Hozier

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Hozier (2015)

Hozier , actually Andrew Hozier-Byrne (born March 17, 1990 in Bray ), is an Irish folk rock musician .

biography

Andrew Hozier-Byrne grew up playing music as the son of a blues musician and joined his first band when he was 15. After school he took up music studies at Trinity College Dublin and was a member of the university orchestra. A little later he broke off his studies to record his own demos. For three years he was a member of the internationally known classical choir Anúna , whose repertoire ranges from baroque music to traditional Irish folk music to crossover pop .

In 2012 Hozier began a solo career and released his debut single Take Me to Church a year later . The song reached number 2 on the Irish singles chart ; It also got a lot of attention on the Internet, also because of the video for the song, which cinematically stages homophobia . Director Brendan Canty took up Hozier's ideas to address misanthropy towards homosexuals and other people who do not conform to heteronormativity , especially with a view to current developments in Russia . In interviews with the Irish Times , Hozier pointed out that the song itself does not refer specifically to homosexual love, but more generally to (sensual and sexual) love and the transformation of the self in a relationship.

While he released two more singles in Ireland with From Eden and Sedated in spring and summer 2014 respectively, both of which came into the top 3 of the charts, the international release of Take Me to Church was being prepared. In the USA, the EP and later the song was able to place in the respective charts and in Germany and many other European countries it also made it into the top 5. In Austria, Switzerland, Flanders and Sweden it reached number one. The self-named debut album Hozier was released in Ireland on September 19, 2014. In the same year he received the European Border Breakers Award .

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US IE IE
2014 Hozier DE14th
gold
gold

(25 weeks)DE
AT22nd
platinum
platinum

(19 weeks)AT
CH14 (40 weeks)
CH
UK3
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(93 weeks)UK
US2
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(182 weeks)US
IE1 (... week)
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2019 Wasteland, baby! DE15 (2 weeks)
DE
AT18 (2 weeks)
AT
CH16 (3 weeks)
CH
UK6 (6 weeks)
UK
US1 (10 weeks)
US
IE1 (... week)
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EPs

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US IE IE
2014 Take Me to Church - - - - US107 (1 week)
US
-
2018 Nina Cried Power - - - - US60 (1 week)
US
-
First published: September 7, 2018

More EPs

  • 2014: From Eden
  • 2015: Live in America

Singles

year Title
album
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US IE IE
2013 Take Me to Church
Hozier
DE2
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(62 weeks)DE
AT1
platinum
platinum

(42 weeks)AT
CH1
platinum
platinum

(68 weeks)CH
UK2
Quadruple platinum
× 4
Quadruple platinum

(86 weeks)UK
US2
Six-fold platinum
× 6
Six-fold platinum

(41 weeks)US
IE2 (138 weeks)
IE
2014 From Eden
Hozier
- - - UK69
silver
silver

(3 weeks)UK
- IE2 (74 weeks)
IE
Sedated
Hozier
- - - - - IE3 (37 weeks)
IE
Angel of Small Death & the Codeine Scene
Hozier
- - - - - IE34 (32 weeks)
IE
Work Song
Hozier
- - - UK-
silver
silver
UK
- IE47 (10 weeks)
IE
Someone New
Hozier
- - - UK19th
platinum
platinum

(21 weeks)UK
- IE13 (53 weeks)
IE
Jackie and Wilson
Hozier
- - - UK-
silver
silver
UK
- IE68 (14 weeks)
IE
Like Real People Do
Hozier
- - - - - IE69 (5 weeks)
IE
Cherry Wine [Live]
Hozier
- - - UK-
silver
silver
UK
- IE73 (5 weeks)
IE
To Be Alone
Hozier
- - - - - IE74 (6 weeks)
IE
2016 Cherry Wine
- - - - - IE56 (8 weeks)
IE
Better love
- - - - - IE72 (2 weeks)
IE
2018 Nina Cried Power
Nina Cried Power
- - - UK87 (1 week)
UK
- IE10 (9 weeks)
IE
NFWMB
Nina Cried Power
- - - - - IE27 (3 weeks)
IE
Shrike
Nina Cried Power
- - - - - IE31 (3 weeks)
IE
Movement
- - - - - IE40 (11 weeks)
IE
2019 Almost (Sweet Music)
Wasteland, baby!
- - - UK82 (4 weeks)
UK
- IE8 (14 weeks)
IE
To Noise Making (Sing)
Wasteland, Baby!
- - - - - IE44 (1 week)
IE

More songs

  • 2014: Arsonist's Lullabye
  • 2016: Better Love
  • 2019: Dinner & Diatribes

Awards for music sales

Golden record

  • AustraliaAustralia Australia
    • 2019: for the single From Eden
  • ItalyItaly Italy
    • 2019: for the single Someone New
    • 2019: for the album Hozier
  • MexicoMexico Mexico
    • 2015: for the single Take Me to Church
  • New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand
    • 2015: for the album Hozier
    • 2015: for the single Someone New

