77 Facts About Harry Styles

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

Harry Styles released his eponymous debut solo album through Erskine and Columbia Records in 2017.

Harry Styles has received various accolades, including six Brit Awards, three Grammy Awards, two Ivor Novello Awards, three American Music Awards, and four MTV Video Music Awards.

Fine Line and Harry Styles's House were both included on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list in 2023.

Harry Styles contributes to various charities and advocates for gender, racial and LGBTQ equality.

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

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

Harry Styles said he experienced a "great childhood" and always felt supported by his parents.

Harry Styles worked a paper round in the local village and at a stable mucking out horses during his adolescence.

The album, which contained three songs co-written by Harry Styles, debuted at number one in the United States.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

In July 2019, it was reported that Harry Styles was in early talks to play Prince Eric in the live-action Disney film, The Little Mermaid.

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

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

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

Harry Styles co-wrote the song "Changes" for Cam's album The Otherside.

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

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

Later that month, Harry Styles's House was short-listed for the Mercury Prize.

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

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

Harry Styles became the third musical artist in history to have a banner raised at Madison Square Garden, following rock band Phish and artist Billy Joel.

In September 2023, Harry Styles gave background vocals on bandmate Mitch Rowland's track "Here Comes the Comeback" for his debut album, Come June.

In July 2024, Harry Styles joined Stevie Nicks on stage at the British Summer Time festival in Hyde Park in London to perform "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" and "Landslide" in tribute of Christine McVie's birthday.

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

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.

Harry Styles attributed the American twang in his music to Presley as he was the first artist Harry Styles grew up listening to.

Harry Styles chose to record Fine Line in Henson Studios after being inspired by Carole King's album Tapestry as it was recorded there.

Harry Styles compiled a playlist for Apple Music during lockdown, inclusive of artists such as Otis Redding, Sam Cooke, Bill Withers, Billie Holiday, Bread, and Labi Siffre.

Harry Styles has an extensive private art collection, owning original works from artists such as Jean-Michel Basquiat, Damien Hirst, Polly Morgan, Yunizar, Ben Turnbull, Jessica Zoob, and Hayden Kays.

In 2023, Hockney painted a portrait of Harry Styles included in the exhibition called 'David Hockney: Drawing From Life' at The National Portrait Gallery in London.

Harry Styles plays acoustic guitar in addition to providing vocals.

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

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

Harry Styles is considered to be among the most successful solo artists to have emerged from a band.

Harry Styles is one of the most-followed Twitter users, with over 38 million followers as of 2022, and has one of the most-followed Instagram accounts in the UK, with over 48 million followers as of 2024.

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

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

The tour follows the bakery where Harry Styles used to work, the Tremlow Viaduct featured in the One Direction documentary, One Direction: This Is Us, where Harry Styles signs his name, and other attractions.

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

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

Harry Styles was inducted as part of the Business of Fashion's Class of 2022, a definitive index of people shaping the global fashion industry.

In 2022, Harry Styles designed a joint capsule collection with Gucci's then-creative designer Alessandro Michele entitled "Ha Ha Ha" after their first initials and the way they traditionally signed off their messages to one another over the years.

Harry Styles has been credited for multiple trends and different waves of items' popularity within fashion.

Harry Styles has been attributed to the popularization of items such as pearl necklaces, Hawaiian shirts, crochet garments, chelsea boots, feather boas, and wide leg trousers.

In 2023 Harry Styles was credited alongside Beyonce and Taylor Swift for the rise in elaborate concert dressing, emulating fan culture of the 60s.

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

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.

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

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

Harry Styles is heavily tattooed, having got his first one at 18 years old; the most prominent of which is a large butterfly on his sternum.

Harry Styles has "17 Black" below his left clavicle after losing money gambling in Australia on 17 black and shares matching work of the children's character Pingu with Ed Sheeran.

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 Harry Styles.

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.

From 2013 to 2016, Harry Styles dated model Kendall Jenner and later cited her as one of the muses of his debut album.

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

From January 2021 to November 2022, Harry Styles was in a relationship with actress and director Olivia Wilde, whom he met on the set of Don't Worry Darling.

Harry Styles has been nominated three times at the British LGBT Awards.

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

Harry Styles made an additional $100,000 joint donation with the United Center in Chicago to the creation of the arts and creative entrepreneurship incubator at the former St Laurence Elementary School as a celebration of his six-night concert residency in Chicago.

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.

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

Harry Styles endorsed Texas' gubernatorial race candidate Beto O'Rourke by inviting him to his shows in Austin, Texas.

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.

Harry Styles donated the fee for the use of his song Treat People with Kindness featured in Marks and Spencer's 2022 Christmas advert to Centrepoint, a charity helping homeless young adults in the UK.

In 2022 and 2023, following the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, Harry Styles partnered with the nonprofit organization Everytown for Gun Safety for 44 shows across five cities in North America as part of his Love On Tour.

Harry Styles is a patron of the MusiCares non profit organization, and joined Fleetwood Mac for a performance of The Chain when the band were honored with the MusiCares Person of the Year award in 2018.

Harry Styles donates items to the organization's annual charity relief auction, including multiple autographed Gibson and Gretsch electric guitars, and signed versions of his albums.

Harry Styles paid his core tour crew's salaries for the duration of the postponed dates until the end of 2020.

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.