Sam Fender

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Sam Fender (2019)
Chart placements
(preliminary)
Explanation of the data
Albums
Hypersonic Missiles
  DE 19th 09/20/2019 (3 weeks)
  AT 67 09/27/2019 (1 week)
  CH 19th 09/22/2019 (2 weeks)
  UK 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 
gold
gold
09/26/2019 (... Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / provisional / 2019 where.)
Singles
Play God
  UK 89 
silver
silver
07.03.2019 (5 weeks)
Hypersonic Missiles
  UK 48 
silver
silver
05/30/2019 (11 weeks)
Will we talk?
  UK 43 
silver
silver
08/29/2019 (9 weeks)
The Borders
  UK 59 19.09.2019 (4 weeks)

Sam Fender (born April 25, 1994 in North Shields , England , United Kingdom ) is an English singer-songwriter . According to Allmusic , his music combines unusual, contemplative indie rock with soulful performance.

biography

Sam Fender grew up in a musical family in north east England. While performing in the area, he was discovered by the manager of Ben Howard , who helped him get his first single, Play God , in 2017 . After two more singles in the same year, Greasy Spoon and Millennial , Fender was nominated by the BBC alongside Sigrid , Khalid , Billie Eilish and others as part of the Sound of 2018 forecast .

In 2018 Fender went on tour as a support act for Hozier and Catfish and the Bottlemen . This year Fender released four singles, of which That Sound was the most successful (No. 3 in Belgium, No. 81 on the “Best of British 2019” list on the British radio station Radio X).

On September 13, 2019, he released his debut album Hypersonic Missiles .

Discography

Albums

  • 2019: Hypersonic Missiles

EPs

  • 2018: Dead Boys

Singles

  • 2017: Play God
  • 2017: Greasy Spoon
  • 2017: Millennial
  • 2017: Start Again
  • 2018: Friday Fighting
  • 2018: Leave Fast
  • 2018: Dead Boys
  • 2018: That Sound
  • 2019: Hypersonic Missiles
  • 2019: Will We Talk?
  • 2019: The Borders
  • 2019: All Is on My Side

Awards and nominations

  • 2017: BBC , Sound of 2018 - nominated
  • 2017: Ticketweb, Ones to Watch 2018
  • 2018: Vevo , DSCVR 2019 Artists to Watch
  • 2018: BRIT Awards , Critics' Choice Award - won
  • 2018: Radio X (UK radio station), Best Songs of 2018, That Sound
  • 2018: Metro (UK newspaper), Ones to Watch 2019
  • 2018: Radio X, Great X-Pectations 2019
  • 2019: MTV Push, Ones to Watch 2019
  • 2019: Radio X, Best of British 2019:

Web links

Commons : Sam Fender  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Chart sources: DE AT CH UK
  2. ↑ Music Sales Awards: UK
  3. ↑ a b c Sam Fender biography on Allmusic (English)
  4. ↑ The debut album is here: Sam Fender releases “Hypersonic Missiles”. Retrieved September 14, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Philipp Kressmann: Sam Fender - "Play God" on the pages of WDR 1 Live
personal data
SURNAME Fender, Sam
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English singer-songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH April 25, 1994
PLACE OF BIRTH North Shields , England , UK