Sam Smith

Samuel Frederick "Sam" Smith is a British 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 chart. His subsequent feature—on Naughty Boy's "La La La"—earned him his first number-one single on the chart in May 2013.

 

In December 2013, Smith was nominated for the 2014 BRIT Critics' Choice Award and the BBC's Sound of 2014 poll; both of which he went on to win. He released his debut studio album, In the Lonely Hour, on 26 May 2014 via Capitol Records. The lead single, "Lay Me Down", was released prior to "La La La". The second single, "Money on My Mind", was released on 16 February.

Smith was born in London, England. He is an alumnus of Youth Music Theatre UK and starred in their 2007 production of "Oh! Carol". For a number of years he studied singing and songwriting under jazz vocalist/pianist Joanna Eden. He attended St Mary's Catholic School in Bishop's Stortford.

 

 

In October 2012, Smith featured on Disclosure's single "Latch", the single was released on October 8, 2012 and peaked to number eleven on the UK Singles Chart. In February 2013 he released his debut single "Lay Me Down", which also serves as the lead single from his debut album. In May 2013 he featured on Naughty Boy's single "La La La". The single was released on 19 May 2013 and entered at number one on the UK Singles Chart on 26 May 2013 ― for the week ending dated 1 June 2013 ― dethroned the following week by Blurred Lines by Robin Thicke featuring Pharrell Williams and T.I.. He released an EP this summer consisting of four tracks. The first, titled "Safe With Me", is produced by Two Inch Punch and premiered on MistaJam's BBC Radio 1Xtra show on 24 July 2013. The second song on the EP is titled "Nirvana" and is produced by Craze & Hoax and Jonathan Creek. The EP also includes Smith's acoustic solo version of "Latch" and a live version of "I've Told You Now". Smith released the Disclosure, Nile Rodgers and Jimmy Napes collaboration "Together" on 25 November 2013, as the only single from Settle: The Remixes. Smith won the BRIT Critics' Choice Award 2014.

 

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