Benjamin Stewart (musician)

Benjamin Stewart
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
InstrumentsVocals, guitar
Years active2015-present

Benjamin Stewart is an Australian musician and lead singer of the band Slowly Slowly.

In 2024, Stewart released his debut album Pushing Daylight

Career

2015–present: Slowly Slowly

In 2015, Stewart, alongside Albert Doan, Patrick Murphy and Alex Quayle created the band Slowly Slowly, releasing their debut album in 2016 and have achieved three ARIA top ten albums through to 2025.[1]

2024–present: Solo career

In April 2024, Stewart released his debut solo album Pushing Daylight, which peaked at number 56 on the ARIA Charts.[2] In December 2025, Stewart released a second album Junkdrawers which peaked at number 47 on the ARIA Charts.[2]

Discography

Albums

List of albums, with release date and label shown
Title Details Peak chart positions
AUS
[2]
Pushing Daylight
  • Released: 12 April 2024
  • Label: Benjamin Stewart (BEN-01)
  • Formats: LP, digital download, streaming
56
Junkdrawers
  • Released: 12 December 2025
  • Label: Benjamin Stewart (BEN-02)
  • Formats: LP, digital download, streaming
48

Awards and nominations

APRA Awards

The APRA Awards are held in Australia and New Zealand by the Australasian Performing Right Association to recognise songwriting skills, sales and airplay performance by its members annually.

Year Nominee / work Award Result Ref.
2020 "Jellyfish" by Slowly Slowly (Ben Stewart) Most Performed Rock Work of the Year Nominated [3][4]

References

  1. ^ "'We Knew We Could Trust Ourselves': Ben Stewart On How Slowly Slowly Stayed True For 'Forgiving Spree'". The Music. 31 January 2025. Retrieved 19 December 2025.
  2. ^ a b c "Olivia Dean's chart rule rolls on". Australian Recording Industry Association. 19 December 2025. Retrieved 19 December 2025.
  3. ^ "Tones and I Leads Nominations for 2020 Virtual APRA Awards". Noise11. 7 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  4. ^ "2020 Awards". APRA. 7 April 2020. Archived from the original on 9 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.