Sam Ryder (born 1989 Maldon, England) is a British musician, who in began w… Read Full Bio ↴Sam Ryder (born 1989 Maldon, England) is a British musician, who in began working in the music industry in 2009, as the vocalist/guitarist for metal band The Morning After, before becoming the guitarist for metalcore bandBlessed by a Broken Heart and vocalist of metalcore band Close Your Eyes.

After initially going viral in 2019 with "Set You Free", his cover of the 1990's hit by N-Trance, Sam Ryder rose to prominence thanks to TikTok, where he started posting a series cover songs in March 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. By the end of 2020, Sam Ryder had become the most followed music artist on TikTok, leading him to sign with the record label Parlophone and the management agency TaP Music.

On 24 September 2021, Ryder released his major-label debut EP, titled "The Sun’s Gonna Rise.

On 10 March 2022, the BBC announced that they had internally selected Sam Ryder to represent the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022, with the song "Space Man". Ryder finished in second place at the Eurovision final with 466 points, becoming the highest-scoring UK Eurovision entrant. He won the jury vote and also scored the UK its best result since 1998 and its first top three since 2002.