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Louis Tomlinson discography

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 3, 2026
Entity authorityQ80257914 ↗
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As a solo artist, English singer-songwriter Louis Tomlinson has released three studio albums, one live album, twelve singles, one promotional single, and eleven music videos.

Tomlinson's music career began in 2010 as a member of the boy band One Direction, which went on an indefinite hiatus in 2016. The band released five studio albums, all of which Tomlinson has writing credits and vocals on.

In December 2016, Tomlinson released his debut single "Just Hold On" with Steve Aoki, which peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart and number 52 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was also nominated for the Choice Electronic/Dance Song and Choice Music Collaboration at the 2017 Teen Choice Awards, winning the latter. The following year, Tomlinson released "Back to You" with American singer Bebe Rexha, which peaked at number 8 on the UK Singles chart.

In 2019, Tomlinson had signed with Arista Records. Tomlinson released the singles "Two of Us" a song devoted to his mother in March 2019, "Kill My Mind" in September 2019, "We Made It" in October 2019, "Don't Let It Break Your Heart" in November 2019 and "Walls" in January 2020.

His debut studio album Walls was released on 31 January 2020. The album debuted at number 4 on the UK Albums Chart and number 9 on the Billboard 200 chart, making it the first new album for Arista Records in almost nine years to hit the top 10 on the chart.

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