Nate Smith

Data updated on 2025-06-11 21:17:40 UTC

Nate Smith is a drummer, composer, & producer from Chesapeake, Virginia. His visceral, instinctive, and deep-rooted style of drumming has led to three GRAMMY® nominations and work with esteemed artists, including: Pat Metheny, Dave Holland, Brittany Howard, Van Hunt, The Fearless Flyers, Norah Jones, Chris Potter, and Somi. Smith fuses his original compositions with an eclectic mix of music, including everything from jazz to R&B to hip-hop to pop. His latest album, Kinfolk 2: See The Birds (released September 2021 on Edition Records) is the highly-anticipated follow up to his 2017 GRAMMY® Award-nominated album, Kinfolk: Postcards From Everywhere. In recent years, Smith’s viral videos have been viewed by millions of people, underscoring his popularity as one of the most influential drummers of his generation.

Genres

: jazz fusion nu jazz jazz funk

Total plays

39.9 million

Updated on 2025-06-11

Date	Total plays
2025-06-11	39,873,151
2025-06-03	39,636,107
2025-05-26	39,548,230
2025-05-17	39,314,805
2025-05-02	38,982,999
2025-04-22	38,648,110
2025-04-13	38,543,461
2025-04-06	38,401,458
2025-03-28	38,218,456
2025-03-20	38,052,201
2025-03-10	37,839,865
2025-03-02	37,660,915
2025-02-21	37,446,397
2025-02-12	37,248,786
2025-02-02	37,085,013
2025-01-24	36,919,457
2025-01-15	36,724,977
2025-01-07	36,574,292
2024-12-29	36,460,972
2024-12-20	36,302,213
2024-12-12	36,123,473
2024-11-20	35,675,562
2024-06-10	32,081,260
2024-05-28	31,797,664
2024-05-11	31,413,359
2024-04-25	31,009,758
2024-04-10	30,646,268
2024-03-27	30,297,237
2024-03-11	29,912,238
2024-02-26	29,549,131
2024-02-10	29,156,970
2023-11-25	27,350,022
2023-10-15	26,421,478
2023-09-29	26,044,238
2023-09-15	25,741,558
2023-08-28	25,303,449
2023-08-24	23,295,970
2023-08-20	22,237,945

