Hozier has nothing however like to share together with his followers after his music “Too Candy” topped the Billboard Scorching 100 chart — his first time hitting the No. 1 spot.
The singer-songwriter can be the primary Irish artist — and fourth general — to guide the chart since Sinéad O’Connor’s (who died in July 2023 at 56) “Nothing Compares 2 U.”
“I need to say an enormous, big thanks to all the supporters, all of the followers around the globe,” Hozier shared in a video, posted to X (previously Twitter) on Monday. “It’s completely staggering. I’m taken massively without warning by it, and I need to say thanks to your assist. I’m so thrilled that you just’re having fun with ‘Too Candy,’ and it means the world to me.”
Beforehand, O’Connor’s music spent 4 weeks at No. 1 in 1990, whereas the rock band U2 achieved the feat twice in 1987 with “I Nonetheless Haven’t Discovered What I’m Wanting For” and “With or With out You,” and Gilbert O’Sullivan reached the highest spot in 1972 with “Alone Once more (Naturally).”
The “Take Me to Church” singer added within the put up’s caption, “An enormous thanks for all of the unbelievable assist from around the globe #TooSweet has reached #1 within the US, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and #1 for a second week within the UK and Eire. It means the world that you just’re having fun with this music a lot. Thanks all.”
Hozier’s “Too Candy,” which has gone viral on social media, particularly TikTok, in latest weeks, is off his EP Unheard, which was launched in March and an enlargement of his 2023 album Unreal Unearth.
The final time the “Eat Your Younger” artist reached the High 10 on the Billboard Scorching 100 chart was in 2014 together with his hit music “Take Me to Church.” The only peaked at No. 2.
