Sam Smith is the sweet voice of the British scene, her biggest break in five years. He is one of those who are talked about with a touch of slight envy, from the young and early, but who have already managed to establish themselves in the world of music. The lyrics of his songs are accused of being too naive, and the music is considered too frankly a commercial mix of R "n" B, soul and dance-pop. He is still very young, but the list of achievements makes it clear that the musician has a worthy future ahead.

Childhood and youth

Samuel Frederick Smith, known as Sam Smith, was born, according to some sources, in London, according to others - in the village of Great Chishill, according to others - in a town called Bishops Stortford in May 1992. Parents Kate Cassidy and Frederick Smith encouraged the child to study music. Moreover, according to rumors, his mother, a banker, was fired from her job due to the fact that she paid too much attention to her son's hobbies.

Sam has talented relatives - a singer, TV presenter and fashion designer, the best solo performer of 2010 according to the BRIT Awards, and the star of the series "Game of Thrones" actor.

Smith studied at St. Mary "s Catholic School, participated in the productions of the youth musical theater troupe Youth Music Theater UK. Then he left the theater for vocal and piano lessons with the famous jazz singer and composer Joanna Eden. He made a living as a bartender in a London bar and playing jazz bandah. Admired the work and Chaki Khan. In search of fame, he changed several managers and almost despaired of achieving success.

Music

Success to the disillusioned musician came unexpectedly. In addition to vocal abilities, Smith also has writing abilities. His song called Lay Me Down, released in 2013, was noticed by the duo Disclosure. The fruit of the joint work was the hit Latch, which hit the 11th line of the British chart.

Then the young man worked with the popular performer Shahid Khan, who is better known as Naughty Boy. The result of cooperation was another hit - LaLaLa. The music video for the song has been viewed over 200 million times. Now Sam could safely call himself a star and go on an independent voyage.

In the summer of 2013, fans received Nirvana's debut album. A year later, the first collection, recorded in the studio, In the Lonely Hour, and clips, Money on My Mind and Stay With Me, were released. Smith's songs have taken top positions in the charts in Europe, USA, New Zealand, Australia, Canada. Another hit from the album, I'm Not the Only One, reached No. 3 in England and No. 5 in the US. Over 3.3 million copies sold in total.

In 2014, Sam met American audiences by appearing on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and Saturday Night Live. The song Stay with Me reached number two on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.

The singer got what he was looking for - fame and popularity, grateful and fanatic listeners. His albums sell like hotcakes, music critics call him outstanding, confirming the words with various awards: the BRIT Awards in 2014, the Soundof BBC Award in 2014, the 2015 Grammy of the Year in the nominations Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best New Performer” and “Best Pop Vocal Album”, Musician of the Year 2015 according to the Elle Style Awards.

Personal life

The first photos of Smith on the Internet show a guy who is inclined to be overweight. Those who meet Sam now may not recognize the artist in the built and matured handsome man. Although the singer admitted that he did not suffer from excess weight, saw himself as a cheerful fat man, and not as thin and muscular. And in an interview with "4Music" Sam admitted that he suffers from obsessive-compulsive syndrome.

Sam Smith's personal life is no secret to fans. Smith's unconventional orientation was confirmed back in 2014, when the singer said on the American show "Ellen" that he understood about himself still in early childhood and confessed to his mother.

And in 2016, at the Oscar ceremony for the song "Writing on the Wall" for the Bond film "007: Spectrum", Sam openly declared that he was gay. As he later admitted in an interview, at first he was very worried about how this news would be received. But seeing that those around him reacted calmly, he calmed down himself.

It is known that his boyfriend is an actor in the American series "13 Reasons Why" by name. The paparazzi, and even Brandon and Sam themselves, often upload photos of the couple to the Web. In an interview for Bizarre, Smith admitted that the relationship between young people is only at the very beginning. Brandon is kind and helps Sam go through a thorny path to fame.

As if in support of a friend's statement, Brandon Flynn made a statement on Instagram in October 2017, when a survey was being conducted on the legalization of same-sex marriage, on Instagram about belonging to the LGBT community.

Prior to Brandon, Smith dated singer Tytay Starhz, and prior to him, dancer and actor Jonathan Zeizel and model Jay Camilleri. It is because of non-traditional sexual orientation that Sam, despite the requests of fans, categorically refuses to come to Russia, because he is angry with the intolerant attitude towards gays. Previously, the singer was mocked because of the orientation. Smith considers such people stupid and uneducated.