Platinum record

  • AustraliaAustralia Australia
    • 2015: for the album Hozier
    • 2019: for the single Someone New
  • DenmarkDenmark Denmark
    • 2014: for streaming Take Me to Church
    • 2016: for the album Hozier
  • FranceFrance France
    • 2017: for the single Take Me to Church
  • NorwayNorway Norway
    • 2016: for the album Hozier
  • SwedenSweden Sweden
    • 2015: for the album Hozier
  • SpainSpain Spain
    • 2015: for the single Take Me to Church

2 × platinum record

  • PolandPoland Poland
    • 2017: for the album Hozier

3 × platinum record

  • BelgiumBelgium Belgium
    • 2016: for the single Take Me to Church
  • DenmarkDenmark Denmark
    • 2019: for the single Take Me to Church
  • CanadaCanada Canada
    • 2019: for the album Hozier
  • New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand
    • 2015: for the single Take Me to Church

7 × platinum record

  • ItalyItaly Italy
    • 2018: for the single Take Me to Church
  • NorwayNorway Norway
    • 2016: for the single Take Me to Church

8 × platinum record

  • AustraliaAustralia Australia
    • 2019: for the single Take Me to Church

9 × platinum record

  • SwedenSweden Sweden
    • 2016: for the single Take Me to Church

Diamond record

  • CanadaCanada Canada
    • 2019: for the single Take Me to Church

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region Silver record icon.svg silver Gold record icon.svg gold Platinum record icon.svg platinum Diamond record icon.svg diamond Sales swell
Awards for music sales
(country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Australia (ARIA) Australia (ARIA) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 Platinum record icon.svg 10 × platinum10 0! D.- 735,000 aria.com.au
Belgium (BEA) Belgium (BEA) 0! S.- 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg 3 × platinum3 0! D.- 90,000 ultratop.be
Denmark (IFPI) Denmark (IFPI) 0! S.- 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg 5 × platinum5 0! D.- 290,000 ifpi.dk
Germany (BVMI) Germany (BVMI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 Platinum record icon.svg 2 × platinum2 0! D.- 700,000 musikindustrie.de
France (SNEP) France (SNEP) 0! S.- 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg platinum1 0! D.- 150,000 snepmusique.com
Italy (FIMI) Italy (FIMI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 2 × gold2 Platinum record icon.svg 7 × platinum7th 0! D.- 400,000 fimi.it
Canada (MC) Canada (MC) 0! S.- 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg 3 × platinum3 Diamond record icon.svg diamond1 1,040,000 musiccanada.com
Mexico (AMPROFON) Mexico (AMPROFON) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 0! D.- 30,000 amprofon.com.mx
New Zealand (RMNZ) New Zealand (RMNZ) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 2 × gold2 Platinum record icon.svg 3 × platinum3 0! D.- 60,000 nztop40.co.nz
Norway (IFPI) Norway (IFPI) 0! S.- 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg 8 × platinum8th 0! D.- 100,000 ifpi.no
Austria (IFPI) Austria (IFPI) 0! S.- 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg 2 × platinum2 0! D.- 45,000 ifpi.at
Poland (ZPAV) Poland (ZPAV) 0! S.- 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg 2 × platinum2 0! D.- 40,000 bestsellery.zpav.pl
Sweden (IFPI) Sweden (IFPI) 0! S.- 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg 10 × platinum10 0! D.- 400,000 sverigetopplistan.se
Switzerland (IFPI) Switzerland (IFPI) 0! S.- 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg platinum1 0! D.- 30,000 hitparade.ch
Spain (Promusicae) Spain (Promusicae) 0! S.- 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg platinum1 0! D.- 40,000 elportaldemusica.es
United States (RIAA) United States (RIAA) 0! S.- 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg 8 × platinum8th 0! D.- 8,000,000 riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI) United Kingdom (BPI) Silver record icon.svg 4 × silver4th 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg 7 × platinum7th 0! D.- 4,400,000 bpi.co.uk
All in all Silver record icon.svg 4 × silver4th Gold record icon.svg 7 × gold7th Platinum record icon.svg 73 × platinum73 Diamond record icon.svg diamond1

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  1. Statements by Hozier on State.ie ( memento of the original from September 25, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed October 2, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / state.ie
  2. Extensive interview by Una Mulally with Hozier from September 2014 , accessed on October 9, 2014
  3. ^ Hozier's interview with the Irish Times from 2013 , accessed on October 9, 2014
  4. a b c Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US IE

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