Harry Styles
Early Life
Harry Styles was born in Redditch, Worcestershire, England to Des Styles and Anne Cox. [1] As a child Harry loved singing and was heavily influenced by iconic artists such as Elvis Presley and The Rolling Stones.
Growing up, Harry lived in Holmes Chapel, Cheshire, England and attended Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School, a state comprehensive school. Harry mentioned in his 2010 X Factor audition that he planned to study law, and, in a 2015 interview, again commented that he would've studied to be a lawyer, if music hadn't worked out. In a 2016 feature article for AnOther Man Magazine, Harry's sister Gemma revealed he also considered a career in physiotherapy.
Music Career
Early Beginnings
Harry was the lead singer for the band White Eskimo with band members Hayden Morris (lead guitarist), Nick Clough (bass guitarist), and Will Sweeny (drummer).[2] They came together to compete in a Battle of the Bands. The band won the competition, and it helped Harry realize that he loved performing in front of people.
X Factor
In 2010, when he was sixteen years old, Harry auditioned for the seventh season of The X Factor. He wanted professional opinions on his singing, stating "Singing is what I want to do, and if people who can make that happen for me don't think that I should be doing that, then it's a major setback in my plans." Harry sang "Isn't She Lovely" and received positive comments from Simon Cowell and Nicole Scherzinger, while Louis Walsh had doubts on whether he was ready to progress in the competition. At bootcamp, Harry sang "Stop Crying Your Heart Out" before being rejected and ultimately placed into the randomly arranged boy band One Direction. After placing third in the competition, One Direction signed a recording contract with Sony Music subsidiary Syco Music. The band released their debut studio album, Up All Night, in November 2011. One Direction released four more albums over the next four years; Take Me Home, Midnight Memories, Four and Made in the A.M..
Songwriting Beginnings
In a May 2016 interview, Snow Patrol singer Johnny McDaid revealed he'd written many songs with Harry over the years[3]. In 2014, Harry co-wrote numerous songs with pop singer Meghan Trainor[4] and rock band Kodaline[5]. Harry also wrote a song titled "Just A Little Bit Of Your Heart", which was given to Ariana Grande for her album My Everything[6]. Grande performed the song with Coldplay's Chris Martin at the 2015 Global Citizen Festival. In January and April 2016, Meghan Trainor denied any songs she wrote with Harry would be appearing on her 2016 album Thank You.
2016 Hiatus/Further Career Developments
New Representation
On January 26, 2016, it was announced Harry had signed with PR management team DawBell. On February 1 2016, his 22nd birthday, it was confirmed he had officially cut ties with Modest Management and would now be managed by longtime friend Jeff Azoff[7], son of music mogul Irving Azoff. Executives for Modest confirmed the split, stating "We wish Harry the very best. It has been a real pleasure working with him. Harry is a total gentleman, and we know our good friend Jeffrey Azoff will look after him."
Music
2015
On 29 December 2015, a number of songs written by Harry were registered to copyright website ASCAP. The songs listed Harry as the performer of each track. Harry has since been removed as performer on all but one track, and has since sold a song titled "Better Than Being Alone" to One Direction's On The Road Again Tour support act Augustana.
2016
On 21 May 2016, Harry's mother Anne retweeted a Billboard article discussing what the publication would like to see from Harry as a solo artist. On 22 May, tabloid The Sun reported Harry was looking to move away from Simon Cowell's label Syco and may be planning a move to Capitol Records or Universal Music. On May 25, The Sun published an alleged quote from OneRepublic lead singer/songwriter Ryan Tedder stating he would be featured on Harry's solo album. However, Tedder clarified the statement the following day on Twitter, stating "I am not "featured" on Harry styles album. We wrote a cpl tunes together, who knows where the universe takes em!"[8]. Tedder later tweeted there was no solo album that he knew of. On August 25, jazz singer Michael Buble confirmed a song on his upcoming album was co-written by Harry Styles and Meghan Trainor[9]. Reports through 2016 of Harry signing an $80 million dollar solo record deal with Columbia Records, remain officially unconfirmed, as of October 2016.
source:onedirection.wikia.com
Post a Comment