Astrid S

Astrid Smeplass (born 29 October 1996) is a Norwegian singer and songwriter. In 2013, she placed fifth in the Norwegian version of Pop Idol, titled Idol - Jakten på en superstjerne.

Astrid S
Astrid S performing in March 2019
Born
Astrid Smeplass

(1996-10-29) 29 October 1996
Berkåk, Norway
NationalityNorwegian
Other namesAstrid
Occupation
  • Singer
  • songwriter
Years active2013–present
Musical career
Genres
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
  • piano
LabelsUniversal Music Group
Websiteastridsofficial.com

Career

16-year-old Astrid Smeplass released her first single "Shattered", which was co-written by American singer-songwriter Melaine Fontana, after participating in Norwegian Idol in 2013. She signed a publishing deal with Sony ATV Music Publishing shortly after.

Her first single under her new artist image, "2AM", was released through Universal Music in 2014, releasing in the US the following year. She also released a cover of the single "FourFiveSeconds" by Rihanna, Kanye West and Paul McCartney.

2016 was the year of her global breakthrough with the monster hit "Hurts So Good" (432M), which was included on her first EP "Astrid S".[2] Smeplass also supported Troye Sivan on his European tour. The following year she released another / her second EP, "Party's Over", which consisted of several songs and collaborations, such as "Breathe" and "Such A Boy". During fall 2017 she released "Think Before I Talk" (220M), before embarking on her sold out "Party's Over World Tour" with 32 shows in the US, UK and Europe.

In 2017, Smeplass provided backing vocals on "Hey Hey Hey" by American singer Katy Perry from her album Witness.[3]

In 2017, her cover of Cezinando's "Vi er perfekt men verden er ikke det" was featured on the soundtrack of the fourth season of Skam and Smeplass performed it at the award ceremony P3 Gull the same year. On 30 June 2017, she released her second EP, Party's Over, which featured the singles "Breathe" and "Such a Boy". Two weeks later, the acoustic rendition of the EP was released, with an additional song titled "Mexico". In September 2017, her single "Think Before I Talk" topped the Norwegian charts and peaked at number 14 on the Swedish charts, where it was later certified platinum. It was also certified gold in Denmark, where it peaked at number nine.

In February 2018, Smeplass was awarded Årets Spellemann (Artist of the Year) at the annual Spellemannsprisen (the Norwegian equivalent of the Grammys), being the first female artist to do so since 2003.[4] After an extensive period of recording and studio sessions, "Emotion" was released the same fall - her first release in over a year. Astrid joined Years & Years on their UK tour at the end of 2018, culminating in a show at London's O2 Arena.[5]

2019 started off with the release of "Someone New" and sold-out-shows in New York and Los Angeles. Shortly after, Astrid joined Zara Larsson on her US tour dates throughout April, concluding with the release of her single "The First One".

In April 2019, Astrid became the face of Fendi's F for Fendi campaign.[6] She joined 16 year old climate change activist Greta Thunberg for her Fridays For Future event in Sweden, performing a cover of "I Want Know What Love Is" by Foreigner.

In August 2019 her fourth EP was released, titled Trust Issues.[7] The EP features previously released singles "Someone New", "Emotion" and "The First One", in addition to two new released; "Doing To Me" and "Trust Issues".[8]

"Trust Issues" (EP) was followed by her sold-out, stripped-back "Stripped Down Tour" across the US and Europe. At the end of Stripped Down Tour, she surprise released yet another EP, "Down Low", which added four stripped down tracks to Astrid's catalogue.

Astrid's first release of 2020 was "I Do", a collaboration with country star Brett Young. The song peaked at #3 in Norway.[9]

Discography

Extended plays
List of extended plays, with selected details, chart positions
Title Details Peak chart positions
DEN
[10]		 NZ
Heat
[11]		 SWE
[12]
Astrid S
  • Released: 20 May 2016
  • Label: Island
  • Format: Digital download
 38—40
Party's Over
  • Released: 30 June 2017[13]
  • Label: Island
  • Format: Digital download
 —522
Party's Over (Acoustic)
  • Released: 14 July 2017[14]
  • Label: Universal
  • Format: Digital download
 ———
Trust Issues
  • Released: 30 August 2019[15]
  • Label: Universal
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
 ——55
[16]
Down Low
  • Released: 26 September 2019[17]
  • Label: Universal
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
 ———

