Fraser Thorneycroft-Smith (born 8 February 1971), known professionally as Fraser T. Smith, is an English record producer, songwriter and musician. Some of the singles he collaborated on include

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's "

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", James Morrison's " Broken Strings",

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's " Number 1" and

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's " Break Your Heart". In 2016, Smith teamed up with

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to produce his debut album '' Gang Signs & Prayer'', which won Best Album at the

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. Earlier that year he produced seven tracks on Kano's ''

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'' album and co-produced the debut EP from South London rapper

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. Smith has also worked with

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. Smith released his debut album, ''12 Questions'', on 30 October 2020. The record is based on a series of 12 questions all born of Smith’s own anxieties about the world, discussing issues such as faith, freedom, race, gender, wealth, equality and ecology. Smith collaborated with

, Kano,

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and

. On 18 March 2021, Smith was presented with a RSL (Rockschool Ltd) Fellowship. In August 2021, Dave and Smith were nominated for the Ivor Novello Awards 2021 in the Best Contemporary Song category for "Children of the Internet". Dave and Smith subsequently won. This was their third Ivor Novello win in four years. The song is performed by Future Utopia. This was producer Smith’s new project and features Dave and

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Career

Smith started his career playing guitar in pubs and clubs both as a solo musician and in bands. In 1992, Smith met

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with whom he toured and recorded. Smith then went on to work with

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and

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. In the mid-1990s, they formed Jeronimo Road, a

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band. Smith then became involved in playing guitar in studio sessions, performing on over 200 records, including Rui da Silva's number one " Touch Me" and Tim Deluxe's "It Just Won’t Do". In 1999, Smith was introduced to the then-unknown

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and spent five years working as his guitarist performing on television and radio, as well as at concerts including the

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Tribute Concert at Radio City Hall in New York, the Tsunami Relief Cardiff at the

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, and Live 8, London. They remixed songs together under the pseudonym of Treats and have written the songs "World Filled With Love", "6 of 1 Thing", and "Hot Stuff". In 2011, Smith won a Grammy Award for his work with Adele. In 2012, Smith was nominated for an

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for his writing on " Broken Strings". In 2015, Smith was nominated for Album of the Year in the 57th Grammy Awards for his contribution to Sam Smith's album ''

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''. Between 2013 and 2016, Smith worked with longtime collaborator Kano on his album ''

'', which was subsequently shortlisted for the 2016

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and nominated for Album of the Year at the

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. It went on to win Best Album at the

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. Smith also collaborated with Mexican duo

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on their album ''

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'', which was released in December 2015. At the 17th Annual Latin Grammy Awards, the album received the nomination for

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and won for Best Contemporary Pop Vocal Album. In 2016, Smith was approached by grime and hip hop artist

. They spent ten months writing and producing his debut album, '' Gang Signs & Prayer'', released independently through #Merky Records on 24 February 2017. The album was supported by the lead single " Big for Your Boots". During the

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, Smith produced the Live Lounge Allstars' charity version of the

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' " Times Like These", featuring twenty-four musicians recorded from their homes. In 2018, Smith and the rapper Dave won an Ivor Novello Award for the track "Question Time". In 2020, they won an Ivor Novello Award for the track "Black".

Discography

Studio album

Selected song writing and production credits

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Fraser T. 1971 births Living people English songwriters English male guitarists English record producers English multi-instrumentalists People from Taplow People educated at Reading Blue Coat School People educated at Sir William Borlase's Grammar School Grammy Award winners 21st-century British guitarists 21st-century British male musicians British male songwriters