Harry Styles (album)
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| Studio album by Harry Styles | |
| Released | 12 May 2017 |
| Recorded | 2016 |
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| Length | 40:18 |
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| Singles from Harry Styles | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 6.5/10 |
| Metacritic | 68/100 |
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| AllMusic |    |
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| Entertainment Weekly | B |
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| Pitchfork | 6.8/10 |
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Harry Styles is the debut studio album by English singer and songwriter Harry Styles. The album was released on 12 May 2017, through Columbia Records and Styles' own label, Erskine Records. For the album, Styles worked with producers Jeff Bhasker, Alex Salibian, Tyler Johnson and Kid Harpoon. The record was defined by music publications as a collection of soft rock, rock and Britpop. It received generally positive reviews from music critics, and commercially, it debuted atop the charts in several countries, including Australia, Canada, the UK and the US. It was preceded by the release of its lead single, "Sign of the Times", while "Two Ghosts" will serve as the second single. To promote the album, the singer will embark on his Harry Styles: Live on Tour.
Following Harry Styles' five-year stint with English-Irish boy band One Direction, it was announced the band was going on an extended hiatus, which further ignited rumors of the band's permanent disbandment. On 13 January 2016, Us Weekly published a report claiming that the group's hiatus would, in fact, become a permanent split, with a "source" citing that each of the four remaining group members did not renew their contracts following the completion of the On the Road Again Tour in October 2015. Representatives for the group denied the report in a statement to Billboard, stating, "nothing has changed regarding hiatus plans for the group, and all will be revealed in due time from the band members' own mouths." In February, it was confirmed that Styles had left the group's management and had begun a solo career path, becoming the second band member to do so after Zayn Malik's departure a year prior. In June, it was confirmed that Styles had signed a solo recording contract.
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