Jazzy (singer)

Yasmine Byrne, known professionally as Jazzy or Jazzy Yaz, was born on 19 September 1996 in Crumlin, Dublin. Jazzy is an Irish dance-pop singer-songwritera and has had seven hits on the Irish Singles Chart and five hits on the UK Singles Chart, "Make Me Feel Good" and "Don't Stop Just Yet" with Belters Only and with three of her own solo hits "Giving Me", "Feel It" and "Shooting Star"; the five hits charted at No. 4, No. 84, No. 3, No. 35 and No. 98 respectively. She is the first Irish woman to reach No. 1 on Spotify.

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 Room 5's "Make Luv". 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 & 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 Irish Singles Chart, making them the first Irish dance act to top said chart since Mark McCabe did so with Maniac 2000. 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 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.

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