Harry Styles

Harry Styles (b. 01 February 1994) is a British singer, songwriter and occasional actor. He began his musical career in 2010 as a solo contestant on the music competition series The X Factor. After being eliminated from the contest, he was brought back in to be part of the boy band One Direction, which went on to become one of the most successful boy bands of all time.

He published his eponymous debut album in 2017 (no.1 in May), preceded by the lead-single Sign of the Times (no.1 in April). His second album Fine Line, released in December 2019 reached no.3 in the UK Christmas charts, with three singles Lights Up, Adore You and Watermelon Sugar all going Top 10 in the UK.

Sign of the Times also reached no.4 in the US, with the parent album entering the Billboard 200 at no.1 in June 2017 with Fine Line also reaching no.1 just after Christmas. Watermelon Sugar reached no.7 while Adore You reached no.6.

In November 2017 Styles became the first-ever solo male featured on the cover US Vogue magazine.

His third studio album Harry's House was released in May 2022 and also went to no.1 both in the US and the UK, where it became the biggest selling album of the year, with lead single As It Was the biggest selling single.

Styles made his acting debut in the 2017 war film Dunkirk, playing a British soldier named Alex.

Significant dates

 * 11 April 2010: Styles auditions for The X Factor
 * July 2010: fails to pass the 'Bootcamp' stage, placed together with other four to form One Direction
 * 11/12 December 2010: in The X Factor finals the group come third.