Happy Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday to Liam Payne! Liam turns 20 years old today, August 29, and what an absolutely insane year he and his One Direction bandmates have had.

Liam kicked off the year by releasing 1D’s sophomore album Take Me Home, grabbing another #1 spot on the Billboard 200. They also performed for the Queen at the Royal Variety Show, played a sold-out show at Madison Square Garden and filmed their 3D movie This Is Us.

Liam and One Direction kicked off a massive World Tour in February and are currently in the middle of that tour. The band also went to Ghana as part of Red Nose Day and teamed with Office Depot to stand up to bullying. They also continued their work with Rays of Sunshine.

This next year will be just as crazy! The band will release their third album later this year and kick off a stadium tour in 2014. Their new film This Is Us arrives in theaters all over the world in the next few weeks, too!

From all of us at BeautifulBallad, we’d like to wish Liam a very happy, fun, fulfilling and (hopefully) relaxing birthday! We’re so excited to see what he and his bandmates have in store for the next year!