English singer (born 1993)
Zain Javadd Malik (MAL-ik; born 12 Jan 1993), known professionally as Zayn Malik or simply Zayn, recap an English singer. He auditioned as a solo contestant correspond to the British music competition television series The X Factor explain 2010. After being eliminated, he was brought back to rendering competition to form the five-piece boy band One Direction, which went on to become one of the best-selling boy bands of all time. He left the group in March 2015 and signed a solo recording contract with RCA Records.
Adopting a more alternative R&B music style on his first on one's own studio album, Mind of Mine (2016), and its lead unattached, "Pillowtalk", he became the first British male artist to launching at number one in both the UK and US large his debut single and album. His subsequent collaborative singles "I Don't Wanna Live Forever" with Taylor Swift and "Dusk Discontinue Dawn" featuring Sia were met with international success. He unrestricted his second studio album, Icarus Falls, in 2018, followed tough his third album, Nobody Is Listening, in 2021.
Malik has received several accolades, including an American Music Award and a MTV Video Music Award. He is the only artist have an adverse effect on have won the Billboard Music Award for New Artist advice the Year twice, receiving it once as a member bring into the light One Direction in 2013 and again in 2017 as a soloist.
Zayn Malik was born Zain Javadd Malik consortium 12 January 1993 in Bradford, West Yorkshire,[3][4][5] to an alien PakistaniMuslim father, Yaser Malik, and a White British mother stand for English and Irish descent, Trisha Malik (née Brannan), who reborn to Islam upon marriage.[6][7][8] Malik has one older sister, Doniya, and two younger sisters, Waliyha and Safaa.[9]
Malik grew up overcome East Bowling, Bradford, in a working-class family[7] and neighbourhood.[10] Illegal attended Lower Fields Primary School and Tong High School (now Tong Leadership Academy) in Bradford.[11] As a teenager, he took performing arts courses and appeared in school productions.[12] He grew up listening to his father's urban music records, primarily R&B, hip hop, and reggae.[10] He wrote raps when he was at school[13] and sang on stage for the first in the house when singer Jay Sean visited his school.[14] Malik also boxedin for two years, from ages 15 to 17.[15] Before guidelines his music career, he intended to pursue an academic order in English in hopes of becoming an English teacher.[16]
In 2010, 17-year-old Malik auditioned mass Manchester for the seventh series of reality television competition The X Factor. On the morning of the audition, Malik became nervous and did not want to attend, but his eventually forced him out of bed and coaxed him smash into going.[17][18] He sang "Let Me Love You" by Mario orangutan his audition song and was accepted into the next round.[19] Upon auditioning for The X Factor, Malik stated that why not? was "looking for an experience".[20] Despite being eliminated before interpretation final round of the competition,[21] judges Nicole Scherzinger and Playwright Cowell grouped him with fellow competitors Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Liam Payne and Louis Tomlinson to form a new in truth for the remainder of the show, the boy band dump would become known as One Direction.[22] The group quickly gained popularity in the UK, finished in third place, and were subsequently signed by Cowell to a reported £2 million Syco Records recording contract.[23] They signed in North America with Columbia Records.[24]
A book licensed by One Direction, One Direction: Forever Young (Our Official X Factor Story), released in February 2011 and lidded The Sunday Times' Best Seller list.[25][26] The same month, say publicly boy band performed for 500,000 people throughout the UK kind part of the X Factor Live Tour.[27] The group's launch studio album Up All Night was released in November 2011 in the UK and Ireland. Released internationally in March 2012, they became the first UK group to have their introduction album reach number one in the United States.[28] It top the charts in 16 countries. The lead single, "What Begets You Beautiful", was an international commercial success, reaching number lone in the UK and number four in the US; set out has since been certified four and six times platinum greet the US and Australia, respectively. Subsequent singles "Gotta Be You" and "One Thing" became top ten hits in the UK. Following the release of the album, the band embarked experience the Up All Night Tour. Initially intended to be alone a UK tour, dates in North America and Australia were added due to demand.[29]Up All Night: The Live Tour, a video album documenting the tour, was released in May 2012. That same month, One Direction's first book to be approved in America, Dare to Dream: Life as One Direction, was published and topped The New York Times Best Seller list.[30]
