# Harry Styles
**Harry Styles** (full name Harry Edward Styles) is an English singer, songwriter, and actor who rose to worldwide fame as a member of the boy band [One Direction](https://www.edgepedia.org/one-direction) before building a rock- and pop-based solo career.[1](https://www.biography.com/musicians/harry-styles) • [2](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/harry-styles-mn0002854537) He has released four solo studio albums, won the [Grammy Award for Album of the Year](https://www.edgepedia.org/grammy-award-for-album-of-the-year) with *Harry's House* (2022), and set a residency record at [Wembley Stadium](https://www.edgepedia.org/wembley-stadium).[3](https://www.grammy.com/artists/harry-styles/287522/) • [4](https://www.wembleystadium.com/news/2026/07/06/09/05/Harry-Styles-makes-music-history-with-record-breaking-Wembley-Stadium-residency) • [5](https://www.msgentertainment.com/madison-square-garden-harry-styles-together-together-once-again/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Full name | Harry Edward Styles[1](https://www.biography.com/musicians/harry-styles) |
| One Direction | Joined on the talent show *The X Factor* in 2010, finishing third; the group released five studio albums with hits such as "Best Song Ever" and "Story of My Life"[6](https://magazineforyou.com/2/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/for-Youserb_eng_170.pdf) • [1](https://www.biography.com/musicians/harry-styles) |
| Solo albums | *Harry Styles* (2017), *Fine Line* (2019), *Harry's House* (2022), *Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally* (2026)[7](https://elpais.com/mexico/2026-01-23/harry-styles-confirma-gira-mundial-con-dos-fechas-en-mexico.html) • [8](https://apnews.com/article/a658f35d478debccce0123f6df63d595) |
| Grammy record | 3 wins from 9 nominations, including Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album for *Harry's House* (2023) and Best Pop Solo Performance for "Watermelon Sugar" (2021)[3](https://www.grammy.com/artists/harry-styles/287522/) |
| "As It Was" | The UK's biggest song of 2022, with 180.9 million streams plus 65,000 physical and digital sales that year[9](https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/51376/harry-styles/) |
| Residency records | 12-show Wembley Stadium run, the longest by a musician at the venue in a single run (July 4, 2026); 30 consecutive Madison Square Garden shows in 2026[4](https://www.wembleystadium.com/news/2026/07/06/09/05/Harry-Styles-makes-music-history-with-record-breaking-Wembley-Stadium-residency) • [5](https://www.msgentertainment.com/madison-square-garden-harry-styles-together-together-once-again/) |
| Other awards | Five BRIT Awards and three MTV Video Music Awards in total[10](https://www.sonymusic.com.br/artistas/harry-styles/) |
## One Direction
Styles's career began in 2010 on the British talent show *The X Factor*, where his group finished in third place.[6](https://magazineforyou.com/2/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/for-Youserb_eng_170.pdf) One Direction became a pop sensation, releasing five studio albums with hits including "Best Song Ever" and "Story of My Life".[1](https://www.biography.com/musicians/harry-styles) The Associated Press later described Styles as easily the biggest solo star the band produced.[11](https://apnews.com/article/188f5c6a452cad49abdbe492fae39b64)
The band's chart standing was unusual: it was the only band in the fifty-eight-year history of the Billboard 200 album chart whose first four albums debuted at number one.[6](https://magazineforyou.com/2/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/for-Youserb_eng_170.pdf)
## Solo recording career
After One Direction wound down, Styles signed a solo record deal with [Columbia Records](https://www.edgepedia.org/columbia-records), the same label as his former band.[12](https://time.com/4381224/harry-styles-one-direction-solo-record-deal/) He launched his solo career in 2016 and released three albums over the following years: *Harry Styles* (2017), *Fine Line* (2019), and *Harry's House* (2022).[7](https://elpais.com/mexico/2026-01-23/harry-styles-confirma-gira-mundial-con-dos-fechas-en-mexico.html) AllMusic characterizes his solo work as a rock-based departure from the pop group format.[2](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/harry-styles-mn0002854537)
