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Avec
Avec in November 2016
Avec in November 2016
Background information
Birth nameMiriam Hufnagl
Born1995 (age 29–30)
Upper Austria, Austria
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
Labels
  • Earcandy Recordings
  • Jim Bob Records

Miriam Hufnagl[1][2][3][4] (born 1995), known professionally as Avec (stylized in all caps), is an Austrian singer, songwriter and musician.

Early life

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Hufnagl grew up in Vöcklabruck, Upper Austria, and initially learned the violin. At the age of twelve, she wrote her first songs in English, and at fourteen, she taught herself to play the guitar, with Taylor Swift among her role models at the time.[1] She commuted to Salzburg to study to become a teacher (History and English).[5][6]

Career

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In the 2015 ballad "Granny," Avec processed her own experience of dealing with her grandmother's Alzheimer's disease; the song was also used in a TV commercial for a German private broadcaster.[7][3][2] She is accompanied by Andreas Häuserer (electric guitar, backing vocals, co-producer), Veronika Sterrer (piano, backing vocals), Thomas Gieferl (drums, percussion, backing vocals), and Matthias Zeindlhofer (bass, trombone, percussion, backing vocals).[5] In November 2015, Avec was named FM4 Soundpark Act of the Month.[8] At the 2016 Amadeus Awards, she was nominated for Heartbeats in the categories Artist of the Year and Alternative, as well as for the FM4 Award. Heartbeats was also nominated for the Recording Studio Award.[9][10] In September 2016, she released her debut album, What If We Never Forget, which entered the Austrian album charts,[11] and began a tour through Austria, Germany, Hungary, and Switzerland.[12]

Her second album, Heaven/Hell, was released on 14 September 2018.[13] In July 2019, Avec performed at the Vienna Popfest for the second time since her debut in the summer of 2016, in 2019 with a six-piece band, and in 2016 with two people.[4] In February 2020, she released the single Dance Solo, in which she sang about a relationship breakup.[14] At the end of March 2020, she released her third album, Homesick.[15][16] In August 2022, she performed as the opening act for James Blunt.

In 2024, Avec founded the music label Jim Bob Records, named after the nickname Jim Bob, which her mother had given to her deceased brother, Avec's uncle. After his death, Avec dedicated the ballad "I Don't Pray" to her uncle.[17] In January 2025, she released her fourth self-titled album, Avec.[18][19]

Discography

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Studio albums

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Title Details Peak chart positions
AUT
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What If We Never Forget
  • Released: 23 September 2016
  • Label: Earcandy Recordings
  • Format: CD, download
 71
Heaven / Hell
  • Released: 14 September 2018
  • Label: Earcandy Recordings
  • Format: CD, download
 42
Homesick
  • Released: 27 March 2020
  • Label: Earcandy Recordings
  • Format: CD, download
 13
Avec
  • Released: 24 January 2025
  • Label: Jim Bob Records
  • Format: CD, download
 57
"—" denotes an album that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Extended plays

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  • 2015: Heartbeats

Singles

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  • 2015: Granny
  • 2015: Dead
  • 2018: Under Water
  • 2019: Home
  • 2020: Dance Solo
  • 2020: Mona
  • 2021: I don't pray
  • 2022: Nothing to Me[20]

Awards

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Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2016 Amadeus Austrian Music Awards Artist of the Year Herself Nominated
Alternative Nominated
FM4 Award Nominated
2017 Artist of the Year Nominated [21][22]
FM4 Award Nominated
2019 Music Moves Europe Talent Awards Singer-songwriter Won [23]
Amadeus Austrian Music Awards Alternative Won [24][25]
Best Sound Nominated
FM4 Award Nominated
Hubert von Goisern Prize None Won [26]
2021 Amadeus Austrian Music Awards FM4 Award Nominated [27][28]
Alternative Nominated

