The EP also includes Smith's acoustic solo version of "Latch" and a live version of "I've Told You Now". The second song on the EP is titled "Nirvana" and is produced by Craze & Hoax and Jonathan Creek. The first song on the EP titled, "Safe with Me", is produced by Two Inch Punch and premiered on MistaJam's BBC Radio 1Xtra show on 24 July 2013. Smith's first EP Nirvana was released the following year. They were also featured on Naughty Boy's single "La La La". In February 2013, Smith released the first single from their debut album, "Lay Me Down". Smith was featured on the Disclosure song "Latch", which was released on 8 October 2012 and peaked at No. Smith released two singles before 2010, "Bad Day All Week" and "When It's Alright". Music career 2008–2009: Career beginnings with debut singles They were a member of the Bishop's Stortford Junior Operatics (now Bishops Stortford Musical Theatre Society) and the Cantate Youth Choir. Smith attended St Mary's Catholic School in Bishop's Stortford. For a number of years they studied singing and songwriting under jazz pianist Joanna Eden. Before entering the musical theatre, Smith had been in jazz bands. They were part of Youth Music Theatre UK and appeared in their 2007 production of Oh! Carol, a musical featuring the music of Neil Sedaka. Smith was bullied for gynecomastia as a child, and had liposuction at age 12. Samuel Frederick Smith was born on in London, to Frederick Smith and broker Kate Cassidy. Smith is genderqueer and uses singular they pronouns. The lead single, "Too Good at Goodbyes", reached number one in the UK and Australia and number four in the US. Their 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. Their musical achievements have also led them to be mentioned twice in the Guinness World Records.įor their 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. At the 2015 Billboard Music Awards, Smith received three Billboard Awards: Top Male Artist, Top New Artist, and Top Radio Songs Artist. At the 2015 Brit Awards, they won the awards for British Breakthrough Act and Global Success. In December 2014, Smith was nominated for six Grammy Awards, and at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards in February 2015 they 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. They made their United States debut on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, followed by a performance on Saturday Night Live in March 2014. Its fifth single, "Like I Can", reached number nine in the United Kingdom. The 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 "I'm Not the Only One" reached the top five in both countries. Its second single, "Money on My Mind", became Smith's second number one single in the UK. The album's lead single, "Lay Me Down", was released prior to "La La La". Smith's debut studio album, In the Lonely Hour, was released in May 2014 on Capitol Records UK. In December 2013, Smith was nominated for the 2014 Brit Critics' Choice Award and the BBC's Sound of 2014 poll, winning both. Their subsequent feature-on Naughty Boy's "La La La"- became a number one single in May 2013. Smith rose to prominence in October 2012 after being featured on Disclosure's breakthrough single "Latch", which peaked at number eleven on the UK Singles Chart. Samuel Frederick Smith (born ) is an English singer and songwriter.
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