Hozier has been named as Spotify's Spotlight Breakout Star of 2014.
The 24-year-old performer piqued the interest of the streaming service in 2013 when he was featured in their list of Spotlight on 2014 artists, and has now been picked as their favourite emerging talent of the past 12 months.
On hearing the news, the singer said: "Spotify have shown their support for my music from very early on in my career.
"It's been a big part of the success of my music this past year and I'm very grateful to them for that support.''
Hozier was recently exposed to a worldwide audience when he performed his hit 'Take Me To Church' at London's Victoria's Secret Show alongside Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande and Ed Sheeran, with the track since topping Spotify's global chart.
Alongside the announcement about the singer-songwriter, Spotify have revealed the acts they are tipping for success in the next year in their Spotlight on 2015 list.
Compiled by the service's in-house music experts using data from Spotify's Viral Charts, 'The Voice' alumnus Becky Hill and Brits' Critics Choice 2015 award winner James Bay are among musicians on the shortlist.
The remaining 10 promising acts include Juce, Coasts, Ibeyi, SOAK, All We Are, Raury, Laura Doggett, Nothing But Thieves, Lapsley and Seinabo Sey.
Previous Spotlight artists include Mercury Prize nominees Jungle and FKA Twigs as well as Banks and 'Riptide' hitmaker, Vance Joy.

Discussions have been held about a 'Spider-Man' and 'Captain America' crossover.
A series of leaked documents, seen by the Wall Street Journal, show that Sony has staged talks with Marvel about the possibility of Peter Parker featuring in 'Captain America: Civil War'.
The talks are detailed in leaked emails from the likes of Amy Pascal, the Chief of Sony Pictures, Doug Belgrad, Sony's President of Production, and Bob Iger, the Chair of Disney.
In one of the emails, sent from Doug to Amy, he proposes a scenario in which Marvel would produce three new 'Spider-Man' movies, with Sony retaining "creative control, marketing and distribution".
What's more, the documents show that Sony - which has a long-term licence in relation to 'Spider-Man' - has the chance to progress with the franchise, after discussions broke down between themselves and Marvel.
Additional emails show plans are being developed for an animated 'Spider-Man' comedy film from the creators of 'The Lego Movie', Chris Miller and Phil Lord.
This comes shortly after Al Pacino suggested he could appear in an upcoming Marvel film.
The 74-year-old star confirmed he's met with Kevin Feige, the President of Marvel Studios, and hinted he may soon star in a comic book-inspired film.
He told the Happy Sad Confused podcast: "I've met with the Marvel guy. It's a Marvel how things happen.
"I would imagine that either there's something he feels is right for me and if I feel..."
Al was then interrupted by a telephone call and joked it was Marvel calling to stop him from revealing any spoilers of the film.

Nine luxury cars intended for the new James Bond film have been stolen from a garage in Germany.
The fleet of vehicles, which includes five Range Rover Sport models, are worth £630,000 and were specially customised for the eagerly-awaited new Bond film, titled 'SPECTRE'.
Land Rover told the Daily Express newspaper: "We are aware of the theft of a number of Range Rovers in Dusseldorf, Germany. This is a criminal act and the police are carrying out a full investigation."
The vehicles were set to feature in scenes shot in the Alps.
Details of the new Bond film were released last week at an event staged at Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire, South East England.
And looking forward to the new movie, Daniel Craig claimed the script for 'SPECTRE' is "better than we had last time".
Daniel, 46, who's playing James Bond for the fourth time in the new film, said he expects 'SPECTRE' to be superior to the 2012 hit 'Skyfall', which made in excess of $1.1 billion at the worldwide box office.
He said: "We've got an amazing cast and, I think, a better script than we had last time."
'SPECTRE' will be released in cinemas worldwide on November 6, 2015.

Dave Navarro has created a guitar strap which doubles as a sex toy.
The Jane's Addiction founding member - who was married to Carmen Electra for four years - has come up with the unusual item, The Strap, which not only holds the musical instrument in position while he is on-stage but can also be used to restrain a partner in several positions while having some kinky fun in the bedroom.
Describing the tool, he told TMZ: "It's the Swiss army knife of the bedroom."
Dave teamed up with a bondage toy company to create the toy and admits he is a big fan of S&M - the practice of using pain as a sex stimulant - but encourages people to ensure they act out such saucy antics in a safe manner, revealing his safe word is "Chappaquiddick".
The musician is clearly open about his sexual desires and earlier this year on his radio show 'Dark Matter', which airs on TradioV, his co-host Dan Cleary and one of his friends Todd Newman attempted to get him to tell a story about a time Alex Rodriguez supposedly watched Dave get oral sex from a woman on Skype.
However, Dave - who was also previously married to Rhian Gittins for less than a year in 1994 and Tania Goddard for three years until 1993 - distanced himself from the tale, adding: "I deny all of these allegations."

Clint Eastwood has splashed out $715,000 on a home for his reported former mistress.
The 84-year-old filmmaker is believed to have splashed out the huge sum on a two-bedroom 1950s home for his alleged former lover Erica Tomlinson-Fisher, with whom he was romantically linked after splitting from his wife Dina Eastwood.
A source revealed: "Clint is battling Dina over his $375 million fortune, dragging his feet over settling their divorce,
"But he's found the time to buy Erica a home."
The 'Good, the Bad and the Ugly' star forked out for the property in March, where the 43 year old now lives with her 22-year-old son Blake Holland, despite now dating a former hostess from his Mission Ranch Hotel in California, Christina Sandera.
The source told National Enquirer magazine: "Clint obviously still has a soft spot for Erica if he's willing to plunk down that much cash for a house for her,
"I understand that her son, Blake, still works for Clint as a production assistant."
Clint and Dina had been together for 17 years when they separated in October 2013, with his spouse fighting for custody of their 17-year-old daughter, Morgan.
Although they have not legally divorced, Dina is now believed to be romantically involved with Erica's ex-husband, Scott Fisher.

Angelina Jolie's 2414 highlight was seeing her son become a teenager.
The 39-year-old actress - who married long-term partner Brad Pitt in August - admits her eldest child Maddox turning 13 has been the biggest "marker" of this year.
Discussing the most memorable moments of her year, she said: "My son [Maddox] became a teenager. That was a marker in my year."
The 'Unbroken' filmmaker - who underwent a double mastectomy in 2013 after discovering she had an 87% chance of contracting breast cancer - is most happy that everyone in her family, which also includes Pax, 11, Zahara, nine, Shiloh, eight, and six-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne, is fit and well.
She said: "More than anything, like any mom, I'm just happy the kids are healthy. I married their dad. My health is good."
The six children helped plan their parents' wedding and the brunette beauty thinks they did a great job.
She told the new issue of People magazine: "They did a really good job!
"The eight of us celebrated, and Brad and I committed our lives to the children."
The 'Maleficent' star also admitted she is planning to give up acting in favour of a permanent move behind the camera.
She said: "I've loved being an actor, but I'm happier shining a light on other actors."

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