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• BIRTHDAY: May 19, 1992
• BIGGEST POP SINGLE: "Unholy" (2022)
• BIGGEST LP: In The Lonely Hour (2014)
• GRAMMY AWARDS: 5

• Sam Smith was born on May 19, 1992 and hails from the UK. His years of studying singing and songwriting quickly led to being featured on a single by Disclosure and his own solo work gaining notice.

• October 4: The EP Nirvana was released.

# 1 Singles Artist of the Year (# 1 Male Artist of the Year)

• February 8: Smith hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 helping out Naughty Boy with "La La La."

• March 1: Smith hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 helping out Disclosure with "Latch."
• March 29: Smith performed "Stay With Me" and "Lay Me Down" on Saturday Night Live.

• May 3: Smith hit the Top 10 helping out Naughty Boy with "La La La."
• May 24: Smith hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Stay With Me."
• May 26: Smith released In The Lonely Hour in the UK.
• May 31: Smith topped the UK singles chart for 1 week with "Stay With Me."

• June 1: Smith topped the UK LP chart with In The Lonely Hour. The LP also topped the charts in Sweden and New Zealand.
• June 17: Smith released In The Lonely Hour.
• June 28: Smith hit the Top 10 with "Stay With Me."
• June 28: Smith hit the Top 10 helping out Disclosure with "Latch."

• July 5: Smith topped the Billboard Digital Albums chart for 1 week with In The Lonely Hour.
• July 12: Smith topped the Billboard Digital Songs chart for 2 weeks with "Stay With Me."
• July 12: Smith topped the Billboard Dance/Electronic Digital Songs chart for 2 weeks helping out Disclosure with "Latch."
• July 19: Smith topped the Billboard Adult Alternative Songs chart for 4 weeks with "Stay With Me."

• August 2: Smith topped the Billboard Dance/Electronic Songs chart for 4 weeks helping out Disclosure with "Latch."
• August 23: Smith hit #1 for 2 weeks on the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Stay With Me."
• August 23: Smith topped the Billboard Radio Songs chart for 6 weeks and the Adult Contemporary chart for 5 weeks with "Stay With Me."
• August 24: The video for "Stay With Me" was nominated for a MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video.
• August 30: Smith topped the Billboard Pop Songs chart for 2 weeks with "Stay With Me."

• September 6: Smith topped the Billboard Adult Pop Songs chart for 2 weeks with "Stay With Me."

• October 4: Smith hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "I'm Not The Only One."
• October 11: Smith topped the Billboard Adult R&B chart for 13 weeks with "Stay With Me."

• November 23: Smith won an American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist and was nominated for Favorite New Artist of the Year.
• November 25: In The Lonely Hour was certified platinum.

• December 6: Smith hit the Top 10 with "I'm Not The Only One."
• December 31: Smith had the #3 best-selling LP of 2014 with In The Lonely Hour selling over 1.2 million copies during the year.

# 17 Singles Artist of the Year

• February 8: Smith won 4 Grammy Awards including Record of the Year and Song of the Year (awarded to the songwriter) ("Stay With Me"), Best Pop Vocal Album (In The Lonely Hour), and Best New Artist, and was nominated for Album of the Year (In The Lonely Hour) and Best Pop Solo Performance ("Stay With Me").
• February 21: Smith hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Lay Me Down."

• March 21: Smith topped the UK singles chart for 2 weeks with "Lay Me Down."

• May 20: In The Lonely Hour was certified 2x platinum.

• June 27: Smith hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Like I Can."

• August 15: Smith hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 helping out Disclosure with "Omen."

• October 8: Smith topped the UK singles chart 1 week with "Writing's On The Wall" from the James Bond film.
• October 10: Smith topped the Billboard Dance Club Play Songs chart for 1 week helping out Disclosure with "Omen."

• November 6: Smith released the 2CD In The Lonely Hour: Drowning Shadows Edition.
• November 14: Smith performed on Saturday Night Live with Disclosure.
• November 22: Smith was nominated for 3 American Music Awards including Artist of the Year, Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist, and Favorite Pop/Rock Album (In The Lonely Hour).

• December 31: Smith topped the Billboard 2015 Year-End Chart Toppers as the Top Adult R&B Artist.

• January 10: Smith won a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, Motion Picture ("Writing's On The Wall" from the film Spectre).

• February 28: Smith won an Academy Award for Best Original Song ("Writing's On The Wall" from the film Spectre).