Singles

As lead artist
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
NOR
[18]		 AUS
[19]		 BEL (FL)
Tip
[20]		 BEL (WA)
Tip
[21]		 DEN
[10]		 NZ
[22]		 SWE
[12]		 UK
[23]		 US
Dance
[24]
"Shattered" 2013 4———————— Non-album singles
"2AM" (original or Matoma remix) 2014 13————————
  • IFPI NOR: 3× Platinum[25]
"Hyde" 2015 8————————
"Paper Thin" 19———————— Astrid S
"Running Out"
(with Matoma)		 7—————57—— Hakuna Matoma
"Hurts So Good" 2016 6—4140—1841176— Astrid S
"Breathe" 2017 397————[A]41—39 Party's Over
"Bloodstream" —————————
"Party's Over" —————————
"Such a Boy" 2—————[B]———
"Think Before I Talk"[30] 1—14—9—20—10
  • IFPI DEN: Platinum[31]
  • IFPI SWE: Platinum[26]
 Non-album singles
"Boys"
(with Lars Vaular)[32]		 39
[33]		————————
"Emotion"[34] 2018 3
[35]		——————[upper-alpha 1]—27 Trust Issues
"Closer"[37] ————————— Non-album single
"Someone New"[38] 2019 9
[39]		—————[upper-alpha 2]—[upper-alpha 3]—— Trust Issues
"Only When It Rains"
(with Frank Walker)		 33
[42]		———————— Non-album singles
"Sing It with Me"
(with JP Cooper)[43]		 22
[44]		—319——[upper-alpha 4]76
[46]		——
"The First One"[47] 5
[48]		——————[upper-alpha 5]—— Trust Issues
"Favorite Part of Me" 9
[50]		———————— Down Low
"I Do"
(with Brett Young)[51]		 2020 3
[52]		———————— TBA
"Dance Dance Dance" 6
[53]		—————[upper-alpha 6]———
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released.

Notes

  1. "Emotion" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number one on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.[36]
  2. "Someone New" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 26 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[40]
  3. "Someone New" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number four on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.[41]
  4. "Sing It with Me" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 40 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[45]
  5. "The First One" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number 11 on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.[49]
  6. "Dance Dance Dance" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 31 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[54]
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
NOR
[18]
"Waiting for Love" (Avicii featuring Prinston and Astrid S, acoustic) 2015 — Waiting for Love (Remixes)
"Dust"
(CLMD featuring Astrid S)		 2016 13
  • IFPI NOR: Platinum[25]
 Non-album single
"All Night"[55]
(The Vamps and Matoma featuring Astrid S)		 2017 — Night & Day
"Just for One Night"
(Blonde featuring Astrid S)		 — Non-album single
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released.

Guest appearances
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
NOR
[18]
"Air"
(Shawn Mendes featuring Astrid S)		 2015 40
  • IFPI NOR: Platinum[25]
 Handwritten
"Dawn"
(iSHi featuring Astrid S)		 — Spring Pieces

Other charted songs
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
NOR
[18][56]		 SWE
Heat.
[57]
"Doing to Me" 2019 1511 Trust Issues
"Trust Issues" 32—
"Years" 2020 15
[58]		— Down Low

Covers

Notes

  • A ^ "Breathe" did not chart on the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at 5 on the NZ Heatseekers Singles chart.[60]
  • B ^ "Such a Boy" did not chart on the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at 9 on the NZ Heatseekers Singles chart.[61]

Filmography
Television
Year Title Role Note Ref.
2016 Skam House party attender 1 episode; guest appearance [62]
2018 Astrid S tilbake fra verden Herself 5 episodes [63]

Concert tours
Headlining
  • Party's Over World Tour (2017)
  • World Tour Part_One (2020)
Supporting

Awards and nominations
Year Organization Award Work Result Ref.
2015 MTV Europe Music Awards Best Norwegian Act Astrid S Won
P3 Gull Årets Nykommer (Newcomer of the Year) Won
Årets Låt (Song of the Year) "2AM" Won
2016 MTV Europe Music Awards Best Norwegian Act Astrid S Nominated
2017 Spellemannprisen '16 Årets Nykommer & Gramostipend
(Newcomer of the Year & Gramo scholarship)		 Won
Årets Låt (Song of the Year) "Hurts So Good" Nominated
MTV Europe Music Awards Best Norwegian Act Astrid S Nominated [64]
2018 Spellemannprisen '17 Årets Spellemann
(Artist of the Year)		 Astrid S Won [65]
Sweden GAFFA Awards Best Foreign New Act Won [66]
MTV Europe Music Awards Best Norwegian Act Nominated [67]
2019 Sweden GAFFA Awards Best Foreign Solo Act Nominated [68]
MTV Europe Music Awards Best Norwegian Act Nominated

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