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Career
- Line-ups
- Pukkelpop 2024, Pinkpop 2024
- Active since
- 2014
- Albums
- Hazel Eyes 2026
- Gloria 2023
- Love Goes 2020
- The Thrill of It All 2017
- In the Lonely Hour 2014
- Hits since 2015
- Promises (Calvin Harris & Sam Smith) BE #1, 2018
- Unholy (Sam Smith & Kim Petras) NL #1, 2022
- Too Good At Goodbyes BE #2, 2017
- Dancing With A Stranger (Sam Smith & Normani) BE #2, 2019
- Too Good At Goodbyes NL #3, 2017
- I'm Not Here To Make Friends (Sam Smith, Calvin Harris & Jessie Reyez) BE #3, 2023
- New album
- Hazel Eyes · 21/08/2026
- Concerts per year
- 2026 36
- 2025 27
- 2024 30
- 2023 75
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Stature
- Awards
- Grammy Award gewonnen x4 2015
- MTV Award genomineerd x5 2014
- Grammy Award genomineerd 2015
- Gold and platinum
- Belgium: 2 albums, 15 singles
- Gloria goud, 2023
- In The Lonely Hour goud, 2015
the Netherlands: 3 albums, 3 singles- The Thrill Of It All platina, 2018
- In The Lonely Hour platina, 2015
- In The Lonely Hour goud, 2014
- Discogs
- 6,529 times in a collection
- 2,086 on a wishlist
- 37 uitgaven
Most collected, times in a collection- In The Lonely Hour 2014 · 1.535
- Writing's On The Wall 2015 · 727
- The Thrill Of It All 2017 · 683
- Live At Abbey Road Studios 2021 · 1.786
- Hazel Eyes 2026 · 517
- Biggest own venue
- Sportpaleis, Merksem
- ±23.000 plaatsen
- 2023 (Benelux, last three years)
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Today
- Radio
- Last 30 days
BBC Radio 1 73 2.4 a day NPO 3FM 36 1.2 a day MDR Sputnik 24 0.8 a day Studio Brussel 21 0.7 a day MNM 21 0.7 a day DR P3 10 0.3 a day Qmusic 10 0.3 a day 1LIVE 8 0.3 a day Since we track the stationBBC Radio 1 2.080 1.9 a day since Nov 2023 NPO 3FM 1.192 1.1 a day since Nov 2023 Studio Brussel 601 0.5 a day since Nov 2023 Qmusic 81 0.1 a day since Feb 2025 MNM 32 0.5 a day since Sep 2026 KEXP 30 0.0 a day since Nov 2023 MDR Sputnik 24 0.7 a day since Oct 2026 BBC Radio 6 Music 18 0.0 a day since Oct 2024
Records
Studio albums, the highest position in the Belgian and Dutch album charts (Ultratop, Dutch Charts) with the number of weeks, gold and platinum (BEA, NVPI), and how many Discogs members own the record. Data provided by Discogs.
| Album | Year | Belgian album chart | Dutch album chart | Gold/platinum | Discogs collections |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hazel Eyes | 2026 | #24 (1 wk) | #30 (1 wk) | – | 517 |
| Gloria | 2023 | #4 (16 wk) | #2 (10 wk) | gold BE | – |
| Love Goes | 2020 | #5 (21 wk) | #6 (6 wk) | – | – |
| The Thrill of It All | 2017 | #1 (72 wk) | #1 (48 wk) | platinum NL | 683 |
| In the Lonely Hour | 2014 | #5 (369 wk) | #3 (182 wk) | gold BE, gold NL, platinum NL | 1.535 |
Discogs: 6.529 keer in een collectie. 2.086 times on een verlanglijst; singles met goud of platina: Belgium 15, the Netherlands 3.
Awards
Awards won and nominations according to Wikidata (major awards only; counted per category).
| Award | Won | Nominated |
|---|---|---|
| Grammy Award | 4 (2015) | 1 |
| MTV Award | – | 5 |
How popular is Sam Smith compared with other countries?