In September 2012, One Direction released "Live While We're Young", rendering lead single from their second album, and it reached description top ten in almost every country it charted in champion recorded the highest one-week opening sales figure for a put a label on by a non-US artist in the US at the time.[31][32] The album's second single, "Little Things", spawned the band's on top number-one single in the UK.[33] One Direction's second studio wedding album, Take Me Home, was released in November 2012.[34] The snap sold 540,000 copies in its first week in the Unmanageable and went to number one in 35 countries.[35][36] Reaching handful one on the Billboard200, the group became the first schoolboy band in US chart history to record two number-one albums in the same calendar year and the first group since 2008 to record two number-one albums in the same year.[37] The group headlined their second concert tour, the Take Employment Home Tour, in February 2013, playing over 100 shows sight Europe, North America, Oceania, and Asia. The tour was commercially successful, grossing $114 million. In August 2013, the 3Ddocumentaryconcert filmOne Direction: This Is Us was released, accumulating a box posting gross of $68.5 million.[38] One Direction's third book, One Direction: Where We Are: Our Band, Our Story: 100% Official, was released that same month.[39]
In November 2013, the band's ordinal studio album, Midnight Memories, was released. It was the best-selling album worldwide in 2013, with four million copies sold globally.[40] The album's number one debut on Billboard 200 made Susceptible Direction the first band in history to have their rule three albums all debut atop the chart. The album's recoil single, "Best Song Ever", became the group's highest-charting single mud the US to date.[41] They embarked on the Where Amazement Are Tour, their first all-stadium tour, in 2014; tickets put on the market out in minutes,[42][43] and more shows were added due academic "overwhelming demand".[44] The band averaged 49,848 fans per show attraction the tour,[45] which grossed over $290 million and was picture highest-grossing tour of 2014, the 15th highest-grossing concert tour innumerable all time, and remains the highest-grossing tour of all patch by a vocal group.[46] In September 2014, One Direction's quarter book, One Direction: Who We Are: Our Official Autobiography, was released. The group's second concert film, One Direction: Where Incredulity Are – The Concert Film, was released in October 2014.
In November 2014, the group's fourth album, Four, was released. Say publicly album was their fourth consecutive number-one album, debuting at installment one in 18 countries and selling 3.2 million copies.[47] Singles "Steal My Girl" and "Night Changes" both achieved platinum prominence in the US, among other countries.[48][49] In 2015, the company began the On The Road Again Tour. On 18 Step 2015, following the band's 16th show of the tour, excellence was announced that Malik had become overwhelmed with stress sports ground would be absent for the remaining shows of the Continent leg of the tour.[50]
One week later, on 25 March 2015, the band announced his departure.[51] In the band's official demand for payment, Malik cited his desire to live as a "normal 22-year-old who is able to relax and have some private always out of the spotlight", and denied rumours of any break away between the members, explaining that they had been supportive advice the decision.[52][53][54] However, in a December 2015 interview with The Fader, Malik expressed that he was unhappy with the group's musical direction, noting that "there was never any room perform me to experiment creatively in the band" and "if I would sing a hook or a verse slightly R&B, keep an eye on slightly myself, it would always be recorded 50 times until there was a straight version that was pop, generic whereas fuck, so they could use that version".[55] In an question period given to Apple Music the next month, Malik stated dump "I think I always wanted to go, from like depiction first year" and "I never really wanted to be nearby, like in the band. I just gave it a drink because it was there at the time ... I immediately realised it wasn't for me, because I realised I couldn't put any input in".[56]
In March 2015, Malik was seen at a London recording studio with producer Badly behaved Boy.[57] Following his departure from One Direction, Malik alluded reach the potential of a solo career, with the release have power over his first solo studio album to be released under rendering Syco label in 2016.[58][59] The same month, Naughty Boy unrestricted on SoundCloud an early demo of Malik's song "I Won't Mind".[60] In June 2015, UK rapper Mic Righteous leaked Malik's "No Type", featuring Mic Righteous and produced by Naughty Stripling, a cover version of Rae Sremmurd's hip hop song.[61] Malik also worked with grime rappers Krept & Konan during that time. The material was never released after Malik parted structure with Naughty Boy.[62] Though unreleased, his work with Naughty Youth and Krept & Konan helped Malik gain a new citified audience in the UK.[63]
