SAM SMITH REACHES 300 WEEKS ON THE UK SINGLES CHART

Congratulations to Sam Smith who becomes the latest artist to break the 300 week barrier on the UK Singles chart, almost five years to the day he made his chart debut.

It was week ending 20th October 2012 that "Latch" by Disclosure first hit the chart.  The track featured guest vocals by Sam Smith, the first time the general public had heard his voice.  

He has now had 13 hit singles, of which 8 have reached the Top 10, with an impressive 6 going all the way to Number 1 - "La La La" (with Naughty Boy) in 2013; "Money On My Mind" and "Stay With Me" in 2014; "Lay Me Down" and "Writing's On The Wall" in 2015 & "Too Good At Goodbyes" just last month.

"Stay With Me" also peaked at Number 2 on the US chart, and "Writing's On The Wall" became the first Bond film theme to ever top the UK Singles chart.

Here is Mr Smith with his appearance on "Latch" (vocally, anyway), together with his complete chart career.

20/10/2012		Latch	11	26
11/05/2013		Latch (re-entry)	61	3
01/06/2013	*	La La La	1	26
15/06/2013		Latch (2nd re-entry)	37	2
04/01/2014		La La La (re-entry)	56	4
01/03/2014	*	Money On My Mind	1	32
01/03/2014		Lay Me Down	46	2
01/03/2014		La La La (2nd re-entry)	51	2
01/03/2014		Latch (3rd re-entry)	59	1
31/05/2014	*	Stay With Me	1	58
26/07/2014		Latch (4th re-entry)	67	2
16/08/2014	+	I'm Not The Only One	3	40
13/09/2014		Latch (5th re-entry)	74	1
08/11/2014		Money On My Mind (re-entry)	61	4
22/11/2014	+	Like I Can	9	29
20/12/2014		Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas	65	1
27/12/2014		Money On My Mind (2nd re-entry)	46	6
07/03/2015		Lay Me Down (re-entry)	15	15
07/03/2015		Money On My Mind (3rd re-entry)	75	1
21/03/2015	*	Lay Me Down	1	8
08/08/2015		Omen	13	15
10/10/2015	*	Writing's On The Wall	1	15
23/09/2017	*	Too Good At Goodbyes	1	7
21/10/2017		Pray	39	3

Latch & Omen both credited to Disclosure featuring Sam Smith

La La La credited to Naughty Boy featuring Sam Smith

Lay Me Down (2015) features John Legend