Sandi Thom

Sandi Thom (2011)

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Smile… It Confuses People   DE 42 03/11/2006 (4 weeks)   UK 1  platinum 06/17/2006 (25 weeks) The Pink & the Lily   UK 25th 06/07/2008 (2 weeks)

Singles

I wish I was a punk rocker   DE 16 10/06/2006 (19 weeks)   AT 27 10/20/2006 (13 weeks)   CH 62 03/04/2007 (3 weeks)   UK 1  gold 10/15/2005 (28 weeks) What If I'm Right   UK 22nd 09/02/2006 (8 weeks) The Devil's Beat   DE 88 05/30/2008 (1 week)   UK 58 05/24/2008 (2 weeks)

Alexandria "Sandi" Thom (born August 11, 1981 in Banff ) is a British singer-songwriter . Her best known song is I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (With Flowers in My Hair) .

life and career

The Scot Sandi Thom became known through a special campaign. The beginning of 2006 she played daily for three weeks in her apartment in London's district Tooting , the performances recorded and transferred them to the Internet. These 21 Nights from Tooting were picked up by the press and quickly popularized.

A large record company then signed her and released her debut single, I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (With Flowers in My Hair) . The single became a huge success internationally. In addition to number 1 in Great Britain , Ireland and Australia , it also reached the top 10 in Sweden , France and New Zealand . The following debut album Smile ... It Confuses People also topped the charts in their home country and sold over 700,000 times worldwide. The second single What If I'm Right was only noticed in English-speaking countries. Her second album The Pink & the Lily (a reference to Lily the Pink ) was released two years later. The song The Devil's Beat was a minor success, but the album flopped. The following album Merchants and Thieves (2010) did not hit the charts.

In 2012 Thom was in a relationship with the American blues guitarist and vocal colleague Joe Bonamassa . She has been married to model Matt Benson since 2015 and gave birth to their son, Logan, in March 2016.

Discography (selection)

Singles

• 2006: I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (With Flowers in My Hair)
• 2006: What If I'm Right
• 2007: Lonely Girl
• 2007: Little Remedy
• 2008: Devil's Beat

Albums

• 2006: Smile ... It Confuses People
• 2008: The Pink & the Lily
• 2010: Merchants and Thieves
• 2012: Flesh and Blood
• 2013: The Covers Collection
• 2019: Ghosts

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1. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK
2. ↑ ^{a b} Music Sales Awards: UK
3. ↑ 21 Nights from Tooting in the IMDb
4. ↑ Portrait of Sandi Thom on laut.de
5. ↑ I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker in Switzerland and other countries
6. ↑ sandithom.com: Meet Sandi ( memento of the original from January 26, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
7. ↑ Pregnant Sandi Thom looks radiant as she marries Matt Benson after whirlwind engagement (and yes, she wore flowers in her hair) on dailymail.co.uk on September 16, 2015, accessed on January 13, 2020
8. ↑ Why Sandi Thom refused to be induced on madeformums.com, accessed January 13, 2020
9. ↑ About me on Matt Benson's homepage, accessed January 13, 2020

Web links

Commons : Sandi Thom  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Sandi Thom at Allmusic (English)