Benee

Benee live 2019

Stella Rose Bennett (born January 30, 2000 in Gray Lynn , Auckland ), better known by her stage name Benee (formerly Bene ), is a New Zealand singer-songwriter .

Life

Stella Rose Bennett grew up in Gray Lynn, Auckland. Her musical career began in her senior year of high school. She posted covers on Soundcloud . After high school, she studied communications at Auckland University of Technology , but dropped out within just two weeks. Instead, she decided to try and make a living from music. Music producer Josh Fountain discovered her music and produced her two singles Tough Guy (2017) and Soaked (2018).

On June 28th, 2019 she released her first EP Fire on Marzz under the name Bene . She changed her name shortly afterwards to indicate how to pronounce her name, namely / ˈbɛniː /, and an artist with the same name also existed in the United States. The EP reached number 13 in the New Zealand album charts. At the New Zealand Music Awards , it won the awards for best individual artist, for the single of the year ( Soaked) , as best newcomer and best artist (pop).

In the same year, the EP Stella & Steve followed , which also reached the New Zealand charts and was also placed on the Billboard 200 for the first time . The single Supalonely starring Gus Dapperton went viral on TikTok and became her first world hit.

Discography

EPs

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks	[↑]: treated together with the previous entry; [←]: placed in both charts
		NZ	AU	US
2019	Fire on Marzz	NZ13 platinum (40 weeks)NZ	AU19 (... wk.) AU	-	First published: June 28, 2019
	Stella & Steve	NZ19th gold (… Where.)NZ[AU: ↑]		US138 (6 weeks) US	First published: November 15, 2019

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)							Remarks
		NZ	AU	DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2018	Soaked Fire on Marzz	NZ14th × 2 Double platinum (22 weeks)NZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: September 14, 2018
2019	Glitter Fire on Marzz	NZ3 × 2 Double platinum (… Where.)NZ	AU20th × 2 Double platinum (12 weeks)AU	-	-	-	-	-	First published: July 3, 2019
	Supalonely Stella & Steve	NZ2 platinum (… Where.)NZ	AU6th platinum (… Where.)AU	DE26 (23 weeks) DE	AT15 (... weeks) AT	CH25 (23 weeks) CH	UK18th silver (… Where.)UK	US39 platinum (22 weeks)US	First published: December 6, 2019 feat. Gus Dapperton

More singles

• 2017: Tough Guy
• 2019: Evil Spider
• 2019: Want Me Back
• 2019: Find an Iceland (NZ:gold)
• 2019: Monsta
• 2020: Lownely
• 2020: Night Garden (feat. Kenny Beats & Bakar)
• 2020: Snail

Guest Posts

• 2020: New Body (Fred feat. Love Leo & BENEE)

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Belgium 2020: for the single Supalonely  Denmark 2020: for the single Supalonely Platinum record  Canada 2020: for the single Supalonely

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

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Australia (ARIA)	-	-	3 × platinum3	210,000	aria.com.au
Belgium (BEA)	-	gold1	-	20,000	ultratop.be
Denmark (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	45,000	ifpi.dk
Canada (MC)	-	-	platinum1	80,000	musiccanada.com
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	2 × gold2	6 × platinum6th	165,500	nztop40.co.nz
United States (RIAA)	-	-	platinum1	1,000,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver1	-	-	200,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	silver1	4 × gold4th	11 × platinum11

Web links

Commons : Benee  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official presence on Universal Music
• Benee on MusicBrainz (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Get to know Benee, if you know what's good for you. In: fashionjournal.com.au. November 28, 2019, accessed March 22, 2020 (American English). 
2. ↑ Alim Kheraj: 10 things you need to know about hazy pop superstar benee. In: iD. June 4, 2019, accessed on March 22, 2020 . 
3. ^ What you need to know about Benee, NZ music's rising star . In: NZ Herald . November 14, 2019, ISSN  1170-0777 ( nzherald.co.nz [accessed March 22, 2020]).
4. ↑ Auckland teen Bene makes her visual debut with 'Tough Guy'. In: Sniffers. February 28, 2018, accessed March 22, 2020 . 
5. ↑ Meet BENEE, A Kiwi Pop Star in the Making. Retrieved March 22, 2020 (English). 
6. ↑ George Fenwick: Album review: Benee, Fire on Marzz . In: NZ Herald . July 10, 2019, ISSN  1170-0777 ( nzherald.co.nz [accessed March 22, 2020]).
7. ↑ Interview: BENEE Talks Debut EP 'FIRE ON MARZZ' & BENEEvision. In: Idolator.com. July 2, 2019, accessed March 22, 2020 . 
8. ↑ Kiwi pop sensation Benee claims four titles at the Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards. Retrieved March 22, 2020 (English). 
9. ↑ Future Hit: BENEE's "Supalonely" Is Absolutely Irresistible. In: Idolator.com. March 10, 2020, accessed March 22, 2020 . 
10. ↑ ^{a b} chart sources:
    • Charts.nz (NZ)
    • Australian-charts.com (AU)
    • Austrian-charts.com (AT)
    • Officialcharts.de (DE)
    • Officialcharts.com (UK)
    • US (US)
11. ↑ ^{a b} Awards for Music Sales:
    • NZTop40.co.nz (NZ)
    • Ariacharts.com.au (AU)
    • bpi.co.uk (UK)
    • riaa.com (US)