Astrid S

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Astrid S
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Astrid S performing in March 2019
Born
Astrid Smeplass

(1996-10-29) 29 October 1996 (age 25)
Berkåk, Norway
NationalityNorwegian
Other namesAstrid
Occupation
  • Singer
  • songwriter
Years active2013–present
Height1,76
Musical career
Genres
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
  • piano
Labels
Websiteastridsofficial.com

Astrid Smeplass (born 29 October 1996) is a Norwegian singer and songwriter. In 2013, she placed fifth in the Norwegian version of Pop Idol, entitled Idol – Jakten på en superstjerne. In 2020, she released her debut studio album, Leave It Beautiful, through Universal.

Career[]

16-year-old Smeplass released her first single "Shattered", which was co-written by American singer-songwriter Melanie Fontana, after participating in Idol - Jakten på en superstjerne 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. In 2016, she released the song "Hurts So Good", which was included on her debut self-titled extended play, Astrid S.[2] She also supported Troye Sivan on his European tour. The following year she released her second EP, Party's Over. In 2017, Smeplass provided backing vocals on "Hey Hey Hey" by American singer Katy Perry from her album Witness.[3]

In 2017, Smeplass' 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, an acoustic rendition of the EP was released, with an additional song entitled "Mexico". In September 2017, her single "Think Before I Talk" 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, being the first female artist to do so since 2003.[4] After the release of the song "Emotion", Smeplass joined Years & Years on their UK tour at the end of 2018, followed by her supporting Zara Larsson on her US tour in 2019. In April 2019, Astrid became the face of Fendi's F for Fendi campaign.[5] She joined 16-year-old climate change activist Greta Thunberg for her Fridays For Future event in Sweden, performing a cover of "I Want to Know What Love Is" by Foreigner.

In August 2019, her fourth EP was released, entitled Trust Issues.[6] 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".[7] Smeplass' first release of 2020 was "I Do", a collaboration with country singer Brett Young. The song peaked at number three in Norway.[8] In September of the same year, Smeplass announced her debut studio album, Leave It Beautiful, which was released on 16 October 2020. It was preceded by the lead single "Dance Dance Dance", as well as the second and third singles, "Marilyn Monroe" and "It's Ok If You Forget Me".[9] In 2021, she played the titular role in Tre nøtter til Askepott (Three nuts for Cinderella), a Norwegian remake of the 1973 Czechoslovak/East German film Tři oříšky pro Popelku, for which she also released the single "Når Snøen Smelter".[10][11]

Discography[]

Studio albums[]

Title Details Peak chart positions
NOR
[12]
Leave It Beautiful 2

Extended plays[]

List of extended plays, with selected details, chart positions
Title Details Peak chart positions
DEN
[13] 		NZ
Heat
[14] 		SWE
[15]
Astrid S
  • Released: 20 May 2016
  • Label: Island
  • Format: Digital download
 38 — 40
Party's Over
  • Released: 30 June 2017[16]
  • Label: Island
  • Format: Digital download
 — 5 22
Party's Over (Acoustic)
  • Released: 14 July 2017[17]
  • Label: Universal
  • Format: Digital download
 — — —
Trust Issues
  • Released: 30 August 2019[18]
  • Label: Universal
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
 — — 55
[19]
Down Low
  • Released: 26 September 2019[20]
  • Label: Universal
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
 — — —

Singles[]

As lead artist[]

Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
NOR
[21] 		AUS
[22] 		BEL (FL)
Tip
[23] 		BEL (WA)
Tip
[24] 		DEN
[13] 		NZ
[25] 		SWE
[15] 		UK
[26] 		US
Dance
[27]
"Shattered" 2013 4 — — — — — — — — Non-album singles
"2AM" (original or Matoma remix) 2014 13 — — — — — — — —
  • IFPI NOR: 3× Platinum[28]
"Hyde" 2015 8 — — — — — — — —
"Paper Thin" 19 — — — — — —[A] — — Astrid S
"Running Out"
(with Matoma) 		7 — — — — — 57 — — Hakuna Matoma
"Hurts So Good" 2016 6 — 41 40 — 18 41 176 — Astrid S & Leave It Beautiful (Complete)
"Breathe" 2017 3 97 — — — —[A] 41 — 39 Party's Over
"Bloodstream" — — — — — — — — —
"Party's Over" — — — — — — — — —
"Such a Boy" 2 — — — — —[B] — — —
"Think Before I Talk"[35] 1 — 14 — 9 — 20 — 10
  • IFPI DEN: Platinum[36]
  • IFPI SWE: Platinum[30]
 Leave It Beautiful (Complete)
"Boys"
(with Lars Vaular)[37] 		39
[38]		 — — — — — — — — Non-album single
"Emotion"[39] 2018 3
[40]		 — — — — — —[B] — 27 Trust Issues & Leave It Beautiful (Complete)
"Closer"[42] — — — — — — — — — Non-album single
"Someone New"[43] 2019 9
[44]		 — — — — —[C] —[D] — — Trust Issues
"Only When It Rains"
(with Frank Walker) 		33
[47]		 — — — — — — — — Non-album singles
"Sing It with Me"
(with JP Cooper)[48] 		22
[49]		 — 3 19 — —[E] 76
[51]		 — —
"The First One"[52] 5
[53]		 — — — — — —[F] — — Trust Issues
"Favorite Part of Me" 9
[55]		 — — — — — — — — Down Low
"I Do"
(with Brett Young)[56] 		2020 3
[57]		 — — — — — — — — Leave It Beautiful (Complete)
"I Don't Know Why"
(with NOTD) 		16
[58]		 — — — — — 91
[59]		 — —
"Dance Dance Dance" 6
[60]		 — — — — —[G] — — — Leave It Beautiful
"Marilyn Monroe"[62] 7 — — — — — — — —
"It's OK If You Forget Me" 7
[63]		 — — — — — — — —
"Am I the Only One"[64]
(with R3hab and Hrvy) 		— — — — — — — — — Non-album singles
"Relations"[65]
(with Felix Sandman) 		7
[66]		 — — — — — —[H] — —
"Når Snøen Smelter"[69] 2021 3
[70]		 — — — — — — — — Tre nøtter til Askepott
(soundtrack)
"Pretty"
(with Dagny) 		10
[71]		 — — — — — — — — TBA
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released.

Notes

  1. ^ "Paper Thin" did not enter the Swedish Singles Chart, but peaked at number nine on the Swedish Heatseeker chart.[29]
  2. ^ "Emotion" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number one on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.[41]
  3. ^ "Someone New" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 26 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[45]
  4. ^ "Someone New" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number four on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.[46]
  5. ^ "Sing It with Me" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 40 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[50]
  6. ^ "The First One" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number 11 on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.[54]
  7. ^ "Dance Dance Dance" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 31 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[61]
  8. ^ "Relations" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number two on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.[67]

As featured artist[]

Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
NOR
[21]
"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[28]
 Non-album single
"All Night"[72]
(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
[21]
"Air"
(Shawn Mendes featuring Astrid S) 		2015 40
  • IFPI NOR: Platinum[28]
 Handwritten
"Dawn"
(iSHi featuring Astrid S) 		— Spring Pieces

Other charted songs[]

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
NOR
[21][73] 		SWE
Heat.
[74]
"Doing to Me" 2019 15 11 Trust Issues
"Trust Issues" 32 —
"Years" 2020 15
[75]		 — Down Low
"Airpods" 22
[76]		 — Leave It Beautiful

Covers[]

Notes

  • A ^ "Breathe" did not chart on the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at 5 on the NZ Heatseekers Singles chart.[78]
  • B ^ "Such a Boy" did not chart on the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at 9 on the NZ Heatseekers Singles chart.[79]

Filmography[]

Television
Year Title Role Note Ref.
2016 Skam House party attender 1 episode; guest appearance [80]
2018 Astrid S tilbake fra verden Herself 5 episodes [81]
Movies
Year Title Role Note Ref.
2021 Three Wishes for Cinderella Cinderella [82]

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 [83]
2018 Spellemannprisen '17 Årets Spellemann
(Artist of the Year) 		Astrid S Won [84]
Sweden GAFFA Awards Best Foreign New Act Won [85]
MTV Europe Music Awards Best Norwegian Act Nominated [86]
2019 Sweden GAFFA Awards Best Foreign Solo Act Nominated [87]
MTV Europe Music Awards Best Norwegian Act Nominated
2020 P3 Gull Årets Artist (Artist of the Year) Astrid S Nominated

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