Sam Smith now

In September 2017, Smith's concerts were held in Germany. A video for the song Too Good at Goodbyes was released, the single went silver in the UK in October.

On November 3, 2017, Sam Smith's second studio album, The Thrill Of It All, was released. The album contained 10 songs, the special edition included 14, while the bonus tracks "Leader of the Pack" and "Blind Eye" were released exclusively for Target stores.

The album topped the US Billboard 200 album chart with over 230,000 sales, is the most streamed album on streaming services, topping Apple Music in over 60 countries. Fans separately noted the songs "Say ItFirst" and "Midnight Train".

With the release of the album, Sam's Instagram account crossed the threshold of 8 million subscribers. In the same place, Sam Smith announced dates for tours in America, the UK and Europe in 2018 in support of the album "The Thrill of It All".

Discography

• 2013 - Nirvana
• 2014 - In the Lonely Hour
• 2017 - The Thrill of It All

Sam Smith Dating 13 Reasons Why Star Brandon Flynn

Oscar, Golden Globe, Grammy and BRIT Awards winner British musician Sam Smith has met a new love. The 25-year-old actor started an affair with the 23-year-old star of the series "13 Reasons Why" Brandon Flynn, as evidenced by more than revealing paparazzi pictures.

Sam and Brandon were spotted walking around Greenwich Village in New York together. They held hands, hugged and even kissed in public. Earlier - on Monday, October 2 - young people dined at the Catch NYC restaurant, but then the paparazzi failed to capture their idyll.

Sam Smith and Brandon FlynnSam Smith and Brandon Flynn

Note that before Flynn, Sam Smith was rumored to have dated singer Taytay Starhz. Previously, he had a romantic relationship with dancer Jonathan Zeizel, but in 2015 the couple broke up. Sam came out in May 2014, presenting his debut album In the Lonely Hour, and then talking about his attraction to men in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine.

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Despite the openness and honesty of the winner of the award " » Sam Smith(23), fans know little about the musician's personal life. It seems that the singer prefers to keep it a secret. But recently it became known that the musician fell in love! The singer became his chosen one Taytay Starhs.

As insiders told the magazine The Sun , Sam and Taytay, have already been seen together on dates more than once, during which the famous singer was clearly struggling to control himself. "Sam is in love with Tai and they really spend a lot of time together," a source close to the artists said. - Recently they were together in the London bar Freedom ("Freedom". - Approx. ed.) And did not hide their tenderness for each other at all. Sam kept "fingering" Tai when no one else was watching. At least he thought so."

“After the date ended at the XXL bar at five in the morning, they passionately kissed and hugged,” the insider added, noting that the couple had completely ceased to be shy of prying eyes. A friend of the musician also noted that at first Sam mistook this for another hobby, but later realized that his feelings had grown into something more.

Recall that at the end of January last year it became known that Sam broke up with his young man named Jonathan Zeizel and began to keep the details of his personal life a secret. As for Taytayya, the musician appeared in the media only once, when he publicly kissed the wife of musician Quentin Leo Cook, better known under the pseudonym Fatboy Slim, 45-year-old actress and TV presenter Zoe Ball.

Popular British singer Sam Smith - a musical discovery of last year - said that he "would never give concerts in Russia." The reason is homophobic laws.

Smith, who is nominated for six Grammy Awards, came out shortly before the release of his debut CD. He has a chance to win statuettes in four of the most prestigious categories - Song of the Year, Record of the Year (“Stay With Me”), Album of the Year (“In the Lonely Hour”) and Best New Artist.

“I don't hate Russia, I just never come to Russia because of what they do to homosexual people. It's disgusting and makes me terribly angry," he said.

According to Smith, no matter how many billions of pounds he is offered, he will not give concerts in Russia. This saddens him, because among the Russians he has a lot of fans who contacted the singer via Twitter and asked for a visit. But the visit will not take place.

Smith also spoke out against the Catholic Church, saying that its teachings about homosexuality, which he had heard in school, were simply ridiculous. “From what I remember, they think you can be homosexual and just not have sex. This is ridiculous. I'll put it this way: I'm living proof that it's genetic. This happens because it is not a choice. And that's all. This is my only argument. You love who you love and I can't help but love guys."

The Grammy Awards will take place tonight and Smith will be performing. "I'm not gay singer Sam Smith," the musician said. "I am Sam Smith, a singer who is gay."

