Sam Fischer

Fisher was born outside of Sydney in 1991[1] and grew up on a farm in the town of Grose Vale, just outside Sydney, Australia. His musical life began at age three when he started playing violin after being inspired by seeing a performance by Queenie.[4] He moved with his family to Sydney when he was seven, and at age 10 took up the saxophone, later playing in his high school jazz band. By age 12, he was writing songs. He attended Sydney Grammar School and later the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. In 2010 he was accepted to Berklee College of Music in Boston, and moved to that city to study music.[5] He is classically trained on saxophone and violin. At Berklee he joined the vocal troupe Pitch Slapped, which won an a cappella competition in 2014.

Fischer's debut release was as a featured artist on Alex Preston's single "Heartbeats" in July 2012.[6] In September 2014, after graduating from Berklee,[7] Fischer moved to Los Angeles, where he was active in the local a cappella scene and sang backing vocals for the band HOLYCHILD[4] while writing songs and aiming for success as an artist on his own.

In May 2016, Fisher released his first single "Lean".[8][9] The following year he released the singles "Same Friends", which premiered at Billboard on 10 November 2017[10] and "Getting Older".[11] Fischer featured on Opia's single "Secrets".[12]

In January 2018, Fisher released his debut EP, Not a Hobby.[1] In May 2018, Fischer released a second EP titled Sam Fischer (Our Vinyl Sessions), featuring acoustic recordings of "Getting Older", "Same Friends" and "Lean".[13] In January 2019, Fischer collaboration with London's Black Saint on "Everybody Wants You" which became a dance in mid-2019.[1] The same year, he toured with Lewis Capaldi.[14] Later in 2019, Fischer was signed by RCA Records who re-released "This City" in December 2019[15] and re-released Not a Hobby EP in January 2020.[2] Not a Hobby peaked at number 15 on the Australian Artist Singles Chart on 9 March 2020.[16]

Fischer has worked with a variety of producers and has written songs for artists including Ciara ("Dose"),[17] Elle King, Sabrina Claudio, Keith Urban, MAX, Christian French, Andy Grammer, Saygrace, and Jessie J.[18][19]

The ARIA Music Awards are a series of annual awards, which recognise excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. In 2020, Fischer was nominated for one award.[46][47]