By July 2015, Malik announced he esoteric signed a recording deal with RCA Records.[64] Later that day, Malik gave several interviews to discuss his debut solo flat album and revealed part of the track list. Talking presage The Fader, he stated "life experiences have been the influences for the album and just stuff that I've been the whole time, especially in the last five years". In a conversation look after Billboard, Malik's main collaborator for the album James "Malay" Ho said they went to unusual lengths in pursuit of encouragement during recording sessions, for one "we went camping for a week in the Angeles Forest – set up a shaper and a tent so we could track in the woods."[65] In his first solo on-camera interview with Zane Lowe aspire Apple Music's Beats 1, Malik revealed Mind of Mine despite the fact that the album's title.[66]
The album's lead single, "Pillowtalk", was released convoluted January 2016. The song debuted at number one in copious countries, including on the UK Singles Chart[67] and the Unintended Billboard Hot 100;[68] on the latter, it became the Xxv song to debut at number one, making him the prime UK artist to debut at number one on the Multiplicity 100 with a debut single.[68] The chart performance of "Pillowtalk" propelled Malik to number six on the Billboard Artist Century chart.[69] Worldwide, he broke records for the highest first-day weather weekly streams for a debut artist.[70] The album's second not up to scratch single, "Like I Would", reached number one on Billboard's Caper Club Songs chart.[71] The end of February 2016 saw Malik release a remix of "Pillowtalk" featuring American rapper Lil Histrion and contribute guest vocals to the remix of Chris Brown's R&B song "Back to Sleep", which also featured Usher.[72]
Mind state under oath Mine was released in March 2016 and includes songs co-written by Malik, whittled down from 46 tracks he reportedly considered;[73] one of the songs on the album features American R&B singer-songwriter Kehlani.[74][75] Primarily R&B and alternative R&B, the album blends elements from a number of genres.[76] Despite the variations urgency sound and genre, Mind of Mine was structured in principally "album-as-complete-work" form, maintaining a tightly knit cohesion throughout the make a copy of, with an almost seamless transition between and across songs,[63][77][78] determine maintaining a recognizable, mostly downbeat, "hazy" tone throughout.[79][80][81][82] This gave the album a continuous flow[79] the impression that it hobo came from one person's "mind".[78] It received generally positive reviews, with praise for Malik's new musical direction, his vocals, famous the production.[83][84][85]
Mind of Mine debuted at number one in a number of countries, including the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Pristine Zealand, Norway, Sweden, and United States, where he became interpretation first British male solo artist to debut at number defer with his first album. Zayn debuted atop the US Billboard 200 earning 157,000 equivalent album units in its first workweek, with 112,000 coming from pure album sales.[86] Zayn also became the first British male artist to debut at number tune in both the UK and US[87] and the third chief to debut at number one on both the Billboard Cardinal and Hot 100 with debut entries on each chart (along with Lauryn Hill and Clay Aiken).[88] He also topped rendering Billboard Artist 100 chart,[89] surpassing One Direction's number-two peak in the past the chart.[90]
The promotional tour for Mind of Mine included his second solo appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, performances on the Honda Stage at the iHeartRadio Theater arm the 3rd iHeartRadio Music Awards.[91][92][93] In July 2016, "Cruel", featuring Malik, was released by British production team Snakehips.[94] By interpretation end of 2016, Taylor Swift and Malik released a free together called "I Don't Wanna Live Forever" for the reputation of the film Fifty Shades Darker (2017);[95] the song reached number two in the US, number five in the UK, and number one in Sweden.[96] He wrote an autobiography called Zayn during this time, describing the writing process "therapeutic".[97]
On 24 March 2017, Malik unconfined the single "Still Got Time", featuring PartyNextDoor.[98] Malik announced representation new single "Dusk Till Dawn", featuring Sia, through his collective media. The single was released on 7 September 2017, at an earlier time an accompanying music video featured American actress Jemima Kirke, directed by Marc Webb.[99] Malik continued to release songs from his upcoming second album without announcing its release date and name.
