Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

(CNN)That sound you just heard was the crash of hearts breaking all over the world.

Zayn Malik is leaving One Direction.

"After five incredible years Zayn Malik has decided to leave One Direction," the band said on its Facebook page and tweeted out to its 22.9 million Twitter followers.

"Niall, Harry, Liam and Louis will continue as a four-piece and look forward to the forthcoming concerts of their world tour and recording their fifth album, due to be released later this year."

Rumors about such a move had started since Malik left the band's tour last week. At the time, a rep told Rolling Stone he had "been signed off with stress" after a scandal erupted following the publication of a photo showing Malik holding hands with someone other than his fiancee.

Fans on Twitter immediately responded with teary Vine videos and the #AlwaysInOurHeartsZaynMalik hashtag.

Even the Girl Scouts got in on the act with a sweet tribute to the singer.

The band's Wikipedia page was also quickly updated with a sentence, "Zayn Malik was formerly a member."

And Spotify said that global streams of One Direction songs were up 330% Wednesday in the hour after the news was announced -- a "spike of sadness," as the music service called it. In the U.S. alone, streams of the band's music were up 769%. To mark the occasion, Spotify created a special playlist of 1D songs.

Malik, 22, has been part of the very popular British boy band since it was formed (at the urging of Simon Cowell, according to some stories) in 2010 after members auditioned separately for the UK version of "The X Factor." Cowell became a mentor and signed them to his label.

1. Who is separating from a band?
2. What band is it?
3. What were the band supporters tweeting?
4. How old is he?
5. What website was updated after he left?
6. Where is the band from?
7. What celebrity coached the band to success?
8. How much did the streaming of their music increase after he left?
9. According to what service?
10. When did the band first begin?
11. What large organization paid their respects to Malik?
12. Did the band members know each other before the band was formed?
13. What magazine did his rep talk to last week?
14. Is the band disbanding following his departure?
15. Where did they announce this news?
16. When did people start speculating that he was leaving the band?
17. What picture of him had caused him hardship?
18. How many years had he been with the band?
19. How may followers does the band have on social media?
20. How many albums did he record with the band?
21. Who else is in the band?

Numbered answers:
1. Zayn Malik
2. One Direction.
3. teary Vine videos and the #AlwaysInOurHeartsZaynMalik hashtag.
4. 22
5. Wikipedia
6. The UK
7. Simon Cowell
8. 330%
9. Spotify
10. 2010
11. The Girl Scouts
12. No
13. Rolling Stone
14. No
15. Facebook and Twitter
16. Last week
17. A photo showing Malik holding hands with someone other than his fiancee.
18. Five
19. 22.9 million
20. Four
21. Niall, Harry, Liam and Louis