hit, it prompted Brit Awards nominations for Album of the Year, Breakthrough Act, and Female Solo Artist. This activity neatly set up the June arrival of Lost & Found, Smith's first album. Just as notably, she appeared on the Black Panther soundtrack with "I Am," a collaboration with album orchestrator Kendrick Lamar. In early 2018, Smith released the conflicted ballad "Let Me Down," which featured grime artist Stormzy and eventually peaked at number 34 on the U.K. MOBO nominations followed for Best Female, Best Newcomer, and Best R&B/Soul Act.
indie chart and peaked at number 54 on the pop chart. The last of the batch reached number five on the U.K. A handful of additional solo singles, beginning with "Beautiful Little Fools" and "Teenage Fantasy" and concluding with "On My Mind," arrived throughout 2017. Both of the songs on which she appeared, "Jorja Interlude" and "Get It Together," charted in multiple territories. Smith's international profile was elevated in 2017 with contributions to Drake's playlist More Life. By the end of 2016, she also added the Maverick Sabre collaboration "A Prince," the powerful "Where Did I Go?," and the five-track EP Project 11 to her discography. indie chart and was nominated for a MOBO award in the category of Best Song. The song, issued through her own FAMM label, reached number 22 on the U.K. After she completed her studies, she made her recorded debut in 2016 with "Blue Lights," a hip-hop soul single inspired by racist police motives. She started performing at the age of eight, and shortly thereafter began writing original songs, later earning a music scholarship. Raised on reggae, soul, and hip-hop, Jorja Alice Smith was encouraged to pursue music by her musician father. She has continued to build on her success with Be Right Back (2021), an EP preceded by the Top Ten U.K.
hit, was acknowledged with three Brit Awards nominations and a Grammy nomination for Best New Artist.
During this time, Smith also contributed to Drake's More Life playlist and the soundtrack for Black Panther, audience-expanding appearances that intensified anticipation for her own Lost & Found (June 2018). dance chart with "On My Mind" (2017), and after three additional MOBO nominations, she crossed into the Top 40 with the ballad "Let Me Down" (2018). indie chart with her moody, MOBO-nominated debut single, "Blue Lights" (2016), she nearly cracked the Top Ten of the U.K. The Walsall-born artist experienced a swift emergence in the latter half of the 2010s. Jorja Smith is an English singer and songwriter whose heartfelt and streetwise R&B has invoked comparisons to the likes of AlunaGeorge, Rihanna, and Amy Winehouse, the latter of whom she cites as her biggest influence.
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