Grammy Awards 2025 pay emotional tribute to Liam Payne during In Memoriam section

Updated 04:03 3 Feb 2025 GMTPublished 04:00 3 Feb 2025 GMT

The former One Direction star has received a special honor during the Grammys tonight

Liam Payne has been honored with an emotional tribute during the Grammys this year.

It's been just three months since the former One Direction star tragically died after falling from his hotel balcony in Buenos Aires.

Although the band never won a Grammy during the peak of their career between 2010 to 2016, his loss has been keenly felt in the music industry.

Then during the Memoriam section, which recognizes musicians, artists, producers, and dozens of other creatives who have died in the past year, the 31-year-old received a nod from the ceremony in a tear-jerking tribute.

The Grammys host, Trevor Noah, said the segment was to 'remember those we've lost' while a slideshow of clips of late performers, starting with Payne, were introduced.

At the start of the clip, an old recording of the singer was played where he said: "We never expected any of this to happen - I sit and think, 'Oh, we've actually done something amazing.'"

The late singer was laid to rest in a private service held in Buckinghamshire, UK, in November where his former bandmates, Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson, and Zayn Malik were all in attendance, as well as his ex partner Cheryl Tweedy, whom he shared his seven-year-old son, Bear, with.

Although fans were hoping the band would reunite in the ceremony in homage to their late friend, Ben Winston, executive producer of the Grammys show confirmed ahead it would not be happening.

More to follow.