Born on 28 September 2003, in Portsmouth, England, Lauren Spencer-Smith is a
Canadian singer-songwriter who first rose to fame after appearing as a
contestant on the eighteenth season of American Idol in 2020, finishing in the
Top 20. In 2021, she cast her net further afield when her self-released song
"Fingers Crossed" made it into the Top 20 in various countries, including the
US—where she secured a Number 19 position on the Billboard Hot 100—the UK, where
it went to Number 4, and Australia, as well as it rising to the top of the
charts in Norway and Ireland. The world-conqueri...