The first disc of this group topped the charts in several countries and for the first time in British history topped the American Billboard 200, which allowed it to get into the Guinness Book of Records.
Childhood and first creativity
The future star performer was born on February 1, 1994 in the city of Redditch, located in the northeast of the ceremonial county of Worcestershire in England, and became the second child in the family of Anne Cox and Desmond Steely. 
In 2001, his parents divorced and he moved with his mother and older sister Gemma to the rural parish of Holmes Chapel, Cheshire. His mother later remarried and he had an older half-brother, Mike, the son of Robin Twist's stepfather.
Harry discovered his interest in music and singing already in childhood. By his own admission, his fate as a musician was especially influenced by the work of Freddie Mercury, Elvis Presley, Rolling Stones and the Beatles. After school activities he worked in a bakery and was developing his vocal talent.
IN school years he and his three friends created musical ensemble White Eskimo, who became popular enough to win a competition among amateur boy bands with the hit “Summer of 69.”
White Eskimo Concert
This experience helped the teenager realize that he liked performing in front of an audience and that music was his calling. By the way, he was the frontman of the quartet and the author of its name, and later came up with the same successful name for his current team, One Direction.
Harry Styles in X-Factor
At the age of 16, the young man went to the casting of the British talent show “X Factor”, in order to find out the opinion of professionals and secretly dreaming of getting a fabulous chance to develop a solo career. At the audition, he performed the song “Isn’t She Lovely” by American singer and composer Stevie Wonder and “Stop Crying Your Heart Out” by the British rock band Oasis.Harry Styles at the X Factor audition
Before the finale, the judges of the show rejected his candidacy, but made an unexpected offer to create a common team together with four other singers, his rivals, and continue the march to victory in a new line-up: Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson.
As a result, the young people, presented by the jury as One Direction, became one of the most popular participants, according to the results of the program they took 3rd place and received a contract with the recording studio Syco Records, subsidiary Sony Music.
Creativity in One Direction
After the show, the singer and other project participants went on a tour. Then there was work on the first disc, “Up All Night”. It was recorded in Britain, Sweden and the USA. The disc was released in November 2011, making the musician and the entire band famous.One Direction – Up All Night (Live version)
In December they toured Britain on their own, in April 2012 they began traveling around Australia and North America. Tickets for all their performances were completely sold out - long before the start of the performance, the box office was decorated with a “sold out” sign.
On the wave of success, the musicians released a concert DVD that topped the world charts, a book that took first position in the Sunday Times list of best-selling works, and the album “What Makes You Beautiful,” which won the Brit Awards 2012, the British equivalent of the Grammys. The boy band also won at the Teen Choice Awards in three categories. In the spring of 2012 in Stockholm, the group began creating their 2nd studio disc, “Take Me Home,” which was released six months later. The composition “Live While We"re Young” representing the album again broke popularity records, as did the disc itself, which ended up on the 1st line of the charts in 35 countries. In December of the same year, the star band performed in New York and then made another tour, which included more than a hundred concerts. Their performances were a constant success in New Zealand and Australia, ticket sales reached almost $16 million.
The lead single of the boy band's third album, Midnight Memories, released in November 2013, was the song "Best Song Ever." It also became the main soundtrack for the documentary One Direction: This Is Us, which premiered in August. The film's box office receipts exceeded $60 million, and the album surpassed the sales of the previous disc and took 1st place on the Billboard 200 chart. For the first time in history, the group's first three discs were in the leading position of the authoritative American list the most popular musical groups.
One Direction – Best Song Ever
In December 2013, another boy band record was recorded - during 3 days of sales in Britain of their film “One Direction: This Is Us” on DVD and BD, the number of copies sold reached 270 thousand, many times exceeding the previous sales maximum of 10 thousand, which belonged to the tape "Michael Jackson: That's it."
In April 2014, the singer as part of the group became a participant in the world tour “Where We Are Tour”, and in November the 4th music album“Four” again took 1st position on the Billboard 200. The tour in support of it was called “On the Road Again Tour”. Since April 2015, the number of group members has been reduced to four. Farewell to Zayn Malik, who announced his retirement, was warm and touching - Harry could not even hold back his tears, bursting into tears on stage.
Styles has repeatedly noted in interviews that he is constantly working to develop and improve his abilities, wherever he is. The songwriting process does not stop for a single day. Moreover, the young man is not limited to creating musical compositions for his boy band. He co-wrote songs with the Irish group Kodaline and American pop singer Meghan Trainor. The singer is the author of the song “Just A Little Bit Of Your Heart”, included by Adriana Grande in her album “My Everything”. He wrote many songs together with Johnny McDaid.
