Harry Styles, the most successful soloist of the former One Direction. Clarin photographic archive
The news speaks for itself: Harry Styles has managed to debut his new solo album at the first place in the weekly ranking of Scoreboard. Also, this brand new Harry’s house it has sold more than 500,000 copies in the United States, a figure that has only gotten four albums in the past year and a half.
This success of Harry’s house is nothing new for Harry Styles: his two previous albums also immediately hit the top spot in the Top 200 of the Billboard 200, i.e. his entire post-One Direction solo career: fine line of 2019 and related Harry Styles of 2017.
The cover of Harry Styles’ new album, “Harry’s House”.
Billboard’s Top 200 chart collects record sales figures in the United States on a weekly basis, with a formula that measures consumption in various formats, from record sales to streaming on digital platforms.
Harry’s house also holds the record of 182,000 copies sold of its vinyl edition, the highest an album has achieved since 1991, beating Taylor Swift, who had 114,000 copies of Red (customized version) in 2021.
Advances and promotions
The success of Harry’s house it was preceded by the fury it generated your song How it waswhich has been at the top for three weeks.
To promote this release, Harry Styles has provided reports on huge programs such as Apple Music with Zane Lowe (on May 16), Howard Stern’s show on Sirius XM (May 18), Today on NBC (May 19) and Morning Edition by NPR (May 20). Apple Music also streamed his recital Just a styles night From New York.
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The video with James Corden
Last week, Harry Styles was on the show The late show as a guest and faced a great challenge proposed by James Corden: make a video in just three hours and on a budget of just $ 300. Above, with the address of Corden himself.
The chosen song was daylightthe new cut of his recent album Harry’s housewhose previous singles were hits How it was Y talking late at night. The proposal involved wandering the streets of New York to find an apartment to film.
The first doorbell they rang did not have a good response: an elderly lady opened the door for them, who didn’t want to know anything about checking the apartment, much less filming a clip. She apparently, she didn’t recognize the two celebrities who confronted her.
Harry Styles in the video for “Daylight” directed by James Corden.
To avoid being assisted, James Corden rang the bell of the second house and said it was a pizza delivery. They opened the door for him and went upstairs. Four friends lived in the apartment: Isabel, Caroline, Hadley and Sydney, who volunteered with enthusiasm and enthusiasm for the shoot. Harry and James went through each room and checked the cabinets for props and decorations.
Styles and Corden in the “Daylight” video.
A few minutes later, the animator said he already had an idea and that they could start shooting. No doubt the house was perfect for recording the video clip, because everything that followed came with laughter and enviable coordination.
The first scene was in the bathroom, with Harry Styles in the bathtub fully clothed. Corden then asked the hostess to call some friends to film a party scene. Meanwhile, he filmed the star walking down the aisle imitating Mick Jagger and then Jagger from decades ago.
Harry Styles in the Bathtub, directed by James Corden.
Thus, with lighting effects, colored sheets and a birthday clown costume, the video of daylight it was taking shape.
Harry Styles in the video for “Daylight” directed by James Corden.
At one point, looking at the camera, Harry Styles says, “I can’t believe it was all James’ idea. I made a movie with Christopher Nolan and now I’m sitting in a borrowed bathroom waiting.”
Then he said, “Can’t we just change our minds? Is it too late to just do Carpool Karaoke?”
Harry Styles and James Corden.
The finale was a scene on the roof of the building, with James Corden dressed entirely in green and then adding special effects.
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Source: Clarin
