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Jorja Smith

Contemporary R&B
Contemporary R&B

Jorja Smith is a Contemporary R&B act. Their sound grew out of Sasha Keable, Vintage Culture, Sade, Amy Winehouse and Lauryn Hill. Those roots explain a lot about how Jorja Smith arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Mahalia, Pip Millett, Snoh Aalegra, Greentea Peng and Naomi Sharon, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Drake, Kali Uchis, Bruno Mars, Stormzy and Kendrick Lamar, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 63 connections around Jorja Smith, reaching back through Sasha Keable and forward to Drake. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Jorja SmithSasha KeableVintage CultureSadeAmy WinehouseLauryn HillAdeleNina SimoneAlicia KeysDrakeKali UchisBruno MarsStormzyKendrick LamarRag'n'Bone ManRavyn LenaeBurna BoyMahaliaPip MillettSnoh AalegraGreentea PengNaomi SharonTemsSabrina ClaudioIAMDDB

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Jorja Smith grew out of Sasha Keable, Vintage Culture, Sade and Amy Winehouse, shares an orbit with Mahalia, Pip Millett, Snoh Aalegra and Greentea Peng, went on to shape Drake, Kali Uchis, Bruno Mars and Stormzy. 63 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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