Sam Smith is an English singer and songwriter. Born in London, England, Smith rose to fame in October 2012 when they were featured on the electronic music duo Disclosure's breakthrough single "Latch". In December 2013, Sam was nominated for the 2014 BRIT Critics' Choice Award and the BBC's Sound of 2014 poll, both of which they won. Sam released their debut studio album, In the Lonely Hour, in May 2014 on Capitol Records. Subsequently, the album attained international success and won several awards, including Best Pop Vocal Album, Best New Artist, Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and nominations for Album of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards. Smith has won five Grammy Awards, three Brit Awards, three Billboard Music Awards, an American Music Award as well as a Golden Globe and an Academy Award through their career.
Academy Awards The Academy Awards, or Oscars, is an annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry, and is organised by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). Smith has been awarded once.
! |- ! scope="row"|2016 |"Writing's on the Wall" |Best Original Song | | align=center|
American Music Awards The American Music Awards (AMAs) is an annual music awards show created by Dick Clark in 1973. Smith has received one award from five nominations.
! |- !scope="row" rowspan="2"| 2014 |rowspan=4| Sam Smith |New Artist of the Year | |rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;"| |- | Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist
!scope="row" rowspan=3| 2015 | Artist of the Year | |rowspan=3 style="text-align:center;"|
| Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist
| In the Lonely Hour | Favorite Pop/Rock Album
APRA Music Awards The APRA Music Awards in Australia are annual awards to celebrate excellence in contemporary music, which honour the skills of member composers, songwriters and publishers who have achieved outstanding success in sales and airplay performance. Smith has received one nomination. YearNominee / WorkAwardResult2020"Promises" (with Calvin Harris)Most Performed International Work of the Year
ARIA Music Awards The ARIA Music Awards are presented annually by the Australian Recording Industry Association to recognize achievements in the Australian music industry. Smith has received two nominations.
! |- !scope="row"| 2015 |rowspan=2|Sam Smith |rowspan=2|International Artist of the Year | | style="text-align:center;"| |- !scope="row"| 2018 | | style="text-align:center;"|
Attitude Awards The Attitude Awards is hosted by British magazine Attitude to honor the LGBT+ community and its allies.
!class="unsortable" | |- !scope="row"| 2019 | Sam Smith | Person of the Year
BBC Music Awards The BBC Music Awards are the BBC's inaugural pop music awards, first held in December 2014, as a celebration of the musical achievements over the past 12 months. Smith has received two nominations.
! |- !scope="row" rowspan="2"| 2014 | Sam Smith | British Artist of the Year | | rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;"| |- |"Money on My Mind" | Song of the Year
BBC Radio 1 Teen Awards The BBC Radio 1 Teen Awards is an award show by the British radio station BBC Radio 1 to honor the top artists in music and acting of the year. Smith has received two nominations.
! |- !scope="row" rowspan=2|2014 |rowspan=2|Sam Smith |Best British Solo Artist | |rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;"| |- |Best Breakthrough Award
BBC Sound of... Sound of... is an annual BBC poll of music critics and industry figures to find the most promising new music talent. Smith has received one award.
! |- !scope="row"|2014 |Sam Smith |Sound of 2014 | |style="text-align:center;"|
BET Awards The BET Awards were established in 2001 by the Black Entertainment Television network to celebrate African Americans and other minorities in music, acting, sports, and other fields of entertainment. Smith has received one award.
! |- !scope="row"| 2015 |Sam Smith |Best New Artist | |style="text-align:center;"|
Berlin Music Video Awards The Berlin Music Video Awards is an international festival that promotes the art of music videos.
! |- !scope="row"|2023 |Unholy |Best Cinematography | | style="text-align:center;"|
Billboard Awards Billboard Music Awards The Billboard Music Awards are held to honor artists for commercial performance in the U.S., based on record charts published by Billboard. The awards are based on sales data by Nielsen SoundScan and radio information by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems. The award ceremony was held from 1990 to 2007, until its reintroduction in 2011. Smith has received three awards from thirteen nominations.
