English singer, songwriter and actor Harry Styles has released two albums as a solo artist, most recently Fine Line in 2019. His musical career began when he entered the televised music competition series The X Factor (airing on ITV) as a solo contestant in 2010. As a solo artist, he was eliminated early, but later brought back to join the boy band, One Direction alongside Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik.
One Direction have gone on to become one of the best-selling boy bands of all time.
In 2015, the band revealed they would be going on hiatus in 2016.
As a solo artist
Styles released his self-titled debut solo album in 2017 via Columbia Records and it went straight in at number one in the UK and the US. The album’s lead single, Sign of the Times, topped the UK Singles Chart. His second album, 2019’s Fine Line included the hugely popular single Watermelon Sugar. His tour to support Fine Line was titled Love On Tour, which was originally set to take place throughout 2020, and was postponed until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2022 Love On Tour shows include dates in London, Manchester and Glasgow, as well as a headline performance at Californian music festival Coachella.
Awards
No stranger to winning awards, Styles has earned numerous accolades throughout his career, including a GRAMMY award, two Brit Awards and an Ivor Novello Award. Aside from music, he was also the first man to appear solo on the cover of Vogue magazine.
Acting
Styles made his acting debut in Christopher Nolan's 2017 war film Dunkirk, and in 2021, the Marvel superhero film, Eternals, made a cameo appearance as Eros / Starfox, the brother of Thanos.
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