Jorja Smith
Jorja Smith was born in Walsall, England, United Kingdom on June 11th, 1997 and is the R&B Singer. At the age of 27, Jorja Smith biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, songs, and networth are available.
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Jorja Alice Smith (born 11 June 1997) is an English singer and songwriter from Walsall, West Midlands.
Jorja attended Aldridge Secondary School with her best friend Eleni 'Attitude Problem' Page.
She released her debut extended play, Project 11, in November 2016. Smith has released several singles since January 2016 and collaborated with other artists, including Drake, Kendrick Lamar, Kali Uchis, and Stormzy.
She performed as the opening act on Bruno Mars' 24K Magic World Tour in October and November 2017.
Her debut studio album, Lost & Found (2018), was released to critical acclaim and peaked at number three on the UK Albums Chart.
In 2018, Smith won the Brit Critics' Choice Award.
In 2019, she was named Best British Female Artist at the 2019 Brit Awards and was also nominated for the Grammy Award for Best New Artist.
Early life
Jorja Smith was born on 11 June 1997 in Walsall, West Midlands, to a Jamaican father and an English mother. Her father Peter, a benefits officer, is a former musician who sang in a neo-soul group called 2nd Naicha before Smith was born, and her mother, Jolene, is a jewellery designer. Smith has a younger brother, Luca, and is the cousin of Rangers player Kemar Roofe.
She began taking piano lessons at the age of 8 at the encouragement of her father. Smith earned a music scholarship at Aldridge School, where she learned the oboe and studied classical singing, before taking music for her A-level exams. She was scouted by a manager at the age of 15 after uploading videos of herself singing cover songs on YouTube. Shortly after, she began travelling to London for writing sessions with Maverick Sabre and Ed Thomas, while still in school. After graduation, she moved to London at the age of 18 where she supported herself by working as a barista, and continued to write songs.
Career
Maverick Sabre cosigned Smith in late 2015. Smith's debut single "Blue Lights," which samples Dizzee Rascal's "Sirens") on SoundCloud, received 400,000 views on the website within a month.Her second single "Where Did I Go?
In July, Drake singled out "Because of the moment" as his top track of the moment. Smith attracted Guy Moot's attention after the worldwide recognition and exposure he gained from Drake. In late 2016, Moot, a senior executive and global creative at Sony/ATV with mainstream industry links, signed Smith to a publishing contract. Project 11 was released by the artist in November 2016 as her fourth track debut extended play. Smith was selected one of the top 15 artists on BBC Music's Sound of 2017 longlist in the same month, and he came in fourth place.Smith appeared on two tracks on his mixtape More Life (2017) as a special guest on Drake's Boy Meets World Tour in February and March 2017. On International Women's Day, she released "Beautiful Little Fools"; the word refers to the book "The Great Gatsby." She appeared on Kali Uchis' song "Tyrant," the lead single off Uchis' debut studio album Isolation (2018), in May. In June, she debuted "Teenage Fantasy," her third album. Smith and grime artist Preditah released "On My Mind" a single together two months later. Joel Compass, a singer and producer from September 2017, began dating singer and producer Joel Compass.
In October and November 2017, she appeared as the first act on Bruno Mars' 24K Magic World Tour. Smith was chosen recipient of the Brit Critics' Choice Award in December, to be unveiled at the British nominations launch on January 13. She is the first female artist to have been nominated for the award, let alone win.
Stormzy performed "Let Me Down" on January 8, 2018. Smith co-wrote and performed the song "I Am" on Kendrick Lamar's soundtrack album for the film Black Panther, which was released in February. Rag'n'Bone Man appeared at the BRIT Awards later that month. She made her US television debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live in April. "Blue Lights" made a live appearance. Lost & Found, her debut studio album, was released in April and sold in June 2018 to critical acclaim. Smith began touring in support of the album in the month of its release, with dates scheduled around Europe and festival appearances in Japan. The Lost & Found Tour's North American leg began in Seattle on November 19th and ended in Toronto on December 19th, and Ravyn Lenae will assist.
Smith unveiled a co-headlining North American tour with Kali Uchis, which began in Washington, D.C., on April 28th and concluded in Toronto on May 30. Burna Boy appeared on "Be Honest" in August 2019.
Smith began 'Tearjerker,' a 12-part BBC Radio 3 show, which focuses on the healing power of music in early 2020. She has released two singles this year: "By Any Means" and "Come Over" with Popcaan.
She launched Be Right Back, her third extended play, on May 14th, 2021, which received mainly favorable feedback.