Alec Benjamin
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Alec Shane Benjamin (born May 28, 1994 in Phoenix , Arizona ) is an American singer-songwriter .
Life
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
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Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.
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Australia (ARIA) | - | 2 × platinum2 | - | 140,000 | aria.com.au |
Belgium (BEA) | - | platinum1 | - | 40,000 | ultratop.be |
Brazil (PMB) | - | 2 × platinum2 | - | 80,000 | pro-musicabr.org.br |
Denmark (IFPI) | gold1 | platinum1 | - | 100,000 | ifpi.dk |
Germany (BVMI) | gold1 | - | - | 200,000 | musikindustrie.de |
France (SNEP) | - | - | diamond1 | 333,333 | infodisc.fr snepmusique.com |
Italy (FIMI) | gold1 | - | - | 25,000 | fimi.it |
Canada (MC) | 3 × gold3 | 3 × platinum3 | - | 360,000 | musiccanada.com |
New Zealand (RMNZ) | - | platinum1 | - | 30,000 | nztop40.co.nz |
Norway (IFPI) | - | 3 × platinum3 | - | 50,000 | ifpi.no |
Austria (IFPI) | gold1 | - | - | 15,000 | ifpi.at |
Poland (ZPAV) | - | 2 × platinum2 | - | 40,000 | bestsellery.zpav.pl |
Portugal (AFP) | - | platinum1 | - | 10,000 | Individual evidence |
Switzerland (IFPI) | - | 2 × platinum2 | - | 40,000 | hitparade.ch |
United States (RIAA) | 2 × gold2 | 2 × platinum2 | - | 3,000,000 | riaa.com |
United Kingdom (BPI) | gold1 | - | - | 400,000 | bpi.co.uk |
All in all | 10 × gold10 | 20 × platinum20th | diamond1 |
Web links
- Official website
- Alec Benjamin on Warner Music
- Alec Benjamin at Discogs (English)
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
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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 |