*Fine Line* was released on December 13, 2019 and received 109 million streams in its first week.[13](https://faculty.etsu.edu/odonnell/2022spring/engl3130/Harry_Styles_Fine_Line_Album_Review.pdf) Its lead single "Lights Up" had reached third place in the UK chart on release in October 2019.[6](https://magazineforyou.com/2/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/for-Youserb_eng_170.pdf) *Harry's House*, a synth-pop record, contained the number-one single "As It Was" and won the Grammy for Album of the Year.[1](https://www.biography.com/musicians/harry-styles) "As It Was" went on to become the UK's biggest song of 2022 according to the [Official Charts Company](https://www.edgepedia.org/official-charts-company).[9](https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/51376/harry-styles/)
## Voice and live performance
Styles has worked on his singing formally. From 2016 he trained with the vocal coach Ron Anderson, and a fan account tracking his development reported a significant increase in his vocal range, with his belts described as strong; his performance of "Falling" at the 2020 BRIT Awards was cited as an example of the improvement.[14](https://www.capitalfm.com/artists/harry-styles/vocal-range-training-ron-anderson-octave-improve/) His voice has been described as suited to a range of genres, consistent with his movement between pop, pop rock, indie, folk, soul, and funk across his records.[14](https://www.capitalfm.com/artists/harry-styles/vocal-range-training-ron-anderson-octave-improve/)
## Love On Tour and the residency format
Styles's [Love On Tour](https://www.edgepedia.org/love-on-tour) ran for nearly 24 months of sold-out shows before ending in July 2023.[15](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2026-03-09/harry-styles-kiss-all-the-time-disco-occasionally-new-album-review) • [16](https://los40.com/2026/05/18/harry-styles-inaugura-together-together-tour-setlist-carreras-por-el-escenario-y-bailes-inagotables/)
**Together, Together.** In January 2026 he announced his return to the stage after roughly three years away, with a 50-performance tour built as residencies in seven cities: Amsterdam, London, São Paulo, Mexico City, New York, Melbourne, and Sydney, from May through December 2026.[17](https://news.livenationentertainment.com/news/harry-styles-returns-with-a-seven-city-global-residency-run-together-together) The run included 30 shows at [Madison Square Garden](https://www.edgepedia.org/madison-square-garden), his only US dates, and a run at Wembley Stadium.[17](https://news.livenationentertainment.com/news/harry-styles-returns-with-a-seven-city-global-residency-run-together-together) Special guests across select dates included Robyn, Shania Twain, Fcukers, Jorja Smith, Jamie xx, Fousheé, and [Skye Newman](https://www.edgepedia.org/skye-newman).[17](https://news.livenationentertainment.com/news/harry-styles-returns-with-a-seven-city-global-residency-run-together-together)
The residency strategy produced records. On July 4, 2026, Styles set the Guinness World Record for the longest residency by a musician at Wembley Stadium during a single run, with 12 shows, surpassing the 10-show record Coldplay set on their [Music of the Spheres World Tour](https://www.edgepedia.org/music-of-the-spheres-world-tour) in 2025.[4](https://www.wembleystadium.com/news/2026/07/06/09/05/Harry-Styles-makes-music-history-with-record-breaking-Wembley-Stadium-residency) In September 2026 he announced a 2027 expansion of 25 new dates across 12 cities, opening on April 2, 2027 with back-to-back shows at [State Farm Stadium](https://www.edgepedia.org/state-farm-stadium) in Phoenix, continuing through Dallas, Los Angeles, Toronto, Atlanta, and Chicago, then Berlin, Paris, Madrid, Rome, and Dublin, and closing with three shows at Wembley.[18](https://crokepark.ie/news-and-events/harry-styles-at-croke-park-2027)
The tour carries charitable components: support for the humanitarian organization Choose Love, £1 from every London ticket to the LIVE Trust for grassroots UK music, and voter registration with HeadCount at New York dates.[17](https://news.livenationentertainment.com/news/harry-styles-returns-with-a-seven-city-global-residency-run-together-together)
## Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally
