
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. Despite having an Islamic upbringing, 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 marriage.

Malik has received several accolades, including an American Music Award and a MTV Video Music Award. Malik released his second studio album, Icarus Falls, in 2018, followed by his third album, Nobody Is Listening, in 2021.

His subsequent collaborative singles " I Don't Wanna Live Forever" with Taylor Swift and " Dusk Till Dawn" featuring Sia were met with international success. He left the group in March 2015 and signed a solo recording contract with RCA Records.Īdopting a more alternative R&B music style on his first solo 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 album. After being eliminated, Malik was brought back to the competition to form the five-piece boy band One Direction, which went on to become one of the best-selling boy bands of all time.
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Malik auditioned as a solo contestant for the British music competition television series The X Factor in 2010. Zain Javadd Malik ( / ˈ m æ l ɪ k/ MAL-ik born 12 January 1993), known mononymously as Zayn, is a British singer born and raised in Bradford.
