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singer-songwriter, best known for her singles " Make Me Feel Good" and " Don't Stop Just Yet" with Belters Only, "Zeros" with Cassö and

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, " Somedays" with Sonny Fodera and D.O.D., and her solo singles " Giving Me", "Shooting Star" and "Feel It".

Music career

Jazzy Yaz

Jazzy first came to attention in 2020 as a member of the Dublin band Powerful Creative Minds, for which she used the name "Jazzy Yaz". On 29 April 2020, the band released "Baby Maybe", and on 19 June 2020 they released "Vivid Dreams". 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''. On 5 March 2021, Jazzy Yaz featured on Ben Rainey's "Let Yourself Go", a cover of

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". 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".

Ireland and UK chart hits

On 26 November 2021, 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 and No. 1 on the

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, making them the first Irish dance act to top said chart since

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did so with

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. On 25 March 2022, Belters Only & Jazzy released a second single together titled " Don't Stop Just Yet", which charted at No. 84 on the UK Singles Chart. On 10 March 2023, Jazzy released her first solo single titled " Giving Me", which peaked at No. 3 on the UK Singles Chart 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?, and the first Irish female artist to reach No. 1 on Spotify.

Artistry

Byrne told ''

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influenced her to start singing, and also named

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, Carla Monroe,

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as influences.

Personal life

Yasmine Byrne was born in Dublin to a single mother and grew up in Crumlin with her brother and a sister. She attended Saint Agnes' Primary School, where she learned

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. She is of part Jamaican descent, through her estranged father. She previously worked at

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Discography

Extended plays

Singles

Awards and nominations

Brit Awards

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* * * {{authority control 1996 births Living people People from Crumlin, Dublin 21st-century Irish women singers Irish pop singers Irish dance musicians Irish women singer-songwriters Musicians from Dublin (city) Women in electronic music Dance-pop musicians Irish people of Jamaican descent Polydor Records artists Irish women rappers Black Irish people Expatriates in England Irish women in electronic music Irish trance musicians Irish house musicians Irish electronic dance music DJs