Liam Payne Celebrates 10 Years Since His 'X Factor' Audition

Liam Payne has been a household name for ten years now!

The 26-year-old singer is celebrating the ten year anniversary of his second audition for The X Factor, which subsequently got him placed in One Direction.

“It’s been 10 years today since my X factor audition… and I just read that my first album just hit over 2 billion streams… that scared young man didn’t think that was gunna happen. Seriously thank you everyone who’s made this decade of my life possible and to everyone who’s listening thank you for enjoying my music and my bands too p.s. thanks also, for putting up with some awful haircuts like the one above 👌🏼🙌🏼🥰,” he captioned a throwback photo.

Liam first auditioned for The X Factor in 2008, but didn’t make it past the boot camp round.

During his audition in 2010, Liam sang the Michael Buble version of “Cry Me a River”, which got him four yes votes and a standing ovation from Simon Cowell. He then didn’t make it to the judges’ house round, but was put in a group and formed 1D, and we’re forever grateful!!