Biography
Harry Edward Styles (born 1 February 1994), stage named Harry Styles, is a multitalented English singer, songwriter, and seasoned actor.
The Grammy Award winner released his debut self-titled solo music album through Columbia Records in 2017, with the album debuting at number one in the US and the UK, becoming one of the world’s top ten best-selling albums of the year.
He made his anticipated acting debut in a 2017’s Christopher Nolan war film titled Dunkirk.
Harry Styles has received several accolades throughout his career, including two Brit Awards, a Grammy Award, an American Music Award, an Ivor Novello Award.
Aside from acting and music, he is also famously known for his flamboyant fashion and holds a record as the first man to appear solo on the cover of Vogue magazine.
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| Full Name: | Harry Edward Styles |
| Stage Name: | Harry Styles |
| Born: | 1 February 1994 (age 27 years old) |
| Place of Birth: | Redditch, United Kingdom |
| Nationality: | English |
| Parents: | Desmond ‘Des’ Styles, Anne Twist |
| Children: | N/A |
| Height: | 1.76 m |
| Siblings: | Gemma Styles, Mike Twist |
| Girlfriend • Wife: | Caroline Flack (ex.), Taylor Swift (ex.), Camille Rowe (ex.) |
| Occupation: | Singer • Actor |
| Net Worth: | £58 million |
Early Life
Harry Edward Styles was born in the inhabited town of Redditch, in Worcestershire, England, on 1 February 1994.
He is the son of Desmond ‘Des’ Styles (father), a finance worker, and landlady Anne Twist (mother).
He has an older sister named Gemma Styles. His parents divorced when he was seven, and later his mother remarried to her business partner John Cox. However, she divorced him years later.
Nevertheless, she married again in 2013 to Robin Twist, who later died of complications from cancer in 2017.
Harry Styles has an older stepbrother named Mike Twist and a stepsister named Amy Twist, who are the children of Robin Twist.
When he was a child, he moved with his family to the village of Holmes Chapel in Cheshire.
He was the lead singer for a music band called White Eskimo. The band won a local Battle of the Bands competition during that period, and at the age of 16, he worked part-time with the W. Mandeville Bakery in Holmes Chapel.
Education
Harry Styles attended a local school called Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School, where he graduated with a primary and high school certification.
Career
On 11 April 2010, following a suggestion from his mother, Harry Styles auditioned as a solo contestant for the seventh series of the popular British televised singing competition known as The X Factor.
He sang a rendition of Stevie Wonder titled “Isn’t She Lovely“.Then, he advanced to Bootcamp but unfortunately failed to progress further.
Together with him, four others in his age group also failed but were put together as an ensemble in July 2010 at the Bootcamp stage of the competition, hence qualifying for the “Groups” category and were mentored by Simon Cowell.
The group consisted of Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan, Liam Payne, and Zayn Malik, who worked together for two weeks to practice.
Harry Styles suggested the name One Direction to his bandmates, and they consented. Soon they began to gain considerable fame in the UK, thus within the first four weeks of the live show, they became Simon Cowell‘s last act in the competition.
Hard work and perseverance made the group eventually reached The X Factor final and made an impressive third-place finish.
Furthermore, One Direction signed a recording contract with Simon Cowell‘s label Syco Records in January 2011, and their debut single titled What Makes You Beautiful, together with their debut studio album titled Up All Night, followed later that year.
Their four succeeding studio albums, Take Me Home in 2012, Midnight Memories in 2013, Four in 2014, and Made in the A.M. in 2015, all debuted at number one in the UK.
Midnight Memories became the world’s best-selling album in 2013, and its succeeding Where We Are Tour holds a record of the highest-grossing tour of 2014 and another record of the highest-grossing tour of all time by a vocal group.
Not wanting to “exhaust” the fan base, upon Harry Styles‘ suggestion, the band went on an unexpected indefinite break in 2016 after completing promotional works related to Made in the A.M.
In the course of their career, One Direction has sold an impressive 70 million records worldwide, among 7.6 million albums and 26 million singles in the United States, making them one of the best-selling boy bands of all time.
As expected, the group garnered numerous accolades and recognition, including seven Brit Awards, seven American Music Awards, six Billboard Music Awards, including four MTV Video Music Awards.
While in the band, Harry Styles co-wrote the song “Just a Little Bit of Your Heart” for American singer Ariana Grande in her album, titled My Everything, released in 2014.
As a solo artist, Harry Styles joined Jeffrey Azoff‘s Full Stop Management and a talent agency known as CAA, signing a recording contract with Columbia Records in early 2016.
During that period, he also founded his record label, called Erskine Records, and recorded his solo debut album in 2016 in Los Angeles, London, Jamaica, and Port Antonio. There Harry Styles and his collaborators observed a two-month writing retreat in the autumn.
And in March 2017, he announced that his first solo single, called Sign of the Times, would be released on 7 April. The hit song went on to peak at number one on the UK Singles Chart and number four on the American Billboard Hot 100.
Additionally, his self-titled debut album was released in May 2017 and debuted at number one in many countries, including the UK, Australia, and the US.
The album generally received positive reviews from critics and was added to several publications’ lists of the best albums in 2017.
Harry Styles released two more singles, titled Two Ghosts and Kiwi, and a film, titled Harry Styles: Behind the Album, a documentary of the writing and recording process for the album, was released in May exclusively on Apple Music.
Then he embarked on his first headlining concert tour, themed Harry Styles: Live on Tour, which was held from September 2017 through to July 2018. He performed in North and South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.