Styles's fourth album, *Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally*, was his first full-length project in four years, announced alongside the 2026 tour and released on March 6, 2026.[19](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNV77tL9soU) The 12-track album was begun in early 2025 in Berlin with his longtime producers [Kid Harpoon](https://www.edgepedia.org/kid-harpoon), who also executive produced it, and Tyler Johnson.[8](https://apnews.com/article/a658f35d478debccce0123f6df63d595) • [17](https://news.livenationentertainment.com/news/harry-styles-returns-with-a-seven-city-global-residency-run-together-together) Its lead single "Aperture" premiered on January 22, 2026, and marked a foray into minimal electronic music, with organ-like synth chords, techno-flavored kick patterns outside the standard four-on-the-floor rhythm, and processed vocals.[20](https://www.musicradar.com/music-tech/how-harry-styles-brought-the-sounds-of-minimal-techno-to-the-world-of-pop-we-break-down-the-5-essential-production-elements-behind-his-new-single-aperture) The Guardian's review called the track "a joyous, quietly radical" dancefloor song.[21](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/jan/23/harry-styles-aperture-review)
The album opened with more than 60 million Spotify streams, the biggest album opening of 2026 to that point.[15](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2026-03-09/harry-styles-kiss-all-the-time-disco-occasionally-new-album-review) Critical reception was divided. The Independent gave it four stars, describing it as "personal, bold and finally sounding like himself";[22](https://www.the-independent.com/bulletin/culture/harry-styles-new-album-review-b2931743.html) NME called it the most exploratory album of his career;[23](https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/harry-styles-kiss-all-the-time-disco-occasionally-review-3932624) [BBC News](https://www.edgepedia.org/bbc-news) framed it as "the funkiest existential crisis in pop";[24](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/mar/04/harry-styles-kiss-all-the-time-disco-occasionally-review-nice-all-the-time-good-occasionally) and Pitchfork's review was negative, describing "decaf dance-pop" and noting that the word "you" and its derivatives appear 326 times on the album against 127 uses of "I".[25](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/harry-styles-kiss-all-the-time-disco-occasionally/)
## Fashion and public image
Styles's visual identity is built on a small set of recurring details: pearls, boas, flared 1970s-style tailoring, and playful color, repeated across photo shoots, tours, and his beauty brand.[26](https://julesmorrisphd.com/teaching/case-studies/harry-styles-signature-details-in-every-frame/) He has said that clothing is not about whether something is "for women or men".[26](https://julesmorrisphd.com/teaching/case-studies/harry-styles-signature-details-in-every-frame/) Commentary on his sartorial lineage notes that his fashion draws on Black and queer styles, and that his dandyism operates within 21st-century celebrity culture rather than as the deconstructive mockery of earlier dandies.[27](https://umsu.unimelb.edu.au/news/article/7797/Queer-Some-Of-The-Time-Appropriate-Occasionally-Understanding-Harry-Styles-sartorial-lineage/)
## Awards
At the 2023 [Brit Awards](https://www.edgepedia.org/brit-awards), Styles won four prizes: album of the year for *Harry's House*, artist of the year, pop/R&B act, and song of the year for "As It Was", days after winning the Album of the Year Grammy for the same record.[28](https://apnews.com/article/07d12f3d807d15c2666533367e445a38) His Grammy total stands at three wins from nine nominations.[3](https://www.grammy.com/artists/harry-styles/287522/) Across his career he has accumulated five BRIT Awards and three [MTV Video Music Awards](https://www.edgepedia.org/mtv-video-music-awards).[10](https://www.sonymusic.com.br/artistas/harry-styles/) A documentary of the [Together, Together](https://www.edgepedia.org/together-together) tour, directed by the filmmaker John Wilson, known for the HBO series *How To With John Wilson*, was announced in October 2026.[29](https://www.musicradar.com/artists/shows-festivals/harry-styles-signs-up-acclaimed-filmmaker-for-together-together-tour-doc-featuring-authentic-human-stories-of-everyone-involved)
## References
1. [Harry Styles: Biography, Singer, Actor, One Direction, Biography.com](https://www.biography.com/musicians/harry-styles)
2. [Harry Styles Biography, Discography & Reviews, AllMusic](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/harry-styles-mn0002854537)
3. [Harry Styles Grammy Awards and Nominations, Recording Academy](https://www.grammy.com/artists/harry-styles/287522/)
4. [Harry Styles makes music history with record-breaking Wembley Stadium residency, Wembley Stadium](https://www.wembleystadium.com/news/2026/07/06/09/05/Harry-Styles-makes-music-history-with-record-breaking-Wembley-Stadium-residency)
