• Kendrick Lamar's 'To Pimp a Butterfly' No. 1 on UK, Australian Charts

    Kendrick Lamar's 'To Pimp a Butterfly' has gained a lot of attention and praise. Proven to have international success, Lamar has now scored his first No. 1 spot on the U.K. and Australian charts. According to 'Billboard,' 'To Pimp a Butterfly' finished just ahead of Sam Smith's 'In the Lonely Hour' on the U.K. charts, selling 572 more copies than Smith's. The "King Kunta" rapper's previous album 'Good Kid M.A.A.D City' reached No. 16 in 2012.

  • Sam Smith Says He Needs to 'Kiss More Boys' Before Writing 'In the Lonely Hour' Follow-Up

    Sam Smith was the 2015 Grammys's biggest winner Sunday night, Feb. 8. The unassuming U.K. singer emerged with four awards -- Best Pop Vocal Album, Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best New Artist -- while also performing his hit "Stay With Me" onstage with Mary J. Blige. In terms of writing a follow-up to "In the Lonely Hour," he said he needs to "kiss more boys" before doing so.

  • Sam Smith 'In the Lonely Hour' Is Platinum

    Sam Smith's month keeps getting better. After earning six Grammy nominations for his album "In the Lonely Hour," Sam Smith has reached another major milestone. The album has at last sold a million copies and has been certified platinum by the RIAA, according to a press release. In addition to selling 1 million copies with physical and digital download sales, the album has eclipsed that mark and sold an additional million when factoring track and album stream equivalents as computed by Nielsen SoundScan. Sam Smith has been arguably the biggest breakout artist of 2014. First tabbed by Disclosure to sing on their hit single "Latch" in 2012, the 23-year-old started to build a fan base in 2013, before his single "Stay with Me" was released earlier this year in April and has since gone four times platinum and stayed near the top of the charts for the better part of the year. He was nominated for six Grammys: two for "In the Lonely Hour" for Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album and three for "Stay with Me," which garnered nominations for Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance. He was also nominated for Best New Artist.

  • Sam Smith Announces North American Tour Dates For 2015 [FULL SCHEDULE]

    British R&B star Sam Smith has announced a new string of North American tour dates for 2015, which you can check out below. As reported by Rap-Up, the tour kicks off on Jan. 9 in Atlanta and ends on Feb. 4 in Vancouver, and includes stops at many major cities in the US and Canada, including New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Los Angeles, Toronto, and Montreal.
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