Samuel Frederick Smith is an English singer and songwriter. After rising to prominence in October 2012 by featuring on Disclosure’s breakthrough single “Latch”, which peaked at number eleven on the UK Singles Chart.
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Smith’s debut studio album, In the Lonely Hour, was released in May 2014 on Capitol Records UK. The album’s lead single, “Lay Me Down”, was released prior to “La La La”.
The album’s second single, “Money on My Mind”, became their second number-one single in the UK.
The third single, “Stay with Me”, was internationally successful, reaching number one in the UK and number two on the US Billboard Hot 100, while subsequent singles “I’m Not the Only One” and “Like I Can” reached the top ten in the UK.
The album won four awards, at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards, including Best Pop Vocal Album, Best New Artist, Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and nominations for Album of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance.
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Sam Smith Siblings: Meet Lily Smith, Mabel Smith
Sam Smith has two sisters, Lily Smith and Mabel Smith.
Lily is Sam’s younger sister. She graduated from Nottingham Trent University in 2016. She is an event coordinator at News UK.
Previously, she worked for Shelley Durkan, Christian Dior Couture and Purple. Sam is close friends with Lily, who is incredibly proud of his success.
Mabel is the youngest child of Fred and Kate. She is also very close with her famed brother. She and Lily often accompany Sam on his trips and tours.
Moreover, the siblings have matching tattoos, a Roman number three on their wrists.
As part of Youth Music Theatre UK, Smith appeared in the troupe’s 2007 production of Oh! Carol, a musical featuring the music of Neil Sedaka.
Before entering the musical theatre, they had been in jazz bands. While studying singing and songwriting under jazz pianist Joanna Eden for a number of years, Smith attended St Mary’s Catholic School in Bishop’s Stortford and was a member of the Bishop’s Stortford Junior Operatics (now Bishops Stortford Musical Theatre Society) and the Cantate Youth Choir.


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