Social media links

Monthly listeners

161,627

Followers

84,723

Top Cities

Chicago

2,339 listeners
New York City

2,262 listeners
London

2,121 listeners
Los Angeles

2,174 listeners
Brooklyn

1,738 listeners

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Most popular tracks

Track	Plays	Duration	Release date
Skip Step	5,090,041	3:04	2017-02-03
Bounce, Pts. I + II	4,209,115	5:33	2017-02-03
Small Moves: Interlude	2,783,635	2:31	2017-02-03
Retold	2,369,866	4:55	2017-02-03
Get Down, Get Down	1,584,529	2:47	2018-09-28
Voyager One (feat. Nate Smith & Bobby Sparks II)	1,467,446	5:54	2021-04-16
Fly (For Mike) feat. Brittany Howard	1,418,299	4:01	2021-07-16
Roy Allan	1,353,359	1:07	2020-04-03
Pages	1,239,603	3:52	2017-02-03
Morning and Allison	1,197,990	5:06	2017-02-03
From Here: Interlude	1,120,717	2:34	2017-02-03
What It Do	918,527	2:32	2018-09-28
Altitude feat. Joel Ross & Michael Mayo	870,566	5:15	2021-09-03
Spress Theyself	858,815	3:54	2018-09-28
Rhythm and Blues: The Peacemaker	794,649	2:37	2020-04-10
Square Wheel feat. Kokayi & Michael Mayo	692,021	5:01	2021-06-18
Disenchantment: The Weight	687,547	5:43	2017-02-03
Boogie Down	558,217	3:17	2023-02-17
DumDum	525,500	2:60	2018-09-28
Signs of Life: Secret Agents of Weathering	469,385	3:22	2020-04-10
Spinning Down	452,434	8:41	2017-02-03
(If Love Won't) Can We Forgive Ourselves?	388,770	4:00	2020-04-10
Meditation: Prelude	361,291	1:16	2021-09-17
Band Room Freestyle feat. Kokayi	361,201	1:34	2021-09-17
Mom: Postcards From Detroit/Floyd/Salem	345,093	0:46	2017-02-03
Street Lamp	340,826	6:19	2021-09-17
Collision feat. Regina Carter	315,813	4:40	2021-09-17
Spiracles	295,400	5:27	2017-02-03
Day and Dusk	287,981	4:46	2018-09-28
So Be It	272,189	1:41	2018-09-28
Wrap It Up	265,424	3:54	2023-02-17
Rambo: The Vigilante feat. Vernon Reid	261,171	4:49	2021-09-17
Ghost Thud - for Mr. Allen	259,901	3:49	2018-09-28
Cowboy	254,103	5:38	2020-05-15
Home Free (for Peter Joe)	252,974	5:51	2017-02-03
Big/Little Five	251,864	3:47	2018-09-28
News To Me	234,704	3:05	2022-04-29
Sticking to My Guns	228,026	4:15	2023-02-17
Don't Let Me Get Away feat. Stokley	208,148	4:56	2021-09-17
Warble	199,000	2:41	2018-09-28
Dad: Postcards from Isaac Street	192,222	1:37	2017-02-03
Paved	173,035	2:42	2018-09-28
Start Over	164,528	4:30	2020-04-10
Warble: Reprise	158,837	0:59	2018-09-28
Leaping: Believe	151,129	3:18	2020-04-10
Back There	141,721	2:56	2024-04-05
Take Five	139,861	3:50	2024-01-26
I. (Dream Sequence) Come And Go With Me	138,023	2:39	2008-03-30
See the Birds feat. Joel Ross & Michael Mayo	137,199	3:18	2021-09-17
I Burn for You feat. Amma Whatt	131,764	4:31	2021-09-17
Midnite-daylight	101,406	4:40	2008-03-30
Come Back As A Flower	100,240	3:48	2008-03-30
Type Rider	98,960	3:21	2020-05-15
Eye Contact	96,481	3:45	2008-03-30
I'm Gonna Live Till I Die (feat. Nate Smith, Marcus Strickland, Adam Rogers & Alex Acuña)	92,476	4:10	2022-04-15
II. Monday Morning	78,385	4:27	2008-03-30
III. I'm Rushing Over	73,540	5:15	2008-03-30
Processional (for Aaron)	72,489	2:38	2023-12-14
Lotto	71,347	4:27	2020-04-21
Day Dream (feat. Nate Smith, Chris Potter & Adam Rogers)	64,830	6:07	2022-04-15
Run-On	60,765	2:51	2023-12-14
Small Talk	58,914	3:06	2008-03-30
New York State of Mind	57,229	6:03	2024-07-05
Ticks	56,962	1:39	2023-12-14
Bounce	56,432	2:21	2023-02-17
Clem	54,413	5:16	2020-05-15
Baby Hold On	54,395	3:56	2023-02-17
Come Back To Bed	53,815	5:18	2008-03-30
Right on Time (with Gretchen Parlato)	50,504	3:49	2024-09-24
