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Music History Events: Births

February 1, 1994 Harry Styles is born in Worcestershire, England. He rises to fame in the boy band One Direction, and after their breakup in 2016, he becomes the best-selling solo artist of the bunch, with hits like "Sign of the Times," "Watermelon Sugar" and "Aperture."

September 13, 1993 Niall Horan of One Direction is born in Mullingar, Westmeath, Ireland. He's the only member who isn't English.

September 12, 1993 Kelsea Ballerini is born in Mascot, Tennessee.

August 29, 1993 Liam Payne of One Direction is born in Wolverhampton, England. After the band's 2016 split he releases a successful solo album in 2019 but is plagued by addiction and mental health issues, leading to his death in 2024 at 31 when he falls from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires.

May 13, 1993 Morgan Wallen is born in Sneedville, Tennessee. After competing on The Voice in 2014, he releases his debut album, If I Know Me, in 2018. Over the next several years he becomes the most popular singer in country music, breaking records for album sales and chart entries with a steady stream of songs about heartbreak, small-town life, and learning from one's mistakes.

January 12, 1993 Zayn Malik, the first One Direction member to go solo, is born in East Bowling, Bradford, England.

September 16, 1992 Nick Jonas of Jonas Brothers is born in Dallas, Texas.

August 20, 1992 Demi Lovato is born in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

July 8, 1992 Garth Brooks and wife Sandy welcome their first child, daughter Taylor Mayne Pearl Brooks.

May 19, 1992 Pop/soul singer Sam Smith is born in London, England.

May 19, 1992 DJ/producer Marshmello is born Christopher Comstock in Philadelphia.

April 1, 1992 Jimmy Buffett and his wife Jane welcome their second daughter, Sarah Delaney.

January 19, 1992 Rapper Mac Miller is born Malcolm McCormick in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His 2011 debut album Blue Slide Park goes to #1 in America despite being independently distributed.

December 24, 1991 Louis Tomlinson, the oldest member of One Direction, is born in Doncaster, England.

May 31, 1991 Azealia Banks is born in New York City.

April 30, 1991 Rapper Travis Scott (real name: Jacques Bermon Webster II) is born in Houston, Texas. He breaks through in 2015 with his debut album, Rodeo, and becomes a superstar with Astroworld in 2018. When his album Utopia is released in 2023, all 19 tracks enter the Hot 100 simultaneously.

March 17, 1990 Indie rocker Hozier is born Andrew Hozier-Byrne in Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland.

September 8, 1989 The DJ/producer Avicii is born Tim Bergling in Stockholm. His hits include the electronic-music landmark "Levels" and the Aloe Blacc collaboration "Wake Me Up."

July 13, 1989 Leon Bridges is born Todd Michael Bridges in Atlanta, Georgia, but grows up in Fort Worth, Texas. He releases his debut album, Coming Home, in 2015 and is hailed as "the second coming of Sam Cooke."

June 17, 1989 Pop singer Simone Battle (of G.R.L.) is born in Los Angeles, California.

May 10, 1989 On his 29th birthday, U2 frontman Bono welcomes his first child when wife Ali gives birth to a daughter named Jordan.

January 30, 1989 Singer Samantha Fish is born in Kansas City, Missouri.

December 1, 1988 Newlyweds Lenny Kravitz and Lisa Bonet welcome a baby girl, Zoe. She grows up to be a model and actress like her mom, who found fame on The Cosby Show, and a singer like her dad, who wrote "Flowers For Zoe" for her. More

December 1, 1988 Tyler Joseph (frontman for Twenty One Pilots) is born in Columbus, Ohio.

June 18, 1988 Josh Dun (drummer for Twenty One Pilots) is born in Columbus, Ohio.

March 25, 1988 DJ/producer Ryan Lewis (of Macklemore & Ryan Lewis) is born in Spokane, Washington.

March 17, 1988 Grimes is born Claire Elise Boucher in Vancouver.

January 15, 1988 DJ/producer Skrillex is born Sonny Moore in Los Angeles.

October 28, 1987 Singer/songwriter/rapper Frank Ocean is born Christopher Edwin Breaux in Long Beach, California, raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. He takes his stage name from the 1960 classic film Ocean's 11 and its star, Frank Sinatra.

September 27, 1987 Austin Carlile is born in Pensacola, Florida. He fronts the metal groups Attack! Attack!, and later, Of Mice & Men, leaving in 2016 when his genetic condition called Marfan syndrome becomes too much to bear.