Jorja Alice Smith (born June 11, 1997) is an English singer from Walsall, West Midlands. He has independently released many singles and one extended game, Project 11 (2016). He has collaborated with other artists, especially with Drake, Stormzy, and Kali Uchis, as well as Preditah producers. In 2018, Smith won the Britain's Choice Critic Award.
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Smith grew up in a mixture of Trojan Records note boxes, Curtis Mayfield and Damien Marley. She trained classically as a vocalist during high school. Smith is part of the collective music, OGHORSE, and started releasing online music. His father was born in Gloucester, England and is part of a neo-soul group called 2 Naicha.
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Careers
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Smith's first release, "Blue Lights", was uploaded to SoundCloud in January 2016 when he was eighteen, followed by "A Prince" featuring Maverick Saber and "Where Does I Go?", Selected by Drake artist/rapper as his. favorite track currently in an article featured on Entertainment Weekly. To close the year 2016, he released his first work, Project 11 (2016), a 4-track EP covering a variety of things and music styles. "Blue Lights" was nominated in the Best Song category at the 2016 MOBO Awards. Smith supported Canadian drama Drake on his UK tour at a show in Birmingham and London.
Throughout the year 2017, Smith was covered by the British national press written by the BBC and Evening Standard as one of the most famous artists in the UK. Jorja is one of 15 artists selected for BBC 15 vote list in 2017. He came 4th, with Ray BLK as the winner. FACT Mag also named Smith as one of 10 Pop and R & amp artists. B to watch in 2017.
In March 2017, Smith appeared on two songs on Drake's album More Life (2017). That same month, she released her single "Beautiful Little Fools" on International Women's Day. The title is a reference to The Great Gatsby, and the Smith video feature sings in the Rivoli Ballroom in London, playing the characters from different levels of society.
She was nominated in the Best Women category at 2017 MOBO Awards and in January 2018 she won the Brit Critics' Choice Award. The following month she performed at the BRIT Award 2018 with Rag'n'Bone Man.
He announced his debut album Lost & amp; Found in April 2018. It was released on June 8, 2018 About his debut album, Smith says Exclaim! , "It never was like, 'Okay, I'll take three years to make an album.'I just write songs As much as I like plans and things, when it comes to music - just like how I do my EP - they just happened.I made them, and then I was like, 'I want to put out an EP,' 'Oh, these songs will run well, so I'll combine them.' That's what happened with the album, it's just up at the point where I think, 'I think this year is a good year for releasing an album, because people are watching me.' "
Influence and style of music
Smith's influence included Lauryn Hill, Alicia Keys, Mos Def, and The Streets. Her vocal style has been compared to Adele, Alicia Keys, FKA Twigs.
Discography
Studio album
Extended playback
Singles
As main artist
As a featured artist
Other charted songs
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References
External links
- Official website
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