Despite Smith’s classical style voice training he gravitated towards the music of R&B legends Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, Amy Winehouse and mega pop stars such as Beyonce and Lady Gaga. Mary’s Catholic School he was a part of the Bishop’s Stortford Junior Operatics and also strengthened his vocal skills in the Cantate Youth Choir. He honed in on his singing and songwriting skills under the instruction of British Jazz pianist/songwriter Joanna Eden and attended the Youth Music Theatre UK, starring in their production of “Oh! Carol”. In promotion for “In the Lonely Hour” Smith embarked on a American headlining tour in the Spring of 2014, playing to multiple sold-out venues.Īpart from being third cousins to Lilly Allen, Smith had a musically rich childhood. This single has also been herald by many other performing artists and has been covered by Chris Brown, Charli XCX, FKA Twigs and even Vin Diesel. Blige also appears on an alternative version of the single. Smith has performed this song on several television shows including Saturday Night Live, Good Morning America and on the David Letterman show alongside Mary J. The latter song has made it into the top 10 single charts in 12 different countries including a number 1 spot in the UK and a number 2 spot on the US Billboard’s Hot 100. This album contains the immensely popular hit “Money on My Mind” and Smith’s most successful single to date “Stay With Me”. This EP was followed by Smith’s much anticipated full length album “In the Lonely Hour”. The EP contained an acoustic version of Disclosure’s “Latch” as well as “Together”, which was another Disclosure related effort and also a work containing a contribution from Nile Rogers of the disco group Chic. The same year Smith put out his first EP, which was entitled “Nirvana”. This track rose all the way to number 1 on the UK Singles Chart in 2013. He showed up on Naughty Boy’s single “La La La”. Smith would go on to make another guest appearance, which would prove important to his career.
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