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Andrew Hozier-Byrne Wiki Biography

Andrew Hozier-Byrne was born on 17 March 1990, in Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland, and is a musician, singer and songwriter, best known for his first EP which included the popular song “Take Me To Church”. Aside from that he has also released another EP, and a debut studio album, which went on to get an international release. His endeavors have helped in raising his net worth to where it is now.

How rich is Hozier? As of early-2016, sources inform us of a net worth that is at $5 million, mostly earned through a successful career in music. His songs have gone on to be highly popularity on social media websites and YouTube. He’s also performed for various popular television shows and his continued popularity means that his wealth is steadily on the rise as well.

Hozier Net Worth $5 Million

Hozier is a son of a local blues musician, who influenced his early love for music. He attended St. Gerard’s School and later went to Trinity College, Dublin to study music. During his time there he became part of the Trinity Orchestra, and even performed with the choral ensemble Anuna. The group went on to tour internationally from 2007 to 2012, and Hozier was even featured in the song “La Chanson de Mardi Gras”, from a release entitled “Illumination”. However, Hozier eventually decided to drop school, with the chance to record demos for Universal Music.

In 2013, Hozier released his first EP entitled “Take Me to Church”, which included songs such as “The Codeine Scene”, “Like Real People Do” and “Angel of Small Death”. The song “Take Me to Church” became highly popular on YouTube and iTunes eventually promoting Hozier’s fame and net worth. After the success of “Take Me To Church”, he released another extended play entitled “From Eden” which had songs such as “To Be Alone” and “Work Song”. He toured around the United States, and by 2014 released his first album ”Hozier”, which included songs from both his Eps, and the song “Take Me To Church” was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category Song of the Year in 2015. The album also went on to become 6 times platinum in Ireland and the nominated single would become 4 times platinum in the USA.

His popularity would continue, and he would start performing in various television shows including “Late Night with Seth Myers”, “Saturday Night Live” and he even became a part of “Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show 2014”. He continued to perform his most popular song “Take Me To Church” at the 2015 Grammys and Billboard Awards, performing with other artists such as Annie Lennox and Tori Kelly.

For his personal life, Hozier cites choral singing, John Lee Hooker, and Leonard Cohen as influences of his music. He was originally interested in blues, R&B, soul and gospel before considering something akin to rock. Aside from that, nothing is known of personal relationships – it is relatively early in his career and he is still young with much more to accomplish.