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Hozier (musician)

Andrew Hozier-Byrne(born 17 March 1990),[1] known

mononymously as Hozier,isan Irish musician and singer-

songwriter from Bray, County Wicklow.[2] In 2013 he re-

leased his debut EP, featuring the hit single "Take Me to

Church", and his second EP From Eden in 2014. His

debut studio album, Hozier, was released in Ireland in

September 2014 and globally in October 2014.

1 Career

1.1 Beginnings

Hozier was born inBray, County Wicklow, the son of a

musician. He began a degree in music atTrinity College,

Dublin, but dropped out midway through his first year

in order to record demos for Universal Music.[3] While

at Trinity, he became involved with the Trinity Orches-

tra. He was a member ofAnna from 2008 to 2012,

and appears as a soloist on their 2012 release Illumina-

tion singing La Chanson de Mardi Gras.[4] He toured

and sang with the group internationally including perfor-

mances in Norway and the Netherlands.[5]

1.2 201314: Take Me to Church and

Hozier

Main article:Hozier (album)

In 2013, Hozier released the EP Take Me to Church

(also containing Like Real People Do, Angel of Small

Death and The Codeine Scene and a live version of

Cherry Wine), with the title track becoming his break-

through single after it went viral on YouTube.[6] Itreached number one on the Irish iTunes singles chart and

number two in the official chart on 25 October 2013.

Hozier followed up Take Me to Church with the new EP

From Eden (also containing Work Song, Arsonists

Lullabye and a live version of To Be Alone), and a

number of festival tour dates and television appearances

in the United States.[7] Hozier released his self-titled al-

bum,Hozieron 19 September 2014. It had five singles in-

cluding "Take Me to Church", Work Song, and From

Eden, which were hits on his earlier EPs. On December

2014, it was announced that "Take Me to Church" was

nominated at the57th Annual Grammy AwardsforSongof the Yearin 2015.

He performed for the Victorias Secret Fashion Show

2014, Saturday Night Live, and Late Night with Seth

Meyers.

2 Discography

2.1 Studio albums

2.2 Extended plays

2.3 Singles

2.4 Notes

A ^ Arsonists Lullabye features on the Deluxe

edition ofHozier.

B^ Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop

50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip

charts. Added 50 position to actual Ultratip posi-

tion.

3 Awards

MTV Europe Music Awards

European Border Breakers Awards

Grammy Awards

4 References

[1] Hozier - Biography. Billboard.com. Retrieved 3 June

2014.

[2] Meet the Bray singer cracking America. Irish Indepen-

dent. 13 March 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2014.

[3] An interview with Hozier. Irish Times (Culture). 14

October 2013. Retrieved 3 June 2014.

[4] Anna News Page February 2014.

[5] Anna Job (1 August 2013). Hozier | Interview. Gold-

enplec.com. Retrieved 3 June 2014.

[6] Birth of a Buzz: Behind the Scenes as Hozier Goes Vi-

ral. Billboard.com. Retrieved 3 June 2014.

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2 5 EXTERNAL LINKS

[7] Wicklow singer Hozier takes The Ellen Show by storm.

MSN News. 22 May 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2014.

[8] Hung, Steffen.Discography Hozier. Irish Charts Portal.

Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).

[9] Hung, Steffen. Discography Hozier. Australian Charts

Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).

[10] Hung, Steffen. Discografie Hozier. Belgium Charts


[11] Canada, Billboard. Hozier. Billboard.

[12] Hung, Steffen. Discography Hozier. Danish Charts


[13] Hung, Steffen. Discographie Hozier. German Charts


[14] Hung, Steffen. Discografie Hozier. Dutch Charts Por-

tal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).

[15] Hozier Take Me to Church. charts.org.nz.

charts.org.nz.

[16] Hozier > UK Charts. Officialcharts.com. Official Charts

Company.

[17] Hozier Chart History: The Hot 100. Billboard.

Prometheus Global Media.

[18] Certified Awards Search (To access, enter the search

parameter Hozier and select Search by Keyword).

British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 13 December

2014.

[19] Canadian album certifications Hozier Hozier.Music

Canada. Retrieved 1 January 2015.

[20] Manfield, Brian (3 December 2014).Who'll contend for

the best new artist Grammy?". USA Today. Retrieved 1

January 2015.

[21] Hozier Chart History: Billboard 200. Billboard.

Prometheus Global Media.

[22] australian-charts.com - Discography Hozier. Hung Me-

dien. Retrieved 13 December 2014.

[23] Hung, Steffen. Discografie Hozier. Belgium Charts


[24] Hozier Chart History: Billboard Canadian Hot 100.

Billboard. Prometheus Global Media.

[25] ARIA Australian Top 50 Singles Chart. ARIA Charts.

Australian Recording Industry Association. 26 January

2015. Retrieved 24 January 2015.

[26] Ultratop Goud en Platina 2014. Ultratop. Retrieved

15 November 2014.

[27] HOZIER TAKE ME TO CHURCH CERTIFICER-

INGSNUMMER. IFPI Denmark. Retrieved 15 Novem-

ber 2014.

[28] Canadian digital download certifications Hozier Take

Me to Church.Music Canada.

[29] New Zealand single certifications Hozier Take Me

to Church. Recording Industry Association of New

Zealand. Retrieved 30 January 2015.

[30] Recording Industry Association of America Searchable

Database.RIAAaccessdate=15 November 2014.

5 External links

Official website

Hozierat theInternet Movie Database

HozieronFacebook

HozieronTwitter

HozieronInstagram
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