On Thursday, Sam released the music video for "Lay Me Down," which ends with a same-sex church wedding. In the role of one of the suitors in the video, he himself appears. Smith's homeland legalized same-sex marriage last year, but the Anglican Church continues to ban weddings for homosexual couples. According to the singer, with his video he wanted to make a kind of protest: “Churches do not recognize same-sex marriages, but we entered into such a marriage. In the church. Of course, this marriage is not real, but still, ”he commented in an interview with Rolling Stone.

Smith is often compared to compatriot Adele, and he himself admits that such comparisons flatter him: “She is my Michael Jackson. But I must say that we are very different. It seems to me that our comparison often annoys her. And it annoys me in turn that people can't get over the fact that two musicians who perform pop songs don't look like typical pop stars."

Sam Smith literally burst onto the music scene with his song "Latch" in 2012, and before that no one had heard anything about this British artist. However, Sam is still young - he is only 22 years old, and many music critics predict a great future for him on the world music scene. For this, the young musician has everything - a great voice, excellent external data and, most importantly, a great desire to become a star. Those who have heard Sam's songs will hardly fail to recognize his voice, although many call it too "sweet". However, criticism always sounds, and the numbers speak for themselves - for example, by the end of 2014, more than 170 million people viewed the video for Sam Smith's song "Stay with me" on the Internet.

Samuel Frederick Smith, better known as Sam Smith, was born in 1992 in London, England. His parents, Keith Cassidy and Frederick Smith, encouraged their son to study music from childhood. Sam has been with Youth Music Theater UK since childhood, appearing on stage in 2007's Oh! Carol.

under the arms

Together with pianist and singer Joanna Eden, Sam studied vocals while playing in local jazz bands. He received his musical education at St Mary's Catholic School, where he was also a member of student musical groups.

In October 2012, Smith's "Latch" reached number 11 on the UK Singles Chart, an incredible success. Later, he told

that success was not easy - he had to change many managers, and several times Sam was seriously disappointed in show business and even wanted to quit. But success still awaited him ahead, and a resounding success.

In February 2013, Sam presented a single, anticipating his first studio album, and soon he, along with the famous band "Naughty Boy", performed the hit "La La L

", which topped the British chart. So the young performer became a real star.

The EP album "Safe with Me", which included four songs, was released in the same 2013, the most successful track on it was the song "Nirvana".

The single "Money on My Mind" was released in February 2014, and a studio album under the same name was expected by the summer of the same year. The album turned out to be incredibly successful and

peaked at number 2 on the famous Billboard 200 chart, and besides, it brought Sam great commercial success, becoming the second-best-selling album of the year and second only to Taylor Swift with his album "1989".

In January 2014, Smith first appeared on American television on Jimmy Fallon's show (Late Night with Jimmy Fallon), and this debut turned out to be very successful - soon Sam

visited the high-rated project "Saturday Night Live". So, the American audience, which was very important for the young artist, received him very warmly, and soon the song "Stay with me" broke all records, hitting second place in the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. However, there was still a homeland ahead - in the English similar chart, Sam's song was firmly placed on the very

top. By the way, by the end of 2014, the number of views of the video for this song exceeded 170 million.

Among those from whom the young performer draws his inspiration, Sam names Beyoncé, Adele, Lady Gaga, Whitney Houston, although he does not want to imitate anyone, preferring to go his own way. In general, Sam Smith is called the biggest musical breakthrough of the English scene for a couple of years.

at recent years.

It is known from Sam's personal life that he is openly gay, he came out in May 2014. Later, he admitted that he was very worried about what the audience's reaction to this recognition would be, but everything went fine - it seemed to everyone that it didn’t matter at all, and Sam relaxed. He said in an interview that as a child it was difficult for him because of being overweight, he

overgrown with complexes and shy of himself. But over time, it passed, or rather, he learned to cope with it. Somehow, in a conversation with reporters, Sam admitted that now he does not suffer from his excess weight at all and does not want to be thin and muscular at all, on the contrary, he wants to be fat and have fun.

Sam also admitted in an interview with 4Music that he suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder.

devices, that is, obsessed with obsessive thoughts, anxiety and fears. For example, he can hardly leave the house without checking several times whether all the taps are closed, whether the gas is turned off, and the like.

Be that as it may, today Sam Smith is the favorite and idol of millions, he is idolized at home, he is warmly welcomed in the USA, and also adored by a multi-million audience of fans on the Internet.