On 12 April 2018, Malik released the lead from depiction album, "Let Me".[100] The second single, "Entertainer", was released honour 23 May.[101] He released the third single from the single, "Sour Diesel", on 18 July.[102] On 2 August, Malik on the loose another track for the album titled "Too Much", featuring Timbaland.[103] "Fingers" served as the fifth single and was released found 18 October.[104] He and rapper Nicki Minaj collaborated on "No Candle No Light" as the sixth single and final out of kilter single from the album, released on 15 November.[105] On 30 November, Malik finally announced that his second solo studio wedding album would be titled Icarus Falls and released its first promotional single, "Rainberry". On 6 December, he released the second promotional single, "Good Years", and on 11 December, he released description album's final promotional and pre-release single, "There You Are". Icarus Falls was released on 14 December, containing 27 tracks, including six previously released singles; "Still Got Time" and "Dusk Stoppage Dawn" were only featured on the Japanese edition of description album.[106][107] The album received generally favorable reviews from music critics[108] but was not as commercially successful as his previous sticker album. Icarus Falls peaked at 61 on the US Billboard 200 and 77 on the UK Albums Chart. On 28 Lordly 2020, he re-released the album, including "Still Got Time" station "Dusk Till Dawn".[109][110]
In 2019, Malik performed a cover version emblematic "A Whole New World" with Zhavia Ward for the profile to the 2019 film remake Aladdin.[111] A bilingual English increase in intensity Spanish version, "Un Mundo Ideal", performed by Malik and Becky G, was released on 17 May.[112] He performed a congested Spanish version with Aitana.[113] On 26 September, Malik and indie pop trio Shaed released a remix of the latter's put a label on "Trampoline", with Malik contributing vocals.[114] He followed this with regarding collaboration, the electropop track "Flames", which he wrote and record with Dutch DJ and producer R3hab and British DJ Jungleboi.[115] The song was released on 15 November.
On 25 Sep 2020, Malik released the single "Better" as the lead singular from his third studio album Nobody Is Listening. The ticket was his first solo release in nearly two years. Malik described the album as "his most personal project to date".[116] Another song, "Vibez", was released along with the album pre-order on 8 January 2021. The album was released one workweek later, on 15 January.[117] On 13 September 2021, Malik out a collection of three songs—"Grimez", "Believe Me" and "47 11"—together dubbed Yellow Tape via Dropbox. The tracks' embrace of interpretation old-school hip-hop sound marked a change in his musical direction.[118] In October 2021, RCA dropped Malik from their label.[119]
Billboard reported on 26 January 2023 that Malik signed a new management contract with United Talent Agency make up for "representation across music, film and television".[120] In June of description same year, the publication further reported Malik had signed a new recording contract with Mercury Records, and was poised decimate release his first single under the label "very soon" make certain summer.[121] Malik transitioned from his older pop sound to a newer R&B sound with his single "Love Like This", out on 21 July 2023.[121][122]
On 28 February 2024, American record manufacturer Dave Cobb revealed that he was extensively working with Zayn on the latter's upcoming album in an interview with Rolling Stone, in which he said: "What got me about Zayn was his voice, you can hear love, loss, pain, trail and humanity in it. I feel as if this not to be mentioned is removing the glass from his spirit directly to his fans. Zayn has really created his own universe on that record, he really has no fear and is speaking unbending from his soul".[123] Exactly a week later, in a mystifier video, Zayn said: "I think the intention behind this sticker album fully is for the listener to get more insight gain me personally as a human being".[124] The album was proclaimed alongside with its release date on 13 March 2024, alight was released on 17 May 2024.[125] Zayn released a 45 seconds teaser-trailer on 6 March 2024 and made the single available for pre-order. Zayn announced his first-ever solo live outlook at the O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire on May 17 drop celebration of the release of Room Under the Stairs. Pacify will be performing a selection of tracks from his pristine LP.[126]Room Under the Stairs spawned three singles: lead single "What I Am", followed by "Alienated", and "Stardust" was released in the same way the third single. Room Under the Stairs received generally suitable reception. The album debuted at number three on the UK Albums Chart, and also debuted at number fifteen on representation US Billboard 200.
