Harry Styles might not get the stardom which he has today without One Direction. And the singer feels thankful to the famous boyband. Harry Styles received a BRITs award for British artist of the year and the singer thanked his bandmates during his acceptance speech.
Harry Styles thanked his One Direction bandmates, which consist of Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson, Liam Payne and Zayn Malik, during his acceptance speech for British artist of the year at the London awards show on Saturday. The Grammy Award winner shared in his acceptance speech, “I want to thank my mum for signing me up for X Factor without telling me, so I literally wouldn’t be here without you.”
Harry added, “I want to thank Niall, Louis, Liam and Zayn because I wouldn’t be here without you either. Thank you so much.” The singer further said, “I’m really, really grateful for this, and I’m very aware of my privilege up here tonight.” However, Harry Styles was heavily criticized for saying ‘this doesn’t happen to people like me very often’ while accepting an award for album of the year at the recent Grammys.
Meanwhile, during his speech, Styles also thanked his family saying, “I want to thank my family for being themes supportive, understanding, patient, loving family I could ever ask for.” Harry Styles beat out Cat Burns, Charli XCX, Dua Lipa and Sam Smith for the BRITS awards. Styles lead the nominations at the 2023 BRIT Awards, along with the rising duo Wet Leg. Both were up for four categories each, with Styles winning all of his nods.
Moreover, in addition to the artist of the year, Styles was nominated for album of the year for his third solo studio album Harry’s House, best pop/R&B act and song of the year for ‘As It Was,’ which he opened the ceremony singing. For the unversed, the five singers formed One Direction on The X Factor in 2010 and released their debut album the next year. Zayn Malik left the group in 2015. However, after releasing the album Made in the A.M. as a foursome, the rest of the band announced an extended hiatus in 2015.
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