The first song on the EP titled, "Safe with Me", is produced by Two Inch Punch and premiered on MistaJam's BBC Radio 1Xtra show on 24 July 2013. The same year, he released his first EP Nirvana consisting of four tracks. He was also featured on Naughty Boy's single "La La La". In February 2013, he released the first single from his debut album, "Lay Me Down". Smith was featured on the Disclosure song "Latch", which was released on 8 October 2012 and peaked at No. He was a member of the Bishop's Stortford Junior Operatics (now Bishops Stortford Musical Theatre Society) and the Cantate Youth Choir. He attended St Mary's Catholic School in Bishop's Stortford. For a number of years he studied singing and songwriting under jazz pianist Joanna Eden. Before entering the musical theatre, Smith had been in jazz bands. He is an alumnus of Youth Music Theatre UK and starred in their 2007 production of "Oh! Carol". Smith was born in London, England, the son of Frederick Smith and Kate Cassidy, a broker. At the 2015 Brit Awards, he won the awards for British Breakthrough Act and Global Success. In December 2014, Smith was nominated for six Grammy Awards, and at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards in February 2015 he won four: Best New Artist, "Stay with Me" for Record of the Year and Song of the Year, and In the Lonely Hour for Best Pop Vocal Album. The fifth single, "Like I Can", reached number nine in the UK. Billboard Hot 100, while the fourth single "I'm Not the Only One" reached the top five in both countries. The album's third single, "Stay with Me", was an international success, reaching number one in the UK and number two on the U.S. The second single, "Money on My Mind", became his second number one single in the UK. The lead single, "Lay Me Down", was released prior to "La La La". He released his debut studio album, In the Lonely Hour, in May 2014 on Capitol Records. In December 2013, he was nominated for the 2014 BRIT Critics' Choice Award and the BBC's Sound of 2014 poll, both of which he won. His subsequent feature - on Naughty Boy's "La La La" - earned him his first number one single in May 2013. He rose to fame in October 2012 when he was featured on Disclosure's breakthrough single "Latch", which peaked at number eleven on the UK Singles Chart. Samuel Frederick "Sam" Smith (born ) is an English singer and songwriter. Top 100 Greatest Hip-hop/Rap Singles Of All Time.
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