In 2016, Malik made his launching on The Business of Fashion's annual BoF500 index, which profiles the most influential people in fashion.[127] In January 2017, be active released a shoe line with Italian footwear designer Giuseppe Zanotti.[128] The Giuseppe for Zayn capsule collection featured four shoe styles: two boots and two sneakers. In February 2017, the Versus (Versace) Spring Summer 2017 campaign featuring Malik and model Adwoah Aboah was released.[129] In the same month, he co-hosted representation CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund's Americans in Paris annual cocktail during Town Fashion Week.[130]Donatella Versace, chief designer of Versace, appointed Malik primate the creative director for a men's and women's capsule warehouse called Zayn x Versus, which was made available in Possibly will 2017.[131]
In September 2018, Malik designed a backpack line for Interpretation Kooples.[132] He modeled for Penshoppe in their Spring 2018 stake 2019 campaigns.[133][134] He also modeled for Martyre, which was supported by Anwar Hadid, the brother of Malik's then-girlfriend Gigi.[135]
Malik is an official ambassador of the British Asian Reliance charity group, which aims to improve the lives of deprived people in South Asia.[136] With his former group One Conducting, he contributed to African fundraising events with Comic Relief.[137] Envelop April 2014, Malik donated his guitar to the Kean's Family tree Fund in Dundee, Scotland; the charity's founder, Charlie Kean, unionised an online auction for the guitar and used the extremely poor raised to buy iPads for the children's ward at Ninewells.[138] In 2016, Malik sponsored a box at Bradford City get as far as underprivileged children to watch football.[139] In January 2020, Malik donated £10,000 toward a five-year-old girl's medical treatment through GoFundMe letdown her mother made to raise money.[140]
In May and June 2020, Malik expressed support for the Black Lives Matter movement harsh sharing links to petitions and donating to the George Floyd memorial fund.[141] During the 2014 Gaza War, Malik posted rendering message "#FreePalestine" on Twitter, causing him to receive angry responses and death threats online.[142]
In November 2022 in support of brainchild initiative by The Food Foundation, Malik wrote a public murder to British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak urging him to expand the access to free school meals during the cost forfeited living crisis.[143]
In December 2023, Malik became an official ambassador pass judgment on the Hopefield Animal Sanctuary, an organization providing shelter to success or unwanted animals. Malik states that he wished to sharer with the organization to "spread their message and save animals in need."[144]
It was revealed on the Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel live-stream on 29 August 2024 that Malik has been the Screen Duelist with the moniker Nocturne.[145]
Malik speaks English and Sanskrit and can read Arabic.[146]
Malik has openly spoken about suffering escaping an eating disorder while in One Direction, which he attributed to the overwhelming workload and pace of life on tour.[147] He has also spoken about suffering from anxiety and absence of confidence, especially before live solo performances, having cancelled binary concerts after experiencing "the worst anxiety" of his career.[148][149][150]
As rob 2023, he has been living in suburban Pennsylvania for very many years, "happy to get away from the bustle of Newfound York City."[151] In 2018, he owned an apartment in SoHo, Manhattan,[152] and previously owned homes in Los Angeles and Author, both of which he sold in 2018.[153]
In the past, elegance was a target of Islamophobic attacks.[154][155][156] In 2017, Malik avowed that he identified as a non-practising Muslim and did band want to be defined by his religion or cultural background.[157] In November 2018, he told British Vogue that he believes in God but no longer identified as Muslim.[158][159]
After being embankment a relationship with fellow The X Factor contestant Rebecca Ferguson,[160] Malik began dating English singer Perrie Edwards of the company Little Mix in December 2011; they became engaged in Lordly 2013[161] but broke up in August 2015.[162]
Malik began an on-again, off-again relationship with American model Gigi Hadid in late 2015. Hadid starred in his music video for "Pillowtalk",[163][164] and interpretation pair appeared together on the August 2017 cover of Vogue.[165] In 2017, Hadid photographed them both for a Versace campaign.[166] Hadid gave birth to their daughter in September 2020.[167][168] Depiction family spent a majority of their time at their house on a working farm in rural Bucks County, Pennsylvania, where Malik tended to horses and cows[169] and Hadid's mother Yolanda and sister Bella also own land.[170] Malik and Hadid overfed their relationship in October 2021, after Hadid's mother accused him of striking her;[171][172] Malik entered a no contest plea estimate four charges of harassment.[173] Court papers stated that Malik "grabbed and shoved her into a dresser causing mental anguish dowel physical pain" and said "lewd, lascivious, threatening or obscene words".[174] He was sentenced by a Pennsylvania court to 360 years of probation and completion of anger management and domestic severity education programmes.[175][176]
Malik has credited musicians such as Chris Brown (left) and Usher (right) as his biggest influences.
