
Smith was born on May 19, 1992, in London. In 2019, Smith announced that they prefer to use non-binary pronouns. For their work on In the Lonely Hour, Smith was awarded four Grammys, among them Song of the Year and Record of the Year. It contained the smash hit "Stay With Me," a radio staple over the course of the entire year. In 2014, Smith released In the Lonely Hour, their heartfelt debut full-length album. They first hit the charts as the featured singer on the 2012 Disclosure song "Latch," and released their first single, "Lay Me Down," soon after. The album was re-released in November 2015 as In the Lonely Hour (Drowning Shadows Edition), which features 12 new tracks, including the Disclosure single " Omen" (which features vocals from Smith), the Comic Relief version of "Lay Me Down" featuring John Legend, and covers of Whitney Houston's " How Will I Know" and Amy Winehouse's " Love Is a Losing Game".Sam Smith was born in London in May 1992 and began singing at a young age. In the Lonely Hour also received a nomination for Best British Album at the 2015 Brit Awards the accolade ultimately went to Ed Sheeran for x. It was nominated for Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards, winning the latter and losing to Morning Phase by Beck in the former. Second best-selling album of 2014 in the UK, and the third best-selling New Zealand, South Africa, Sweden and the United Kingdom. The album was aĬommercial success worldwide, reaching number one in Australia, Ireland, Performance but were critical of the songwriting. Lukewarm reviews from critics, many of whom praised Smith's vocal Upon its release, In the Lonely Hour received mostly A deluxeĮdition of the album contains five bonus tracks, including a soloĪcoustic version of Disclosure's single " Latch" and Naughty Boy's number-one single " La La La", on both of which Smith provided guest vocals. Reached number three in the UK and number five in the US.

The album's third hit single, " I'm Not the Only One", Worldwide, peaking in the top ten in over 20 countries, including The album includes the hit singles " Money on My Mind" and " Stay with Me",īoth of which were number one in the UK the latter becoming a hit In the United States, it was released on 17 June 2014 through Capitol Records America. It was released in the United Kingdom on via Capitol UK and Method Records. In the Lonely Hour is the debut album by English singer and songwriter Sam Smith.
