Harry Styles Signs Solo Deal With Columbia Records

Harry Styles has signed a recording contract with Columbia Records,  making him a solo artist under the same company behind his group One Direction.

The group, formed in 2010 on X Factor U.K., has since received four number one albums on the Billboard charts.

After a hiatus in 2016 the group opted out of signing a new recording contract, each member expressing interest in other ventures.

Styles made copyright registrations on four new solo songs in 2015 adding to the rumor’s of the group’s more permanent split.

Details of the Styles’ solo deal are not yet know, while there is currently no timeline for a solo album.

Styles will be filming the Christopher Nolan World War II  movie, Dunkirk.