Liam Payne has raised nearly £200,000 for the charity Choose Love, after sales for his specially designed T-shirt spiked following his death.

The singer, who passed away last Wednesday at the age of 31, previously worked with the Choose Love campaign, and designed a T-shirt which has so far raised £186,500.

The news was confirmed by Choose Love founder Dawn O’Porter, who took to the organisation’s Instagram account on Tuesday.

Posting a picture of Liam holding up the T-shirt he designed, Dawn wrote: ‘Today is #ChooseDay, and almost a week ago the world lost an incredible person.’

‘We, with so many others, are devastated by the death of Liam Payne and our hearts and thoughts are with his loved ones.’

Liam Payne has raised nearly £200,000 for the charity Choose Love in the week since his death (pictured last year)

The singer, who passed away last week at the age of 31, previously worked with the Choose Love campaign and designed a T-shirt which has so far raised £186,500

‘It seemed only right to dedicate this post to Liam and to say thank you for everything he did for us.’

‘We will always be so grateful to Liam for the beautiful T-shirt he designed to raise money to support displaced people around the world.’

Dawn went on to reveal that sales have spiked over the last week and the garment has raised a fortune to support the organisation’s work.

She added: ‘It’s blown us all away to see how much the t-shirt has been shared this week and to see that £186,500 has been raised in the last week by this beautiful and generous community.

‘These funds will help us continue to get vital care to displaced people all over the world.’

‘We will be forever grateful to Liam and his fans for this incredible act of love. The t-shirt is still available via the link in our bio. Thank you to you all, and thank you Liam ’

Liam fell from the third floor of a hotel in the Argentinian capital of Buenos Aires last Wednesday evening before medics confirmed his death.

His label Universal Music Group tribute read: ‘We are devastated by the tragic passing of Liam Payne.‘

 

The news was confirmed by Choose Love founder Dawn O’Porter, who took to the company’s Instagram account on Tuesday

‘His legacy will live on through his music and the countless fans he inspired and who adored him. We send our deepest condolences to Liam’s family and loved ones.’

It was revealed hours later that Liam had been dropped by the record label days before his death.

Originally signed to Sony as part of One Direction, Liam penned a deal with Capitol Records, a label owned by Universal, in July 2016 when he launched his solo career at just 22 years old.

Liam was said to have been ‘thrilled’ when he signed to Capitol in what was understood to have been a very lucrative deal.

It comes as:

• Liam Payne’s father given heartbreaking news ‘he could be waiting 10 days’ before 31-year-old’s body can be flown home;

• Liam Payne’s mentor Denise Lewis pens heartbreaking tribute after his tragic death and shares unseen pictures of the star;

• Tragic Liam Payne and his girlfriend Kate Cassidy adopted dog called Nala from animal rescue shelter a month before he fell to his death from hotel balcony;

• Tragic Liam Payne ‘never stopped loving Cheryl’: Simon Cowell’s brother says singer’s death will be ‘so difficult’ for his ex partner;

• Record company bosses quietly dropped Liam Payne ‘because they thought his new music wouldn’t win over One Direction fans’; and

• Kelsey Parker reveals how Liam Payne supported her late husband Tom.

Liam died after he fell from the third floor of the Casa Sur Palmero hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina on Wednesday. He was 31

The label is a subsidiary of Universal, but in the company’s recent reshuffle, he came under the main label.

Meanwhile, it was also revealed that Liam’s PR resigned earlier this month, which left him without any publicity representation.

The resignation came as Liam’s ex-fiancé Maya Henry began legal proceedings against the singer after accusing him of repeatedly contacting her.

One source said: ‘It is like all of Liam’s music career that he had built up since he went solo eight years ago was crumbling, there was very little left for him.’

‘It must have absolutely devastated him.’