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Record company bosses quietly dropped Liam Payne 'because they thought his new music wouldn't win over One Direction fans'

Insiders have claimed to DailyMail.com that the industry bigwigs cut ties with Payne in part because of 'all the memes and jokes people made about him online'.

Liam Payne was quietly dropped by his record label because they feared the music he wanted to make wouldn't win over his One Direction fanbase, sources have claimed. DailyMail.com previously revealed the late singer, who died aged 31 on Wednesday after falling from a third floor of a hotel in the Argentinian capital of Buenos Aires, was served a devastating blow by Universal Music who put his second album on hold before dropping him. Speaking exclusively to DailyMail.com, they said: 'Liam wanted to make the sort of music he enjoyed but his label believed it wouldn't win over 1D fans so there were disagreements about the way his brand should have been marketed.'

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