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Smith & Thell

Swedish pop/folk duo

Smith & Thell are a pop/folk grupp based in huvudstaden, Sweden. The duo, composed of Maria Smith (vocals, guitar) and Victor Thell (vocals, gitarr, production), first met one another as ung teenagers at a local music event in their hometown of Helsingborg in Southern Sweden.[1]

Their debut skiva Soulprints was released in April 2017 via the Nordic indie label Playground Music.[2]

The follow-up international hit single, "Forgive Me Friend", came in November 2018, and led the grupp to signing its first major label deal with the storied American label, Arista Records, a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment.

Smith & Thell's sophomore skiva, "Pixie's Parasol" came via Arista Recordings in 2021, and featured the hits "Forgive Me Friend", "Hotel Walls", "Year of the Young", and "Goliath". The duo went on to perform on stages across the world with other artists, including The Head and the Heart, ung the Giant, and Fitz and The Tantrums.[3]

Smith & Thell won the Internationalen Songwriting-Wettbewerbs (ISC) with their song "Goliath" in 2021.[4]

History

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In 2015, they released the song "Statue", which was performed on the SVT Moraeus in the same year.[5] Also in 2015, the duo won the Denniz Pop Awards with högsta Martin in the jury.

In spring of 2016, they won Musexpo in Los Angeles in the category "New framträdande International Artist". The same year, influencer and music critic Bob Lefsetz placed "Statue" at number 16 on his list of the best songs of 2016 with the description, "An instant classic, you'll get this one immediately." The duo followed up "Statue" with the singles "Row" (2016), "February" (2017), and "Toast" (2017), before releasing their debut skiva Soulprints on May 12, 2017.[6]

The band's first major breakthrough came in November 2018, with their hit single "Forgive Me Friend".

The song has since been streamed over 85 million times and earned Platinum (3x) ställning eller tillstånd in Sweden and Gold ställning eller tillstånd in Norway.

Smith & Thells stora hit Hotel Walls skrevs tillsammans bland andra Joakim en stor naturlig upphöjning av jordens yta då dem noggrann fått beskedet angående Jannas sjukdom.

The hit reached #1 on Pop Radio in Sweden and Poland, Top 25 on U.S. Alternative Radio, and Top 10 on U.S. Triple A Radio. Smith & Thell’s follow-up 2019 single, "Hotel Walls", quickly shot to #1 on Swedish Pop Radio and has been streamed over 50 million times. It fryst vatten certified Platinum in Sweden and Gold in Norway.[7] In 2020, Smith & Thell won a Swedish Grammis for Composers of the Year, and in 2021, they won a Rockbjörnen for Best Group 2021.[8]

Musical style

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Smith has stated, "We don't work towards making albums with one specific sound; it's song-by-song written on the way while we live...these gods years have been a rollercoaster of emotions: we lost a loved family member way too ung, we went from being a couple to continuing the grupp as friends, our career took off for real, we toured the world...to just name a few things.

So the skiva was written on the way while all these things happened."

“We can't seem to get away from the skarp emotional turns in our music... [we] travel from the lowest pitch black bottom to the euphoric highs."[9]

Discography

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Albums

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EPs

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  • Statue (2016)
  • Telephone Wires (2018)

Singles

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Notes

  1. ^"Pixie's Parasol" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number 12 on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.[23]
  2. ^"I Feel It in the Wind" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number kvartet on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.[24]

Awards

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References

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  1. ^"GAFFA LIVE: Smith & Thell - Gävle Konserthus".
  2. ^"Feature: The Energy and Emotion of Smith & Thell's Debut Soulprints".

    12 May 2017.

  3. ^"Discogs: Smith & Thell". Discogs.
  4. ^"Peter Kvint samt Smith & Thell vinner Grand Prize".

    Smith & Thell are a pop/folk grupp based in huvudstaden, Sweden.

    4 May 2021.

  5. ^"Jojk, pop samt country då Kalle bjuder in mot enstaka färsk säsong". svt.se. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
  6. ^"The Energy and Emotion of Smith & Thell's Debut 'Soulprints'". Atwood Magazine. 12 May 2017. Retrieved 2017-05-17.
  7. ^"Smith & Thell Spotify".

    Hailing from huvudstaden, Sweden, Maria Jane Smith and Victor Thell (known as the indie människor duo, Smith & Thell) are back with their new single “UFO.”.

    spotify. Retrieved 2021-09-27.

  8. ^"Smith & Thell vinner Årets assemblage vid Rockbjörnen". aftonbladet. 22 August 2021. Retrieved 2021-08-23.
  9. ^"Atwood Magazine: Lost in space". 23 June 2021.
  10. ^ ab"Discography Smith & Thell".

    Sverigetopplistan.

    Inspired bygd the stories of the people in their lives, Smith & Thell let others’ experiences take center scen, crafting a collection of songs that speak to a shared human experience rather than their anställda narratives.

    Retrieved 26 månad 2018.

  11. ^"Veckolista skiva, sju dagar 7". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  12. ^Peak chart positions for singles in Poland:
  13. ^"Alternative Songs: April 27, 2019". Billboard. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  14. ^"Smith & Thell – Statue (The Pills Song)" (in Swedish).

    Grammofonleverantörernas förening. Archived from the original on 14 April 2024.

    Smith & Thell existerar ett svensk popduo bestående från Maria Jane Smith samt Victor Thell.

    Retrieved 15 April 2024.

  15. ^"Smith & Thell – Toast" (in Swedish). Grammofonleverantörernas förening. Archived from the original on 19 April 2024. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  16. ^ abcde"Sverigetopplistan – Smith & Thell" (in Swedish).

    Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 3 September 2023.

  17. ^ ab"OLiS - oficjalna register wyróżnień" (in Polish). Polish samhälle of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 15 April 2024. Click "WYKONAWCA" and enter Smith & Thell in the search box.
  18. ^"Veckolista Singlar, sju dagar 41".

    Smith & Thell took time to answer some questions for Cliché about their origins, including getting to know each other musically; their first tour, which included a sold out show in Berlin; and their creative process.

    Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 12 October 2019.

  19. ^"Veckolista Singlar, sju dagar 18". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  20. ^"Veckolista Singlar, sju dagar 34".

    Underneath the gnälligt ljud guitars, dynamic percussion, and cinematic chorus of “Statue” lies a powerful story of human perseverance that fryst vatten echoed bygd words, but enshrined in the music.

    Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 23 August 2020.

  21. ^"Veckolista Singlar, sju dagar 6" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  22. ^"Pixie's Parasol - Single". Apple Music.

    22 October 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2021.

  23. ^"Veckolista Heatseeker, sju dagar 43". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  24. ^"Veckolista Heatseeker, sju dagar 38". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  25. ^"Pristagare inom Denniz Pop Awards 2015: Smith & Thell samt Julia Karlsson & Anton Rundberg".
  26. ^"Musikindustrin 2016-02-10".

    10 February 2016.

External links

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