Jay Smith (singer)
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Jay Jon Christopher Smith (born in Helsingborg
, Sweden
on April 29, 1981) is a Swedish
singer and guitarist with English ancestry. He won the Swedish
Idol 2010
title, beating Minnah Karlsson
in the December 10, 2010 final in the Ericsson Globe theater. Jay Smith also plays in the band Von Benzo, that has one album released.
During Idol 2010, he created controversy announcing that he had smoked marijuana at one point during the program series. In an article in Expressen
, Smith said that he could be sentenced to a fine for a minor drug offence. But TV4 television station running the show let him stay in the competition, provided he would not use it again during the Idol program.
Smith's first solo single was "Dreaming People". He released his debut album, the self-titled Jay Smith on 19 December 2010. The album shot straight to #1 in its first week of release in the Swedish Albums Chart.
Smith also appears in the two compilation album from Idol 2010, singing the song "All I Need Is You
".
With Von Benzo
Collaborations
Helsingborg
Helsingborg is a city and the seat of Helsingborg Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 97,122 inhabitants in 2010. Helsingborg is the centre of an area in the Øresund region of about 320,000 inhabitants in north-west Scania, and is Sweden's closest point to Denmark, with the Danish city...
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
on April 29, 1981) is a Swedish
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
singer and guitarist with English ancestry. He won the Swedish
Idol (Sweden)
Idol is a Swedish reality-competition talent show airing on TV4. It debuted in August 2004, and it has since become one of the most popular shows on Swedish television...
Idol 2010
Idol 2010
The seventh season of Swedish Idol premiered on September 7, 2010 and concluded in December 2010 and was broadcasted by TV4. Judges Anders Bagge, Laila Bagge Wahlgren and Andreas Carlsson continued to judge the show's contestants for their third year, along with, for the fourth consecutive year,...
title, beating Minnah Karlsson
Minnah Karlsson
Minnah Caroline Karlsson, born 26 March 1989 in Hallstavik is a Swedish singer.MK came second in the Swedish Idol 2010, where she met Jay Smith in the finals....
in the December 10, 2010 final in the Ericsson Globe theater. Jay Smith also plays in the band Von Benzo, that has one album released.
During Idol 2010, he created controversy announcing that he had smoked marijuana at one point during the program series. In an article in Expressen
Expressen
Expressen is one of two nationwide evening tabloid newspapers in Sweden, the other being Aftonbladet. Expressen was founded in 1944; its symbol is a wasp and slogans "it stings" or "Expressen to your rescue", always on the reader's side....
, Smith said that he could be sentenced to a fine for a minor drug offence. But TV4 television station running the show let him stay in the competition, provided he would not use it again during the Idol program.
Smith's first solo single was "Dreaming People". He released his debut album, the self-titled Jay Smith on 19 December 2010. The album shot straight to #1 in its first week of release in the Swedish Albums Chart.
Smith also appears in the two compilation album from Idol 2010, singing the song "All I Need Is You
All I Need Is You
"All I Need Is You" is a single by Australian singer Guy Sebastian. "All I Need Is You" is the second single from the album Just As I Am, following "Angels Brought Me Here". "All I Need Is You" reached number one on the ARIA Singles Chart and was accredited 1 x Platinum in Australia, and reached...
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Albums
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| SWE Sverigetopplistan Sverigetopplistan, earlier known as Topplistan and Hitlistan and other names, is since October 2007 the Swedish national record chart, based on sales data from Swedish Recording Industry Association .... |
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With Von Benzo
- 2009: Von Benzo
Collaborations
- 2010: Det bästa från Idol 2010
- includes his audition singing "Black Jesus" and "Heart-Shaped BoxHeart-Shaped Box"Heart-Shaped Box" is a song by the American grunge band Nirvana, written by vocalist and guitarist Kurt Cobain. The song was released as the first single from the group's third and final studio album, In Utero, in 1993. It was one of two songs from the album mixed by Scott Litt in order to augment...
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- includes his audition singing "Black Jesus" and "Heart-Shaped Box
Singles
- 2010: "Die Beautiful" (Von Benzo)
- 2010: "All I Need is You" (cover by Smith in Idol 2010)
- 2010: "Dreaming PeopleDreaming PeopleDreaming People is an English language 2010 Swedish single by Jay Smith, winner of Swedish Idol 2010. He performed it as the winner song on the final of the competition...
" - 2010: "Like a PrayerLike a Prayer (song)"Like a Prayer" is a song by American singer-songwriter Madonna on her fourth studio album of the same name . It was released on March 21, 1989, by Sire Records as the album's lead single...
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