5. [Madison Square Garden & Harry Styles "Together, Together" Once Again, MSG Entertainment](https://www.msgentertainment.com/madison-square-garden-harry-styles-together-together-once-again/)
6. [Harry Styles: A Versatile Soft-Hearted Artist, For You magazine](https://magazineforyou.com/2/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/for-Youserb_eng_170.pdf)
7. [Harry Styles en México: precios oficiales de los boletos, El País México](https://elpais.com/mexico/2026-01-23/harry-styles-confirma-gira-mundial-con-dos-fechas-en-mexico.html)
8. [Music Review: Harry Styles' 'Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally', Associated Press](https://apnews.com/article/a658f35d478debccce0123f6df63d595)
9. [Harry Styles songs and albums: full Official Chart history, Official Charts Company](https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/51376/harry-styles/)
10. [Harry Styles, Sony Music Brasil](https://www.sonymusic.com.br/artistas/harry-styles/)
11. [Liam Payne and his bandmates all sought solo success after One Direction fame, Associated Press](https://apnews.com/article/188f5c6a452cad49abdbe492fae39b64)
12. [Harry Styles Has Signed a Solo Record Deal, Time](https://time.com/4381224/harry-styles-one-direction-solo-record-deal/)
13. [Harry Styles Fine Line Album Review, ETSU](https://faculty.etsu.edu/odonnell/2022spring/engl3130/Harry_Styles_Fine_Line_Album_Review.pdf)
14. [Inside Harry Styles's Vocal Training, Capital FM](https://www.capitalfm.com/artists/harry-styles/vocal-range-training-ron-anderson-octave-improve/)
15. [Harry Styles looks to get lost on 'Kiss All the Time', Los Angeles Times](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2026-03-09/harry-styles-kiss-all-the-time-disco-occasionally-new-album-review)
16. [Harry Styles inaugura 'Together Together Tour', LOS40](https://los40.com/2026/05/18/harry-styles-inaugura-together-together-tour-setlist-carreras-por-el-escenario-y-bailes-inagotables/)
17. [Harry Styles Returns With A Seven City Global Residency Run – Together, Together, Live Nation Entertainment](https://news.livenationentertainment.com/news/harry-styles-returns-with-a-seven-city-global-residency-run-together-together)
18. [Harry Styles at Croke Park 2027, Croke Park](https://crokepark.ie/news-and-events/harry-styles-at-croke-park-2027)
19. [Harry Styles announces tour, AP Archive](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNV77tL9soU)
20. [How Harry Styles brought the sounds of minimal techno to the world of pop, MusicRadar](https://www.musicradar.com/music-tech/how-harry-styles-brought-the-sounds-of-minimal-techno-to-the-world-of-pop-we-break-down-the-5-essential-production-elements-behind-his-new-single-aperture)
21. [Harry Styles: Aperture review, The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/jan/23/harry-styles-aperture-review)
22. [Harry Styles returns with first album in four years but critics are divided, The Independent](https://www.the-independent.com/bulletin/culture/harry-styles-new-album-review-b2931743.html)
23. [Harry Styles – 'Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally' review, NME](https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/harry-styles-kiss-all-the-time-disco-occasionally-review-3932624)
24. [Harry Styles: Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally review, The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/mar/04/harry-styles-kiss-all-the-time-disco-occasionally-review-nice-all-the-time-good-occasionally)
25. [Harry Styles: Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally. Album Review, Pitchfork](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/harry-styles-kiss-all-the-time-disco-occasionally/)
26. [Harry Styles: a few details, repeated until they became his, Jules Morris PhD](https://julesmorrisphd.com/teaching/case-studies/harry-styles-signature-details-in-every-frame/)
27. [Queer Some Of The Time. Appropriate, Occasionally?, University of Melbourne Student Union](https://umsu.unimelb.edu.au/news/article/7797/Queer-Some-Of-The-Time-Appropriate-Occasionally-Understanding-Harry-Styles-sartorial-lineage/)
28. [Harry Styles, Beyoncé and Wet Leg win at UK's Brit Awards, Associated Press](https://apnews.com/article/07d12f3d807d15c2666533367e445a38)
29. [John Wilson to direct new Harry Styles tour doc, MusicRadar](https://www.musicradar.com/artists/shows-festivals/harry-styles-signs-up-acclaimed-filmmaker-for-together-together-tour-doc-featuring-authentic-human-stories-of-everyone-involved)
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