# 41 Singles Artist of the Year

• September 16: Smith hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Too Good At Goodbyes."
• September 21: Smith hit topped the UK singles chart for 3 weeks with "Too Good At Goodbyes."
• September 30: Smith hit topped Billboard Digital Songs chart for 1 week with "Too Good At Goodbyes."

• October 7: Smith performed on Saturday Night Live.
• October 21: Smith hit the Top 10 with "Too Good At Goodbyes."

• November 3: Smith released The Thrill Of It All.
• November 16: Smith topped the UK LP chart with The Thrill Of It All.
• November 25: Smith topped the Billboard 200 LP chart for 1 week, Albums Sales chart for 1 week, Digital Albums chart for 1 week, and Internet Albums chart for 1 week with The Thrill Of It All.

# 38 Singles Artist of the Year

• April 6: Smith could be heard on the tribute compilation Restoration: Reminagining The Songs Of Elton John And Bernie Taupin on the track "Daniel."

• May 12: Smith hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Pray."

• September 1: Smith hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with Calvin Harris with "Promises."
• September 13: Smith topped the UK singles chart for 2 weeks with Calvin Harris with "Promises."

• October 6: Smith topped the Billboard Dance/Mix Show Airplay chart for 2 weeks with Calvin Harris with "Promises."
• October 27: Smith topped the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart for 1 week with Calvin Harris with "Promises."

# 15 Singles Artist of the Year

• January 26: Sam hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with Normani with "Dancing With A Stranger."

• March 2: Sam hit Top 10 with Normani with "Dancing With A Stranger."

• May 18: Sam topped the Billboard Radio Songs chart for 2 weeks and Adult Pop Songs chart for 1 week with Normani with "Dancing With A Stranger."

• July 27: Sam hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "How Do You Sleep?

• September 25: Sam hit the Top 10 with "How Do You Sleep?"

# 1251 Singles Artist of the Year

• January 25: Sam topped the Billboard Dance Club Play Songs with "I Feel Love."

• February 22: Sam hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "To Die For."

• May 2: Sam hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with Demi Lovato with "I'm Ready."

• September 21: Sam hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Diamonds."

• October 30: Sam released Love Goes.

• November 12: In The Lonely Hour was certified 5x platinum and The Thrill Of It All was certified platinum.

# 18 Singles Artist of the Year

• April 8: The Thrill Of It All was certified 2x platinum and Love Goes was certified platinum.

• May 7: Sam hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Love Me More."

• October 8: Sam hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with Kim Petras with "Unholy."
• October 8: Sam topped the Billboard Digital Songs chart with Kim Petras with "Unholy."
• October 29: Sam hit the Top 10 with Kim Petras with "Unholy."
• October 29: Sam topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart with Kim Petras with "Unholy."

• November 18: Sam released the digital holiday EP The Holly & The Ivy.
• November 19: Sam hit #1 for 5 weeks on the ARC Weekly Top 40 with Kim Petras with "Unholy."
• November 26: Sam topped the Billboard Radio Songs chart and Pop Airplay chart with Kim Petras with "Unholy."

• December 3: Sam topped the Billboard Dance/Mix Show Airplay chart with Kim Petras with "Unholy."

# 39 Singles Artist of the Year

• January 27: Sam released Gloria.

• February 3: Sam topped the UK LP chart with Gloria.
• February 4: Sam hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "I'm Not Here To Make Friends."
• February 5: Sam won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance ("Unholy").
• February 18: Sam topped the Billboard Adult Pop Airplay chart with Kim Petras with "Unholy."

• September 12: The video for "Unholy" was nominated for 5 MTV Video Music Awards including Video of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Direction, Best Choreography, and Best Visual Effects.

