Sam Smith Trivia | 40 facts about the singer

Sam Smith is an English singer and songwriter. Currently his song «Unholy», a collaboration with Kim Petras, went viral.

Let’s find out more about Sam Smith!

1. His full name is Samuel Frederick Smith.
2. He was born on 19th of May 1992.
3. As of 2022 he’s 30 years old.
4. His zodiac sign is Taurus.
5. He is an English singer and songwriter.
6. He rose to prominence in October 2012 by featuring on Disclosure’s breakthrough single “Latch”, which peaked at number eleven on the UK Singles Chart.
7. They were subsequently featured on Naughty Boy’s “La La La”, which became a number one single in May 2013.
8. In December 2013, Smith was nominated for the 2014 Brit Critics’ Choice Award and the BBC’s Sound of 2014 poll, winning both.
9. Sam Smith’s debut studio album, In the Lonely Hour, was released in May 2014 on Capitol Records UK.
10. The album’s lead single, “Lay Me Down”, was released prior to “La La La”.
11. The album’s second single, “Money on My Mind”, became their second number one single in the UK.
12. The third single, “Stay with Me”, was internationally successful, reaching number one in the UK and number two on the US Billboard Hot 100, while subsequent singles “I’m Not the Only One” and “Like I Can” reached the top ten in the UK.
13. The album won four awards, at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards, including Best Pop Vocal Album, Best New Artist, Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and nominations for Album of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance.
14. For Sam Smith’s and Jimmy Napes’s song “Writing’s on the Wall”, the theme for the James Bond film Spectre (2015), they won the Golden Globe Award and the Academy Award for Best Original Song.
15. Sam Smith’s second studio album, The Thrill of It All, was released in November 2017.
16. It debuted atop the UK and US album charts.
17. The lead single, “Too Good at Goodbyes”, reached number one in the UK and Australia and number four in the US.
18. Following the 2018 single “Promises” with Calvin Harris, which peaked at number one in the UK, Smith released “Dancing with a Stranger” with Normani in 2019, which reached the top ten in the UK and the US and was nominated for Song of the Year at the 2020 Brit Awards; and later “How Do You Sleep?”, all of which feature on their third album, Love Goes (2020).
19. In 2022, Smith’s single “Unholy” with Kim Petras, from Smith’s forthcoming fourth album Gloria (2023), became their first number one single in the US.
20. Sam Smith’s achievements include four Grammy Awards, three Brit Awards, three Billboard Music Awards, and an American Music Award, as well as a Golden Globe and an Academy Award.
21. In 2019, Sam got real honest about their identity when they came out as non-binary.
22. Sam Knew They Were Gay at the Age of Four
23. Sam Smith has been very open about their sexuality since coming into the spotlight.
24. They didn’t want to leave any questions unanswered and came out publicly as soon as their album was released, and once disclosing a relationship with Jonathan Zeizel in 2014.
25. His mum said she knew when I was like 3.
26. Sam also admitted to being gay at just ten years of age when they were confronted by a classmate.
27. Despite being bullied about their gender preference, Sam didn’t let it bother them and had many friends to support them.
28. Sam Smith bases their songs on relationships with friends and family, but the song Scars is the most personal one they’ve written yet and is a song that brought their family closer together.
29. It’s a nod to the great team that they still are and how they have managed to stay together as parents, even though they are no longer romantically linked.
30. Before making it to the music industry, they were scrubbing toilets in a bar.
31. If Sam didn’t make it as a singer, they would have liked to have been a florist, as they make him feel happy.
32. They once admitted that the weirdest item they own is a statue that they purchased in Belgium which is a camel with a baby’s head on it.
33. Sam Smith loves getting meaningful minimal tattoos. So far, they have an equality sign on their wedding finger; on their other hand, they have an Egyptian symbol; they also have a promise symbol and the word ‘honesty’ written on their forearm.
34. Sam Smith has admitted that they’re “obsessed” with Judy Garland and told Buzzfeed that if they could be anyone, alive or dead, it would be her.
35. Sam has also revealed that they’re incredibly influenced by the likes of Lady Gaga, as well as Amy Winehouse, Adele and Chirstina Aguilera.
36. Sam is a trained Jazz singer and studied at the Youth Music Theatre before they explored musical theatre.
37. Sam adores Italy. They love the food, the people and the atmosphere and just adores being in Tuscany.
38. Sam Smith is the third cousin to Lily and Alfie Allen!
39. Sam is very open about his battle with OCD and talks about his mental health disorder with his fans on Twitter. A few of his habits include checking all the taps in his house and switching every plug off. He has tried many methods to overcome his disorder and swears by hypnotherapy to help alleviate his symptoms.
40. Sam Smith considers themselves a feminist and feels very strongly about women’s rights and equality.