The pop star celebrates the debut record
Sam Smith marks a decade since the debut of In The Lonely Hour with a 10th Anniversary Edition on August 2nd via UMG. The project was the first of many incredible milestones and global successes that Smith would achieve throughout his standout career. The Grammy Award-winning, now six-time RIAA platinum-certified album became the biggest-selling debut album of the decade. The album includes the breakthrough diamond-certified hit, “Stay with Me,” seven-time platinum “I’m Not the Only One,” five-time platinum “Lay Me Down,” and the platinum-certified “Money on My Mind” and “Like I Can.”
All versions of this commemorative edition will include the album’s original ten songs plus an exclusive new track “Little Sailor.” A total of 25 tracks will appear on The Collector’s Edition 4 LP and the standard 2 CD, including live versions of the album’s original songs.
Alongside the celebration, there will be a host of activations around The Pink House, an overarching new brand Smith has created, inspired by his childhood home. Under the roof of The Pink House, Smith is in the process of building a charitable foundation intended to provide support for people within the LGBTQIA+ community, in addition to this, on June 13th, Smith will be premiering their eponymous podcast, each episode of The Pink House will hear from Sam as they sit down with an amazing cast of friends and queer cultural icons, including guests Elliot Page, Laverne Cox, Gloria Estefan, to share stories of belonging, chosen families, and the journeys we take to become who we’re destined to be. The Pink House in all its guises is designed to help build a better, safer world for all. The first two episodes of The Pink House will be available Thursday, June 13th on all major podcast platforms, with new episodes released weekly.
Smith is one of the most celebrated musical artists to emerge in recent history. A five-time Grammy winner, Sam holds two Guinness World Records– for the most consecutive weeks in the UK Top 10 Album Chart (for In The Lonely Hour) and for having the first James Bond Theme to reach No. 1 on the UK charts (for the Oscar and Golden Globe-winning “Writing’s on the Wall”). Sam has amassed over 40 million adjusted album sales, 276 million single sales, and 50 billion career streams across their catalog of critically acclaimed albums In The Lonely Hour, The Thrill of It All, Love Goes, and Gloria. Smith’s latest Grammy-winning, platinum single “Unholy” featuring Kim Petras spent three weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Smith has sold out numerous headline tours worldwide and is currently touring the 2024 iteration of the Gloria show with Gloria – The Blackout, with an exclusive collaboration with Andreas Kronthaler for Vivienne Westwood. This summer, Smith will be performing at many of Europe’s biggest festivals with a special UK performance at the BBC Proms.
