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Azahriah

{{Short description|Hungarian singer and YouTuber}}

{{Hungarian name}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Azahriah

| image = Azahriah (Sept 2021).png

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| caption = Azahriah performing at Budapest Park in 2021

| birth_name = Baukó Attila

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2002|1|28}}

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| occupation = {{hlist|Singer|lyricist|composer|YouTuber}}

| module = {{Infobox musical artist

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| genre = {{hlist|Pop music|alternative pop|hip hop}}

| instrument = {{hlist|Vocals|guitar|}}

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| years_active = 2019–present

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| website = {{URL|www.facebook.com/azahriah.official}}

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Attila Baukó, also known as Azahriah{{cite web |url=https://nepszava.hu/3080645_stagehive-elet-a-szobafogsag-utan |title=StageHive: Élet a szobafogság után |publisher=Népszava |date=2020-06-06 |accessdate=2021-12-19}}{{cite web |url=https://wmn.hu/popfilter/57198-ez-a-veszelyes-a-youtube-os-tartalomkeszitesben-van-egy-kozszereplo-aki-ilyen-kozel-engedi-magahoz-a-kovetoket---azahriah-a-popfilterben |title="Ez a veszélyes a YouTube-os tartalomkészítésben: van egy közszereplő, aki ilyen közel engedi magához a követőket" – Azahriah a Popfilterben |publisher=Popfilter |date=2022-03-21 |accessdate=2022-03-22}} (born January 28, 2002{{cite web|url=https://index.hu/kultur/2024/01/28/azahriah-kviz-puskas-arena-koncert-memento-bauko-attila/|title=Mondjuk ki bátran: Azahriah-nál nincs sikeresebb magyar fiatal|publisher=Index.hu|accessdate=2024-04-17|language=hu}}), is a Hungarian singer-songwriter and YouTuber.

He first appeared as Paul Street on YouTube, covering frightening and mysterious topics with a series called Rejtélyek nyomában ("Trailing mysteries"). He has been playing the guitar since childhood, and started making music in 2017 in a more serious manner. He has been publishing his songs under the stage name Azahriah since 2019.{{Cite web |title=Azahriah |url=https://supermanagement.hu/zenekarok/azahriah |work=SUPERMANAGEMENT {{!}} Booking {{!}} Management {{!}} Record Label |accessdate=2021-11-12 |language=hu |last=supermanagement |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20211112212631/https://supermanagement.hu/zenekarok/azahriah |archivedate=2021-11-12 }}

He performed to full houses in the Puskás Aréna on three consecutive occasions{{Cite web |last=Benedek |first=Balizs |date=2023-10-20 |title=Azahriah harmadik Puskás Aréna-koncertjére is elfogytak a jegyek |url=https://index.hu/fomo/2023/10/20/azahriah-puskas-arena-telthaz-koncert/ |access-date=2023-10-25 |website=index.hu |language=hu}} (24, 25, and 26 May, 2024), becoming the first Hungarian artist to do so.{{cite web|url=https://www.vg.hu/extra/2024/01/egyetlen-fellepese-lesz-azahriah-nak-a-tripla-puskas-koncert-elott-sopronban-talalkozhatnak-a-sztarral-a-rajongok|title=Egyetlen fellépése lesz Azahriah-nak a tripla Puskás koncert előtt, Sopronban találkozhatnak a sztárral a rajongók|publisher=Világgazdaság|accessdate=2024-04-15}}

Early life

Attila Baukó was born in the Újpalota neighbourhood of Budapest in 2002. His parents divorced, but he maintains a good relationship with both of them. His mother is a professional soldier, who served in the peacekeeping forces in Kosovo twice. His father worked at a car manufacturer in Germany. He learned making videos, as well as playing the guitar and speaking English, from YouTube tutorials.{{Cite web |url=https://hvg.hu/360/20231017_azahriah_bauko_attila_zene_puskas_arena_koncert |last1=Balla|first1= István |last2=Németh|first2=Róbert |title=Azahriah, a legkisebb királyfi, a generációs csúcsmodell |publisher=hvg.hu |date= 2023-10-17 |access-date=2023-10-18|language=hu|url-access=subscription}}

He wanted to make music from an early age and picked up the guitar due to his affection to heavy metal. Some of his favorite artists are Slipknot, System of a Down, Metallica, Iron Maiden, Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin.{{Cite web |title="A maszk mögött tökéletes lehetnék" – Azahriah-interjú |url=https://recorder.blog.hu/2021/07/28/a_maszk_mogott_tokeletes_lehetnek_azahriah |work=Recorder |accessdate=2021-11-12|language=hu}}

Career

He started a YouTube channel on 9 February, 2014, titled "Paul Street".{{cite web |url=https://socialblade.com/youtube/c/paulstreetpaulstreet/monthly |title=Paul Street’s YouTube Stats (Summary Profile) |publisher=Social Blade |accessdate=2022-05-21}} The name is a reference to the classic Hungarian novel The Paul Street Boys. Initially, he posted vlogs, then later started making videos about mysterious and/or frightening topics. The channel had more than 500,000 subscribers in April 2023.

