Sam Smith: In the Lonely Hour (LP)

The debut album "In The Lonely Hour", conquered #1 on the UK charts and #2 on the US Billboard charts. In Germany, the album reached #17 on the Media Control charts. Meanwhile, the record sold more than 2.3 million copies worldwide and is the second best-selling album of the year in the UK As guest singer on Disclosure's "Latch" and Naughty Boy's "La La La", Sam Smith already set his first milestones in the international pop business during the course of last year 2013 At the end of 2013, Sam finally won the prestigious Critics' Choice Award at the Brit Awards - the highest honor a British newcomer can achieve; after all, this is only awarded to the best potentials of the music scene there. Just four weeks later, on January 10, 2014, he was also voted into first place on this year's BBC Radio "Sound of 2014" list* Finally, Smith surpassed all expectations by shooting to #1 on the UK singles chart with his first solo single "Money On My Mind" immediately after release. No Critics' Choice Award winner had ever managed that before; not even such brilliant previous year's winners as Adele or Emeli Sandé, for example. In this country, the title went straight to #14 on the MC charts Smith is gearing up to be a global star: his album Pre Order and 2nd single went Top 5 on the digital charts there in the U.S. after an NBC "Saturday Night Live" TV appearance!