Personal life of Harry Styles
The musician is not married, but is known for an impressive list of romantic adventures. The press and army of fans closely monitor his personal life.How Harry Styles has changed
When he was 15 years old, he had a year-long affair with a girl his age named Felicity Skinner. She subsequently described him as a shy and romantic teenager.
In 2011, while participating in The X Factor, he dated TV presenter Caroline Flack. He was 17 years old, and his chosen one was 32, which became the subject of condemnation among the singer’s fans. By the way, by this time the army of his fans had become so huge that it included many inadequate representatives who tirelessly threw dirt at Caroline. In January 2012, the young man announced on Twitter that they had separated, but remained friends.
From November 2012 to January 2013, he had a close relationship with American singer Taylor Swift. After breaking up, the girl called them “fragile and full of obstacles.” She mentioned the failed romance in her songs “Style” and “Out Of The Woods,” and he mentioned it in the song “Perfect,” co-written with Louis Tomlinson.
There were also rumors about Harry's alleged affair with Louis Tomlinson, a bandmate. They began to be credited with a gay romance after a photo of them kissing appeared on the Internet. Louis said that at first it was funny for him to read about such assumptions, but later it was no longer funny, because at that moment he was dating model Eleanor Calder.
It was also reported that the musician was romantically involved with top model Cara Delevingne, but the singer denied these rumors in September 2013.
Since late 2013, Harry has often been seen in the company of Kendall Jenner, TV star and younger sister of Kim Kardashian. In January 2014 and December 2015, they went on vacation with the singer’s parents and his friend Jeff Azoff. However, due to their busy work schedule, their relationship was unstable. In January 2016, they allegedly broke up, but in September they were spotted again on a romantic date in a Los Angeles restaurant. In 2016, Harry Styles took up solo career
Before filming, to the horror of fans, the young man said goodbye to his curls. True, his fans were somewhat reconciled with what happened by the fact that he selflessly donated the cut hair to an organization engaged in making wigs for children who lost them due to treatment for cancer. The release of the singer's debut film is scheduled for July 2017.
Singer and former lead singer of One Direction Harry Styles is going through a family drama: as it became known today, Harry's stepfather, 57-year-old Robin Twist, passed away earlier this week. The musician's stepfather has been battling cancer for the past few years.
Robin Twist married Harry Styles' mother Anna in 2013. Before this they for long years lived in a civil marriage. It was Robin who raised Harry and his sister after they biological father left home. In his autobiography Harry Styles: Every Piece of Me Harry talked about how much Robin influenced his personality.
We are sad to announce that Harry's stepfather, Robin Twist, passed away this week. The family asks for time to be alone,
This is stated in the official statement of the musician’s family.
Meanwhile, not so long ago, Harry experienced a difficult episode in his personal life. According to Page Six, the musician's girlfriend Tess Ward - a food blogger and author of the cookbook "The Naked Diet" - left him for her ex-boyfriend. Fortunately, Harry and Tess’ romance did not last long, only 1.5 months.
Tess met her ex-boyfriend and feelings flared up between them again. She had to explain herself for her affair with Harry, but her lover forgave her,
Insiders report.
Tess Ward and Harry Styles
British singer and actor. Member of a famous English group One Direction, formed as part of the seventh season of the popular British music talent show The X Factor.
Harry Styles / Harry Styles. Biography
Harry Edward Styles born February 1, 1994 in Redditch (Worcestershire, England) into a family Ann Cox(Selli) and Desmond Styles, who worked in the financial sector. Many of Harry's ancestors were farmers in Norfolk. When the boy turned seven, he, his mother and older sister Gemma settled in the town of Holmes Chapel in Cheshire, where he studied at a comprehensive school. Subsequently, Harry had an older half-brother Mike - a son Robin Twista, whom the mother of the future singer married.
Since childhood, Harry had a passion for music; his work was influenced by Elvis Presley, Freddie Mercury, The group Rolling Stones and The Beatles. At school, he organized the group White Eskimo, which won the Battle of the Bands Competition, where amateur teenage groups participated. After graduating from high school, 16-year-old Styles took a part-time job at a candy store in Holmes Chapel and developed his vocal talent along the way.
Harry Styles / Harry Styles. Creative path
In 2010, Harry took part in the popular British music talent show The X Factor, but how solo artist couldn't succeed. However, the project judge Nicole Scherzinger invited the guy to join a group with other contestants - Louis Tomlinson, Liam Payne, Niall Horan and Zayn Malik. This is how a boy band called One Direction. The team, which took 3rd place on the show, soon signed a contract with Cowell's Syco label and recorded their first album, Up All Night.
