Zayn Malik Biography - Age, Girlfriend, Wife, Family, Net Worth and Fact

Zayn Malik Biography – Age, Girlfriend, Family, Net Worth and Fact

Zayn Malik Biography – Age, Girlfriend, Wife, Family, Fact and More

Zayn Malik is an English singer. Zain Javadd Malik born 12 January 1993, known mononymously as Zayn, is a British singer. Born and raised in Bradford, Malik auditioned as a solo contestant for the British music competition television series The X Factor in 2010. 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. He left the group in March 2015 and signed a solo recording contract with RCA Records.

Early life

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 who converted to Islam upon marriage. Malik has one older sister, Doniya, and two younger sisters, Waliyha and Safaa. He had an Islamic upbringing, although he no longer identifies as a Muslim.

Malik grew up in East Bowling, Bradford, in a working-class family and neighborhood. 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. He grew up listening to his father’s urban music records, primarily R&B, hip hop, and reggae. He wrote raps when he was at school and sang on stage for the first time when singer Jay Sean visited his school. Malik also boxed for two years, from ages 15 to 17. Before beginning his music career, he intended to pursue an academic degree in English in hopes of becoming an English teacher.

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Personal Information:

Mother:      Trisha Malik
Father:      Yaser Malik
Height:      5’9″ (175 cm), 5’9″ Males
City:      Bradford, England
Religion:      Islam
Height:      5’9’’
Age:      28 Years
Nickname:      Bradford Bad Boy
Profession:      Singer, Songwriter
Date of Birth:      12 January 1993
Nationality:      British
Marital Status:      Unmarried
Girlfriend:      Rebecca Ferguson (Swedish Actor)
Net Worth:      $49 million
Age                       :      29 Years, 29 Year Old Males  

Childhood & Early Life

  • Zayn Malik was born on 12 January 1993 to Yaser Malik and Tricia Brannan Malik in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. While his father is of Pakistani descent, his mother is a Christian of Irish origin, who embraced Islam after marriage.
  • His first performance on stage was at school where the famous rapper, Jay Sean, was invited for an event and Zayn considers it one of the most memorable events of his life.
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Major Works

  • Although Zayn Malik has been a part of several successful albums composed by his band ‘One Direction’, he became more popular after the release of his debut album ‘Mind of Mine’. Around 157,000 copies of the album were sold worldwide.

Awards & Achievements

The magazine ‘Glamour’ had included him in its list of ‘World’s Sexiest Men’, back in 2011. He had secured the 5th spot in the ‘100 Sexiest Men’ list published by the ‘Glamour’ magazine quite recently.

He was also one of the names on MTV’s ’50 Sexiest Men Alive’ list. Zayn Malik was included twice in the ‘Sexiest Men’ lists published by the newspaper ‘Eastern Eye’.

Personal Life & Legacy

Zayn Malik has three sisters, namely Doniya, Waliyha and Safaa, of which Doniya is the eldest.

Malik was also in the news for his love life. He was seeing Perry Edwards, a member of the girl band ‘Little Mix’, since 2012 and the two got engaged the very next year. However, Zayn Malik informed media sources in 2015 that he and Perry had parted ways.

He is a follower of Islam and is fluent in both English and Urdu. He faced a lot of ire in 2012 after he posted a tweet in support of the war torn Palestine. Many radical thinkers were infuriated by Zayn Malik’s opinion and even threatened to kill him. As a result, he was forced to deactivate his ‘Twitter’ account.

Like many other celebrities, even he has done his bit for social causes. Zayn Malik has been chosen the official ambassador of the non-profit organization named ‘British Asian Trust.

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