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Top works
- aspects of e. m. forster
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Film & TV
Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Alec Shane Benjamin is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. Born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona, his 2018 breakthrough single "Let Me Down Slowly" reached the top 40 in over 25 countries and has amassed over 1.7 billion streams on Spotify as of December 2023.
Known for
- The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self2019
- The Late Late Show with James Corden — Self - Musical Guest2015
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self - Musical Guest2014
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self2003
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1913-11-22
- Active to
- 1976-12-04
Discography
- Ginastera: Variaciones concertantes / Britten: Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra1955
- Carnival of the Animals/The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra1962
- Serge Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf / Benjamin Britten: Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra1962
- Twentieth Century Church Music1963
- War Requiem1963
- Copland: The Red Pony & Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 201964
- Rejoice in the Lamb / Missa brevis / A Ceremony of Carols1965
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream1966
- Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra Op. 34 / Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge for string orchestra, Op. 101967
- Songs & Proverbs of William Blake - The Holy Sonnets of John Donne1969
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,393,113
- Total plays
- 54,746,159
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After getting dropped by Columbia Records at 18 years old, singer-songwriter Alec Benjamin built a following by playing in parking lots outside of Shawn Mendes and Troye Sivan concerts. The Phoenix, Arizona native caught the attention of Jon Bellion, earning a songwriting credit on Bellion’s debut album and later joined him on tour. To build on the momentum, Benjamin began uploading new songs to his YouTube channel at a rapid clip and eventually earned a viral hit with “I Built a Friend” and a
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Benjamin
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Phoenix
- Occupation
- singer-songwriter
- Educated at
- USC Thornton School of Music
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- pop music
- Instrument
- piano
- Record label
- Atlantic Records
- Official website
- alecbenjamin.com
- Image
- Alec Benjamin Press Photo Atlantic.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1994-05-28
- influenced by
- John Mayer
- start of work period
- 2013-00-00
- Commons category
- Alec Benjamin
- social media followers
- 5580000
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