He wrote raps when he was at school, and sang on stage for the first time when singer Jay Sean visited his school. He grew up listening to his father’s urban music records, primarily R&B, hip hop, and reggae. As a teenager he took performing arts courses and appeared in school productions. He attended Lower Fields Primary School and Tong High School (now Tong Leadership Academy) in Bradford. Malik grew up in East Bowling, Bradford, in a working-class family and neighbourhood. He had an Islamic upbringing, though he no longer identifies as a Muslim. Malik has one older sister, Doniya, and two younger sisters, Waliyha and Safaa. Zayn Malik was born Zain Javadd Malik on 12 January 1993 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England to an immigrant Pakistani Muslim father, Yaser Malik, and a White British mother of English and Irish descent, Trisha Malik (née Brannan), who converted to Islam upon her marriage. He is also the only artist to have won the Billboard Music Award for New Artist of the Year twice, receiving it once as a member of One Direction in 2013 and then again in 2017 as a solo artist. Malik is the recipient of several accolades, including an American Music Award and a MTV Video Music Award.
His third album, Nobody Is Listening, was released in January 2021. Malik released his second studio album, Icarus Falls, in 2018. His collaborative singles, “I Don’t Wanna Live Forever” with Taylor Swift and “Dusk Till Dawn” featuring Sia, were met with international success. Zayn Malik BiographyĪdopting a more alternative R&B music style with his debut studio album, Mind of Mine (2016), and its lead single, “Pillowtalk”, Malik became the first British male artist to debut at number one in both the UK and US, with his debut single and debut album. Malik left the group in March 2015 and subsequently signed a solo recording contract with RCA Records. After being eliminated as a solo performer, Malik was brought back into the competition, along with four other contestants, to form the boy band One Direction, which went on to become one of the best-selling boy bands of all time.
Born and raised in Bradford, Malik auditioned as a solo contestant for the British music competition The X Factor in 2010. Zain Javadd Malik (born 12 January 1993), known mononymously as Zayn, is a British singer.