Miriam Hufnagl (born 1995), known professionally as Avec (stylized in all caps), is an Austrian singer, songwriter and musician.

Early life

Hufnagl grew up in

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, 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

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among her role models at the time. She commuted to

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to study to become a teacher (History and English).

Career

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.''Junge Vöcklabruckerin stellt ihr Debütalbum beim "Ahoi Pop" vor.''
In: ''Oberösterreichische Nachrichten'', 24. September 2016, abgerufen am 9. Oktober 2016. 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). In November 2015, Avec was named FM4 Soundpark Act of the Month. 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. In September 2016, she released her debut album, ''What If We Never Forget'', which entered the Austrian album charts, and began a tour through Austria, Germany, Hungary, and Switzerland. Her second album, ''Heaven/Hell'', was released on 14 September 2018. 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. In February 2020, she released the single Dance Solo, in which she sang about a relationship breakup. At the end of March 2020, she released her third album, ''Homesick''. In August 2022, she performed as the opening act for

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. 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. In January 2025, she released her fourth self-titled album, ''Avec''.

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

* 2015: ''Heartbeats''

Singles

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

Awards and nominations

References

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Avec 1995 births Living people People from Upper Austria 21st-century Austrian women singers Austrian women singer-songwriters English-language singers from Austria