Zayn Malik

Zain Javadd Malik born 12 January 1993 who records mononymously as ZAYN is an English singer and songwriter In 2010 Malik auditioned as a solo artist for the British reality television music competition The X Factor After being eliminated as a solo performer Malik was brought back into the competition along with Harry Styles Niall Horan Liam Payne and Louis Tomlinson to form the boy band One Direction During his time in the group Malik and his bandmates released the albums Up All Night 2011 Take Me Home 2012 Midnight Memories 2013 and Four 2014 In March 2015 Maliks representative announced the singers departure from the band Description above is from the Wikipedia article Zayn Malik licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia