58 Facts About Harry Styles

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Harry Edward Styles was born on 1 February 1994 and is an English singer, songwriter, and actor.

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Harry Styles has received various accolades, including six Brit Awards, three Grammy Awards, an Ivor Novello Award, and three American Music Awards.

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Harry Styles is the first man to appear solo on the cover of Vogue.

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Harry Edward Styles was born on 1 February 1994 in Redditch, Worcestershire, England, the son of landlady Anne Twist and finance worker Desmond "Des" Styles.

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Harry Styles's parents divorced when he was seven years old.

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Harry Styles said he had a "great childhood" and was always supported by his parents.

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Harry Styles attended the Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School, where he was the lead singer for the band White Eskimo, which won a local Battle of the Bands competition.

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The album, which contained three songs co-written by Harry Styles, made One Direction the first British group to have their debut album reach number one in the United States.

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Harry Styles co-wrote the song "Just a Little Bit of Your Heart" for Ariana Grande's 2014 album My Everything.

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Harry Styles attributed his avoidance of social media to past pressure that he should be constantly accessible online.

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Harry Styles's self-titled debut album was released in May 2017, whereupon it debuted at number one in several countries, including Australia, the UK and the US.

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Harry Styles yielded two more singles, "Two Ghosts" and "Kiwi".

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Harry Styles made his feature film debut in Christopher Nolan's war film Dunkirk, in July 2017, playing a British soldier named Alex in the Dunkirk evacuation during World War II.

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Harry Styles appeared alongside an ensemble cast which included Fionn Whitehead, Tom Glynn-Carney, Jack Lowden, Kenneth Branagh, Cillian Murphy, Mark Rylance, and Tom Hardy.

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Harry Styles won the part over "thousands of young men"; Nolan later admitted he was unaware of the extent of Harry Styles' fame and that he was cast "because he fit the part wonderfully and truly earned a seat at the table".

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At 2017 ARIA Music Awards, Harry Styles received the Best International Artist award.

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Together with Jack Antonoff and Ilsey Juber, Harry Styles co-wrote "Alfie's Song ", performed by the band Bleachers, for the soundtrack of the film Love, Simon.

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Harry Styles served as an executive producer on the CBS sitcom Happy Together, which premiered in October 2018 and was inspired by his time living with television producer Ben Winston and his wife.

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In 2018, Harry Styles began modelling for the Italian fashion house Gucci, appearing in several campaigns for the brand.

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That month, Harry Styles again guest-hosted The Late Late Show with James Corden.

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The album was recorded at the Shangri-La studio in Malibu, California with the same production team behind Styles's debut album and featured a similar sound to Harry Styles while incorporating elements of funk and soul.

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At the 2020 Brit Awards, Harry Styles was nominated for British Male Solo Artist and British Album of the Year.

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Harry Styles launched his gender neutral skin and nail care brand, Pleasing, that month.

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In 2022, Styles achieved critical and commercial success with his third album, Harry's House.

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Later that month, Harry Styles's House was shortlisted for the Mercury Prize.

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At the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards, Styles received three accolades, including Album of the Year for Harry's House.

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Harry Styles's House won Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album at the 65th Grammy Awards, and British Album of the Year at 43rd Brit Awards.

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Harry Styles auditioned for the role of Elvis Presley in Baz Luhrmann's musical biopic Elvis.

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Harry Styles became the third musical artist in history to have a banner raised at Madison Square Garden.

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In November 2022, Gucci released a collaborative collection between Alessandro Michele and Harry Styles, titled "Gucci Ha Ha Ha".

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At the American Music Awards of 2022, Harry Styles won Favorite Male Pop Artist and Favorite Pop Song.

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Harry Styles's music has been described as pop, pop rock, rock, soft rock, synth-pop and new wave, with elements of folk and Britpop.

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Harry Styles has cited Freddie Mercury, Elvis Presley, and Paul McCartney as influences, while mentioning Shania Twain as his main inspiration both musically and in fashion.

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Harry Styles has been seen by critics to be an unusually energetic performer since at least 2015.

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Harry Styles wore skinny jeans, sheer blouses, floral prints, flamboyant suits and ankle boots while in One Direction.

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Vanity Fairs Erika Harwood stated that Harry Styles went from "boy-bander" to "luxury suit connoisseur" in describing his change in style.

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Harry Styles was ranked first and fifth on British Vogues "The 50 Fittest Boys" list in 2016 and 2017, respectively, and was voted the "Sexiest Male in Pop" for three consecutive years between 2016 and 2018 in a poll by British radio network Capital.

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Harry Styles has been referred to as a pop icon and a fashion icon.

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Forbes noted that with his third album Harry's House, Styles racked up a first-week vinyl sales count larger than anything any musician has managed before.

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Harry Styles has inspired his fans to dress up for his concerts, leading Fashionista to call the shows "his fans' Met Gala".

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Novels inspired by Harry Styles include the After series, Grace and the Fever, and The Idea of You.

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Harry Styles is one of the most-followed Twitter users, with over 38 million followers, and has one of the most-followed Instagram accounts in the UK, with over 48 million followers.

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Harry Styles is one of the most streamed artists of all-time on Spotify; his song "As It Was" was the most-streamed song of 2022.

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Harry Styles was named the second-most searched musician on Google in 2022, after Taylor Swift.

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Harry Styles sold his Los Angeles residence, having become disillusioned with the city.

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Harry Styles lived in the attic of producer Ben Winston's home in Hampstead Heath, London, for 20 months at the beginning of his career while he looked for his own house.

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Harry Styles told Vogue in the same interview that he followed a pescatarian diet.

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Harry Styles confirmed in 2017 that he has polythelia, a condition where a person has more than two nipples.

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From November 2011 to January 2012,17-year-old Harry Styles dated television presenter Caroline Flack; their relationship stirred controversy, as she was 14 years older than him.

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Harry Styles briefly dated American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift later in 2012, leading to fan and media speculation about them writing songs about each other after their breakup.

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From 2017 to 2018, Harry Styles was in a relationship with French-American model Camille Rowe, who inspired his 2019 album Fine Line.

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From January 2021 to November 2022, Harry Styles was in a relationship with actress and director Olivia Wilde.

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Harry Styles received a Gay Times Honour for LGBTQ Advocate.

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In 2014, Harry Styles endorsed Emma Watson's HeForShe gender equality campaign.

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In light of the murder of George Floyd in May 2020, Harry Styles showed support for Black Lives Matter, urging fans to share and donate in support, and pledged to donate to a bail fund for arrested Black Lives Matter activists.

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Harry Styles attended a Los Angeles Black Lives Matter protest the following month.

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On 2 June 2022, Harry Styles announced he was donating his appearance fee from Apple's AirPods' spatial audio campaign to the International Rescue Committee, a global humanitarian aid organization that is responding to the more than six million refugees being forced to flee Ukraine.

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Harry Styles began using the slogan during his debut concert tour in 2017 on a badge on his guitar and tour merchandise, including Pride T-shirts sold to raise funds for GLSEN.