Complete biography of Harry Styles: from early years to resounding success with One Direction

Harry Styles widely known as a British songwriter and performer, as well as a talented actor (among the younger representatives of the fairer sex, he is also known as simply "handsome from One Direction")! His career began in 2010 the year he came to The X Factor is a British television musical talent show. Unfortunately, he was expelled at an early stage, but this did not prevent him from finding his place in the sun ... Harry soon became a member of one of the most successful boy bands of all time one direction! How the childhood of the star proceeded, as well as little-known details of Styles' personal life - all this in order ...

Early years

As a member of the mega-popular 2010s boy band One Direction, singer, songwriter and actor Harry Styles reached the top of the charts, toured the world, sold huge numbers of albums and captivated the minds of millions of female fans around the world, before the 2016 became a solo artist in 2019… His self-titled debut album quickly topped the charts, followed by an equally successful follow-up in 2019 called Fine Line! The music he created under his own name reflected the main features of pop music and his former band. At the same time, Harry confidently experimented, adding elements of rock - both classical and indie - and flawlessly demonstrating his elastic vocals ...

Harry Edward born in Holmes Chapel (Cheshire, England) February 1, 1994 of the year. The love of music woke up in the boy very early ... As a schoolboy, Harry learned by heart "The Girl of My Best Friend" by Elvis Presley! By the way: it is him that Styles will call his most important idol of those years ... In addition to the king of rock and roll, Styles had a significant influence on his work Freddie Mercury, The Rolling Stones and The Beatles.

When Harry was 7 years old, his parents divorced. He and his sister Gemma grew up with his mother, but Harry was very painful about the divorce of his parents ... By the way: he was very happy when his future stepfather Robin proposed to his mother.

Harry went to public school Holmes Chapel, where, together with three classmates, he created his own musical group white eskimo! The boys performed at school events, in local clubs and even won a competition. Battle of the Bands Competition, which was attended by local amateur teen bands! After graduating from high school, Styles dropped out and started working: he took a part-time job in a bakery, while developing his vocal abilities ...

First Steps to Fame

Largely, 2010 the year was a landmark for Styles: he auditioned for The X Factorby singing a song "Is not She Lovely" by Stevie Wonder, but at the same time, he had to say goodbye to his school group ... And although he was excluded at an early stage, one of the jury members - Nicole Scherzinger - invited Styles to become part of what would soon be called One Direction and conquer the world pop scene!

Success with One Direction

The debut album was released in 2011 one direction entitled Up All Night. It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, making One Direction the first British act to debut their first album at that position... The single "What Makes You Beautiful":

A year later, the band released their second album, take me home - which took first place in a number of countries (including his native UK) and presented listeners with hit "Live While We Young" and "Little Things"!

2012 was notable for the fact that the group went on a big tour and, as a result, performed on 4 continents! Part of the tour was recorded for the first documentary about one direction, which received the laconic name "This is us". Its premiere took place in London's Leicester Square.

Generally, from 2011 to 2015 Harry Styles together with their colleagues in One Direction - Zane Malik, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan, and Liam Payne - released 5 albums, selling millions of their records around the world ... In the beginning 2016 In the year after Zayn Malik had already parted ways with One Direction, the rest of the foursome took an indefinite hiatus. He, in turn, chose not to waste his time and began to build a solo career!

Solo creativity

A few months later, Styles signed a solo contract with Columbia. He soon began releasing music that reflected his childhood influences while still being rock-infused with a pop sound. one direction… Single released in 2017 "Sign of the Times" quickly became a hit throughout Europe! The self-titled debut album has conquered not only Europe, having reached the top of the charts in Australia and the United States!

Debuting in the movie (Stiles played soldier Alex in the movie Dunkirk 2017 year), the idol of millions went on a huge world tour lasting almost a year ...

Second solo record Stiles, Fine Line, saw the light in 2019 year. This album showed that this time the singer added such diverse influences as funk and baroque folk to his repertoire. Another world tour followed...

Musician's personal life...

Harry has long acquired the reputation of a kind of Casanova! The star is known for her multiple romantic ties... So, in 2011 Harry had an affair with a TV presenter Caroline Flack: The couple made headlines around the world due to their significant age difference - when Styles was just 17, Flack has already turned 32! Their relationship lasted for about a year...

After breaking up with Caroline, Harry has been romantically involved with various personalities, including Cara Delevingne, Taylor Swift and Kendall Jenner.