Multi-platinum-selling Grammy-, Brit-, Golden Globe- and Oscar-winning artist/songwriter Sam Smith will release Gloria, their fourth studio album, on Jan. 27, 2023 via Capitol Records.
According to a press release, the album’s “subjects dive deep and wide, into contemporary narratives around sex, lies, passion, self-expression and imperfection.”
Smith added, “It feels like emotional, sexual and spiritual liberation. It was beautiful, with this album, to sing freely again. Oddly, it feels like my first-ever record. And it feels like a coming of age.”
Smith has already released the smash hit “Unholy” recorded with another LGBTQ+ musician: Kim Petras. The single has already captured the No. 1 spot on three Billboard charts—Global 200, Streaming Songs and Digital Song Sales—and topped the U.S. Shazam chart. “Unholy” has spent three consecutive weeks at number one on the UK Official Singles Chart, marking Sam’s eighth song to top that chart.
The singer has had 35 million adjusted album sales, 250 million single sales and 45 billion career streams with the global success of their previous three studio albums—In the Lonely Hour, The Thrill of It All and Love Goes.