Sam Buckingham is an Australian singer-songwriter from Byron Bay, Australia.
Buckingham has toured alongside iOTA, Abby Dobson, Lior, Kasey Chambers, Felix Riebl, Angus & Julia Stone, Washington and Katie Noonan and has been long-listed for the Australian Music Prize and is a seven-time finalist in the International Songwriting Competition.
Buckingham's fourth studio album Beautiful Machine (March 2026) debuted at number 35 on the ARIA Charts.
Early life In a 2022 interview with Music Festivals Australia, Buckingham said, "I've been singing for as long as I can remember… There are recordings of me at five years old, making albums with my Granddad, who was a singer and actor... My uncle gave me a hand-me-down guitar for Christmas when I was 14 and it suddenly just made sense for me to put music to the words I’ve been writing. It’s always felt natural to me, even when I began performing and was terrified to be in front of an audience."
Career Between 2005 and 2009, Buckingham released three extended plays, Daydreamer (2005), My Own Horse (2008) and Gravity (2009) and was a finalist in the International Songwriting Competition. the EP Fragile Heart was released in 2012.
In July 2013, Buckingham released I'm a Bird. This was followed in 2017 with The Water; a collection of songs that confront fear, convey heartache and celebrate adventure, desire and devotion.
Buckingham released Dear John in April 2022
Buckingham released her fourth studio album Beautiful Machine in March 2026. It debuted at number 35 on the ARIA Charts.
Discography Studio albums + List of albums, with selected details and chart positions Title Album details Peak chart positions AUS I'm a Bird Released: July 2013 Format: CD, digital Label: Sam Buckingham (BUCK03) — The Water Released: June 2017 Format: CD, digital Label: Sam Buckingham (BUCK04) — Dear John Released: 8 April 2022 Format: CD, digital Label: Sam Buckingham (BUCK05) — Beautiful Machine Released: 6 March 2026 Format: CD, LP, digital Label: Sam Buckingham (BUCK06) 35
Extended plays + List of EPs, with selected details Title Details Daydreamer Released: 2006 Format: CD Label: My Own Horse Released: 2008 Format: CD Label: Yellow Brick Records (YB003) Gravity Released: 2009 Format: CD, digital Label: Sam Buckingham (BUCK01) Fragile Heart Released: October 2012 Format: CD, digital Label: Sam Buckingham (BUCK02) Stories from the Road (with Timothy James Bowen) Released: May 2018 Format: digital Label: Sam Buckingham & Timothy James Bowen Woman (with Sarah Humphries) Released: November 2020 Format: digital Label: Sam Buckingham & Sarah Humphries
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