Sam Smith Net Worth (Updated 2023) – Bio Overview

 Sam Smith is an English singer and songwriter from Bishop’s Stortford, England who has a net worth of $45 million US as of 2023. They started his music career back in 2010 and has established himself as of the most prominent singers in the British music industry by winning 4 Grammy Awards, 3 Brit Awards, 3 Billboard Music Awards, and several other accolades.

Sam Smith rose to fame in 2012 after being featured on Disclosure’s album hit track Latch which became massively successful by hitting several Singles charts and amassing more than 400 million views on YouTube.

They gained further prominence when they made his appearance on the 2013 Naughty Boy’s number one breakthrough single La La La. At the end of 2013, Smith earned nominations and won the 2014 Brit Critics’ Choice Award as well as the BBC’s Sound of 2014.

Smith is best known for singles like, Latch, Lay Me Down, Stay with me, How Do You Sleep?, and Like I Can. So today we are going to talk about the total net worth of Sam Smith his income sources, salary, luxurious lifestyle, relationships, career, biography, and a lot more.

Net Worth 2023:

Early Life:

Samuel Frederick Smith was born on the 19th of May 1992 and was raised in Bishop’s Stortford, London, England. Smith is the only son of Frederick Smith and Kate Cassidy. Moving on to his education, Sam attended St. Mary’s Catholic School which is located in Bishop’s Stortford, England.

They developed an interest in music and began singing at an early age. They entered the “Cantate Youth Choir” as well as the “Bishop’s Stortford Junior Operatics” which subsequently came to be known as “Bishop’s Stortford Musical Theater Society”.

Smith had been in a jazz band before joining the musical theatre. Under the jazz pianist Joanna Eden, they started studying singing and songwriting where they learned for several years. They also appeared in several productions as being part of Youth Music Theatre UK.

Career:

In early 2010 Sam came up as an independent artist and they dropped the tracks Bad Day All Week and When It’s Alright. They came to the limelight in 2012 after releasing a breakthrough single Latch by Disclosure.

That was the turning point of Smith’s career and in this song, Sam was featured as a vocalist and it hit the charts by peaking at number 11 on the UK Singles Chart. That single earned him worldwide popularity as well as various accolades.

After getting a huge success Sam came up with the release of another single Lay Me Down which was later included in his debut album. That was the same year when Sam made his featuring appearance on the track La La La by Naughty Boy.

The song became an internet sensation and reached number one on the UK Singles Chart. Smith caught the attention of labels and eventually signed a deal with Capitol Records. Under the record, he released his debut studio album titled, In the Lonely Hour in May of 2014.

The album quickly saw huge success and hit various charts, peaking at #1 on the UK Albums Chart as well as #2 on the Billboard 200. On top of that, the singer earned more fame when his album became the second biggest selling album of 2014 after Taylor Swift’s album called, 1989. 

To promote his debut album, Smith went on to an American headlining tour in the same year. That was the same time when Sam made his American television debut on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon where they performed Latch. In the March of that year, they performed the songs Stay with Me and Lay Me Down on Saturday Night Live. 

Then in February 2015, Smith got an opportunity to perform Stay with Me at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards. They also won several Grammy Awards awards in the categories of Record of the Year, Song of the Year (for Stay with Me), Best Pop Vocal Album (for In the Lonely Hour), and Best New Artist.

After winning the four Grammys Sam Smith became one of the lead singers in the country and the same year he took home a Brit Awards in the category of British Breakthrough Act and Global Success. In September 2015, Smith collaborated with songwriter Jimmy Napes to release the song, Writing’s on the Wall. 

The two also dropped the theme track to James Bond’s 24th movie, Spectre in 2015. The song achieved a lot of sensation and reached number one on the UK charts as well as becoming the first James Bond theme to achieve massive success.

Later in 2016 Smith won the Golden Globe Award, as well as Academy Award, in the categories of Best Original Song, and Best Original Song for his breakthrough single Writing’s on the Wall. After one year of a long break, Smith came up in September of 2014 with the release of the new single Too Good at Goodbyes.

They didn’t release any track throughout 2016 and that single became a hit by debuting at #5 on the US Billboard Hot 100, and #1 in the UK. In November 2017 Smith dropped his second studio album titled, The Thrill of It All which became a highly booming album.

The project debuted on the top of the charts including, #1 in both the UK and the US as well as it came up as Smith’s very first number-one album in the United States. In March 2018, Sam started his The Thrill of It All Tour to support and promote the album.

The tour was held in several countries like Australia, North America, Asia, New Zealand, and Europe. In 2018 Smith began collaborating with other artists and released some singles like Pray (ft American rapper Logic), and the provided the soundtrack Fire on Fire for the miniseries called, Watership Down.

As a featured artist, he came up as the main vocalist on Calvin Harris’s song Promises in August of 2018.

At the beginning of 2019, Smith dropped the song Dancing with a Stranger in a collaboration with singer Normani. The song went all the way to the top 10 in the UK and the US as well as in many other countries.

Then in July of 2019, Smith released the song How Do You Sleep? which again came up as a commercial success and was featured in his upcoming album. In February 2020, Smith announced that his upcoming third studio album would be released in May of 2020.

However, due to the Covid 19 pandemic, the date was moved back twice.

Smith’s third album, Love Goes was eventually released on the 30th of October 2020. He continued to release his albums following the tracks I’m Ready (featuring Demi Lovato), and his own cover of Coldplay’s track Fix You, which dropped in July 2020.

Smith stated that some of his biggest musical influences are Amy Winehouse, Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, Chaka Khan, Lady Gaga, Adele, and Brandy. Sam is also inspired by a fellow British singer named Ed Sheeran who is also his close friend.

Personal Life:

Sam Smith is quite open about his relationship and came out as gay in May 2014. They confirmed that he has been in a relationship with model Jonathan Zeizel and an American actor Brandon Flynn.

In 2017, Sam came out as genderqueer, and in September 2019 announced that they identified as nonbinary and would be using the gender pronouns they or them. The singer Lily Allen and actor Alfie Allen are third cousins of Smith.

Sam Smith Net Worth:

As of 2023, Sam Smith Net Worth is estimated to be around $45 million. The singer has earned fame and fortune throughout his successful singing career. Some of Smith’s most popular songs are Latch (2014), Too Good At Goodbyes (2017), and Promises (2017). 

Sam Smith first came to the limelight after being featured on the hit single Latch escorted by the pair, Howard Lawrence and Guy on electronic musical instruments hit 11 places on the UK Singles Chart.

Smith also gained a lot of fame after receiving 6 Grammy Award nominations of which he won 4 of them. The primary source of his fortune comes from the music industry, having a net worth of $45 million is a great achievement for Sam Smith.

They currently live in a 12-million-pound mansion located in one of the most expensive places in the beautiful city of London, United Kingdom. They also have an impressive car collection. Sam Smith’s annual income is around $3 million. The singer has a YouTube channel where he uploads music videos and earns billions of views. Sam has almost 16 million subscribers on his channel.

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