Smith has released “ Writing’s On The Wall”, the bond theme song for the forthcoming ‘Spectre’ film making it the first James Bond theme song recorded by a British male solo artist since 1965. Sam Smith also announced recently that he is the latest in a long line of superstars to sing the James Bond theme song.
Sam has gone from newcomer to international superstar having now earnt four No.1 UK singles, four Grammy Awards, three Brit Awards, six MOBO Awards, GQ’s Solo Artist of the Year, Q and AMA Awards. Sam Smith approaches the end of 2015 in celebratory style having sold over 9 million copies worldwide of his debut album ‘In The Lonely Hour’ which notched up a record-breaking 69 consecutive week in the Official Albums Chart Top 10 – the longest unbroken run ever for a debut album. “The Drowning Shadows Edition” also includes Sam Smith’s breath-taking covers of Amy Winehouse’s ‘ Love Is A Losing Game’ and Whitney Houston’s ‘ How Will I Know?’ alongside collaborations with A$AP Rocky, Mary J Blige and John Legend. “Drowning Shadows” elegantly opens the second disc of the extended edition and is a stripped back, heart wrenching ballad that debuts Sam’s impressive vocals over cascading strings and piano. Smith and produced by Jimmy Napes and Steve Fitzmaurice. The exciting new album features an exclusive new track “ Drowning Shadows”, co-written by Smith and Fraser T. The album was re-released in November 2015 as In the Lonely Hour (Drowning Shadows Edition), which features 12 new tracks, including the Disclosure single "Omen" (which features vocals from Smith), the Comic Relief version of "Lay Me Down" featuring John Legend, and a cover of Amy Winehouse's "Love Is a Losing Game".Friday 6 th November sees global popstar Sam Smith release “ In The Lonely Hour: The Drowning Shadows Edition” - the extended version of his chart topping album containing a second CD of new and exclusive tracks. In the Lonely Hour also received a nomination for Best British Album at the 2015 Brit Awards the accolade ultimately went to Ed Sheeran for x. It was nominated for Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards, winning the latter and losing to Morning Phase by Beck in the former. It was the second best-selling album of 2014 in the UK, and the third best-selling in the United States. The album was a commercial success worldwide, reaching number one in Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, Sweden and the United Kingdom. When In the Lonely Hour was released, it received mostly lukewarm reviews from critics, many of whom praised Smith's singing but were critical of the songwriting. A deluxe edition of the album contains five bonus tracks, including a solo acoustic version of Disclosure's single "Latch" and Naughty Boy's number-one single "La La La", on both of which Smith provided guest vocals. Released in time for the 2015 holiday shopping season, this adds an assortment of previously released stray tracks and some new material. The album's third hit single, "I'm Not the Only One", reached number three in the UK and number five in the US. The 'Drowning Shadows Edition' should not be confused with any of the territory- or retailer-specific deluxe editions issued at the same time as (or after) the original standard version of In the Lonely Hour. The album includes the hit singles "Money on My Mind" and "Stay with Me", both of which were number one in the UK the latter becoming a hit worldwide, peaking in the top ten in over 20 countries, including reaching number two in the US. The album was re-released in November 2015 as In the Lonely Hour (Drowning Shadows Edition), which features 12 new tracks, including the Disclosure single 'Omen' (which features vocals from Smith), the Comic Relief version of 'Lay Me Down' featuring John Legend, and covers of Whitney Houston's 'How Will I Know' and Amy Winehouse's 'Love Is a. In the United States, it was released on 17 June 2014 through Capitol Records America. It was released in the United Kingdom on, via Capitol UK and Method Records. In the Lonely Hour is the debut studio album by English singer Sam Smith.
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