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Hozier
Solo artist Bray Ireland Irish singer/songwriter
Hozier is an artist from Bray. Hozier has 215 chart appearances on 118 radio countdowns from 30 stations on RockLists, spanning 2013–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Take Me To Church”, which appears on 47 lists and was voted number one nine times. In total the artist has topped 13 countdowns. The station that charted Hozier most often is WXPN (Philadelphia, PA), with 31 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2014.
Hozier made his entrance in 2013 with a song that sounded like a hymn and hit like a protest. Andrew Hozier-Byrne, born in Bray, Ireland, in 1990, draws on folk, soul and blues, and he fills his songs with religious imagery and literary allusion while taking a stand on politics and social justice. "Take Me To Church", the title track of his first EP, rolled out as a slow gospel-blues stomp and crossed the Atlantic to become an American rock radio hit, reaching number two on the Billboard Hot 100.
His self-titled 2014 album followed with "From Eden", "Jackie and Wilson" and "Work Song", all soulful slow burn and bluesy swing, and went multi-platinum in several countries. The 2018 Nina Cried Power EP put his activism front and center, its title track topping the Billboard Adult Alternative chart, and Wasteland, Baby! in 2019 went to number one in Ireland and on the Billboard 200.
Unreal Unearth, released in 2023 on Rubyworks, topped the Irish and British charts with "Francesca", "Eat Your Young" and "De Selby (Part 2)", and the following year the Unheard EP gave him "Too Sweet", his first number-one single in Ireland, America and Britain. In 2025 he landed on the Time 100, the magazine's annual roll call of the world's most influential figures.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Hozier on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Take Me To Church | 47 | #1 | 9 | 2014 | |
| 2 | Too Sweet | 21 | #1 | 3 | 2024 | |
| 3 | Eat Your Young | 19 | #2 | – | 2023 | |
| 4 | Nina Cried Power | 16 | #1 | 1 | 2018 | |
| 5 | Jackie and Wilson | 17 | #30 | – | 2014 | |
| 6 | From Eden | 14 | #9 | – | 2014 | |
| 7 | Francesca | 14 | #5 | – | 2023 | |
| 8 | Nobody's Soldier | 12 | #2 | – | 2024 | |
| 9 | Almost (Sweet Music) | 14 | #8 | – | 2019 | |
| 10 | Work Song | 10 | #28 | – | 2015 | |
| 11 | Movement | 9 | #20 | – | 2019 | |
| 12 | Someone New | 9 | #13 | – | 2015 | |
| 13 | Almost | 1 | #4 | – | 2019 | |
| 14 | Damage Gets Done | 3 | #66 | – | 2023 | |
| 15 | Better Love | 3 | #39 | – | 2016 | |
| 16 | Angel of Small Death and the Codeine Scene | 2 | #82 | – | 2014 | |
| 17 | Say My Name | 1 | #423 | – | – | |
| 18 | De Selby (Part 2) | 1 | #52 | – | 2023 | |
| 19 | Cherry Wine (live) | 2 | #160 | – | 2014 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
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Songs by other artists credited with Hozier as a guest.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
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