sam smith

Of all artists to cover Sam Smith, Chris Brown was not one of the first to come to mind. Still, we were pleasantly surprised to hear the troubled singer croon those opening notes -- that is, until he changed up the rest of the chorus.

The world is being introduced to Sam Smith. He is a British songwriter who rose to fame in October 2012 when he was featured on Disclosure's breakthrough single "Latch", which peaked at number eleven on the UK chart. Naughty Boy's "La La La"—earned him his first number-one single on the chart in May 2013...