Liam Payne death latest: Six of One Direction star’s songs to enter charts after singer dies in Buenos Aires
Singer died aged 31 after falling from the third-floor balcony of a hotel in Buenos Aires, sparking tributes from his One Direction bandmates, family and friends
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Your support makes all the difference.Liam Payne‘s music looks set to re-enter the charts this week, in the wake of his death aged 31.
The One Direction star’s songs with the pop group, including “Night Changes”, “Story of My Life” and “What Makes you Beautiful” are all on track to make the Top 50, the Official Charts Company reports.
Payne’s solo songs, including “Teardrops”, “For You” with pop singer Rita Ora, and his debut single “Strip That Down” are also set to re-enter the charts.
Over the weekend, hundreds of fans stood in silence in London’s Hyde Park while mourning the singer, where they left flowers, candles and heart-shaped balloons,
Payne’s former One Direction bandmates have said they are “devastated” over the singer’s death, while Cheryl, the mother of Payne’s 7-year-old son Bear, has opened up about her grief at an “indescribably painful time.”
Singer Zayn Malik announced last week that he was postponing his forthcoming US tour, after he and the surviving 1D bandmembers shared their own tributes.
Payne’s cause of death was revealed in a preliminary autopsy on Thursday 17 October. Photos taken by officials of his hotel room showed it in a state of disarray, with a smashed TV screen and debris scattered around the surfaces.
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Singer, who rose to fame as a member of boyband One Direction, died aged 31 after falling from a hotel in Buenos Aires
VIDEO: Liam Payne fans sing 'What Makes You Beautiful' at Hyde Park vigil
Liam Payne songs to re-enter charts after singer’s death
One Direction songs are set to re-enter the top 40 in the charts following Liam Payne's death, aged 31.
“Night Changes”, former No 2 single “Story Of My Life” and chart-topper “What Makes You Beautiful” are being played by fans in huge numbers, according to the Official Charts Company,
“What Makes You Beautiful”, the debut single from Payne and his bandmates Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik and Harry Styles after they rose to fame on The X Factor in 2010, has been sung at memorials to the singer this weekend.
The UK charts could also see Payne's solo tracks rise on Friday, with his last single “Teardrops”, “For You” with singer Rita Ora and “Strip That Down” with rapper Quavo all set to be in the top 100.
Liam Payne fans sing ‘What Makes You Beautiful’ at Hyde Park vigil
Hundreds of fans gathered in Hyde Park to sing One Direction’s ‘What Makes You Beautiful’ during a vigil for Liam Payne.
The 31-year-old tragically died after falling from a third-story balcony in a hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on October 16, 2024.
Attendees held posters, balloons, and flowers in the west London park as they came together to pay their respects.
Vigils were also held in various locations across England over the weekend.
In the wake of Liam Payne’s death, a leading figure within the music industry has called on measures to be introduced to stop youngsters being pushed into pop stardom.
Payne was 16 when he became a member of One Direction on The X Factor, but Guy Chambers, the former songwriter for Robbie Williams, now wants the music industry to stop working with talent under the age of 18.
More than 100 Liam Payne fans gather in Hyde Park to remember singer
Liam Payne given ‘In Memoriam’ tribute at Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Liam Payne was included in the In Memoriam section at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony on October 19, just days after his death.
Artists including Ozzy Osbourne, Cher and Jimmy Buffett were being inducted into the hall.
A photograph of Payne from One Direction’s “What Makes You Beautiful” video was used, and Us Magazine reports attendees cheered the moment.
The ceremony is available to stream on Disney+.
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Bruce Springsteen on Liam Payne death: ‘It’s a business that puts enormous pressure on young people’
Bruce Springsteen has reflected on the shock death of Liam Payne, saying the music industry “puts enormous pressures on young people.”
In a new interview, Springsteen said that artists dying young is “not an unusual thing in my business.”
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