References

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  1. ^ a b "FM4 Acoustic Session mit AVEC". fm4.orf.at (in German). Retrieved October 9, 2016.
  2. ^ a b Junge Vöcklabruckerin stellt ihr Debütalbum beim "Ahoi Pop" vor. In: Oberösterreichische Nachrichten, 24. September 2016, abgerufen am 9. Oktober 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Doppeltes Ausrufezeichen der lokalen Musikszene". Oberösterreichische Nachrichten. November 25, 2015. Retrieved October 9, 2016.
  4. ^ a b "Das Popfest am Samstag war laut und höchst persönlich" (in German). July 28, 2019. Retrieved July 28, 2019.
  5. ^ a b "Mit Avec in der Stille singen". Salzburger Nachrichten. April 8, 2016. Retrieved October 9, 2016.
  6. ^ "Interview mit AVEC". vice.com. November 27, 2015. Retrieved October 9, 2016.
  7. ^ "I just wanna stay here for a little while". orf.at. November 1, 2015. Retrieved October 9, 2016.
  8. ^ "FM4 Videopremiere: AVEC – "Dead"". fm4.orf.at (in German). Retrieved October 9, 2016.
  9. ^ "Amadeus Austrian Music Awards 2016 – Die Nominierten" (PDF). amadeusawards.at (in German). January 28, 2016. Retrieved October 9, 2016.
  10. ^ "Wer gewinnt den FM4 Award beim Amadeus 2016?". fm4.orf.at. January 28, 2016. Retrieved October 9, 2016.
  11. ^ a b "austriancharts.at - Discography Avec". Retrieved April 25, 2025.
  12. ^ "AVEC – What If We Never Forget-Tour 2016". wasgehtapp.de (in German). Retrieved October 16, 2016.
  13. ^ "Musik: AVEC – Indie Pop aus Oberösterreich". August 14, 2018. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
  14. ^ ""Dance Solo": AVEC tanzt in ihrer brandneuen Single lieber ganz alleine". songtexte.com. February 20, 2020. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
  15. ^ ""Mona": So heißt die brandneue Single aus dem Album "Homesick" von AVEC". songtexte.com (in German). March 28, 2020. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
  16. ^ ""Ich vertraue meinem Bauchgefühl": Neues von Sängerin Avec". k.at. April 2, 2020. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
  17. ^ "Mit neuem Musiklabel: AVEC ehrt verstorbenen Onkel". krone.at (in German). July 23, 2024. Retrieved July 23, 2024.
  18. ^ "Musikerin Avec hat sich für neues Album einen Traum erfüllt". k.at. January 21, 2025. Retrieved January 21, 2025.
  19. ^ Christoph Griessner (January 21, 2025). "Musikerin Avec hat sich für neues Album einen Traum erfüllt". puls24.at/APA (in German). Retrieved January 21, 2025.
  20. ^ Lukas Luger (April 15, 2022). "Manchmal reicht es der sanftesten Seele: Worum es in der neuen Single von AVEC geht". nachrichten.at. Retrieved April 15, 2022.
  21. ^ ""Amadeus"-Awards: 20 Acts für FM4-Preis nominiert". diepresse.com. February 16, 2017. Retrieved February 16, 2017.
  22. ^ Amadeus Austrian Music Awards 2017: Die Nominierten. In: amadeusawards.at, retrieved at 27 Februar 2017.
  23. ^ "Kleine Zeitung: Österreich auf ErfolgskursAvec und Stelartronic gewinnen Music-Awards der EU". January 16, 2019. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
  24. ^ "Amadeus Austrian Music Awards 2019: Die Nominierten stehen fest". February 19, 2019. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
  25. ^ "Amadeus-Musikpreis: Würstel, Windmühlen und viel Vielfalt". diepresse.com. April 25, 2019. Retrieved April 26, 2019.
  26. ^ "Hubert-von-Goisern-Preis an innovative Künstler vergeben". Salzburger Nachrichten. May 14, 2019. Retrieved May 14, 2019.
  27. ^ "Wer soll den FM4 Award beim Amadeus 2021 gewinnen?". ORF.at. March 29, 2021. Retrieved March 29, 2021.
  28. ^ "Amadeus Award 2021: Bei den Nominierungen führt Julian le Play vor Melissa Naschenweng". Kleine Zeitung. April 15, 2021. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
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