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Sam Smith (born May 19th 1992)
Sam Smith is a British pop singer best known for his multi-platinum hit 'Stay With Me'.

Net worth: Sam Smith has an estimated net worth of $15 million according to The Squandor (2015).

Musical career: Sam Smith's first major musical venture was featuring on Disclosure's 2012 platinum hit 'Latch'. This was followed up by his first single 'Lay Me Down' in 2013 and an appearance on Naughty Boy's number one 'La La La', as well as his first EP 'Nirvana'. In 2014, he released his debut album 'In The Lonely Hour' through Capitol Records. It topped the UK chart and reached number two in the US, and featured the hit singles 'Money On My Mind', 'Stay With Me' and 'I'm Not The Only One'. That year he also embarked on his first US headline tour, and performed on both 'Late Night with Jimmy Fallon' and 'Saturday Night Live'. He joined the Band Aid 30 team for the new rendition of Bob Geldof's 'Do They Know It's Christmas?'. He has won six MOBO awards, a Brit and BBC's Sound of 2014.

Personal life: Sam Smith was raised in London by parents Kate and Frederick. He studied at St Mary's Catholic School in Bishop's Stortford as well as Youth Music Theatre UK and featured in their 2007 show 'Oh! Carol'. He performed in various jazz bands under the tutelage of Joanna Eden and was part of two choirs: the Bishop's Stortford Junior Operatics and Cantate Youth Choir. He came out as homosexual in 2014. He has admitted to suffering from OCD. He is Lily Allen's third cousin.



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Before Billie Eilish: Every James Bond Theme Ranked From Worst To Best


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With the recent premiere of the landmark 25th James Bond movie No Time To Die (and the last featuring the inimitable Daniel Craig) and the accompanying title theme by Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas, we thought we’d explore where exactly our youngest ever Bond theme performer ranks on the complete list of main title themes from the spy thrillers.

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25. Lulu - The Man With The Golden Gun
Film: The Man With The Golden Gun (1974)

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Sam Smith Reflects On Relationship With 'Wonderful' Brandon Flynn


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Break-ups are never easy whether you're famous or not, and Sam Smith is still feeling the pain of his last relationship ending. He opened up about the heartbreak, after splitting from his boyfriend of nine months, Brandon Flynn, back in June this year.

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The 26-year-old 'Promises' singer split from the 24-year-old '13 Reasons Why' actor around three months ago, having been dating since the latter half of last year. It's thought that their various clashing commitments was what came between them.

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Sam Smith Denies Fat-Shaming Woman On Holiday


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Sam Smith has moved to deny claims that he fat-shamed a woman while on holiday, after he posted a video via his Instagram of her eating a large breakfast.

The British singer, 26, was on holiday in California with ’13 Reasons Why’ star Brandon Flynn when he shared a short Instagram story video of a nearby diner in a café, captioned “good going”. Flynn, also in the picture, can be seen pulling a face.

“It seems as if he is fat-shaming me for having such a big breakfast,” Lauren Brooks, a London office worker, told British newspaper The Daily Star after recognising herself in Smith’s video.

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Sam Smith Praises Justin Timberlake's Super Bowl Show


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Sam Smith has heaped praise on Justin Timberlake after his incredible Super Bowl LII half-time show on Sunday night (04.02.18).

The 'Too Good at Goodbyes' hitmaker appeared to be glued to his screen during the 'Can't Stop The Feeling' singer's extravagant set, which included performing with late icon Prince, who appeared as a video projection.

Taking to Twitter during the live show, Sam tweeted: ''JT smashed the Super Bowl so hard. (sic)''

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Paloma Faith Has Called Out A Lack Of Female Performers At The BRIT Awards


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It’s that time of the year again when award ceremonies for the arts roll around. We’ve already had the Golden Globes and the Critic’s Choice Award for films and the Grammys are BRITs are coming up for the music world. However, there is one artist who is not keen on the upcoming British music award celebrations and that is Paloma Faith.

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Speaking about the line-up of artists due to perform at the BRITs in February, the Only Love Can Hurt Like This hitmaker has hit out at the fact there is only one woman on the billing.

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Demi Lovato Does Sensational Cover Of Sam Smith's 'Too Good At Goodbyes'


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It is quite the challenge to cover a song by such an incredibly flawless singer, but it has to be said that Demi Lovato absolutely slayed Sam Smith's new single 'Too Good At Goodbyes' during a live session at the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge this week.

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If Sam Smith and Demi Lovato don't team up soon for a collaboration, it will be such a shame for the pop world. The pair of them have such soul in their voices that 'Too Good At Goodbyes' makes for an amazing listen. 

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Sam Smith Album Inspired By 'Holding The Man' Book


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Sam Smith says his album 'The Thrill of It All' was inspired by 'Holding the Man' book.

The powerhouse has recently released his latest LP, and the star has admitted the track titled 'Him' is his ''favourite'' song on the compilation, because it was based on a text based on a homosexual male who was opening up about his sexuality during the ''AIDs epidemic''.

Speaking about his creative influence in a song by song review, which has been published on StarObserver.com.au, Sam said: ''It's one of my favourite songs on the album.

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Sam Smith Regrets Oscars Best Song Speech


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Sam Smith regrets mistakenly claiming he was the first openly gay man to win an Academy Award during his speech at the prestigious ceremony in 2016.

The 'Writing's On The Wall' singer was honoured with the Best Song gong for the 'Spectre' hit, and while he was very proud to be recognised for the 'James Bond' theme, the moment was soured by the backlash to his comments as he accepted the prize.

Speaking at the time, he said: ''I read an article a few months ago by Sir Ian McKellen and he said that no openly gay man had ever won an Oscar.''

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Sam Smith Gets To Meet His Idols On Carpool Karaoke


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James Corden's latest Carpool Karaoke guest was the one and only Sam Smith, and it was definitely one of the funniest yet. Plus, the 'Late Late Show' host managed to make the singer's whole year by bringing along some very special guests and rendering him super starstruck.

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After first singing Sam's latest single 'Too Good at Goodbyes', he and James spoke about both their weight-loss journeys - one of which was a lot more successful than the other. However, Sam doesn't plan to stay slim forever by any means.

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Sam Smith Is A Huge Fan Of Khalid


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Sam Smith was overjoyed to meet Khalid, and has hailed him as a ''special guy''.

The 'Writing's On The Wall' singer is a huge fan of the 'Location' hitmaker, and revealed he has become an even bigger supporter of the star after meeting him over the weekend.

Taking to social media, he wrote: ''Magical moment when your a fan of someone's music & you meet them and become MORE of a Fan! @thegreatkhalid... what a special guy''

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Sam Smith - Saint Laurent at Hollywood Palladium - Arrivals at The Palladium - Hollywood, California, United States - Wednesday 10th February 2016

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Sam Smith and Sir Bob Geldof - Celebrities at the Sarm studios to record the Band Aid 30 single 'Do they Know It's Christmas'. The new Band Aid 30 song and music video will debut on The X Factor results show Sunday night (16Nov). at The X Factor - London, United Kingdom - Saturday 15th November 2014

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Sam Smith - Capital FM Summertime ball 2013 at Wembley Stadium - London, United Kingdom - Sunday 9th June 2013

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