! |- !scope="row" rowspan=13|2015 |rowspan=7|Sam Smith | Top Artist | |rowspan=13 style="text-align:center;"| |- | Top New Artist
| Top Male Artist
| Top Billboard 200 Artist
| Top Hot 100 Artist
| Top Radio Songs Artist
| Top Song Sales Artist
| In the Lonely Hour | Top Billboard 200 Album
|rowspan=4| "Stay with Me" | Top Hot 100 Song
| Top Radio Song
| Top Selling Song
| Top Streaming Song (Audio)
| "Latch" | Top Dance/Electronic Song
BMI Awards The BMI Awards are held annually by Broadcast Music, Inc. to award songwriters in various genres, including country and pop. Smith has received 25 awards.
BMI London Awards
! |- !scope="row" rowspan=5|2015 |"I'm Not the Only One" |rowspan=4|Pop Award Songs | |rowspan=5 style="text-align:center;"| |- |"La La La"
|"Latch"
|rowspan=2|"Stay with Me"
|Song of the Year
!scope="row" rowspan=3|2016 |"Lay Me Down" |rowspan=2|Pop Award Songs | |rowspan=3 style="text-align:center;"| |- |"Like I Can"
|"Writing's on the Wall" |Academy Award Winner
!scope="row"|2017 |"Stay with Me" |Million Performance Songs | |style="text-align:center;"| |- !scope="row"|2018 |"Too Good at Goodbyes" |Pop Award Songs | |style="text-align:center;"| |- !scope="row" rowspan=3|2020 |rowspan=2|"Dancing With A Stranger" |Song of the Year | |rowspan=3 style="text-align:center;"| |- |rowspan=3|Pop Award Songs
|"How Do You Sleep?"
!scope="row" rowspan=4|2021 |"Diamonds" | | rowspan=5 style="text-align:center;" |
BMI Pop Awards
! |- !scope="row" rowspan=4 |2015 |rowspan=2|"Latch" |Publisher of the Year | |rowspan=4 style="text-align:center;"| |- |Award-Winning Songs
|rowspan=2|"Stay with Me" |Publisher of the Year
|Award-Winning Songs
!scope="row" rowspan=2|2016 |rowspan=2|"I'm Not The Only One" |Publisher of the Year | | rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;"| |- |rowspan=5|Award-Winning Songs
!scope="row"|2017 |"Lay Me Down" | |style="text-align:center;"|
!scope="row"|2020 |"Dancing With A Stranger" | |style="text-align:center;"|
!scope="row"|2021 |"How Do You Sleep?" | |style="text-align:center;"|
!scope="row"|2023 |"Love Me More" | |style="text-align:center;"|
Brit Awards The Brit Awards are the British Phonographic Industry's (BPI) annual pop music awards. Smith has received four awards from fourteen nominations.
! |- !scope="row" rowspan=3| 2014 |rowspan=2|"La La La" |British Single of the Year | |rowspan=3 style="text-align:center;"| |- |British Video of the Year
|rowspan=4|Sam Smith |Critics' Choice
!scope="row" rowspan=6| 2015 |British Male Solo Artist | |rowspan=6 style="text-align:center;"| |- |British Breakthrough Act
|Global Success Award
|rowspan=2| "Stay with Me" |British Single of the Year
|British Video of the Year
| In the Lonely Hour |British Album of the Year
!scope="row"| 2016 |"Writing's On The Wall" |British Video of the Year | |style="text-align:center;"| |- !scope="row"| 2019 | Sam Smith |British Male Solo Artist | |style="text-align:center;"| |- !scope="row"| 2020 |"Dancing with a Stranger" |Song of the Year | |style="text-align:center;"| |- !scope="row" rowspan=3| 2023 | "Unholy" with Kim Petras | Song of the Year | | rowspan=2| |- | rowspan=2| Sam Smith | British Pop/R&B Act
| Brits Billion Award
British LGBT Awards The British LGBT Awards celebrate the UK's most loved LGBT personalities, innovators and companies, dubbed the "Gay Oscars" by the press. Smith has nominated four times.
