The British singer was put with Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson to form One Direction on The X Factor U.K. in 2010. After several years of phenomenal success, Zayn shocked fans in March 2015 when he announced he was quitting the band, which went on an indefinite hiatus the following year. In his first interview in six years, the 30-year-old admitted that he got out of the group because he felt like "something was happening" and he wanted to be the first to release solo music.