Louis Tomlinson

Louis William Tomlinson (; born Louis Troy Austin; 24 December 1991) 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.

Following the group's hiatus in 2016, Tomlinson released "Just Hold On" as a debut solo single in December 2016. It peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart and was certified platinum in the UK. In 2017, Tomlinson released " Back to You" with American singer Bebe Rexha (which was certified platinum in the USA and the UK) and " Miss You". In the same year, he appeared on Debrett's 2017 list of the most influential people in the UK.

In 2018, Tomlinson appeared on the fifteenth series of ''The X Factor'' as a judge and a mentor of the "Boys" category. When his mentee Dalton Harris won the competition, Tomlinson became the first former contestant of the show to become the winning mentor. The following year, Tomlinson released the singles " Two of Us", " Kill My Mind", "We Made It", "Don't Let It Break Your Heart" and "Walls". His debut solo album, ''Walls'', was released in January 2020.

Early life and family

Louis Troy Austin was born on 24 December 1991 in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, to Johannah "Jay" Poulston and Troy Austin, who split up when he was a toddler. Tomlinson has some Belgian ancestry. He is estranged from his father and later took on his then stepfather Mark Tomlinson's surname, legally changing his name to Louis William Tomlinson. He was raised with four younger half-sisters; Charlotte, Félicité (2000–2019), and twins Phoebe and Daisy from Poulston's marriage to Mark. He also has three other half-siblings; a younger paternal half-sister, Georgia, and twins Doris and Ernest (born 2014) from Poulston's relationship with Dan Deakin, whom she later married.

Tomlinson attended The Hayfield School and later Hall Cross School (now Hall Cross Academy), both located in Doncaster. He failed his first year of A levels at the Hayfield School and ended up going to Hall Cross School and starting his A levels again. He had a number of jobs, including at a Vue cinema and at Doncaster Rovers football stadium as a waiter in the hospitality suites. At Hall Cross, Tomlinson appeared in several musical productions, which gave him a growing sense of ambition and determination. Taking the lead role of Danny Zuko in the Hall Cross musical production of '' Grease'' motivated him to audition for ''The X Factor''.

Career

Early career

Tomlinson, along with two of his siblings, had extra roles in ''Fat Friends''. After ''Fat Friends'', he attended an acting school in Barnsley. He had small parts in an ITV drama film '' If I Had You'' and BBC
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