Malik has a Tenor voice with great versatility and is known for his belting notes and falsetto.Besides R&B, Zayn experiments with electro R&B, hip-hop, neo-soul, reggae and Qawalli Ghazal genres too and has included all of these in his songs.His style is more of an R&B singer, where as the band produces mainly Pop Rock style. He said that he left the band due to creative differences.He used to write rap in school and did boxing for two years. Zayn sang on stage for the first time when singer Jay Sean visited his school.PillowTalk was the number one song in several countries. He is the first British artist who made a debut topping both the US and UK charts.Zayn left the band in March 2015 and signed up a contract with RCA Records and released his solo album Life of Mine on 25 March 2016.
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There were four other eliminations that were brought back and Zayn, Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Liam Payne and Louis Tomlinson formed the band One Direction.
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He was caught smoking an illegal substance and it was recorded on camera, which affected One Direction's fan following.
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He was in controversy because he cheated on his fiancee Perrie Edwards, with an Australian waitress in an after party.