Who is Myles Smith? Winner of TikTok’s Breakthrough Artist of the Year

MYLES Smith's euphony vocation progressed from posting covers online to becoming a platinum-selling creator successful conscionable a mates of years.

In December 2024, the singer-songwriter from Luton was crowned Breakthrough Artist of the Year astatine the inaugural TikTok Awards.

Who is Myles Smith?

Myles Smith is simply a 26-year-old singer-songwriter from Luton who has rapidly risen to prominence successful the UK music scene.

Starting from humble beginnings of posting acoustic covers online, helium has developed a unsocial philharmonic individuality that resonates with a wide audience.

His travel represents a modern way to philharmonic success, leveraging  social media platforms to showcase his endowment and link with audiences.

Myles' communicative is simply a testament to the changing scenery of euphony find and the powerfulness of integer platforms successful launching philharmonic careers.

Musical journey

Myles' philharmonic roots hint backmost to his childhood, erstwhile helium began performing astatine unfastened mic events and pubs erstwhile helium was conscionable 12 years old.

During the Covid-19 lockdowns, helium started sharing screen songs online, which proved to beryllium a pivotal infinitesimal successful his career.

In 2022, helium gained wide attraction with his acoustic rendition of The Neighbourhood's opus Sweater Weather, which was initially released a decennary earlier successful December 2012.

Stargazing

His breakthrough deed Stargazing peaked astatine fig 4 connected the Official UK Charts, marking a important milestone successful his philharmonic journey.

Released successful May 2024, the platinum-selling azygous has besides had implicit 240k creations connected TikTok.

Speaking astir the process of penning Stargazing, Myles told Billboard: "It was thing that was birthed retired of being with the radical that I loved successful a abstraction that I loved.

"I was retired successful Malibu successful LA, my archetypal clip ever there, and distinctly antithetic from wherever I grew up.

"I was with songwriter Jesse Fink and a songwriter-producer Peter Fenn, who I’ve collaborated with before.

"I conscionable signed with my statement [RCA Records], and I was like: 'I privation to constitute thing that’s truly warm, amusive and happy.' I came up with the hook beauteous instantaneously.

"It was conscionable america jumping around, astir time 5 into penning — looking astatine each different with guitars and having the clip of our lives.

"It came from the thought of the radical that you love, the things that you love, ever being contiguous successful your life, possibly successful a mode you don’t recognise oregon see."

Myles singular achievements successful his carer truthful acold include:

• Making the shortlist for the BBC’s 2025's Brit Rising Star Award
• Performing astatine Glastonbury
• Hosting a virtual performance successful Fortnite
• Making it onto erstwhile US President Barack Obama's summertime playlist

TikTok's Breakthrough Artist of the Year

On December 3, 2024, Myles was crowned Breakthrough Artist of the Year astatine the inaugural TikTok Awards, further cementing his presumption arsenic a rising prima successful the euphony industry.

He said: “Thank you for this award, I admit it!

"This goes to amusement that TikTok has fixed america the quality to stock our euphony with the satellite and enactment British euphony backmost connected a pedestal.”