His six Grammy nominations put him in elite company, as he is the first male artist in 34 years to land in the "Big Four" categories with the release of a debut album. He was also nominated for Best New Artist. He was nominated for six Grammys: two for In the Lonely Hour for Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album and three for "Stay with Me," which garnered nominations for Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance. First tabbed by Disclosure to sing on their hit single " Latch" in 2012, the 23-year-old started to build a fan base in 2013, before his single " Stay with Me" was released earlier this year in April and has since gone four times platinum and stayed near the top of the charts for the better part of the year. Sam Smith has been arguably the biggest breakout artist of 2014. In addition to selling 1 million copies with physical and digital download sales, the album has eclipsed that mark and sold an additional million when factoring track and album stream equivalents as computed by Nielsen SoundScan. The album has at last sold a million copies and has been certified platinum by the RIAA, according to a press release. After earning six Grammy nominations for his album In the Lonely Hour, Sam Smith has reached another major milestone.
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