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ZAYN is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Mario, Rae Sremmurd, Chris Brown, Usher and Syd. Those roots explain a lot about how ZAYN arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan, One Direction and Harry Styles, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into One Direction, Lil Wayne, Kehlani, Snakehips and Taylor Swift, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 44 connections around ZAYN, reaching back through Mario and forward to One Direction. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Zain Javadd Malik, known professionally as Zayn Malik or simply Zayn, is an English singer. He auditioned as a solo contestant for the British music competition television series The X Factor in 2010, where he ended up being a part of 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.
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ZAYN connections
ZAYN grew out of Mario, Rae Sremmurd, Chris Brown and Usher, shares an orbit with Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan and One Direction, went on to shape One Direction, Lil Wayne, Kehlani and Snakehips. 44 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced ZAYN
Sounds and acts that shaped ZAYN.
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