Jorja Smith

Jorja Smith's third studio album, "What Are The Odds", was released on 21 August 2026 and reached number 1 on the Official Independent Albums Chart and number 1 on the Official Dance Albums Chart, both dated 3 September 2026. She plays The Arena London on Saturday 17 July 2027. She has won two BRIT Awards, British Female Solo Artist in 2019 and Critics' Choice in 2018, and her debut album "Lost & Found" was shortlisted for the 2018 Mercury Prize without winning it. She is a singer and songwriter from Walsall in the West Midlands, born on 11 June 1997. Every chart figure on this page was re-counted from the Official Charts artist page on 7 September 2026.

Who is Jorja Smith?

Jorja Smith is a British singer and songwriter who came through on other people's records before building a catalogue of her own. She has three studio albums and four charting UK albums, and she has recorded alongside Drake, Stormzy, Burna Boy and Childish Gambino. She is from Walsall, and she now releases through her own independent label, FAMM.

FAMM is her own imprint and it is not the only label her catalogue has sat on. The 2026 album came out on it independently, which says most about how she works now: her own release, on her own timetable.

What awards has Jorja Smith won?

Jorja Smith has won two BRIT Awards. The most recent is British Female Solo Artist in 2019, and before that she took the BRITs Critics' Choice award in 2018, before her debut album was out. Her debut "Lost & Found" was shortlisted for the 2018 Mercury Prize and did not win. She has also been nominated for a Grammy Award for Best New Artist.

She has never had a UK number one album or a UK top 5 single. That matters for an arena headline show, because it describes the shape of her audience. "Little Things" spent 22 weeks on the singles chart in 2023, a long run rather than a short spike.

What is "What Are The Odds"?

"What Are The Odds" is Jorja Smith's third studio album, released on 21 August 2026 on FAMM. It runs to 12 tracks and it turns towards dance music. Her own store describes it as "Rooted in dance music", bringing together "UK Garage, Grime, 2-Step, UK Funky, Soulful House and Afro House". Devlin features on "This City" and Wizkid features on "Alive".

The running order, taken from the artist's own store:

• For Life
• What Are The Odds
• What's Done Is Done
• This City (feat. Devlin)
• Pretend
• The Way It Was
• I Lied, You Lied
• Dancing
• Alive (feat. Wizkid)
• Young Heart
• Make It Your Home
• When It Gets Like That

On the Official Albums Chart the record peaked at 17, dated 3 September 2026. On that same date it was number 1 on the Official Independent Albums Chart and number 1 on the Official Dance Albums Chart, and it reached 4 on the Official Record Store Chart and 8 on the Official Vinyl Albums Chart. For anyone deciding who to bring in July 2027, the genre turn matters more than the number: the newest record in her catalogue is built on club forms, not on the sound of her 2018 debut.

What are Jorja Smith's highest-charting songs?

Her highest UK singles peak is 8, for "Be Honest" with Burna Boy, dated 29 August 2019, which spent 16 weeks on the chart. "Little Things" peaked at 11 on 1 June 2023 and ran 22 weeks. "Stay Another Day" peaked at 16 on 30 November 2023. "Crush" with AJ Tracey peaked at 23 on 27 February 2025 and spent 10 weeks on the chart.

Her four charting albums, with peaks and peak dates from the same source:

• "Lost & Found", peak 3, dated 21 June 2018, 29 weeks on chart
• "Be Right Back", peak 9, dated 27 May 2021, 2 weeks on chart
• "Falling or Flying", peak 3, dated 12 October 2023, 2 weeks on chart
• "What Are The Odds", peak 17, dated 3 September 2026

"Be Right Back" charts as an album but is catalogued as an extended play, which is why the studio-album count is three and not four.

Where can you see Jorja Smith in 2027?

Jorja Smith plays The Arena London on Saturday 17 July 2027. The date was announced on 21 August 2026, the same day "What Are The Odds" was released. Dork, writing on the day the date was announced, called it her biggest London headline show. No support act had been listed on any open channel as at 7 September 2026.