iTunes Amazon.mp3 vinyl	Nirvana (EP) Released: October 4, 2013 Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 126 Tracks: "Safe With Me" - "Nirvana" - "I've Told You Now" (live) - "Latch" (acoustic) - "Together" (with Disclosure, Nile Rodgers & Jimmy Napes) - "Money On My Mind" - "Nirvana" (Harry Fraud Remix)
iTunes Amazon.mp3 vinyl	In The Lonely Hour Released: June 17, 2014 (May 26, 2014 in the UK) US: 5x Platinum Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 2 Billboard # 1: Digital Albums Grammy Nominee: Album of the Year, Best Pop Vocal Album Rolling Stone: Tracks: "Money On My Mind" - "Good Thing" - "Stay With Me" - "Leave Your Lover" - "I'm Not The Only One" - "I've Told You Now" - "Like I Can" - "Life Support" - "Not In That Way" - "Lay Me Down" Deluxe Edition includes: "Restart" - "Latch" (acoustic) - "La La La" (with Naughty Boy) - "Make It To Me" In The Lonely Hour: Drowning Shadows Edition (2CD) Released: November 6, 2015 Tracks: "Money On My Mind" - "Good Thing" - "Stay With Me" - "Leave Your Lover" - "I'm Not The Only One" - "I've Told You Now" - "Like I Can" - "Life Support" - "Not In That Way" - "Lay Me Down" - "Restart" - "Latch" (acoustic) - "La La La" (with Naughty Boy) - "Make It To Me" - "Drowning Shadows" - "Love Is A Losing Game" - "Nirvana" - "How Will I Know?" - "Omen" (acoustic featuring Disclosure) - "Latch" (live) - "Stay With Me" (featuring Mary J. Blige) - "I'm Not The Only One" (featuring ASAP Rocky) - "Lay Me Down" (featurng John Legend)
iTunes Amazon.mp3	The Thrill Of It All Released: November 3, 2017 US: 2x Platinum Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 1 (for 1 week) Billboard # 1: Album Sales, Digital Albums, Internet Albums Rolling Stone: - Entertainment Weekly: B Tracks: "Too Good At Goodbyes" - "Say It First" - "One Last Song" - "Midnight Train" - "Burning" - "HIM" - "Baby, You Make Me Crazy" - "No Peace" (featuring YEBBA) - "Palace" - "Pray"
iTunes Amazon.mp3 vinyl	Love Goes Released: October 30, 2020 US: Platinum Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 5 Tracks: "Young" - "Diamonds" - "Another One" - "My Oasis" (featuring Burna Boy)" - "So Serious" - "Dance ('Til You Love Someone Else)" - "For The Lover That I Lost" - "Breaking Hearts" - "Forgive Myself" - "Love Goes" - "Kids Again" - "Dancing ith A Stranger" (with Normani) - "How Do You Sleep?" - "I'm Ready" (with Demi Lovato) - "Fire On Fire" - "Promises" (with Calvin Harris)
	Gloria Released: January 27, 2023 Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 7 Tracks: "Love Me More" - "No God" - "Hurting Interlude" - "Lose You" - "Perfect" (with Jessie Reyez) - "Unholy" (with Kim Petras) - "How TO Cry" - "Six Shots" - "Gimme" (with Koffee & Jessie Reyez) - "Dorothy's Interlude) - "I'm Not Here To Make Friends" - "Who We Love" (with Ed Sheeran)

