Cultural impact of Harry Styles
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Cultural impact of Harry Styles
Commercial influence
As a result of the anticipation for his albums, Styles has impacted the music industry's economy on several occasions. Once A Head Full of Dreams was made available for consumption, it helped to boost streaming revenue by £83 million in the United Kingdom. In 2022, Harry's House was listed among the key contributors to an increase of cassette sales in the UK, the highest level since 2003.[1] Styles has also been credited for the rise in vinyl sales in both the UK and the United States, for a 20% year on year industry increase.[2][3] Sony Music Group considered Harry's House a major seller for their third fiscal quarter of 2023, when the company experienced record earnings and a 42.9% year-on-year growth in music publishing revenue.[4]
British export
The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) has credited Styles' global success with boosting music exports of the United Kingdom multiple times.[5][6][7] Media outlets such as The Guardian have claimed Styles is "Britain’s most lucrative export" with his broad international appeal.[8][9] Harry Styles (2017) and Fine Line (2019) reached number one in the charts of over 30 countries, and Harry's House (2022), over 50. Styles' debut album earned the biggest sales week for a debut album by a British male in the Soundscan era[10] and Harry's House moved more copies on vinyl than any other artist since SoundScan tracking began.[11] Styles' As It Was (2022) is the longest running number one song by a British act in Billboard Hot 100 history.[12] Harry's House was the biggest debut for any British male artist on the Billboard 200 in history. Styles also holds the record as the first UK male artist to debut at number one on the Billboard 200 with their first three albums.[13] Styles was named the most influential person on Twitter in 2015,[14] and ranked the number 10 Most Famous Contemporary Music Artist by YouGov.[15] Styles has also broken a variety of records in Asia, Europe and Latin America with his tours.[16][17]
Styles has been particularly praised for "breaking the boyband mould" as a solo artist and "cracking America". James Masterton of The Guardian labelled Styles as "a new kind of cross-media poly-talent" across generations, and Styles is considered a "renaissance man" for expression and fluidity in British stars.[9] Styles was the first British male soloist to win Album of The Year at the Grammys since Eric Clapton and was the first to win the award after originating from reality television.[18]
Scholarly interest
Styles is a subject of academic research. His artistry, fame, societal impact, and sexuality are broadly the topics of scholarly media studies. Various higher educational institutions offer undergraduate and elective courses focusing on Styles. Many of the courses focus on a dissection of Styles' persona and works in how modern celebrity spawns “questions of gender and sexuality, race, class, nation and globalism, media, fashion, fan culture, internet culture, and consumerism.”[19] A number of universities, such as Texas State University dedicated to researching topics of Swift's impact.
- ^ Paine, Andre (19 April 2023). "Cassette sales reach highest level since 2003". Music Week. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
- ^ Havens, Lyndsey (2022-12-12). "Inside the Return of Record-Breaking Vinyl Sales". Billboard. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
- ^ Paine, Andre (30 December 2022). "New releases by Taylor Swift, Harry Styles and more set to lead another year of growth for vinyl". Music Week. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
- ^ Paine, Andre (26 February 2023). "Harry Styles, Beyonce and Sza lead Sony Music Q4 sales". Music Week. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
- ^ "Streaming Powers British Music Exports to New High in 2020". BPI. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
- ^ Harteam Moore, Sam (7 November 2023). "UK music exports deliver £4 billion boost to UK economy". PRS For Music. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
- ^ "British music exports reach £400 million millennium-high". BPI. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
- ^ Hunt, Elle (2019-11-18). "Tutu good: how Harry Styles suddenly became Britain's greatest export". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
- ^ a b Khomami, Nadia; Arts, Nadia Khomami; correspondent, culture (2022-09-30). "'A new kind of cross-media poly-talent': the cult of Harry Styles". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
{{cite news}}:|last3=has generic name (help) - ^ Neubeck, Kyle (21 May 2017). "The First Week Numbers for Harry Styles' Self-Titled Debut Are In". Complex. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
- ^ Sisario, Ben (2022-05-31). "Harry Styles Is No. 1 With a Record-Breaking Total for Vinyl Sales". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
- ^ Trust, Gary (2022-09-26). "Harry Styles' 'As It Was' Tops Hot 100 for 15th Week – Longest Reign Ever for a British Act". Billboard. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
- ^ Clarke, Patrick (2022-05-31). "Harry Styles makes chart history with 'Harry's House' around the world". NME. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
- ^ Blair, Olivia (7 December 2015). "Harry Styles, Katy Perry and Caitlyn Jenner the most influential people on Twitter in 2015". The Independent. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
- ^ "The most famous contemporary music artists in the UK | Entertainment | YouGov Ratings". yougov.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
- ^ "Harry Styles sets Scottish stadium concert record at Murrayfield". BBC News. 2023-05-29. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
- ^ Homewood, Ben (31 July 2023). "Harry Styles' Love On Tour in numbers". Music Week. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
- ^ McDowell, Erin. "Taylor Swift is the first person to win album of the year 4 times. Here's every other winner throughout history". Business Insider. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
- ^ Clark, Alex (24 July 2022). "You can now study for a first-class degree in … Harry Styles. And why not?". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 June 2024.