Her announced 2027 routing, matched line for line on two independent reports:

• 26 May, Amsterdam, Ziggo Dome
• 27 May, Paris, Accor Arena
• 29 May, Brussels, ING Arena
• 1 June, Dusseldorf, Mitsubishi Electric Halle
• 2 June, Berlin, Zitadelle
• 5 June, Copenhagen, KB Hallen
• 7 June, Stockholm, Annexet
• 8 June, Oslo, Oslo Spektrum
• 17 July, London, The Arena London
• 6 November, Brisbane, Riverstage
• 9 November, Sydney, Hordern Pavilion
• 13 November, Melbourne, Sidney Myer Music Bowl

The London night is covered in more detail on the Jorja Smith 2027 pages.

What does hospitality at a Jorja Smith show involve?

At large UK indoor arenas, hospitality is sold as a ladder rather than as one product. At one end is a lounge upgrade bought on top of an ordinary ticket. At the other is a private suite taken for the night or held across a year. Eight of the nine UK arenas that publish their terms describe both ends of that range, so the first question is how far up that ladder your evening needs to sit.

The benefit those nine arenas publish most consistently is a separate or fast-tracked entrance, stated by eight of them. Five of the nine also say hospitality guests get into the building before the general public. That is the part that changes the feel of a July Saturday in London: the queue and the walk to the seat happen while the concourse is still quiet.

Where hospitality sits in the room shapes the evening just as much. Six of the nine arenas describe their premium seating as raised, in a second tier, on a private balcony or in a gallery, not on the floor. For a Jorja Smith show that is a real trade. Her newest album is built on UK garage and house, which suits the floor for people who want to dance, while a seated tier suits people who want to see the stage, hear the mix and talk to each other between songs.

Dining runs before the music, not through it. Every arena in that group that publishes a closing point says the lounge or private bar stops serving as the headline act starts, with one arena closing lounge entry 30 minutes before the main act. The hosting therefore sits in the run-up to the music rather than running alongside it.

Formats differ by venue and by package: a three-course seated meal at one arena, a one-course meal before you take your seat at another, small plates and cocktails at a third, ordering to the seat by QR code at a fourth. The arrangement for a specific night is confirmed at the point of booking, not assumed from the category. Where a package includes alcohol, it is served to over-18s only and photo identification may be requested under a Challenge 25 policy.

A fuller walk through the evening, from arrival to getting home afterwards, is in The Arena London hospitality in 2027.

What is not included, and who does it suit?

The easiest assumption to get wrong is that "hospitality" means everything is included. Across the nine UK arenas that publish their terms, food and drink are included only where the specific package says so: two state the exclusion outright and two more say inclusion varies package by package. One arena's exclusion line is the clearest in the set, covering travel, accommodation, food and drinks and anything not named in the event description.

The other items that are commonly not included:

• Parking at the entry tiers. Five of the nine attach it to suites or the top tiers, and one states outright that it is not included with its entry premium seating.
• A reserved seat in the lounge. Where a shared lounge is involved, tables are first come, first served at the one arena that publishes a policy, even though the arena seat itself is a specific seat.
• Extra guests added later. One arena states plainly that companion tickets cannot be added after purchase, so the headcount matters at the point of booking.
• Anything after the headline act begins. Post-show access is published at only two of the nine.

Once the inclusions are clear, the fit is usually obvious. A shared lounge upgrade suits anything from one person to a small group who want the queue taken out of the night and are content to sit in a public room; some of the nine sell premium singly, one down to a single seat or bar stool and another with a minimum booking of two. A private suite suits a named group who need to host, eat and talk in one place all evening; published suite capacities at comparable UK arenas run from about twelve to about thirty-four.

Accessibility of the hospitality areas specifically, as distinct from general venue accessibility, is published by only two of the nine arenas. The arrangement for a particular night is therefore confirmed at the point of booking, not described in advance from another venue's policy.

Dates, night-by-night detail and what a Saturday in July means for getting a group home are on the Jorja Smith 2027 hospitality pages and the 17 July 2027 show page.