User:Jamiekatie/sandbox

Before The X Factor UK
Born on February 1st, 1994 to parents Anne Cox and Des Styles, Harry Styles became the second addition to the family, after his older sister Gemma was born two years before. The family lived together in Holmes Chapel, England until they faced the unfortunate event of Anne and Des' divorce when Harry was only seven years old. Styles maintained a good relationship with his father but ultimately lived with his mother Anne and his sister Gemma. He attended a comprehensive high school in Holmes Chapel and worked at local W. Mandeville Bakery. With a strong love for music, Styles founded and was lead vocals for his school band White Eskimo. At the age of 16 Styles decided he would audition for the hit UK show The X Factor UK and see where his career could potentially go. Styles sang Isn't She Lovely originally by Stevie Wonder for his audition and blew away the judges with his vocal talent. He went on by getting approval from two of the judges, Simon Cowell and Nicole Scherzinger and was questioned by the third judge Louis Walsh, and ultimately made it through to the very end and was then cut as solo male artist.

During The X Factor UK
Styles thought his future in the music industry had ended when he was let go from of The X Factor UK as a solo artist during bootcamp faze of the competition, little did he know Simon Cowell had a whole other plan for him and four other special contestants. As Styles believed his journey had ended along with Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, and Niall Horan, it was only just the beginning. Simon Cowell decided that individually the boys were not strong enough to continue with the competition so he put them together as a group where they could continue with their dreams of making it in the music industry. The group called themselves One Direction and went on to the judge's houses where Simon Cowell was their mentor and who eventually gave the boys the thumbs up to go on to the live shows. The all boys group was growing in popularity each week that they were on the show and gathering quite a fan base in the process.

After The X Factor UK
Harry Styles along with the rest of One Direction were signed to Simon Cowell's record label, Syco Records shortly after coming in third on The X Factor UK. The boys went on to tour the UK as part of the The X Factor UK Tour while also producing a best selling book called Forever Young. With high intentions, Styles and the boys entered the recording studio. Styles voice can be heard throughout the entire debut album Up All Night predominately at choruses with many solos.

The first live performance with original material One Direction gave was on UK game show Red or Black?. From footage found in One Direction's first television special A Year In The Making aired on ITV2, it was obvious Styles was nervous about performing the bands first single What Makes You Beautiful. Unfortunately Styles "choked" during his final solo, sounding very shaky and unconfident. Immediately after the performance Style's and the and the bands Twitter accounts were flooded with harsh remarks. Styles went on to say "I've always wanted to be one of those people who didn't care very much about what people thought about them, but I just don't think I am."

One Direction went on to release their debut album Up All Night in the UK then later in the North America. In total, Up All Night went No. 1 in 15 countries and was the first UK group to debut at No. 1 in the USA with a debut album. Styles was quoted with saying, "We actually can't believe we got a number one album in America. Were just teenage boys, how did that happen? And how we get to play some of the most incredible venues in the world. We're so lucky."

One Direction went on to win their first Brit at the Brit Awards 2012 for best single with What Makes You Beautiful, won Favorite UK Band at the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2012, three Moon Men at the MTV Video Music Award 2012, as well as were nominated for three MMVA'S at the MuchMusic Video Awards 2012, to continuing to add to their trophy collection. The band also performed at the 2012 Summer Olympic Closing Ceremony that were held in London

“''The best thing about being in 1D is that you get to travel around with four of your best friends. We’re having real fun, doing what we love to do. It’s brilliant and I never want it to change''.” - Harry Styles

Controversies
Many controversies have surrounded Styles since his sudden rise to fame. In 2010, Styles was reported to be dating Xtra Factor host, Caroline Flack who is 15 years his senior. Although Styles never went on record with confirming the relationship, the evidence surrounding the couple was large after numerous photos of the couple holding hands, kissing and having dinner together surfaced. Only a few months after their relationship began, Flack and Styles parted ways.

Styles wrote on his Twitter page: "Please know I didn't 'dump' Caroline. This was a mutal decision. She is one of the kindest, sweetest people I know. Please respect that."

Since the end of this relationship, Styles has remained single though has been linked to many women including Alexa Chung, Burberry model Cara Delevingne and Made in Chelsea's Caggie Dunlop.

Earlier in 2012, Styles was pictured kissing U.S. model Emily Ostilly in Auckland New Zealand. It became known though later that Ostilly had a boyfriend serving in the U.S. military at the time of her and Styles romance. As well, Styles has also thought to be the blame for the divorce of UK radio presenter, Lucy Horbin from her husband after Styles and Horbin had an affair. Though Horbin's husband has come forward saying he was deeply saddened by the incident, Styles has yet to confirm this as well.