Zayn Malik is from Britain.
Born and raised in Bradford , Malik aspired to pursue a career in music from a young age leading him to audition as a solo artist for the British reality television music competition The X Factor in 2010 .	Bradford	Bradford	The X Factor	The X Factor (UK TV series)
Bradford -LSB- brdfrd -RSB- is in the Metropolitan Borough of the City of Bradford in West Yorkshire , England , in the foothills of the Pennines 8.6 mi west of Leeds , and 16 mi northwest of Wakefield .	City of Bradford	City of Bradford	West Yorkshire	West Yorkshire	Metropolitan Borough	Metropolitan Borough	Pennines	Pennines	Leeds	Leeds	Wakefield	Wakefield
Bradford forms part of the West Yorkshire Urban Area conurbation which in 2001 had a population of 1.5 million and it is the fourth largest urban area in the United Kingdom with the Bradford subdivision of the aforementioned urban area having a population of 528,155 .	West Yorkshire	West Yorkshire	West Yorkshire Urban Area	West Yorkshire Urban Area	fourth largest urban area in the United Kingdom	List of urban areas in the United Kingdom
