Happy 33rd Birthday to the hugely talented Pop Icon, Liam Payne! 🐐🤍 🕊️ #LiamPayne rose to global fame as a founding member of the massively popular boy band One Direction, after appearing on The X Factor in 2010! The band sold over 70 million records, and became one of the best-selling boy bands of All Time and the first group to have its first four albums debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. Liam co-wrote dozens of the group’s smash hits, then launched his own very successful solo career, becoming a chart-topping, record-breaking, history-making Solo Artist in his own right! He has sold over 18 million singles, 2.4M Albums and drew over 3.9 Billion career streams after One Direction's hiatus! In May 2017, Liam released "Strip That Down" via Republic Records, the lead single from his much awaited debut album! "Strip That Down" debuted at #2 in Australia & Ireland, #3 in the UK & Scotland, #4 in Belgium & New Zealand, #6 in Malaysia and #7 in Finland & Greece. It reached #10 on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming Payne's first top ten as a solo artist and Quavo's 4th. Liam became the 3rd member of One Direction to achieve a solo top 10 single on the Hot 100, following Zayn and Harry Styles. One Direction joined The Beatles, Fleetwood Mac, and New Edition as the only groups at the time with at least 3 members with solo Hot 100 songs reaching the top 10! "Strip That Down" reached No. 1 on Billboard's Pop Airplay chart and Billboard's Dance/Mix Show Airplay chart, with Liam making history, becoming the 1st Solo Artist from an all-male vocal group to top the latter! The song received multi-platinum certifications in both the US and UK! In 2018, Liam released "For You", a collaboration with Rita Ora which became a global smash hit, receiving gold and platinum certifications in multiple countries! Liam's debut album, LP1, was released in December 2019 and was a Top 20 hit in the UK reaching #17. Liam released the single "Teardrops" in March 2024. The single was co-written with NSYNC member JC Chasez and reached #3 on the Official Singles Downloads Chart and #5 on the Official Singles Sales Chart! Liam became the first global brand ambassador for German brand Hugo Boss in May 2019. The first Hugo x Liam Payne capsule collection was revealed during Berlin Fashion Week in July 2020. Their 2nd capsule collection launched in May 2020. In January 2020, Liam starred in the Hugo Boss fragrance campaign for 'Hugo Now'. Liam was also a very active Philanthropist and supported Comic Relief with One Direction and a new initiative titled Action 1D "to help better the future". He was an avid supporter of UNICEF and teamed up with tennis star Andy Murray, Jack Whitehall and Clare Balding to support UNICEF UK's Children in Danger Summer Disease Appeal. Liam also teamed up with Eddie Jordan in support of UK based charity CLIC Sargent. Liam was also an ambassador of Trekstock. His original campaign with Trekstock in 2013 raised $784,198. In 2015, he raised an additional $211,237. Liam was also named an ambassador of Sustainable Development Goals also known as the Global Goals campaign. He gave a much needed push to a £6 million youth project, "The Youth Zone", in his hometown of Wolverhampton. Payne co-hosted a charity ball in honour of Believe in Magic, an organisation that supported terminally ill children, with Louis Tomlinson. Collectively Louis and Liam donated over £5 million at the event. In 2018, Payne and Tomlinson filmed an episode of Gogglebox in support for Stand Up to Cancer! Liam was also an advocate for food security, and in 2020 became a donor to the Trussell Trust and its network of UK food banks, funding over 360,000 meals during the COVID-19 pandemic. Liam also donated £80,000 and volunteered to help out in person at Euston Food Bank and Food for All in Holborn, a fact that was not revealed until after his death as he had requested it to remain private. In May 2020, Liam supported the Black Lives Matter movement, attending the London Black Lives Matter protests, and encouraged fans to educate themselves and donate. In 2022, Liam participated in Soccer Aid 2022, as captain of the English team, returning in the 2023 edition! Liam also donated thousands of pounds to various GoFundMe pages a month before his death, making sure people got the operations they needed! Liam helped define a generation of pop as a member of One Direction, one of the best-selling boy bands ever, then left a solo catalog led by hits like “Strip That Down.” His voice, songwriting, and the devotion of Directioners remain his biggest mark on the world!