Sam Smith

Since Sam Smith topped the BBC's Sound Of 2014 list last January, he has sold millions of albums, befriended Beyonce and scored six Grammy nominations. He looks back at his year.

Four of the top five most-played songs on UK radio last year were duets or multi-artist singles.

The east end boy from Glasgow has been compared to previous winner Sam Smith in the prestigious music prize.

The dictionary said searches for the non-binary pronoun on its website increased by 313% this year.

Woke, upcycling, femtech and prorogue were all hotly tipped - but what was chosen to sum up 2019?

But there will be no change at next year's ceremony, organisers say.

Sam Smith asked fans to use they/them but history shows these pronouns aren't new in language.

The singer makes the announcement after having been "at war with my gender" for a lifetime.