Harry Styles, born in 1994 in Redditch, Worcestershire, is the English singer who went from One Direction (2010-2016) to one of the defining solo pop careers of the era. Harry's House (2022) won the Grammy for Album of the Year; Fine Line (2019) is just as essential. Explore Harry Styles vinyl, CDs, and reissues at Wax Trax Records.
Harry Edward Styles was born in Redditch, Worcestershire on February 1, 1994. He auditioned for The X Factor UK in 2010 and was assembled with four other contestants into the boy band One Direction by Simon Cowell, achieving global commercial success with the group through 2016 before they went on indefinite hiatus. He launched his solo career in 2017 with his self-titled debut on Columbia Records. His third album Harry's House (2022) won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 2023 along with Best Pop Vocal Album, with the single As It Was reaching number one in multiple countries. He has also pursued acting work including Dunkirk (2017), Don't Worry Darling (2022), and My Policeman (2022).
Harry Styles's sound combines pop, pop rock, soft rock, indie pop, and folk rock with extensive 1970s classic rock and pop reference points (Fleetwood Mac, David Bowie, Joni Mitchell), broader contemporary pop production approaches, and his distinctive vocal delivery. His work has been a defining commercial pop template of the late 2010s and early 2020s.
Columbia and Erskine pressings of the Harry Styles catalog have been issued in extensive color variant editions and retailer-exclusive pressings.
Listeners new to Harry Styles typically start with Harry's House (2022) or Fine Line (2019).
