Sam Smith is one of the British artists who can make it big in both their native country and the United States. After releasing "Unholy" with Kim Petras, the non-binary singer boasted his name atop several music charts.
The song has been off to a good start. It debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart, with 53.6 million streams and 8,000 downloads sold worldwide in territories outside the U.S. in the week ending September 29.
"Unholy" is currently enjoying its time at the pinnacle of the Billboard Global 200 with 76.7 million streams and 20,000 downloads sold worldwide. Also, it jumped at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart dated October 8.
Elsewhere, the duet stole the No. 1 spot on both Streaming Songs and Digital Song Sales thanks to 23.2 million streams and a 2.8 million in airplay audience. On the Mediabase pop radio chart, the tune peaked at No. 31 after receiving 1,774 spins.
"Unholy" serves as the lead single off Sam's upcoming album, which will be a follow-up to 2020's "Love Goes". Speaking about the track, they told Entertainment Tonight, "It's a wild song. It's a theatre show in one song, and I'm so proud of it."
"It's time for my villain era, I think. Time to get sexy," the English native further detailed. "I've had a transitional three years in my life. I turned 30, I think I know what I want to say now, I think I know who I am a bit more, and I'm ready to have fun."
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Sam Smith was born Samuel Frederick Smith in the rural country of Cambridgeshire, England on May 19, 1992. He is the third cousin of singer cLily and actor Alfie Allen. Smith was placed in formal vocal training with a local jazz singer at the age of 8 after his parents heard him sing along to Whitney Houston's "My Love Is Your love" one morning on the drive to his Catholic primary school. He spent his childhood and teenage life in theater rehearsals. His mother, then a prominent banker in London, often asked him to perform for friends and associates at dinner parties. At the age of 12, Smith's career was handled by six different managers, with guarantees of fame that never came to pass. When he was 16, his mother was fired from her job for "gross misconduct" after supposedly spending too much company time on his budding pop career. » more