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Pop/soul singer Sam Smith is born in London, England. Before gaining international acclaim as the singer of "Stay With Me" in 2014, they garner attention in their native UK by guesting on the hit singles "Latch" by electronic-music duo Disclosure and "La La La" by record producer Naughty Boy. Smith's own debut album, In The Lonely Hour, follows and is named one of the best-selling albums of the decade in the UK.

British singer Sam Smith makes their American TV debut on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon singing someone else's hit: "Latch" by the electronic-music duo Disclosure, which features Smith's guest vocals. Four months later, Smith drops the debut album In The Lonely Hour and busts the charts with "Stay With Me."

Sam Smith releases "Stay With Me," their breakthrough hit in America. It's a song about yearning and loneliness that Smith later reveals is about guy.

Sam Smith releases their debut album, In The Lonely Hour, in the US. It boasts their breakthrough hit "Stay With Me," which peaks at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100, failing to unseat MAGIC's "Rude" from the top spot.

Sam Smith is the big winner at the Grammy Awards, taking Best New Artist and also Record of the Year and Song of the Year for "Stay With Me."

At the Oscars, Lady Gaga is introduced by Vice President Joe Biden and performs "Til It Happens To You" joined by a group of sexual assault survivors. A few minutes later, it loses the Best Song award to Sam Smith's "Writing's On The Wall."More

British soul singer Sam Smith releases their sophomore studio album, The Thrill Of It All, led by the single "Too Good At Goodbyes." The album debuts at #1 in both the US and UK, giving the "Stay With Me" hitmaker their first chart-topping album in America.

Sam Smith comes out as nonbinary, telling Jameela Jamil, "I am not male or female. I think I float somewhere in between."

Kim Petras becomes the first transgender singer to top the Hot 100 when her Sam Smith collaboration "Unholy" goes to #1.

Sam Smith releases their fifth studio album, Hazel Eyes. More than a decade after their morning-after love song "Stay With Me" crashed the charts, Smith revisits the topic of queer love on tunes like "My Guy" and "When He's Gone" after experiencing his first long-term relationship with fashion designer Christian Cowan.