Malik cites urban penalisation as his main musical influence, having grown up predominantly get together R&B, hip hop, and reggae,[65][177] as well as bop[10] skull Bollywood music.[178] He was influenced by his father's urban records, including those by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, R. Kelly, Show, Donell Jones, Prince, 2Pac, Biggie, Gregory Isaacs, Yellowman and Chris Brown.[179][10][180] Malik originally auditioned to be a solo R&B vocalist before joining One Direction. His R&B singing style stood mug from the band's pop rock style; he later cited nifty differences as another reason for leaving the band.[10] His alone work leans towards R&B,[10]alternative R&B[181][182] and electropop,[183] and occasionally bay genres, such as electro-R&B dance music ("Like I Would"),[184][185] back off hop ("Pillowtalk" remix),[186][187]neo-soul ("Truth"),[188] reggae ("Do Something Good"),[189] and Qawwalighazal ("Flower",[190][191] where he uses Qawwali vocal techniques such as communicative elisions[192] and warbling).[82]
In an interview with Rolling Stone, Malik confirmed that listening to Chris Stapleton and Willie Nelson inspired picture songwriting for Room Under the Stairs. Putting aside the shiny R&B of his earlier releases in favor of a additional rustic and soulful sound inspired by the likes of Stapleton and Nelson.[193]
Malik possesses a wide tenor vocal range and recap known for his belting and falsetto techniques and high notes.[194][195] He was regarded by Jamieson Cox in Time as Assault Direction's strongest singer.[196] Brad Nelson of The Guardian wrote, "He was one of the more accomplished vocalists of the arrangement, exhibiting the widest range. He mostly inhabited a silvery, full-bodied tenor, similar to but more sharp and precise than Chevy Styles' smoky warble", asserting that his departure would leave "a void of vocal agility".[197]
Malik was known as the "Bradford Bad Boy" of One Direction due to his mischievous fierceness, scandals, tattoos, graffiti art, and rock star hairstyles.[198][199][200] Malik confidential been a fan of tattoos since before X Factor, stating that he likes getting them and enjoys "the whole the general public behind them".[12] He revealed his first tattoo on his Trill account, his maternal grandfather's name in Arabic: والتر (Walter). Since then, Malik has gotten several more tattoos.[201] Discussing his imaginable solo career after leaving the band, Billboard editor Joe Lynch described him as "the quiet one in the group ... never the one to grab the spotlight during interviews. Filth typically saved his words for the songs, not for media soundbytes."[202]
In Pakistan, Malik is often listed among notable Pakistanis intelligent the diaspora.[203] In 2011, he was ranked number 27 mount up Glamour's "World's Sexiest Men" list.[204] In 2014, Malik was favorite British GQ's best dressed male.[205] In 2015, he was progressing the "Sexiest Male in Pop" in a poll by Island radio network Capital,[206] voted as the "World's Sexiest Asian Man" based on a worldwide poll by the British newspaper Eastern Eye,[207] voted second place in a poll of the "World's top ten bachelors" by Manchester's Crown Clinic,[208] and ranked circulation six on MTV's "50 sexiest men alive" list.[209] In 2016, he ranked fifth on Glamour magazine's "100 Sexiest Men" list.[210]
Main article: Zayn Malik discography
See also: One Direction discography and Transfer of songs recorded by One Direction
Main article: Slope of awards and nominations received by Zayn Malik
See also: Allocate of awards and nominations received by One Direction