Whisk	47,423	2:44	2023-12-14
Little Lamplight	47,166	2:06	2020-05-15
Van der Linde	46,960	3:35	2020-05-15
Showdown	44,100	2:23	2023-12-14
River	40,678	3:03	2023-12-14
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap	40,666	4:26	2023-02-17
Opera	38,487	3:42	2020-05-15
Yeli Geechee	36,811	7:05	2024-07-19
Trapped	35,608	1:44	2023-12-14
Slithery	33,230	3:12	2023-12-14
General George Washington	32,129	4:04	2020-05-15
Winky Dinky Dog	31,304	2:29	2023-12-14
Provinces	30,890	5:52	2020-04-15
I Was Born In Love With You	30,366	4:15	2024-05-03
Monday Morning	30,300	4:32	2007-11-27
Wait For It (for Steve Jordan)	29,823	1:32	2023-12-14
Sometimes I Miss	27,880	3:52	2025-01-31
When I Look In Your Eyes (feat. Nate Smith, Marcus Strickland, Adam Rogers, Alex Acuña, Terell Stafford, David Mann & Marshall Gilkes)	27,410	6:32	2022-04-15
Eternity	25,312	6:57	2017-03-03
Square Wheel - Radio Edit	21,020	2:37	2021-06-18
Bali Hai	20,315	5:52	2024-08-09
For Every Man There’s a Women	17,469	5:27	2024-08-09
Monday Morning - Instrumental	17,042	4:32	2007-11-27
Danny Boy	16,856	5:10	2024-08-09
All Or Nothing At All	14,685	5:29	2024-08-09
I Can't Stop Loving You (feat. Nate Smith, Marcus Strickland & Adam Rogers)	14,349	4:58	2022-04-15
I Will Say Goodbye	12,778	3:53	2024-08-09
come on, Nate	12,759	0:47	2022-08-03
Back There - Instrumental	12,651	2:56	2024-04-05
World on fire	9,336	1:48	2024-01-02
Are You Proud	7,988	2:43	2021-07-16
Beyond Affinity	7,841	7:55	2023-06-02
Think Of Me (feat. Nate Smith, Chris Potter, Chico Pinheiro, Alex Acuña & Rogerio Boccato)	7,461	3:48	2022-04-15
El Ritmo (feat. Nate Smith, Chris Potter, Adam Rogers, Alex Acuña & Rogerio Boccato)	5,699	6:19	2022-04-15
This Girl's In Love With You (feat. Nate Smith, Marcus Strickland, Adam Rogers, Chico Pinheiro, Alex Acuña & Rogerio Boccato)	5,507	5:11	2022-04-15
There Will Never Be Another You (feat. Nate Smith, Chris Potter, Adam Rogers & Chico Pinheiro)	5,430	4:15	2022-04-15
The Best is Yet To Come (feat. Nate Smith, Adam Rogers & Marcus Strickland)	5,212	3:37	2022-04-15
I'll Be Seeing You (feat. Nate Smith, Chris Potter, Adam Rogers, Chico Pinheiro & David Mann)	4,963	4:28	2022-04-15
People (feat. Nate Smith, Marcus Strickland & Adam Rogers)	4,934	4:60	2022-04-15
Intro: Wish You Were Here	4,890	0:30	2017-02-03
Makintosh Blu3	4,735	2:14	2023-10-14
Coastin'	4,696	3:07	2020-07-10
Konbini Confessions	4,220	7:10	2023-06-02
Stepfar 2feel	4,102	4:58	2023-06-02
Enigma	4,043	5:44	2022-03-18
New Frontier - Live	2,853	11:49	2015-09-18
New Beginnings	2,639	6:36	2022-03-18
Brooklyn Strut	2,120	3:20	2024-12-27
Meeting Across the River - Live	1,707	5:34	2015-09-18
Ex-Vitamins Intro	1,700	3:28	2021-08-27
I Canʼt Quit Her - Live	1,572	12:22	2015-09-18
Let Me Just Follow Behind - Live	1,413	13:09	2015-09-18
Hello, Itʼs Me - Live	1,354	9:33	2015-09-18
Coastin' - B-Side Remix	1,150	3:37	2020-07-18
Late in the Evening - Live	1,077	9:36	2015-09-18
Ghost Writer - Live	< 1000	7:53	2015-09-18
Think - Live	< 1000	2:22	2015-09-18
Iʼve Got a Bag of My Own - Live	< 1000	5:29	2015-09-18
Goose Chase	< 1000	2:48	2021-01-30
Escape from the Moon	< 1000	5:36	2024-12-27
The Game	< 1000	5:41	2024-12-27
Walk Away	< 1000	6:37	2024-12-27
Jaywalk	< 1000	4:57	2024-12-27
Looking For Mrs.	< 1000	2:25	2020-08-10
Radiostation Heat	< 1000	3:30	2020-05-05
Rap Pharoahe	< 1000	3:40	2021-04-16
Elevation Acceleration	< 1000	3:35	2021-02-06
Automatic	< 1000	4:52	2025-06-11