Zayn Malik biography

Quick Facts
NAME: Zayn Malik
Fathers name :Yasser
Mothers name : Tricia Malik
OCCUPATION: Singer
BIRTH DATE: January 12, 1993 (Age: 21)
EDUCATION: Lower Fields Primary School, Tong School, Bradford
PLACE OF BIRTH: Bradford, England, United Kingdom
Full Name: Zain Javadd Malik
ZODIAC SIGN: Capricorn
Best Known For
Zayn Malik is one of the five members of One Direction, an English-Irish boy band that has
topped the pop charts.
Zayn Malik was born on January 12, 1993, in Bradford, England, to a family of English-
Pakistani descent. He had an early love for singing and performing, and at the age of 17 he
competed in the television competition The X Factor. He was teamed up with four other male
contestants to form the group act One Direction, who went on to become one of the most
popular boy bands in music history.
Quotes
"I like to use the term 'misunderstood.' But I am a bit of a bad boy. I have tattoos and I mess
around. That's part of my image, so it's cool."
Zayn Malik
Childhood and School Years
Zayn Malik was born Zain Javaad Malik on January 12, 1993, in Bradford, a town located in
the county of West Yorkshire in Northern England. He is of English and Pakistani descent.
His father, Yaser Malik, is English-Pakistani and his mother, Patricia (known as Tricia), is
English. He has one older sister, Doniya, and two younger sisters, Waliyha and Safaa. The
Malik family belongs to the Muslim faith.
Malik grew up in East Bowling, located south of the Bradford city center. He attended Lower
Fields Primary School and Tong High School in Bradford. As a teenager he took performing
arts courses and appeared in school productions.
'The X Factor'
In 2010, 17-year-old Malik auditioned in Manchester for the seventh series of reality-
television competition The X Factor. He sang "Let Me Love You" by rhythm-and-blues
vocalist Mario as his audition song and was accepted into the next round. He was eliminated
before the final round of the competition, but judges Nicole Scherzinger and Simon Cowell
grouped him with fellow competitors Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Liam Payne and Louis
Tomlinson to form a new act for the remainder of the show.
Performing as One Direction, this group became one of the most popular finalists in their
season of The X Factor. They finished the competition in third place and they were
immediately signed to Cowell's Syco music label.
One Direction
One Direction topped the pop music charts with their first single, "What Makes You
Beautiful," when it was released in September 2011 in the United Kingdom. Their debut
album, Up All Night, was a best-seller in both the United Kingdom and the United States in
2012. Malik has toured extensively with One Direction, meeting the band's young female
fans around the world.
Dating and Romance
Malik is known as the "bad boy" of One Direction, due to his mischievous behavior, his
many tattoos and his dyed, pompadour-like hairstyle. Since he first entered the spotlight, he
has dated Geneva Lane, Rebecca Ferguson and Perrie Edwards, all former X-Factor
contestants.
In August 2013, Malik got engaged to Perrie Edwards, a singer with the group Little Mix.
The pair had been dating for two years prior to their engagement.