From wallflower to gen Z icon: the rising of Azahriah is the ultimate 21st century success story. Not only his first show at the Puskás Arena (capacity: 45.000) was sold out in a day, but he had to add two more nights to the schedule with 135.000 people! This is totally unprecedented in Hungarian music history: no Hungarian musician could ever make a full house here before him. And he made it three times, baby! But if you don’t believe the hype, check the numbers: • he is Hungary’s most streamed artist • more than 660.000 Spotify listeners per month • more than 200 million Spotify streams in 2024 • more than 690 million plays on YouTube • more than 580.000 YouTube subscribers • more than 285.000 Instagram followers After two soldout Europe tours from Amsterdom to London, Azahriah will be on the road again in 2026 March. Growing up with a mother being in the army (two missions in Kosovo) and a father who often works abroad, Azahriah was used to doing things on his own. So much so, he barely had any friends in elementary school. Getting fed up with always being the lonely one, at age 12 he started his YouTube channel, called Paul Street (named after Ferenc Molnar’s famous novel, The Paul Street Boys), gaining more and more popularity with his mystery/paranormal themed stories. This was literally a life saver for him: when dropped out of high school for being bullied by one of his teachers, he really could use the positive vibes starting over everything in a new school. After becoming one of Hungary’s best known content creators, Azahriah decided to move forward and fulfill his singer-songwriter dreams. As his videos had nothing to do with music, this definitely could have been a burden – but not for him. He knew exactly what he was doing. Already a qualified guitar player (perks of being alone a lot as a child), he started to learn music making and sound engineering and recorded his first demos. Fun fact: he wrote his first lyrics at school in 2
