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Billboard Staff’s Greatest Pop Stars of 2024: Comeback Artist of the Year — Hozier
Hozier is the Billboard Staff's Rookie of the Year for 2024 in our Greatest Pop Star rankings for his hit "Too Sweet" and his successful live year.
He’s never been a Recording Academy darling (his sole nod was in song of the year for “Take Me to Church” back in 2015), but a complete shutout for Unreal Unearth and its singles despite formidable commercial success and critical acclaim felt particularly painful. At the end of 2023, Hozier and Kahan joined forces for a duet version of the latter’s “Northern Attitude,” earning the Irish rocker his first top 40 appearance since “Church” and setting the stage for his 2024 commercial comeback. Though “Too Sweet” only topped the Hot 100 for one frame, it managed to do so in a week where he was competing with singles from longtime stars Beyoncé and Ariana Grande, as well as historic pop breakthroughs for Chappell Roan and Sabrina Carpenter, and Shaboozey ’s “A Bar Song.”
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