1	Unholy [Sam Smith & Kim Petras] Year-End Chart Position: # 5 ARC chart run: 30 - 20 - 14 - 9 - 6 - 3 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 1 - 2 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 5 - 4 - 5 - 8 - 11 - 17 - 22 - 27 - off from the LP Gloria RIAA Certification: 2x Platinum Billboard # 1: Hot 100, Digital Songs, Radio Songs, Pop Airplay, Dance/Mix Show Airplay, Adult Pop Airplay Grammy Winner: Best Pop Duo/Group Performance MTV VMA Nominee: Video of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Direction, Best Choreography, Best Visual Effects.	1(6)	27	2022
2	Dancing With A Stranger [Sam Smith & Normani] from the LP Love Goes ARC chart run: 29 - 21 - 16 - 13 - 11 - 9 - 9 - 6 - 5 - 5 - 3 - 2 - 3 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 5 - 9 - 13 - 20 - 26 - 36 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 9 RIAA Certification: 4x Platinum Billboard # 1: Radio Songs, Adult Pop Songs	2	26	2019
3	Latch [Disclosure featuring Sam Smith] from the Disclosure LP Settle ARC chart run: 37 - 37 - 37 - 34 - 34 - 32 - 30 - 30 - 31 - 32 - 29 - 23 - 21 - 20 - 17 - 15 - 14 - 8 - 7 - 7 - 7 - 7 - 5 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 9 - 14 - 24 - 34 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 3 RIAA Certification: 3x Platinum Billboard # 1: Dance/Electronic Songs, Dance/Electronic Digital Songs	4	30	2014	iTunes Amazon.mp3
4	Stay With Me from the LP In The Lonely Hour ARC chart run: 34 - 22 - 18 - 14 - 11 - 9 - 6 - 6 - 5 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 2 - 4 - 8 - 13 - 18 - 26 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 13 RIAA Certification: 10x Platinum Billboard # 1: Radio Songs, Pop Songs, Digital Songs, Adult Alternative Songs, Adult Contemporary, Adult Pop Songs, Adult R&B Grammy Winner: Record of the Year, Song of the Year Grammy Nominee: Best Pop Solo Performance	1(2)	21	2014	iTunes Amazon.mp3
5	I'm Not The Only One from the LP In The Lonely Hour ARC chart run: 40 - 28 - 22 - 19 - 14 - 14 - 13 - 13 - 11 - 10 - 8 - 7 - 5 - 4 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 11 - 13 - 25 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 22 RIAA Certification: 7x Platinum	3	22	2015	iTunes Amazon.mp3
6	Too Good At Goodbyes from the The Thrill Of It All ARC chart run: 33 - 18 - 14 - 12 - 11 - 10 - 8 - 8 - 7 - 7 - 9 - 8 - 6 - 6 - 6 - 6 - 5 - 6 - 8 - 10 - 26 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 32 RIAA Certification: 6x Platinum Billboard # 1: Digital Songs	5	21	2018	iTunes Amazon.mp3
7	How Do You Sleep? from the LP To Die For ARC chart run: 40 - 28 - 21 - 18 - 17 - 15 - 13 - 12 - 11 - 10 - 10 - 9 - 11 - 12 - 11 - 10 - 10 - 9 - 10 - 9 - 11 - 23 - 36 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 29 RIAA Certification: 2x Platinum	9	23	2019	iTunes Amazon.mp3
8	Diamonds from the LP Love Goes ARC chart run: 35 - 25 - 21 - 17 - 16 - 20 - 16 - 16 - 16 - 15 - 15 - 13 - 12 - 12 - 10 - 10 - 10 - 14 - 16 - 20 - 30 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 40 RIAA Certification: Platinum	10	21	2021
9	La La La [Naughty Boy featuring Sam Smith] from the Naughty Boy LP Hotel Cabana ARC chart run: 40 - 35 - 31 - 29 - 25 - 24 - 23 - 20 - 15 - 15 - 13 - 13 - 10 - 10 - 11 - 14 - 14 - 19 - 32 - 34 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 48	10	20	2014	iTunes Amazon.mp3
10	Love Me More from the LP Gloria ARC chart run: 35 - 26 - 17 - 16 - 16 - 15 - 15 - 19 - 18 - 17 - 15 - 14 - 13 - 11 - 13 - 19 - 28 - 37 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 52	11	18	2022
11	Lay Me Down from the LP In The Lonely Hour ARC chart run: 38 - 33 - 31 - 29 - 25 - 20 - 19 - 18 - 15 - 19 - 19 - 21 - 28 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 77 RIAA Certification: 5x Platinum	15	13	2015	iTunes Amazon.mp3
12	Promises [Calvin Harris & Sam Smith] from the digital download ARC chart run: 36 - 31 - 25 - 23 - 26 - 24 - 23 - 23 - 20 - 20 - 20 - 26 - 33 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 76 RIAA Certification: Platinum Billboard # 1: Dance Club Songs, Dance/Mix Show Airplay	20	14	2018	iTunes Amazon.mp3
13	Like I Can from the LP In The Lonely Hour ARC chart run: 34 - 33 - 35 - 38 - 33 - 29 - 29 - 29 - 35 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 101 RIAA Certification: Platinum	29	9	2015	iTunes Amazon.mp3
14	To Die For from the LP To Die For ARC chart run: 38 - 27 - 24 - 24 - 22 - 21 - 20 - 31 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 98 RIAA Certification: Gold	20	8	2020	iTunes Amazon.mp3
15	I'm Not Here To Make Friends from the LP Gloria ARC chart run: 38 - 30 - 24 - 23 - 23 - 26 - 35 - 40 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 115	23	8	2023
16	I'm Ready [Sam Smith & Demi Lovato] from the digital download ARC chart run: 26 - 24 - 24 - 24 - 25 - 37 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 115 RIAA Certification: Gold	24	6	2020	iTunes Amazon.mp3
17	Pray from the LP The Thrill Of It All ARC chart run: 39 - 39 - 32 - 32 - 32 - 32 - 36 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 117 RIAA Certification: Platinum	32	7	2018	iTunes Amazon.mp3
18	Omen [Disclosure featuring Sam Smith] from the LP Caracal ARC chart run: 40 - 32 - 31 - 30 - 34 - 35 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 133 RIAA Certification: Gold Billboard # 1: Dance Club Play Songs	30	6	2015	iTunes Amazon.mp3
	Money On My Mind from the LP In The Lonely Hour RIAA Certification: Platinum	**	**	2014	iTunes Amazon.mp3
Note: Song title and position links lead you to the song's ARC Weekly Top 40 chart run Songs charting prior to 1980 have information from Billboard magazine.