Harry Styles (born 1 February 1994) [1] is an English pop singer for the boy band One Direction.
Styles was raised in Holmes Chapel, Cheshire, England, where he attended Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School. [2] He was born to Anne Cox (née Selley) and Des Styles [3] [4] [5] and has an older sister, Gemma. [6] Styles' parents divorced when he was seven and his mother later remarried. [7] As a sixteen-year-old he worked part-time at the W. Mandeville Bakery in Holmes Chapel. [8]
After auditioning as a solo member for the seventh series of the British televised singing competition The X Factor, Styles was selected to be a founding member of the band One Direction. [9]
The band finished the show in third place [10] while amassing a large fan following. [11] They were signed to Simon Cowell's Syco Entertainment in 2010. [12] One Direction released their first album, Up All Night, in 2011, followed by their second, Take Me Home, in 2012. [13]. One Direction: This Is Us, a documentary about the band directed by Morgan Spurlock, was released in August 2013. [14] The film grossed more than $30 million worldwide its first weekend in theaters. [15]
Their third album, Midnight Memories, will be released on 25 November 2013. [16]
Harry Styles (born 1 February 1994) [1] is an English pop singer for the boy band One Direction.
Styles was raised in Holmes Chapel, Cheshire, England, where he attended Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School. [2] He was born to Anne Cox (née Selley) and Des Styles [3] [4] [5] and has an older sister, Gemma. [6] Styles' parents divorced when he was seven and his mother later remarried. [7] As a sixteen-year-old he worked part-time at the W. Mandeville Bakery in Holmes Chapel. [8]
After auditioning as a solo member for the seventh series of the British televised singing competition The X Factor, Styles was selected to be a founding member of the band One Direction. [9]
The band finished the show in third place [10] while amassing a large fan following. [11] They were signed to Simon Cowell's Syco Entertainment in 2010. [12] One Direction released their first album, Up All Night, in 2011, followed by their second, Take Me Home, in 2012. [13]. One Direction: This Is Us, a documentary about the band directed by Morgan Spurlock, was released in August 2013. [14] The film grossed more than $30 million worldwide its first weekend in theaters. [15]
Their third album, Midnight Memories, will be released on 25 November 2013. [16]