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Zayn Malik

Contemporary R&B
Contemporary R&BDance-popPop

Zayn Malik is a Contemporary R&B and Dance-pop act. Their catalogue also touches Pop. Their sound grew out of Jay Sean, Mario, Naughty Boy and Ingrid Michaelson. Those roots explain a lot about how Zayn Malik arrange songs and choose their tones. Their influence carried into Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, One Direction, Taylor Swift, Sia and Lil Wayne, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 16 connections around Zayn Malik, reaching back through Jay Sean and forward to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Zayn MalikJay SeanMarioNaughty BoyIngrid MichaelsonNusrat Fateh Ali KhanOne DirectionTaylor SwiftSiaLil WayneChris BrownUsherKehlani

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Zayn Malik connections

Zayn Malik grew out of Jay Sean, Mario, Naughty Boy and Ingrid Michaelson, went on to shape Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, One Direction, Taylor Swift and Sia. 16 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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