One Direction's Liam Payne signs with Capital Records UK
Posted July 22, 2016 7:00 am
LONDON (AP) - One Direction fans are seeing the writing on the wall as singer Liam Payne announced he has signed a record deal with Capitol Records UK after the boy band said last year they were taking a break.
Payne said Friday he is "really happy" to have signed with Capitol Records UK.
"One Direction will always be my family," he said. "I'm now excited to show what I can do as a solo artist."
The band had announced a hiatus after touring with their fifth album.
One Direction formed in 2010 after five teenagers - Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson, Payne, Harry Styles and Zayn Malik - auditioned individually for British TV talent show "The X Factor." Malik quit the chart-topping group in 2015.
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