Artist Information
Sam Smith is one of the most celebrated musical artists in recent history. A five-time GRAMMY® winner, Sam holds two Guinness World Records — for the most consecutive weeks in the U.K. Top 10 Album Chart (for their 2014 debut, In the Lonely Hour) and for having the first James Bond theme to reach No.1 on the U.K. charts (for the Oscar and Golden Globe-winning “Writing’s On the Wall”). Sam has amassed over 64 million equivalent album sales, 396 million single sales, and over 57 billion career streams across their catalog of critically acclaimed albums: In the Lonely Hour, The Thrill of It All, Love Goes, and Gloria, which Rolling Stone praised as “their deepest album yet,” and includes the global smash single “Unholy” ft. Kim Petras. “Unholy” spent three weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and four weeks at No. 1 on the UK Official Singles Chart, marking Sam’s eighth to top the tally. In June 2025, Sam released their stunning live album BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall. In July 2025, they returned with “To Be Free,” a soulful acoustic song exploring how vulnerability can unlock bravery and freedom, quickly earning critical praise from The New York Times, Rolling Stone (“Sam Smith feels light as a feather”), Billboard (“one of their most striking songs in years”), and Stereogum (“heart string-pulling … immensely powerful”), among others. Sam’s fifth studio album Hazel Eyes is out now. The album was met with widespread praise from the likes of The New York Times (“…a more handcrafted sound…Smith has a new clarity and confidence),” NPR (“Best New Albums”), Pitchfork (“Hazel Eyes is a collection of sophisticated, romantic songs that tap into jazz, blues, and soul…”), The New Yorker Radio Hour, Variety and more while their new single, “My Guy” won rave reviews from SPIN(“a buoyant celebration of fully requited love”), CBS News Sunday Morning(“a step forward from LGBTQ love songs being marginalized…a hit-worthy ballad where one little repeated noun makes a big advancement — revolution has never sounded so gentle”, and more. Sam will embark on their “To Be Free London” residency at the Coliseum on September 8th.
