Jay Smith (singer)
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Jay Jon Christopher Smith (born 29 April 1981) is a Swedish singer and guitarist. He won the Swedish Idol 2010 title,[1] beating Minnah Karlsson in the 10 December 2010 final[2] in the Ericsson Globe theater. Jay Smith also plays in the band Von Benzo, which has released two studio albums.
During Idol 2010, he created controversy announcing that he had smoked marijuana at one point during the program series. In an article in Expressen, Smith said that he could be sentenced to a fine for a minor drug offence. Conversely, TV4 television station allowed him to stay in the competition, provided he would not use drugs again during the show.
Smith's first solo single was "Dreaming People". He released his debut album, the self-titled Jay Smith, on 19 December 2010. The album shot straight to number one in its first week of release on the Swedish Albums Chart. It subsequently placed at number nine on the Swedish year-end chart. The album was also certified Platinum soon after its release.[3]
Smith also appears in the two compilation album from Idol 2010, singing the song "All I Need Is You".
He participated in Melodifestivalen 2024 with the song "Back to My Roots", where he finished tenth in the final.[4]
Discography
Albums
- Jay Smith (2010)
- King of Man (2013)
- Young Guns (2019)[5]
Collaborative albums
- Det bästa från Idol 2010 – Audition (2010)
- Det bästa från Idol 2010 (2010)
Singles
- "Dreaming People" (2010)
- "All I Need Is You" (2010)
- "King of Man" (2013)
- "Ode to Death (Little Sister)" (2013)
- "Keeps Me Alive" (2014)
- "God Damn You" (2015)
- "Neverneverland" (2015)
- "Out of Life" (2016)
- "Boomerang" with Smash Into Pieces (2017)
- "Ten Feet Off the Ground" (2018)
- "Roots" (2018)
- "Let My Heart Go" (2018)
- "My Everything" (2018)
- "Closing Time" (2019)
- "The End" featuring Maja Gullstrand (2022)
- "Back to My Roots" (2024)
Charting singles
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
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SWE [6] | |||
"Back to My Roots" | 2024 | 3 | Non-album single |
With Von Benzo
Albums
- Von Benzo (2009)
- Yes Kids It's True (2011)
Singles
- "Die Beautiful" (2009)
- "Bad Father, Bad Son" (2009)
- "Radio" (2011)
- "Addicted" (2013)
References
- ^ Jay Smith page on TV4 Idol website (in Swedish) Archived December 14, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ SvD: Minnah och Jay i "Idol"-final (in Swedish) Archived December 10, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Årslista Album, 2010". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- ^ "The 30 artists competing in Sweden's Melodifestivalen 2024". Eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union (EBU). 2023-12-01. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
- ^ "Young Guns by Jay Smith". Spotify. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
- ^ "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 11". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
External links
- Media related to Jay Smith (Swedish singer) at Wikimedia Commons
- Jay Smith Official website
Preceded by | Idol winner Jay Smith (2010) | Succeeded by |
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- "Coming True"
- "Right Here, Right Now"
- "Everything Changes"
- "This Moment"
- "With Every Bit of Me"
- "Higher"
- "Dreaming People"
- "All This Way"
- "Belong"
- "Unbelievable"
- "Can't Hold Me Down"
- "Playing with Fire"
- "Treading Water"
- "Everything"
- "Rain"
- Darin Zanyar
- Sebastian Karlsson
- Erik Segerstedt
- Amanda Jenssen
- Alice Svensson
- Calle Kristiansson
- Minnah Karlsson
- Robin Stjernberg
- Elin Bergman
- Mollie Lindén
- Amanda Winberg
- Rebecka Karlsson
- Hanna Ferm
- Kadiatou Holm Keita
- Freddie Liljegren
- Paulina Pancenkov
- Saga Ludvigsson
- Andreas Weise
- Ola Svensson
- Måns Zelmerlöw
- Danny Saucedo
- Loreen
- Sibel Redžep
- E.M.D.
- Johan Palm
- Daniel Karlsson (aka The Moniker)
- Anna Bergendahl
- Robin Bengtsson
- Lars Eriksson
- Rabih Jaber and Eddie Razaz (as Rebound!)
- Robin Stjernberg
- Tove Styrke
- Mariette Hansson
- Geir Rönning
- Oleg Nejlik
- Linnea Henriksson
- Renaida Braun
- William Segerdahl
- Bragi Bergsson
- Det bästa från Idol (series)
- Idol series