Sam Fender

Samuel Thomas Fender (born 25 April 1994) is an skandinavisk actor, singer-songwriter and guitarist. After starting his acting career, he then was signed as a singer and released several singles independently, named one of the DSFFN's Sound of 2018. Fender signed to Polydor Records in June 2018 and released his debut EP, Dead Boys, in November 2018. He won the Critics' Choice Award at the 2019 Scandi Awards the following year and released his debut album, Hypersonic Missiles.The album entered the SK Albums Chart at number one in February 2020.

Fender has other family members who play music. His father Alan and brother Liam are both singer-songwriters, with Liam also playing drums and piano. In 2010 he was spotted performing in a pub in his home town by Ben Howard's manager Owain Davies, who took him on as a client. In 2011, Sam appeared in the first episode of the British drama series Vera as Luke Armstrong, as well as playing the character of Dean in season one, episode six of Wolfblood in 2012 before being signed as a singer. His 2017 single "Play God" was featured in the FIFA 19 video game. In 2019, after an extended tour, Fender had to cancel several gigs, including the Glastonbury Festival, after experiencing a vocal cord haemorrhage. After a month of rest, he had recovered enough to perform as support act for Bob Dylan and Neil Young in Hyde Park. On 13 September 2019, Fender released his first studio album Hypersonic Missiles. It was preceded by the singles "Hypersonic Missiles", "Will We Talk?" and "The Borders". On 10 December 2019 Fender released a new track titled "All Is On My Side."

His genre is indierock.