Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In a year where the big stars of the past decade have been coming out early to lay claim to the top spot of the Billboard Hot 100 ...

Since 2013, the world has known Hozier as the tall Irish singer who wrote "Take Me to Church". That song became an overnight success, propelling Andrew Hozier-Byrne to stardom, and to this day, it's a ...

Victory was sweet — definitely not too sweet — when it came to Hozier staking out a place at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 this year. Not everyone would have seen it coming, to say the least. The ...

Hozier’s second Saturday Night Live musical guest appearance saw performances of “Too Sweet,” his 2024 standout, and of the Pogues’ 1987 song “Fairytale of New York.” “Maybe it’s the pessimist in me,” ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Hozier’s “Too Sweet” returns to multiple Billboard charts, ...

Ten years ago, Hozier’s “Take Me to Church” was everywhere — except the top of the Hot 100. The down-tempo folk-rock track by an unknown Irishman had turned into an improbable hit thanks to radio play ...

The smell of success is… well, you know what it is: too sweet. Hozier has never been about chasing the hit, but he’s got one regardless, as the Irish singer-songwriter’s “Unheard” EP quickly generated ...

Spotify Wrapped 2024 was released this week and while users clamored to learn what their most-played songs of the year were, the music platform also shared the most streamed songs globally. A mark of ...

It felt appropriate that Hozier’s concert in Dallas on Sunday night was at an outdoor venue. It doesn’t feel right to sing along with the “Take Me to Church” singer in an arena or a bar; you need the ...

The artist known for "Take Me to Church" is coming to the heart of the Bible Belt. (Just a heads up for the parents out there that "Take Me to Church" is not, in fact, about the kind of churches ...