Samuel Frederick "Sam" Smith (born 19 May 1992) is an English singer-songwriter.
He rose to fame in October 2012 when he featured on Disclosure's breakthrough single "Latch", which peaked at number eleven on the UK chart.
His subsequent feature—on Naughty Boy's "La La La"—earned him his first number-one single in May 2013.
In December 2013, Smith was nominated for the 2014 BRIT Critics' Choice Award and the BBC's Sound of 2014 poll; both of which he went on to win.
He is scheduled to release his debut studio album, In the Lonely Hour, on 26 May 2014 via Capitol Records.
The lead single, "Lay Me Down", was released prior to "La La La".
The second single, "Money on My Mind", was released on 16 February.