Furthermore, Harry Styles made his feature film debut in a Christopher Nolan war film titled Dunkirk in July 2017, starring as a British soldier named Alex, who partakes in Dunkirk evacuation in World War II.
Then in November 2017, BBC One televised Harry Styles at the BBC in an hour television special hosted by Nick Grimshaw.
“Lights Up“, the lead single from Harry Styles‘ second album, Fine Line, was released in October 2019 and debuted in third place in the UK.
Furthermore, Harry Styles performed “double duty” as host and musical guest on Saturday Night Live in late November 2019.
And another album titled Fine Line was released on 13 December. The album was fully recorded at the Shangri-La studio in Malibu, situated in California, with the same production team behind Harry’s debut album.
It was followed by generally positive reviews from critics and peaked at number two in the UK, topping the US charts and breaking the record as the biggest sales debut from an English male artist in the United States ever since Nielsen SoundScan tracking began in 1991.
At the 2020 Brit Awards, Harry Styles was nominated for British Male Solo Artist and British Album of the Year. He also performed in an NPR Tiny Desk concert in March 2020.
At the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards in March 2021, Harry Styles received three nominations for Best Pop Vocal Album (Fine Line), Best Pop Solo Performance (“Watermelon Sugar”), and Best Music Video (“Adore You”), and won the Best Pop Solo Performance.
“Watermelon Sugar” also won him his second Brit Award for British Single of the Year during the 2021 ceremony, and at the 2021 Ivor Novello Awards, “Adore You” earned him the award for Most Performed Work.
Harry Styles appears as Jack in the upcoming psychological thriller film Don’t Worry Darling, directed by Olivia Wilde. He will also play a titular policeman in a film titled My Policeman, an adaptation of a 2012 novel of the same name.
Social Media
It is no surprise that Harry Styles is one of the most followed celebrities on social media, considering his fame.
The English singer has over 81 million across all social media platforms, with his Instagram account boasting over 39.3 million and his Facebook over 36.7 million followers coupled with numerous followers on his Twitter account.
Harry Styles‘ verified social media accounts are as follows:
- Instagram: @harrystyles
- Twitter: @HarryStyles
- Facebook: Harry Styles
Personal Life
Harry Styles is looking ravishing with his height measurement of 6 feet 9 inches (1.76 m)tall. The singer weighs approximately 74 kg (163 lbs). He has an athletic body type with chest size 42 Inches, waist 34 Inches and biceps 13.5 Inches. His hair is brown and his eyes green.
From November 2011 to January 2012, 27-year-old Harry Styles was in a relationship with a television presenter named Caroline Flack. However, their relationship was heavily criticized as she was fourteen years older than him.
Then he dated the popular American singer-songwriter, Taylor Swift, in a brief relationship in 2012, leading to several media speculation about the pair writing songs about each other after their unfortunate breakup.
Furthermore, Harry Styles was in a relationship with French-American model Camille Rowe from 2017 to 2018, was a major inspiration for his 2019 album, Fine Line.
Harry Styles splits his time between two apartments in North, having lived previously in the Sunset Strip area of West Hollywood, the city of California. He sold his expensive Los Angeles house when he became disillusioned with the city.
He also owns an expensive loft apartment in the Manhattan borough in the city of New York.
He had previously lived in the attic of British producer Ben Winston‘s home in Hampstead Heath, London, for more than a year at the beginning of his career.
Harry Styles‘ hobbies include traveling and singing, while his favorite actists are; The Beatles, Elvis Presley, Coldplay, and favorite actress Emily Atack.
Net Worth
In May 2019, Harry Styles was listed second on the Sunday Times Rich List of musicians in the UK under 30, with an estimated net worth of £58 million, having previously appeared third on the previous year’s list with an estimated net worth of £50 million.
And he maintained his second spot on the list in 2020 and 2021 with a net worth estimated at £63 million and £75 million, respectively.
Discography
Famous English singer Harry Styles has so far released two studio albums, six singles, one video album, three music videos, and one promotional single.
On 7 April 2017, Harry Styles released his first solo single titled “Sign of the Times“, climbing up to number one on the UK Singles Chart. He released his self-titled debut album on 12 May 2017, after which it debuted at number one in several countries, including Australia, the UK, and the US.
Studio Albums
- Harry Styles: 12 May 2017
- Fine Line: 13 December 2019
- Singles
- Sign of the Times”: 2017
- “Two Ghosts”: 2017
- “Kiwi”: 2017
- “Lights Up”: 2019
- “Watermelon Sugar”: 2020
- “Adore You”: 2020
- Falling”: 2020
- “Watermelon Sugar”: 2020
- “Golden”: 2020
- “Treat People with Kindness”: 2021
- Music video
- “Sign of the Times”: 2017
- “Kiwi”:2017
- “Lights Up”:2019
- “Adore You”: 2019
- Falling” 2020
- “Watermelon Sugar”: 2020
- “Golden”: 2020
- “Treat People with Kindness”:2021
Filmography
Movies
- 2013 One Direction: This Is Us as Himself (Documentary)
- 2014 One Direction: Where We Are – The Concert Film as Himself
- 2017 Harry Styles: Behind the Album as Himself (Documentary)
- 2017 Dunkirk as Alex
- 2022 Don’t Worry Darling as Jack
- TBA My Policeman as Tom Burgess
TV Shows
- 2012 iCarly (Episode: “iGo One Direction”)
- 2012–2019 Saturday Night Live as Host / Musical Guest (5 episodes)
- 2017 Harry Styles at the BBC
- 2017, 2019 The Late Late Show with James Corden as Guest host (2 episodes)
- 2018 Happy Together
