Sam Fender discography
The discography of English singer, songwriter, and musician Sam Fender consists of three studio albums, six EPs and one live album.
In 2017, Fender released a series of singles, including his debut single "Play God", which became his first entry on the UK Singles Chart and earned a platinum certification. That same year, he was named one of the BBC's Sound of 2018, alongside other emerging artists. In 2018 he issued his first EP, Dead Boys, featuring the singles "Leave Fast", "Dead Boys" and "That Sound".
Fender received the Brit Awards Critics’ Choice Award in 2019 and subsequently released his debut studio album, Hypersonic Missiles. The album debuted at number one in the United Kingdom and generated the multi-platinum singles "Will We Talk?" and its title track.
His second studio album, Seventeen Going Under, was preceded by the title track, which became his first top-ten single in both the UK and Ireland. It ranked among the most successful songs of the year in the United Kingdom, finishing tenth on the year-end chart and receiving a 4× Platinum certification from the British Phonographic Industry. The album was released on October 2021 and topped the charts in the UK and Scotland. It also earned nominations for British Album of the Year at the 2022 Brit Awards and for the Mercury Prize.
In January 2024, Fender was featured on Noah Kahan's "Homesick", which reached the top ten in both the UK and Ireland and was certified Platinum in the UK. Later that year, he released "People Watching", the title track from his third studio album, which became another UK top-ten single and achieved Platinum status. The album followed in February 2025, debuting at number one with the biggest opening week for a British male solo artist since 2022 and the fastest-selling vinyl album by a British act in the 21st century. Its deluxe edition produced an additional top-ten single, "Rein Me In", a collaboration with Olivia Dean. People Watching went on to win the 2025 Mercury Prize.