Zayn Malik was born in Bradford, England, to Tricia (Brannan) and Yaser Malik, and is of Pakistani (father) and English-Irish (mother) descent. He had an early love for singing and performing, and at the age of 17 he competed in the television competition The X Factor. After judges Nicole Scherzinger and Simon Cowell grouped him with fellow competitors Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Liam Payne and Louis Tomlinson to form a new act, One Direction became one of the most popular finalists in their season of The X Factor.
Following the band's massive success, Malik left the group in 2015 to pursue a solo career. ZAYN signed with RCA Records and moved to Los Angeles, where he began working on his solo effort with James "Malay" Ho (Frank Ocean, Big Boi). His debut single, "Pillowtalk," was released in late January 2016 and debuted at #1 on the Billboard charts and his full-length debut album Mind of Mine was released on March 25, 2016.
ZAYN entered the fashion world in 2016 with his shoe collaboration with Giuseppe Zanotti and began working on his Versus Versace link (to be released May 2017). In August of 2016, Malik also signed on to executive produce the new television series BOYS with Law & Order creator Dick Wolf and Universal Pictures. The series is set to follow a boy band as they go through the waves of huge success similar to that of One Direction.
In late 2016, ZAYN re-entered the music world with the Taylor Swift assisted single, "I Don't Want To Live Forever" from the Fifty Shades Darker soundtrack. The song dominated debuted at #1 on the Digital Songs chart and #6 on the Billboard Hot 100. Malik followed the single up in March of 2017 with "Still Got Time" featuring PARTYNEXTDOOR which is the first official single off ZAYN's upcoming sophomore album.
He was a member of boy band One Direction.
Had he not auditioned for The X Factor, he would have liked to do an English Degree at University in the hopes of becoming a teacher.
During the bootcamp rounds of The X Factor: Celebrity (2004) in 2010, Malik was noted for disappearing during the dance routine as he felt nervous and uncomfortable about dancing in front of people, as he said he "can't dance". 西蒙·考威尔 found him sitting backstage and convinced him to participate anyway because if he didn't he'd be ruining the opportunity for himself. Returning to the dance routine proved to be a good move as he was later put into boy band One Direction.
One Direction were formed at the bootcamp stage of The X Factor: Celebrity (2004) in 2010 when the judges felt Malik, 路易斯·汤姆林斯, 利亚姆·佩恩, 哈里·斯泰尔斯 and 尼奥·贺兰 were too good to throw away, but not interesting enough to make it as soloists. The decision to put the five boys in the group proved to be popular as they made it to The X Factor final and were the only band to be included on the 2011 X Factor Tour.
He got over his fear of water when One Direction filmed the music video for "What Makes You Beautiful".
His first pet was a staffie dog named Tyson.
His favorite band is *NSYNC.
His first play was "Grease".
His father is of Pakistani descent. His mother has English, Irish, and distant Welsh, ancestry.
He is an artist, he even drew some of the pictures on One Direction's first album "Up All Night".
He has three sisters, one is older named Doniya and his younger sisters; Waliyha and Safaa.
United States and Canada on One Direction's US Tour. [May 2012]
In March 2015, he quit One Direction.
He can't swim.
Was in relationship with model 吉吉·哈迪德 from November 2015 to November 2018.
One Direction's 2011/2012 UK tour sold out in just 12 minutes.
Mother, Patricia 'Tricia' Malik (born 1969) converted to Islam when she married Zayn's father Yaser. They got divorced 1997.
Zayn Malik didn't have a passport before he was on X Factor.
Vas Happenin'
Tall quiff
Tattoos
Ear piercing
Attractive eyelashes
Quiet nature
Brown eyes