In 2011, the collection became a real bestseller in Britain, and in 2012 – in the USA. Six months after the birth of the first album, the group released their second record - “Take Me Home”, which turned out to be no less popular. In 2013, the guys went on a world tour in support of their second album. Then the albums Midnight Memories (2013), Four (2014) and Made in the A.M. were released. (2015). At the beginning of 2016, the band members went on sabbatical.
Harry Styles, like his other colleagues One Direction, also decided to build solo career. In March 2017, the artist announced his debut single “ Sign of the Times”, which soon topped the charts in several countries. And his first full album, consisting of 10 songs and called “ Harry Styles", released on May 12.
Before this, Styles managed to make his debut in a feature film, receiving in 2016 one of the main roles in the war drama directed by Christopher Nolan “Dunkirk”, which premiered in July 2017.
Christopher Nolan on Styles: “When we assembled the ensemble, we already had famous names– Kenneth Branagh, Tom Hardy, Mark Rylance, Cillian Murphy. But for the roles of the guys on the beach, we wanted to choose young, unknown actors. Undoubtedly, Harry cannot be called unknown, but he had never been an actor before. That's why he auditioned with us. Literally thousands of young actors participated in the casting. But he had what we needed."
By the way, film critics praised Styles’s acting, and he himself was at the premiere of “ Dunkirk"in London admitted that he does not intend to develop a film career. Probably the reason for such thoughts young musician was a large-scale world tour starting in the fall of 2017, bringing together 50 concerts on five continents.
Harry Styles / Harry Styles. Personal life
For several months Harry had romantic relationship with food blogger and cookbook author of The Naked Diet Tess Ward, however, in early June 2017, she left the musician for her ex-boyfriend.
Harry Styles / Harry Styles. Filmography
- Actor
Dunkirk (2017). Alex
Saturday evening at live/ Saturday Night Live (TV series 2017)
One Direction: The TV Special (2014, short)
iCarly / iCarly (TV series 2012), Harry Styles
Harry Styles— British singer, member of the group One Direction. Harry is the most young participant team.
Harry Styles biography
Name: Harry Edward Styles
Harry Styles Birthday: February 1, 1994
Zodiac sign: Aquarius
Place of birth: Holmes Chapel, Cheshire, UK
Marital status: Single
Hobbies: Tennis, badminton
Pets: Cat (Dusty)
Talents and hobbies: Juggling.
Harry Styles height— 1.83 m
Harry Styles Family: Des Styles - father;
Annie Cox - mother;
Robin Twist - stepfather;
Gemma Styles - sister
Harry Styles childhood
He has an older sister, Gemma. When Harry was seven years old, his parents divorced. Some time later, his mother remarried Robin Twist. As a child, Harry loved to sing, especially the compositions of Elvis Presley.
While in high school, Harry sang in his own band, White Eskimo.
After graduation high school Harry decided not to continue his studies and went to work part-time in a bakery.
One Direction
In 2010, Harry took part in the British project “The X Factor”, but achieved success in the selection vocal competition he failed. Then Harry was included in the group, which he later gave the name “One Direction”. In addition to him, the group included Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan and Zayn Malik.
On the project, the group “One Direction” took third place. After participating in the show group One Direction, signed a contract with subsidiary company Sony Music - Syco Music. On this label they released their first album, Up All Night.
In February 2012, One Direction won the BRIT Award for Best British Single for their first single "What Makes You Beautiful".
On November 12, 2012, One Direction released their second album, Take Me Home.
Personal life of Harry Styles
Caroline Flach
Gary met her while participating in the X Factor show and despite the 15 year age difference, this meeting grew into a short relationship, although long time the couple refused them. After their confirmation, Caroline received great amount threatening messages from Harry's fans. On January 26, 2012, Harry announced the end of the relationship on his Twitter account, but he and Caroline remain friends.
Taylor Swift
Harry and Taylor were spotted holding each other's hand in New York.
Based on this, the media assumed that they were dating. Later, both confirmed the fact of the relationship, which began with a mutual passion for art. They broke up in early January, after spending New Year's together.
Harry Styles Tattoos
Harry has about 30 small tattoos on his body.
Harry Styles Quotes
“My first major failure was... Louis Tomlinson.” (Old Sugarscape Interview)
“My worst habit is... I constantly strip naked! Sorry!" (Mr. and Miss)
"Simple but effective." (X Factor Diary 6)
“I’m thinking about how many chicks I’ll have.” (to Matt Cardle from XFactor)
“If I hadn’t been in the group, I think I would still be a virgin.”
Elements of Harry's signature style are his curls, brown hair, dimples on his cheeks, his blazer,
In an interview with Celebritex he admitted that he is a complete freak :)
As a child, he had straight hair.
His favorite films: "The Notebook", "Titanic" and "Love Actually"
The first word Harry spoke was the word "cat".
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