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• At the age of 16, he worked part-time at a local bakery called W. Mandeville Bakery in Holmes Chapel, England.
• Was the lead singer in the band White Eskimo which won a local Battle of the Bands competition.
• Sang "Isn't She Lovely" by Stevie Wonder for his X Factor audition.
• After auditioning as a solo artist for The X Factor in 2010, he failed to progress to the Boys category; the judges placed him into a five-piece boy band to qualify in the Groups category, which eventually became One Direction.