--- description: The band lost a member, and thanked him at the Billboard Music Awards title: Billboard Music Awards 2015: One Direction: Zayn Malik Thanks image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltab285c74264820c6/69884cf0524fc0e9e2df24e3/one-direction1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch One Direction's Billboard Acceptance Speech: 'There's One More Person to Share This With'  by [Daniel D'Addario](/author/daniel-daddario/)  ## Daniel D'Addario Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 18, 2015 12:35 AM CUT  Aartists Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan, Liam Payne and Harry Styles of One Direction accept the Top Duo/Group award onstage during the 2015 Billboard Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 17, 2015 in Las Vegas. Aartists Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan, Liam Payne and Harry Styles of One Direction accept the Top Duo/Group award onstage during the 2015 Billboard Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 17, 2015 in Las Vegas.Ethan Miller—Getty Images  by [Daniel D'Addario](/author/daniel-daddario/)  ## Daniel D'Addario Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 18, 2015 12:35 AM CUT While accepting the Top Duo or Group Billboard Music Award, Liam Payne of the band One Direction provided some solace for fans who’ve been upset in the wake of bandmate Zayn Malik’s March departure from the band. The band accepted the award in their four-person iteration, and Payne paid tribute to Malik this way: “There’s one more person to share this with, and that’s our brother Zayn.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3882012/one-direction-billboard-awards-without-zayn/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3882012/one-direction-billboard-awards-without-zayn/"},"headline":"Watch One Direction's Billboard Acceptance Speech: 'There's One More Person to Share This With'","datePublished":"2015-05-18T00:35:06.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T07:24:03.067Z","description":"The band lost a member, and thanked him at the Billboard Music Awards","url":"https://time.com/3882012/one-direction-billboard-awards-without-zayn/","keywords":["Music","One Direction","Zayn Malik","Billboard Music Awards"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltab285c74264820c6/69884cf0524fc0e9e2df24e3/one-direction1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniel D'Addario","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/daniel-daddario/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltab285c74264820c6/69884cf0524fc0e9e2df24e3/one-direction1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2015 Billboard Music Awards - Show","caption":"2015 Billboard Music Awards - Show","creditText":"Ethan Miller—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3882012/one-direction-billboard-awards-without-zayn/","name":"Watch One Direction's Billboard Acceptance Speech: 'There's One More Person to Share This With'"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Taylor Swift Steals the Show at the Billboard Music Awards 2015","description":"Highlights from the Billboard Music Awards 2015 in Las Vegas.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/qLXVgKJ8/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-05-18T06:19:04.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/qLXVgKJ8.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3882012/one-direction-billboard-awards-without-zayn/","duration":"PT1M8S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3882012/one-direction-billboard-awards-without-zayn/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```