THE LIFE OF HARRY STYLES By Johanne Sofia Feb 1, 1994 Harry Edward Styles born in Redditch, Worcestershire. 2001 Styles's parents divorced Apr 11, 2010 Styles auditioned as a solo contestant for the competition The X Factor Jul 23, 2010 With four others boys form a boyband in the same program Dec 12, 2010 One Direction finished The X Factor in third place Nov 18, 2011 Their first studio album, Up All Night Nov 9, 2012 One Direction released their second album, Take Me Home, Aug 29, 2013 One Direction: This Is Us, a documentary and concert film about the group Nov 25, 2013 The group released their third album, Midnight Memories Aug 25, 2014 Styles co-wrote the song "Just a Little Bit of Your Heart" for Ariana Grande's album, My Everything Nov 17, 2014 Fourth album, Four Nov 13, 2015 Their fifth album, Made in the A.M. Feb 13, 2016 Styles left One Direction's management company Jun 20, 2016 signed a recording contract with Columbia Records as a solo artist Apr 7, 2017 His first solo single, "Sign of the Times" May 12, 2017 Debut album May 15, 2017 The film, Harry Styles: Behind the Album, which documented the writing and recording process for the album Jul 13, 2017 Styles made his film debut in Christopher Nolan's war film Dunkirk Sep 19, 2017 His first headlining concert tour, Harry Styles: Live on Tour