Hozier has nothing however like to share along with his followers after his tune “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 total — to steer the chart since Sinéad O’Connor’s (who died in July 2023 at 56) “Nothing Compares 2 U.”
“I wish to say an enormous, enormous thanks to the entire supporters, all of the followers all over the world,” 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 wish to say thanks to your assist. I’m so thrilled that you simply’re having fun with ‘Too Candy,’ and it means the world to me.”
Beforehand, O’Connor’s tune 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 publish’s caption, “An enormous thanks for all of the unimaginable assist from all over the world #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 simply’re having fun with this tune 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 along with his hit tune “Take Me to Church.” The one peaked at No. 2.