He started releasing his songs under the pseudonym Azahriah in 2019, with the help of Botond Pócsi (Hundred Sins).{{cite web |url=https://open.spotify.com/album/1w9UMTRQb3N7hyLTimrMfK |title=Blind – a Spotifyon |author=Hundred Sins, Azahriah |publisher=Spotify |accessdate=2022-05-21}}{{cite web |url=https://open.spotify.com/album/2v8HbqYBgbCjr7fiPlJ9U0 |title=Oye– a Spotifyon |author=Hundred Sins, Azahriah |publisher=Spotify |accessdate=2022-05-21}} His stage name comes from the Latin version Uzziah, the tenth king of the ancient Kingdom of Judah.{{Cite web|title="El szeretném különíteni AZAHRIAH -t Paul Street -től" {{!}} A magyar Youtube Mögött {{!}} 2. Rész|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DooAw_ToU3k|language=hu|publisher=Onetempo via YouTube|accessdate=2024-04-17}} His first self-composed song, titled "Hathor" was released on 28 January, 2020.{{cite web |url=https://open.spotify.com/album/65ccp9ZZa7IpH3WMcAGykA |title=Hathor – a Spotifyon |author=Azahriah |publisher=Spotify |accessdate=2022-05-21}} His debut album, I'm Worse, with English lyrics, was released on 15 April, 2020.{{cite web |url=https://open.spotify.com/album/5lo1Q8OEVBrYkr8J0gKUpD |title=I’m Worse – a Spotifyon |author=Azahriah |publisher=Spotify |accessdate=2022-05-21}} His second English language album, Camouflage was released on 29 June, 2021.{{cite web |url=https://open.spotify.com/album/3OFCYRfoLNKtAnr1CsSVqa |title=camouflage – a Spotifyon |author=Azahriah |publisher=Spotify |accessdate=2022-05-21}}

His song "EL BARTO" charted 6th in the same top list in July 2021.{{cite web |url=https://slagerlistak.hu/stream-top-40-slagerlista/2021/29 |title=2021/29. heti Stream Top 40 slágerlista |publisher=slagerlistak.hu |accessdate=2022-05-21}} He became the best Hungarian artist at the 2021 MTV Europe Music Awards.{{cite web |url=https://index.hu/fomo/2021/11/16/mtv-ema-voros-szonyeg-sztarok-uzenet/ |title=Kameránkon keresztül üzentek az MTV EMA sztárjai |publisher=index.hu |author=Domszky László |date=2021-11-16 |accessdate=2022-05-21}}

He released an EP titled silbak on 10 August 2022.{{cite web |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/ChFxo82tvXF/ |title=Instagram-poszt |publisher=Azahriah |date=2022-08-10 |accessdate=2022-09-05}} All the songs charted on the Mahasz Stream Top 40, and some of them appeared on other Mahasz charts and Billboard{{'}}s local Hungary Songs chart.

On March 10, 2023, Azahriah held a concert at the László Papp Budapest Sports Arena.{{cite web|url=https://telex.hu/after/2023/10/19/az-azahriah-jelenseg-portre-puskas-arena|title=Azahriah-val megszületett az első igazi magyar szupersztár|publisher=Telex|accessdate=2024-04-17|language=hu}} In May 2024, he held three sold-out nights in a row at the Puskás Aréna in Budapest, Hungary,{{Cite web|url=https://concerty.com/artist/azahriah-760399|title=Azahriah Biography|website=Concerty.com}} making national headlines for months leading up to the shows.

He released another album, titled Memento, on 1 May 2023.{{cite web|url=http://vaskarika.hu/hirek/reszletek/23559/a_pokolban_kijarat_nem_lesz_megjelent_azahriah_varva_vart_nagyle/|title=A pokolban kijárat nem lesz – Megjelent Azahriah várva várt nagylemeze|publisher=Vaskarika|language=hu|accessdate=2024-04-17}}

Discography

=Studio albums=

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style="font-size:smaller;"

!width="30"|Mahasz Album Top 40

align="center"|2020

|I'm Worse

  • Released: April 15, 2020

|align="center"|–

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align="center"|2021

|camouflage

  • Released: 29 June, 2021

|align="center"| 19

|

align="center"|2022

|A ló túloldalán

  • Released: 20 May, 2022

|align="center"| 2

| platinum

align="center"|2023

|memento

  • Released: 1 May, 2023

|align="center"| 1

|

align="center"|2024

|skatulya I

  • Released: 18 April, 2024{{cite web|url=https://telex.hu/after/2024/04/18/megjelent-azahriah-uj-albuma|title=Váratlanul kiadta új lemezét Azahriah|publisher=Telex|language=hu|accessdate=2024-04-18}}