! |- !scope="row"|2016 |rowspan=4|Sam Smith |rowspan=4|Music Artist | | style="text-align:center;"| |- !scope="row"|2021 | | style="text-align:center;"| |- !scope="row"|2022 | | style="text-align:center;"| |- !scope="row"| 2024 | | style="text-align:center;"|https://britishlgbtawards.com/top-12-music-artists-2024/
Critics' Choice Movie Awards The Critics' Choice Movie Awards are presented annually since 1995 by the Broadcast Film Critics Association for outstanding achievements in the cinema industry. Smith has received one nomination.
! |- !scope="row"|2016 |"Writing's On The Wall" |Best Song | | style="text-align:center;"|
Denver Film Critics Society The Denver Film Critics Society (DFCS) recognizes excellence in cinema, and promote Colorado within the industry. Smith has received one nomination.
! |- !scope="row"|2016 |"Writing's On The Wall" |Best Original Song | |style="text-align:center;"|
ECHO Awards
! |- !scope="row"|2015 | Sam Smith | Best International Newcomer | | https://echopop-archiv.de/nominierte-und-gewinner/
Elle Style Awards The Elle Style Awards are an awards ceremony hosted annually by the ELLE magazine. Smith has received one award.
! |- !scope="row"|2015 |Sam Smith |Musician of the Year | | style="text-align:center;"|
GAFFA Awards GAFFA Awards (Denmark) Delivered since 1991, the GAFFA Awards are a Danish award that rewards popular music by the magazine of the same name.
! |- | 2014 | rowspan="2"| Themself | Best Foreign New Act | | style="text-align:center;" | |- | 2018 | Best Foreign Solo Act | | style="text-align:center;" |
GAFFA Awards (Sweden) Delivered since 2010, the GAFFA Awards (Swedish: GAFFA Priset) are a Swedish award that rewards popular music awarded by the magazine of the same name.
! |- | 2014 | Themself | Best Foreign New Act | | style="text-align:center;" |
Gaygalan Awards Since 1999, the Gaygalan Awards are a Swedish accolade presented by the QX magazine. Smith has received one nomination.
! |- | 2018 |"Too Good At Goodbyes" |Best International Song | |style="text-align:center;"|
Global Awards The Global Awards are held by Global to honor music played on British radio stations. Smith has received one award.
! |- !scope="row"| 2018 |rowspan="4"|Sam Smith |Mass Appeal Award | |style="text-align:center;"| |- !rowspan="4" scope="row"| 2019 |Best Male | |rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"| |- |Best British Artist or Group
|Mass Appeal Award
|rowspan="1"|"Promises" |Best Song
!rowspan="1" scope="row"| 2020 | rowspan=2|Sam Smith | rowspan=2|Best British Act | |rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"| |- !scope="row" rowspan=2| 2023 | |rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| |- | "Unholy" (with Kim Petras) | Best Song
GLAAD Media Awards The GLAAD Media Awards were created in 1990 by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation to "recognize and honor media for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the LGBT community and the issues that affect their lives." Smith has received three nominations.
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!scope="row"|2015 |rowspan=3|Sam Smith |rowspan=3|Outstanding Music Artist | |style="text-align:center;"|
!scope="row"|2018 | |style="text-align:center;"| |- !scope="row"|2021 | |style="text-align:center;"|
Golden Globe Awards The Golden Globe Awards is an American accolade bestowed by the 93 members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), which recognizes excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign. Smith has won once.
! |- !scope="row"| 2016 |"Writing's on the Wall" |Best Original Song | |style="text-align:center;"|
Grammy Awards The Grammy Awards are awarded annually by The Recording Academy of the United States for outstanding achievements in the music industry. Often considered the highest music honour, the awards were established in 1958. Smith has won five awards from seven nominations.
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