Louis Tomlinson

Louis William Tomlinson (born Louis Troy Austin; ) is an English singer and songwriter. He rose to fame as a member of the boy band One Direction. Tomlinson began his career appearing in television dramas before he auditioned on the British music competition series The X Factor in 2010. After being eliminated as a solo performer, he was placed into a group with four other contestants, forming One Direction. One Direction went on to become one of the best-selling boy bands of all time.
== Solo career==
In 2016, Louis and American DJ Steve Aoki collaborated on the song "Just Hold On," which was released on December 10 of that year. In addition to debuting and peaking at number one on the Billboard Dance/Electronic Digital Song Sales chart, the single also reached its UK Singles Chart peak at number two.
In July 2017, Louis released the song "Back to You," featuring Bebe Rexha and Digital Farm Animals. The song reached its peak on the Billboard Hot 100 chart at number 40 and at number 8 on the UK Singles Chart.
In October 2017, Louis released the promotional single "Just Like You." On the Official Charts of the UK, it peaked at position 99. Then, in December 2017, he released "Miss You," his second solo single, which peaked at number 39 on the UK Charts.
Louis signed a deal with the recently revived Arista Records, which was announced in February 2019. His first single from the label, "Two of Us," was released on March 7, 2019. He announced in August 2019 that his first solo album would be released in the first quarter of 2020. On September 5, 2019, Tomlinson released the single "Kill My Mind."
On 23 October 2019, Louis released another single, "We Made It". In addition, he announced that his debut album, Walls, would be released on January 31, 2020.
On 23 November 2019, Louis released "Don't Let It Break Your Heart", the fourth single. On 17 January 2020, he released "Walls", the fifth and the final single from his debut album.
His debut solo album, Walls, was released on January 31, 2020. The album became the first new release from Arista Records in nearly nine years to reach the top 10 on the chart when it debuted at number four on the UK Albums Chart and number nine on the Billboard 200 chart.
In May 2021, Tomlinson announced that he had signed a global deal with BMG to release his second solo album.
On August 31, 2022, Louis announced that his sophomore solo album, Faith in the Future, would be released on November 11, 2022. The following day, he released "Bigger Than Me," the album's lead single. "Out of My System," the second single, was released on October 14, 2022. Louis announced on social media on November 8, 2022, that "Silver Tongues" would be released as the third single the following day.
== Songwriting ==
Louis contributed more in songwriting to One Direction than any other band member. He contributed the lyrics for 38 songs on the band's discography, including the majority of the songs on Midnight Memories, Four, and Made in the A.M., six hit singles, and the two songs "No Control" and "Home," that became the subjects of fan-created promotional projects.
Louis was listed as a co-writer on a song called “Changes” by American singer and rapper Blackbear, The song is on Blackbear’s album, Anonymous.
== Discography ==
=== Studio albums ===
* Walls (2020)
*Faith in the Future (2022)
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