MONROE — The year of Benson Boone continues.
Coming off his smash hit “Beautiful Things,” which the 2020 Monroe High School grad parlayed into a slot opening for Taylor Swift, Boone picked up his first Grammy nomination Friday.
He’ll compete for Best New Artist with Sabrina Carpenter, Chappell Roan, Khruangbin, Shaboozey, Teddy Swims, RAYE and Doechii. Past winners include Olivia Rodrigo, Billie Eilish, fellow Washingtonian Macklemore and Adele.
Back in September, Boone, 22, performed at the MTV Video Music Awards and took home the award for Best Alternative Video for “Beautiful Things.” He was nominated for four awards.
Before that, he swooned the Swifties as the opening act on the uber-successful Eras Tour at Wembley Stadium in London in June.
The Monroe native rose to fame as an 18-year-old contestant on “American Idol” three years ago.
On the show, judge Katy Perry predicted: “They’re gonna swoon over Benson Boone.” But he ended up withdrawing from to pursue a singing career without the show.
It appears to have been the right choice. He now has 48 million monthly listeners on Spotify, and “Beautiful Things” has over 1.5 billion listens. The song has now spent 41 weeks on the Billboard Top 100 charts, peaking in the second spot. This week, it sat 11th. Four songs by his fellow Best New Artist nominees charted above him.
In other local Grammy news, Seattle legends Pearl Jam got three nominations for their latest album “Dark Matter.”
The Grammy Awards are set for Feb. 2.
Jake Goldstein-Street: 425-339-3439; jake.goldstein-street@heraldnet.com; X: @GoldsteinStreet.
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