Hozier - Wasteland, Baby! [Audio CD]

Multi-platinum singer-songwriter Hozier returns with his highly anticipated sophomore album, Wasteland, Baby!, released March 1st on Island Records. Following the global success of his critically acclaimed self-titled debut—amassing over 2.5 billion streams and selling 4 million copies worldwide—Hozier delivers a powerful and poetic exploration of love, resilience, and hope in the face of chaos. The album opens with "Nina Cried Power", the title track from his acclaimed EP featuring legendary Grammy Award-winning artist Mavis Staples and instrumentation by Booker T. Jones, a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award recipient. The song earned widespread praise, including a spot on Barack Obama's favorite songs of 2018 playlist.

• Artist: Hozier
• Label: Island Records
• Genre: Rock

• Nominated for Song of the Year at the 2015 Grammy Awards
• Won Song of the Year at the 2015 Ivor Novello Awards
• Won Song of the Year at the 2015 BBC Music Awards
• Won Top Rock Song and Top Rock Artist at the 2015 Billboard Music Awards
• Nominated for Best International Male at the 2015 Brit Awards

• Release Date: March 1, 2019

Hozier first rose to prominence with his triple platinum single "Take Me To Church", which has sold 2.23 million copies in the UK. He achieved further success with gold-certified "Someone New" and silver-certified "Cherry Wine" and "From Eden". His debut album went platinum in the UK and has sold over 850,000 copies there. The Nina Cried Power EP has been streamed over 26 million times since its September 2018 release.