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Harry Styles first stepped into the spotlight in 2010 when he auditioned with the song ‘Isn’t She Lovely’ by Stevie Wonder for the X Factor. He came to the show looking for solo stardom but was eliminated and later paired by Simon Cowell with fellow contestants Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Zayn Malik, and Louis Tomlinson to become boy band One Direction.
Whilst they didn’t win the X Factor (they came third), they became an overnight international sensation. Come November 2011 the boys released their debut album Up All Night which featured hits like One Thing and What Makes You Beautiful. After this they released four more studio albums - Take Me Home, Midnight Memories, Four, and Made in the A.M.
Zayn Malik left the band in 2015 due to stress right in the middle of their tour, and a year later the boys decided to pursue solo careers. They initially said they were on a broke but at the start of 2016, One Direction announced their permanent split.
Solo music career
Come June 2016, Columbia Records (the label that had signed One Direction) signed Harry, who spent the next 11 months preparing his self-titled debut album. The album was a hit, globally. To celebrate he embarked on his world tour from September 2017 starting in San Francisco, touring across North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and Latin America before finishing up in California in July 2018.
In December 2019 Harry dropped his second album Fine Line featuring hit songs Adore You, and Watermelon Sugar. The latter winning him his first Grammy for ‘Best Pop Solo Performance’.
In May 2022, Harry released his third album Harry’s House, which went on to win two Grammy Awards, Album of the Year, and Best Pop Vocal Album. The album has received great praise for its diversity of sound, covering genres from pop, pop-funk, pop rock, synth pop, and new wave.
Harry said when writing the album that he was influenced by Joni Mitchell, Haruomi Hosono, and 1970’s Japanese City Pop. He also said he wanted the album to share the feeling of being ‘at home’, both physically and emotionally with songs talking about love, loss, self-discovery, and home.
In September 2021, he embarked on his second solo world tour ‘Love on Tour’ which finished at the end of July 2023. The tour raised an incredible £5million for charities of various causes from reproductive rights, gun control, humanitarian aid, and voting rights.
