Alec Benjamin

	Chart positions ; Explanation of the data
	Albums
	Narrated for you
	These two windows
	Singles
	Let Me Down Slowly
	Let Me Down Slowly (feat. Alessia Cara )

Alec Shane Benjamin (born May 28, 1994 in Phoenix , Arizona ) is an American singer-songwriter .

Life

Alec Benjamin

Alec Benjamin is from Phoenix, Arizona. Under the influence of artists such as Eminem , Paul Simon and Citizen Cope , he developed his own style, which is composed of elements such as film music and lo-fi , which are shaped by his youthful voice. He first published his songs on the Internet, attracting the attention of Columbia Records , to which he signed at the age of 18. In 2014 his debut single Paper Crown was released .

Shortly after he submitted his album, however, he was released from his contract by Columbia Records. Traveling alone again, he organized a European tour himself and played free concerts near venues where Shawn Mendes and Troye Sivan later performed.

Back in the United States, he wrote New York Soul (Part II ) with Jon Bellion for his debut album The Human Condition . He then went on tour with Jon Bellion. At the same time his single Endless Summer was released .

A number of other concerts followed, within six months he played more than 165 shows and published a song about every two weeks on YouTube , which earned him around 150,000 subscribers. I Built a Friend followed in 2017 , which he featured on America's Got Talent and later went viral .

In 2019 he finally achieved his breakthrough with the song Let Me Down Slowly , which came from his independently published mixtape Narrated for You , but brought it to the Billboard Hot 100 together with Alessia Cara in a version published by Warner Music . In Germany, Austria and Switzerland, however, the original version charted.

Discography

Studio albums

2020: These Two Windows ( Atlantic )

Mix tapes

2013: Mixtape 1: America (White Rope)
2018: Narrated for You (in-house production)

Singles

2014: Paper Crown
2016: End of the Summer
2017: I Built a Friend
2018: Let Me Down Slowly
2018: Boy in the Bubble
2018: If We Have Each Other (US:gold)
2018: Death of a Hero
2018: Outrunning Karma
2018: 1994
2018: If I Killed Someone for You
2018: Water Fountain (US:gold)
2019: Let Me Down Slowly ( feat.Alessia Cara )
2019: The Saddest Song
2019: Must Have Been the Wind
2019: Jesus in LA
2019: Mind Is a Prison
2020: Demons
2020: Oh My God
2020: The Book of You & I
2020: Six Feet Apart (Quarantine Song)

Others

2016: New York Soul (Part II) (on the album The Human Condition by Jon Bellion ) - songwriting and guest singing

Awards for music sales

Golden record

Denmark Denmark
- 2019: for the album Narrated for You
Italy Italy
- 2019: for the single Let Me Down Slowly
Canada Canada
- 2019: for the single If We Have Each Other
- 2019: for the album Narrated for You
- 2020: for the Single Water Fountain

Platinum record

Belgium Belgium
- 2019: for the single Let Me Down Slowly
Denmark Denmark
- 2019: for the single Let Me Down Slowly
New Zealand New Zealand
- 2019: for the single Let Me Down Slowly
Norway Norway
- 2020: for the album Narrated for You
Portugal Portugal
- 2019: for the single Let Me Down Slowly

2 × platinum record

Australia Australia
- 2020: for the single Let Me Down Slowly
Brazil Brazil
- 2019: for the single Let Me Down Slowly
Norway Norway
- 2020: for the single Let Me Down Slowly
Poland Poland
- 2020: for the single Let Me Down Slowly

3 × platinum record

Canada Canada
- 2020: for the single Let Me Down Slowly

Diamond record

France France
- 2020: for the single Let Me Down Slowly

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	gold	platinum	diamond	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Australia (ARIA)	0! G-	2 × platinum2	0! D.-	140,000	aria.com.au
Belgium (BEA)	0! G-	platinum1	0! D.-	40,000	ultratop.be
Brazil (PMB)	0! G-	2 × platinum2	0! D.-	80,000	pro-musicabr.org.br
Denmark (IFPI)	gold1	platinum1	0! D.-	100,000	ifpi.dk
Germany (BVMI)	gold1	0! P-	0! D.-	200,000	musikindustrie.de
France (SNEP)	0! G-	0! P-	diamond1	333,333	infodisc.fr snepmusique.com
Italy (FIMI)	gold1	0! P-	0! D.-	25,000	fimi.it
Canada (MC)	3 × gold3	3 × platinum3	0! D.-	360,000	musiccanada.com
New Zealand (RMNZ)	0! G-	platinum1	0! D.-	30,000	nztop40.co.nz
Norway (IFPI)	0! G-	3 × platinum3	0! D.-	50,000	ifpi.no
Austria (IFPI)	gold1	0! P-	0! D.-	15,000	ifpi.at
Poland (ZPAV)	0! G-	2 × platinum2	0! D.-	40,000	bestsellery.zpav.pl
Portugal (AFP)	0! G-	platinum1	0! D.-	10,000	Individual evidence
Switzerland (IFPI)	0! G-	2 × platinum2	0! D.-	40,000	hitparade.ch
United States (RIAA)	2 × gold2	2 × platinum2	0! D.-	3,000,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold1	0! P-	0! D.-	400,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	10 × gold10	20 × platinum20th	diamond1

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Chart sources: US DE AT CH UK . Retrieved February 16, 2019.
↑ Mike Wass: Alec Benjamin's “End Of The Summer”: Premiere. Idolator, June 10, 2016, accessed February 13, 2019 .
↑ biography. Warner Music , accessed February 13, 2019 .
↑ Alessia Cara sings in this new version of “Let Me Down Slowly” with Alec Benjamin. Warner Music , January 8, 2019, accessed February 13, 2019 .
↑ Platinum for Let Me Down Slowly in Portugal

personal data
SURNAME	Benjamin, Alec
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Benjamin, Alec Shane (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American singer-songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH	May 28, 1994
PLACE OF BIRTH	Phoenix , Arizona , USA

[Charts-1] Chart sources: US DE AT CH UK . Retrieved February 16, 2019.

[2] Mike Wass: Alec Benjamin's “End Of The Summer”: Premiere. Idolator, June 10, 2016, accessed February 13, 2019 .

[3] biography. Warner Music , accessed February 13, 2019 .

[4] Alessia Cara sings in this new version of “Let Me Down Slowly” with Alec Benjamin. Warner Music , January 8, 2019, accessed February 13, 2019 .

[5] Platinum for Let Me Down Slowly in Portugal