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= EPs =

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position

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!width="30"|Mahasz Album Top 40

align="center" rowspan=2|2022

|SuperSize (Live Session 2022, Acoustic)

  • Released: 15 July, 2022

|align="center"| –

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silbak

  • Released: 17 August, 2022

|align="center"| 5

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align="center"|2023

|tripq

  • Released: 24 August, 2023

|align="center"| 1

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= Live albums =

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position

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!width="30"|Mahasz Album Top 40

align="center"|2023

| Papp László Aréna LIVE (2023)

  • Released: 4 April, 2023

|align="center"| 29

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2025

|Puskás Aréna Live (2024)

  • Released: 21 January, 2025

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= Singles =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:75%;"

!width=40 rowspan=3|Year

!width=40% rowspan=3|Song

!colspan=7|Highest
position

!rowspan=3|Album

colspan=6|Mahasz{{cite web |url=http://zene.slagerlistak.hu/archivum/kereso-eloado-cim-szerint |title=Azahriah helyezései a Magyar Hangfelvétel-kiadók Szövetségének slágerlistáin |publisher=slagerlistak.hu |accessdate=2022-05-21}}

!colspan=1|Billboard{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hungary-songs-hotw/ |title=Hungary Songs |publisher=Billboard |accessdate=2022-06-09}}

width=38|Radio Top 40

!width=38|Editors' Choice

!width=38|Hungarian Radio Top 40

!width=38|Dance Top 40

!width=38|Single Top 40

!width=38|Stream Top 40

!width=38|Hungary Songs

rowspan=1|2019

|align=left|"BLiND" (Azahriah & Hundred Sins)

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|rowspan=6|Non-album single

rowspan=5|2020

|align=left|"Hathor"

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align=left|"Despair"

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align=left|"COMICAL TRAGEDY" (Azahriah, Hundred Sins)

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align=left|"Nevettale" (Azahriah x Tíkéj & Zilkerson)

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align=left|"RÉT" (Azahriah x Desh)

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| 9

| 7

| 18

rowspan=4|2021

|align=left|"4K LOVE"

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| 22

| 36

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|rowspan="2"| Camouflage

align=left|"aight"

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| 22

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align=left|"MIND1" (Azahriah x Desh)

| 28

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| 11

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| 4

| 1

| 5

|rowspan=1| A ló túloldalán

align=left|"EL BARTO" (Azahriah x Desh)

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| 12

| 6

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|rowspan=1|Non-album single

rowspan=6|2022

|align=left|"tevagyazalány" (Azahriah x Desh)

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| 13

| 13

|rowspan=4|A ló túloldalán

align=left|"Miafasz" (Azahriah x Desh)

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| 7

| 2

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align=left|"Pullup" (Azahriah x Desh)

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| 4

| 1

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align=left|"Habibi" (Azahriah x Desh)

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| 29

| 7

| 5

align=left|"téveszmék"

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| 36

| 6

| 4

|rowspan=2|silbak

align=left|"four moods"

| 27

| 15

| 5

| 4

| 1

| 1

| 1

rowspan="7" |2023

|align=left|"introvertált dal"

|34

|2

|1

|1

|2

|1

|1

|rowspan=3|memento

align=left|"szosziazi"

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|2

|1

|1

align=left|"3korty"

| 34

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| 25

| 6

| 2

| 1

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align=left|"Heaven" (with StadiumX and Sam Martin)

| 26

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| 16

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| 3

| 6

| 7

|rowspan=1|Non-album single

align=left|"Rampapapam" (Desh, Azahriah, Young Fly feat. Lord Panamo)

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| 21

| 8

| 16

| 1

| rowspan="5" style="background:lightgrey" |

| 1

|rowspan=1| CARPE DIEM

align=left|"valami amerikai"

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|12

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|5

|6

| Non-album single

align="left" |"Walkin a street" (Desh, Azahriah, Young Fly)

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|CARPE DIEM

| align="left" |"cipoe"

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|"mariana.árok"

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|1

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References

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Further reading

  • {{Cite news |last=Higgins |first=Andrew |date=2024-06-15 |title=A Hungarian Rapper’s Bandwagon Gets an Unlikely New Rider |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/15/world/europe/hungary-rapper-azahriah-orban.html |access-date=2024-08-12 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |url-access=subscription}}

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Category:2002 births

Category:Living people

Category:Hungarian male singer-songwriters

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