Based on search volume and listeners from the various sources. Each country compared with the worldwide figure.
Best-known songs (Deezer)
Per edition, historical
Score measured in the twelve months before each edition, place = rank in that line-up. The letter differs per festival: an A at Best Kept Secret can be a C at Rock Werchter.
| Edition | Score | Level | Rank | Exceptional | Belgium | Netherlands | World | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pukkelpop 2024 | 70 | A | 1 / 108 | 41 | 70 | 70 | 67 | Wikipedia, search volume, Google Trends, charts, setlist.fm, stature |
| Pinkpop 2024 | 70 | A | 3 / 60 | 38 | 71 | 70 | 68 | Wikipedia, search volume, Google Trends, charts, setlist.fm, stature |
Reviews and reports
Reviews by Dansende Beren and Festileaks.
| Edition | Titel | Bron | Date | Soort |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pukkelpop 2024 | Sam Smith @ Pukkelpop 2024: Van classy naar sassy | Dansende Beren | 18/08/2024 | about this act |
| Pukkelpop 2024 | Pukkelpop 2024 (Festivaldag 3): Hit(te)effect | Dansende Beren | 18/08/2024 | dagverslag |
| Pinkpop 2024 | 5 must-sees op de zondag van Pinkpop 2024 | Festileaks | 05/06/2024 | dagverslag |
Over the years
◆ purple = album, ▲ red = festival in Belgium, ▲ green = festival in the Netherlands, ● grey = own concert. Click the legend to switch them on or off.
Festivals and own concerts
- ▲Saturday, August 2024 · Pukkelpop
- ▲Sunday, June 2024 · Pinkpop
- ●12/05/2023 · Sportpaleis, Merksem
- ●09/05/2023 · Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam
- ●04/05/2018 · Sportpaleis, Merksem
- ●02/05/2018 · Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam
7 earlier dates
- ●02/03/2015 · Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam
- ●01/03/2015 · Vorst Nationaal / Forest National, Vorst / Forest
- ●29/11/2014 · Ancienne Belgique, Brussels
- ●28/11/2014 · Ronda, Utrecht
- ●04/05/2014 · Grote Zaal, Amsterdam
- ●05/03/2014 · People's Place, Amsterdam
- ●15/01/2014 · Grand Theatre, Groningen
Place among all acts on this site: 80 = viewed or searched more than 80% of the other acts that month. The thick line is the average.
Studio Brussel since August 2023, NPO 3FM and KINK since 2020, the other stations since late October 2026. "Compare countries" shows the average per station.
Songs per station, last 18 months
| Station | Country | Most played |
|---|---|---|
| MNM | Belgium | Desire 10 · Promises 7 · Stay With Me 6 · Unholy 5 · I'm Not The Only One 4 |
| NPO 3FM | Netherlands | Latch 2 · La La La 1 · Promises 1 · Stay With Me 1 · Money On My Mind 1 |
| Qmusic | Belgium | Stay With Me 74 · Too Good At Goodbyes 1 · I'm Not The Only One 1 |
| Qmusic NL | Netherlands | Stay With Me 3 · Too Good At Goodbyes 1 |
| Studio Brussel | Belgium | La La La 96 · Promises 79 · Dancing With A Stranger 54 · I'm Not Here To Make Friends 21 · Unholy 19 |
| VRT Radio 1 | Belgium | My Guy 2 · I'm Not The Only One 2 |
| 1LIVE | Germany | La La La 2 · Diamonds 1 · Promises 1 |
| BBC Radio 1 | United Kingdom | Promises 1 · I'm Not The Only One 1 |
| DR P3 | Denmark | La La La 4 · Like I Can 4 · Dancing With A Stranger 1 · Latch 1 |
| FM4 | Oostenrijk | Latch 1 |
| FluxFM | Germany | Oh Mother 1 |
| KEXP | United States | Ever New 2 · You Make Me Feel 1 · Unholy 1 |
| MDR Sputnik | Germany | Naughty Boy 6 · Calvin Harris 4 · La La La 1 |