Singing teacher's tears over Sam Smith's Grammy success

An emotional Joanna Eden talks to ITV News. Credit: ITV News

Sam Smith's former singing teacher tearfully said she was "so proud of him" after he won four Grammy awards.

A singer-songwriter herself, Joanna Eden first met Sam when he was just nine years old.

Sam Smith won four Grammy awards at last night's event. Credit: Reuters

"He just blew me away from the word go," she told ITV News. "He just impressed me continuously with his confidence, his courageousness to take his voice wherever he chose to take it."

"I felt like I was witnessing something just incredible," Eden said.

An emotional Eden told of the moment she found out Sam had won the award: