British singer and songwriter Myles Smith is leading the charts for most streamed album and songs, with his latest release ‘A Minute’. Smith begun his career on TikTok shortly after graduating, and ever since his songs have caught the attention of a world wide audience, making him one of the most promising figures in the UK music industry. The artist won the BBC Introducing Artist of the Year Award in 2024.
Smith is originally of Luton, and has said that his music was inspired by different genres and cultures that he used to listen to and has experienced in childhood. He begun performing at open-mics nights before starting to post covers on TikTok in 2022. These caught the attention of many, including his future agents, and by the time Smith begun releasing music, he had already built a significant audience. About his musical upbringing, Smith told Official Charts:
Growing up I listened to a lot of Green Day. Weirdly, they were one of the first artists who made me feel liberated in liking music that was different . Then there’s Adele, who really taught me not only how to write gut punches, but to be able to explore the depths of my emotions when it came to love. Labrinth was another person I idolised, as a young British black guy doing something so different at the time. That was a real nod to say ‘hey, you don’t have to go down the route of grime, trap, rap or hip-hop.’ You can make pop music as a black guy from England and still be accepted.
@mylessmithuk You promised a lifetime, but left in a moment… #newmusic #acoustic #singersongwriter ♬ SOLO by Myles Smith – Myles Smith
After releasing a few successful songs, Smith released his first EP titled ‘You Promised a Lifetime‘, which debuted in March of 2024. While the album didn’t to appear on Official Charts, off of it the song ‘Solo’ peaked at number 69 and spent 11 weeks on charts. The artist then releasing ‘Stargazing’, his most successful single so far, which peaked at number four in the UK. ‘Stargazing’ anticipated Smith’s second EP, ‘A Minute‘, released in November 2024.
‘A Minute‘ is currently at number one on most Downloaded Albums, while ‘Nice To Meet You‘ is peaking at number one on Singles Download Charts. Both the album and the song has spent 10 weeks on Download Charts, with the former debuting at number six and the latter debuting at number four; this week marks a peak for Smith, whose releases are re-climbing charts after falling out of the top 40 a couple weeks ago.
Smith’s latest album debuted on Official Charts in November, spending two weeks at number 63 and number 90. ‘Nice To Meet You’ peaked at number six and has, so far, spent ten weeks on charts. After falling out of the top ten a couple weeks ago, the song re-entered the top-spots of charts this latest weeks and, seen that it is currently leading the Download Charts, it could climb even higher.
Other records in this week’s Album Download Charts are ‘Who Let the Dogs Out?’ by the Lambrini Girls, Franz Ferdinand’s new release ‘Human Fear’, Heidi Montag’s ‘Superficial’ and Tremonti’s ‘The End Will Show Us How’.
