Weight: 70 kg
Date of birth: January 12, 1993 (Age 23)
Zayn Malik is a famous English singer and musician, who became popular thanks to the band ‘One Direction’. This band was founded in 2010 and consisted of the participants of the show ‘The X Factor’. Since that moment all five members of this group were on the highest pinnacle of fame in Great Britain and later all over the world.
Zayn Malik was born in 1993 in Bradford, England. He was the only son in their family and had two younger sisters. Before he made the decision to take part in the show ‘The X Factor’ he studded at Tong High School. Speaking about his childhood Zayn was an irrepressible child and it was very difficult for his mother to cope with him. When he was a schoolboy his parents noticed a taste for singing and encouraged his talent.
In 2010, at the age of 17 Malik took part in ‘The X Factor’ in Manchester. His song ‘Let Me Love You’ was appreciated by juri and that’s why a young man was accepted into the next round. Initially he was eliminated as the solo performer, like the other participants of this show. But later the producers offered five participants to perform on the stage together and in such a way the boy’s band ‘One Direction’ was created. This group was considered to be one of the most popular in the world and was regard as a competitor to modern pop and rock musicians.
Despite of the fact, that initially Zayn was not so popular as the other members, later his talent was evident and millions of fans paid attention to Zayn Malik. As Zayn confessed, very often people didn’t take him seriously because of his Arabian appearance.
Singing in ‘One Direction’ Malik became the author of the following songs: ‘Taken’, ‘Why Don’t We Go There’, ‘Everything About You’ and was acknowledged to be the most energetic participant.
In the course of the years of being the member of ‘One Direction’ Zayn Malik made a great number of tattoos. Zayn confessed that all his tattoos mean too much for the singer and remind him of the pleasant moments in his life and also help to develop his skills.
If to speak about his bad habits it worth to be mentioned that Zayn smokes. He knows that this bad habit did harm to his voice and in every way tries to leave off smoking.
Zayan Malik is a tall and handsome young man with light brown eyes and a great number of girls have a dream to date with him. Almost all the girls he dated were the participants of the show ‘The X Factor’. The first girlfriend was Rebecca Ferguson. Their relationship for a long period was the main topic for discussion and both of them constantly either confirmed or denied it. His next choice was Perrie Edwards. Their relationship was full of quarrels but they even engaged in 2013.
Zayn likes football and supports his favourite team Manchester United.
By the way he is the first Muslim who achieved success in a popular British show ‘The X Factor’.
In March 2015 Zayn announced that he plans the departure from ‘One Direction’ and wants to start his solo career. Five years of being the member of this boy’s band were great and he is grateful to the experience he had received there.