Banquet Records has paid tribute to the former One Direction singer, Liam Payne, who died yesterday, 16 October, after falling from the third floor of a hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

In a statement, police said they discovered the 31-year-old's body after an emergency crew responded to a call in the upscale neighbourhood of Palermo on Wednesday, 15 October.

Yesterday, police in Buenos Aires said a preliminary autopsy suggests Liam Payne died from external and internal bleeding injuries.

The police inspected the area where Payne fell and found items including alcohol and a phone.

Medication was found in his room.

According to Buenos Aires Police, officers at the scene were initially responding to reports "of an aggressive man who may have been under the effects of drugs and alcohol".

When they arrived at the hotel, officials were told a loud sound had been heard in an interior courtyard.

Soon after, they discovered the body there and a police investigation was then launched.

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Emergency medical services director Alberto Crescenti told local media that Payne had suffered "serious injuries" and that an autopsy will be carried out.

Crescenti declined to answer questions about the circumstances of Payne's fall from the balcony.

The singer's body has been transferred to a morgue in the city.

Banquet Records, who has previously worked with Payne and organised a concert with him at Kingston's Pryzm, has today paid tribute to him, saying: We saw firsthand how much joy Liam Payne gave to so many.

"RIP and sympathies to all those so saddened."

Payne performed as a solo-singer at Kingston's Pryzm in December 2019.