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Yasmine Byrne (born 19 September 1996), known professionally as Jazzy or Jazzy Yaz, is an Irish dance-pop singer-songwriter, best known for her singles "Make Me Feel Good" and "Don't Stop Just Yet" with Belters Only, "Zeros" with Cassö and Headie One, "Somedays" with Sonny Fodera and D.O.D., and her solo singles "Giving Me", "Shooting Star" and "Feel It".
Jazzy | |
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| Birth name | Yasmine Byrne[1] |
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| Born | 19 September 1996[1] Crumlin, Dublin,[1] Ireland |
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| Instrument | Vocals |
| Years active | 2020–present |
| Labels | Chaos[1] |
Jazzy Yaz
Jazzy first came to attention in 2020 as a member of the Dublin band Powerful Creative Minds,[2] for which she used the name "Jazzy Yaz".[3] On 29 April 2020, the band released "Baby Maybe", and on 19 June 2020 they released "Vivid Dreams".[4] On 9 November 2020 they released "Problems of These Days", on 25 November 2020 they released "Hope Is Good, Change Is Real", and on 16 December 2020, the latter two turned up on their EP #39.[5][4] On 5 March 2021, Jazzy Yaz featured on Ben Rainey's "Let Yourself Go", a cover of Room 5's "Make Luv".[6] On 14 August 2021, Powerful Creative Minds released a further EP, Am I Wasting Time, and on 15 October 2021, they released "Do For Love".[5][7]
Ireland & UK chart hits
On 26 November 2021,[8] Jazzy featured as lead vocals on the Belters Only's song "Make Me Feel Good", which charted at No. 4 on the UK Singles Chart[9] and No. 1 on the Irish Singles Chart, making them the first Irish dance act to top said chart since Mark McCabe did so with Maniac 2000.[10] On 25 March 2022, Belters Only & Jazzy released a second single together titled "Don't Stop Just Yet",[11] which charted at No. 84 on the UK Singles Chart.[9]
On 10 March 2023, Jazzy released her first solo single titled "Giving Me",[12][8] which peaked at No. 3 on the UK Singles Chart[9] and at No. 1 on the Irish Singles Chart, making her the first Irish solo female artist to top said chart since Julie-Anne Dineen did so with Do You Believe?,[13] and the first Irish female artist to reach No. 1 on Spotify.[14][15]
Artistry
Byrne told The Irish Post in March 2023 that Lauryn Hill influenced her to start singing, and also named Raye, Eliza Rose, Carla Monroe, Hayley May, and Karen Harding as influences.[16]
Yasmine Byrne was born in Dublin to a single mother and grew up in Crumlin with her brother and a sister.[1] She attended Saint Agnes' Primary School, where she learned violin.[17][13] She is of part Jamaican descent, through her estranged father.[1][16][18] She previously worked at Tesco.[1][12][18]
Extended plays
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions |
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| IRE [19] | ||
| Constellations |
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21 |
Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |
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| IRE [19] |
UK [9] | ||||
| "Make Me Feel Good" (with Belters Only) |
2022 | 1 | 4 | Non-album singles | |
| "Don't Stop Just Yet" (with Belters Only)[22] |
15 | 84 | |||
| "Giving Me" | 2023 | 1 | 3 |
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Constellations |
| "Feel It"[23] | 22 | 35 |
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| "NRG"[24] | 20 | — | |||
| "Life Lesson" (with Belters Only & Sonny Fodera)[25] |
23 | — | Non-album single | ||
| "Shooting Star"[26] | 2024 | 34 | 98 | Constellations (expanded) | |
| "We Groovin" (with Jamie Jones)[27] |
— | — | TBA | ||
| "Zeros" (with Cassö and Headie One)[28] |
91 | 92 | |||
| "Make Up" | 62 [29] | — | |||
| "Somedays" (with Sonny Fodera and D.O.D)[30] |
5 [31] | 5 |
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| "The Heat" (with Alok)[32] |
— | — | |||
| "No Bad Vibes" (with Kilimanjaro)[33] |
— | — | |||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart in that territory. | |||||
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