

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If asked about the much-talked-about split of One Direction members, Liam Payne said that it is still indeed a difficult subject to talk about even now. Payne even said that everybody understood everybody’s intention. While some One Direction Members wanted to just live a normal life, others wanted to do what they had dreamed of all along, which is to become single artists themselves.

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In an online interaction with Alesso from the now-disbanded group Swedish House Mafia, Liam Payne let out the details on a possible One Direction reunion. Liam said that a reunion is most definitely on the cards and it will happen without Zayn Malik. Many industry analysts claim that there is, indeed, a chance of the same. The probability of a reunion has been set at 20 percent.

Updated 16:38 IST, November 25th 2020

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