{"id":233375,"date":"2016-07-22T09:11:38","date_gmt":"2016-07-22T09:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=233375"},"modified":"2016-07-22T09:11:38","modified_gmt":"2016-07-22T09:11:38","slug":"one-directions-liam-payne-signs-solo-record-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/07\/one-directions-liam-payne-signs-solo-record-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"One Direction’s Liam Payne signs solo record deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

One Direction’s Liam Payne has signed a solo record deal with Capitol Records UK.<\/p>\n

The 22-year-old said he was “really happy” to have signed to “such a prestigious label”.<\/p>\n

In a statement he said: “One Direction will always be my family; I’m now excited to show what I can do as a solo artist.”<\/p>\n

Other artists on the same label as him include Sam Smith and 5 Seconds of Summer.<\/p>\n

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He’s the first member of One Direction to sign a record deal away from the band’s parent company, Sony.<\/p>\n

Capitol Records UK is part of another major label, Universal.<\/p>\n

There’s no word on when to expect any new music from the singer but he’ll be heading into the studio shortly.<\/p>\n