Sam Fender

Sam Fender is a singer who has other family members are musicians. His father Alan and brother Liam are both singer-songwriters, with Liam also playing drums and piano. In 2010 Sam was spotted performing in a pub in his home town by Ben Howard's manager Owain Davies, who took him on as a client. In 2011, Sam appeared in the first episode of the British drama series Vera as Luke Armstrong, as well as playing the character of Dean in season one, episode six of Wolfblood in 2012 before being signed as a singer. His 2017 single "Play God" was featured in the FIFA 19 video game.

In 2019, after an extended tour, Sam had to cancel several gigs, including the Glastonbury Festival, after experiencing a vocal cord haemorrhage. After a month of rest, he had recovered enough to perform as support act for Bob Dylan and Neil Young in Hyde Park. On 13th September 2019, Sam Fender released his first studio album Hypersonic Missiles. On November 30th 2019 Sam Fender released a new song entitled Saturday. It was preceded by the singles "Hypersonic Missiles", "Will We Talk?" and "The Borders". He has been nominated for five awards, and won one of which, which was the critics' choice awards at the BRIT Awards in early 2019. On Thursday 23rd April 2020 he contributed to BBC One's The Big Night In for Children In Need and Comic Relief performing Times Like These from home alongside the group who released the song Foo Fighters amongst the Live Lounge Allstars with their rendition of the song later entering The Official Chart Top 40 at #5 the following day on Friday 24th April 2020. The following week on Friday 1st May the song reached #1. On Tuesday 11th August 2020 Fender performed the first socially distanced gig in a park in Newcastle, in order to begin a series of socially distanced gigs for several differing artists.

In 2021 Fender released a new single entitled Seventeen Going Under which was titled after the album of the same name. In late September 2021 he released another new single entitled Spit of You, before going on to release a music video for the song which featured actor Stephen Graham in early October of the same year. On Friday 15th October 2021 the single Seventeen Going Under entered the Official Singles Chart Top 40 at #26, whereas the album of the same name entered the Official Albums Chart Top 40 & peaked at #1. The following week on Friday 22nd October 2021 the single Seventeen Going Under fell down twelve places from #26 to #38. The following week on Friday 29th October 2021 the single Seventeen Going Under rose up a place from #38 to #37. The following week on Friday 5th November 2021 the single Seventeen Going Under departed from the chart. The following week on Friday 12th November 2021 the single Seventeen Going Under re-entered the chart at #22. The following week on Friday 19th November 2021 the single Seventeen Going Under rose up thirteen places from #22 to #9. The following week on Friday 26th November 2021 the single Seventeen Going Under remained at #9. The following week on Friday 3rd December 2021 the single Seventeen Going Under rose up but a place from #9 to #8. The following week on Friday 10th December 2021 the single Seventeen Going Under fell down seven places from #8 to #15. The following week on Friday 17th December 2021 the single Seventeen Going Under rose back up six places from #15 to #9. The following week on Friday 24th December 2021 the single Seventeen Going Under fell down nine places from #9 to #18. The following week on Friday 31st December 2021 the single Seventeen Going Under fell down twelve places from #18 to #30. On the same day Fender performed the single Seventeen Going Under upon the New Year's Eve Special of Top Of The Pops. The following week on Friday 7th January 2022 the single Seventeen Going Under rose up twenty seven places from #30 to #3. The following week on Friday 14th January 2022 the single Seventeen Going Under fell down two places from #3 to #5. The following week on Friday 21st January 2022 the single Seventeen Going Under fell down a place from #5 to #6. The following week on Friday 28th January 2022 the single Seventeen Going Under remained at #6. The following week on Friday 4th February 2022 the single Seventeen Going Under fell down two places from #6 to #8. On Tuesday 8th February 2022 he won the fan voted 'Best Alternative / Rock Act' at the BRIT Awards. Three days later on Friday 11th February 2022 the single Seventeen Going Under rose back up a place from #8 to #7. The following week on Friday 18th February 2022 the single Seventeen Going Under rose back up a further place from #7 to #6. The following week on Friday 25th February 2022 the single Seventeen Going Under fell back down a place from #6 to #7. The following week on Friday 4th March 2022 the single Seventeen Going Under remained at #7. The following week on Friday 11th March 2022 the single Seventeen Going Under rose up a place from #7 to #6. The following day on Saturday 12th March 2022 Fender performed Seventeen Going Under during the End Of The Show Show segment of an episode of 'Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway'. The following week on Friday 18th March 2022 the single Seventeen Going Under fell down seventeen places from #6 to #23. The following week on Friday 25th March 2022 the single Seventeen Going Under fell down a further four places from #23 to #27. The following week on Friday 1st April 2022 the single Seventeen Going Under rose up two places from #27 to #25. The following week on Friday 8th April 2022 the single Seventeen Going Under fell back down two places from #25 to #27. The following week on Friday 15th April 2022 the single Seventeen Going Under fell down a further three places from #27 to #30. The following week on Friday 22nd April 2022 the single Seventeen Going Under rose back up two places from #30 to #28. The following week on Friday 29th April the single Seventeen Going Under fell down four places from #28 to #32. The following week on Friday 6th May 2022 the single Seventeen Going Under fell down a further four places from #32 to #36. The following week on Friday 13th May 2022 the single Seventeen Going Under departed from the chart. On Friday 1st July 2022 the single Seventeen Going Under re-entered the chart at #20. The following week on Friday 8th July 2022 the single Seventeen Going Under rose up two places from #20 to #18. The following week on Friday 15th July 2022 the single Seventeen Going Under rose up a further three places from #18 to #15. The following week on Friday 22nd July 2022 the single Seventeen Going Under fell down a place from #15 to #16. The following week on Friday 29th July 2022 the single Seventeen Going Under fell down a further place from #16 to #17. The following week on Friday 5th August 2022 the single Seventeen Going Under fell down a further two places from #17 to #19. The following week on Friday 12th August 2022 the single Seventeen Going Under fell down a further three places from #19 to #22. The following week on Friday 19th August 2022 the single Seventeen Going Under departed from the chart once again. In October 2022, he released a new single entitled 'Wild Grey Ocean'. On Friday 16th June 2023 the single Seventeen Going Under re-entered the chart at #29. The following week on Friday 23rd June 2023 the single Seventeen Going Under fell down eleven places from #29 to #40. The following week on Friday 30th June 2023 the single Seventeen Going Under departed from the chart. In 2024, he featured on Noah Kahan’s latest single entitled “Homesick”. The following week on Friday 26th January 2024 Homesick entered the Official Chart Top 40 at #5.

## Track Discography

* Play God (Sam Fender)
* Hypersonic Missiles (Sam Fender)
* Will We Talk? (Sam Fender)
* The Borders (Sam Fender)
* Saturday (Sam Fender)
* Times Like These (Live Lounge AllStars)
* Seventeen Going Under (Sam Fender)
* Spit of You (Sam Fender)
* Wild Grey Ocean (Sam Fender)
* Homesick (Noah Kahan featuring Sam Fender)