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Date of birth
Harry Styles was born in Redditch, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom at 01.02.1994. -
Growing up
When he was a child, he moved with his parents and older sister, Gemma, to the village of Holmes Chapel in Cheshire. His parents divorced when he was seven years old. His mother later married business partner John Cox, although they divorced years later. Through her subsequent marriage in 2013 to Robin Twist, who died of cancer in 2017,Styles gained an older stepbrother named Mike and a stepsister named Amy. -
Before One Direction
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 -
The X Factor
Following a suggestion from his mother, on 11 April 2010, Styles auditioned as a solo contestant for the seventh series of the British televised singing competition The X Factor, singing a rendition of Train's "Hey, Soul Sister". After Simon Cowell suggested that the track was not right for him, he instead sang a rendition of Stevie Wonder's "Isn't She Lovely". -
Beginning of One Direction
The group consisting of Styles, Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, and Zayn Malik practised for two weeks;Styles suggested the name One Direction to his bandmates, which they agreed to. They began to gain considerable popularity in the UK,and within the first four weeks of the live shows, were Cowell's last act in the competition.The group eventually reached the final of The X Factor and finished in third place. -
During the One Direction
The albums spawned a string of successful singles, including "Live While We're Young", "Little Things", "Best Song Ever", "Story of My Life", "Drag Me Down" and "History". Styles also co-wrote the song "Just a Little Bit of Your Heart" for Ariana Grande's 2014 album My Everything. -
Solo Career
When the band split, Harry started his solo career, starting with the music sign of the times, and he is having a sucessfull career untill today.