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Sam Smith

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Samuel Frederick Smith (born 19 May 1992) is an English singer-songwriter. He rose to fame in October 2012 when he was featured on Disclosure's breakthrough single "Latch", which peaked at number eleven on the UK Singles Chart. His subsequent feature—on Naughty Boy's "La La La"—earned him his first number one single in May 2013. In December 2013, he was nominated for the 2014 Brit Critics' Choice Award and the BBC's Sound of 2014 poll,[1][2] both of which he won.[3][4]

He released his debut studio album, In the Lonely Hour, in May 2014 on Capitol Records UK.[5] The lead single, "Lay Me Down", was released prior to "La La La". The second single, "Money on My Mind", became his second number one single in the UK.[6] The album's third single, "Stay with Me", was an international success, reaching number one in the UK and number two on the US Billboard Hot 100, while the fourth single "wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27m_Not_the_Only_One">I'm Not the Only One" reached the top five in both countries. The fifth single, "Like I Can", reached number nine in the United Kingdom. He made his United States debut on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, followed by a performance on Saturday Night Livein March 2014.

In December 2014, Smith was nominated for six Grammy Awards, and at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards in February 2015 he won four: Best New Artist, "Stay with Me" for Record of the Year and Song of the Year, and In the Lonely Hour for Best Pop Vocal Album. At the 2015 Brit Awards, he won the awards for British Breakthrough Act and Global Success. At the 2015 Billboard Music Awards, Smith received three Billboard Awards: Top Male Artist, Top New Artist, and Top Radio Songs Artist.[7] His musical achievements have also led him to be mentioned twice in the Guinness World Records.[8]

For his and Jimmy Napes' song "Writing's on the Wall", the theme for the James Bond film Spectre (2015), Smith won the Golden Globe Award and the Academy Award for Best Original Song. His second studio album, The Thrill of It All, was released in November 2017, and debuted atop the UK Albums Chart and the US Billboard 200. The lead single, "Too Good at Goodbyes", reached number one in the UK and Australia and number four in the US.

Top Tracks

Stay with Me 1

Stay with Me

I'm Not the Only One 2

I'm Not the Only One

Unholy (feat. Kim Petras) 3

Unholy (feat. Kim Petras)

Too Good at Goodbyes 4

Too Good at Goodbyes

Dancing With a Stranger (with Normani) 5

Dancing With a Stranger (with Normani)

Like I Can 6

Like I Can

Lay Me Down 7

Lay Me Down

Money on My Mind 8

Money on My Mind

How Do You Sleep? 9

How Do You Sleep?

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas 10

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

Top Albums

In the Lonely Hour
In the Lonely Hour
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Unholy (feat. Kim Petras)
Unholy (feat. Kim Petras)
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The Thrill of It All (Special Edition)
The Thrill of It All (Special Edition)
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