Sam Smith
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Sam Smith (born 1992) is a singer and songwriter, who has sung with the bands Disclosure and Naughty Boy.
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He was born in London and went to school in Bishop's Stortford.[1]
In May 2014, Smith came out as gay, acknowling a former relationship with the actor and model Jonathan Zeizel.[2][3] At the 2015 Grammy Awards he said, "I would like to thank the man that I fell in love with last year - the man who this album is about. Thank you so much for breaking my heart, because you got me four Grammys!".[4]
In 2015 he won the Brit Awards for British Breakthrough Act, and Global Success.[5]
References
- ↑ http://www.hertsandessexobserver.co.uk/News/Bishops-Stortford/Former-Stortford-schoolboy-Sam-Smith-gears-up-for-tonights-Brit-Awards-20140219164127.htm "Former Stortford schoolboy Sam Smith gears up for tonight's Brit awards", Herts and Essex Observer, 19 February 2014
- ↑ http://www.eonline.com/news/546310/sam-smith-opens-up-about-being-gay-reveals-album-is-about-a-guy-who-didn-t-love-him-back "Sam Smith Opens Up About Being Gay, Reveals Album Is About a Guy Who Didn't Love Him Back"
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/30931139 "Sam Smith confirms break-up on stage in Toronto", BBC, 22 January 2015
- ↑ http://www.popsugar.com/entertainment/Sam-Smith-Grammys-Acceptance-Speeches-2015-36819757#photo-36819757 Sam Smith's acceptance speeches. Popsugar.com.
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-30839967 "Brit Awards 2015: Winners list". BBC.
