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Background information | |
Birth name | Alexander Glantz |
Born | Deerfield, Illinois, U.S. | January 23, 1995
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Years active | 2019–present |
Labels | Interscope |
Member of | Top Bunk |
Website | alexander23 |
Alexander Glantz (born January 23, 1995), known professionally as Alexander 23, is an American singer-songwriter and record producer. Since releasing his first string of singles and EP in 2019, he has worked with artists such as Olivia Rodrigo, John Mayer, Selena Gomez, Tate McRae, Charlie Puth, Noah Kahan, Laufey, Role Model, Reneé Rapp, Omar Apollo, Jeremy Zucker, Kenny Beats, David Kushner, Glaive and Megan Thee Stallion, and has accumulated over a billion streams on his own music. [1] [2]
Glantz was raised in Deerfield, Illinois [3] a suburb of Chicago, Illinois. At the age of 8, Glantz saw his father playing guitar which inspired him to learn as well. [3] As a teenager, he joined a band where he also learned how to play bass, piano, and drums. [4] He is Jewish. [5] [6]
After high school, Glantz went to the University of Pennsylvania for engineering, but dropped out a year later to pursue music more seriously. [7] Glantz then moved to Los Angeles, California to begin songwriting and producing for others and soon after he decided to write songs for himself and to pursue a career as an artist. [8]
Alexander signed to Interscope in 2019. [9] He released his first single "Dirty AF1s" in 2019 which made it to Spotify's New Music Friday playlist and was recognized as Apple Music's "Bop of the Week". [10] After releasing five subsequent singles, his first EP I'm Sorry I Love You was released by Interscope in October 2019. [11]
Since the release of his first EP, Alexander has released a number of singles as well as collaborations with artists such as Selena Gomez, Jeremy Zucker, Chelsea Cutler, and mxmtoon. He has also written and produced songs for a number of other artists such as Role Model, Olivia Rodrigo, Tate McRae and Louis The Child.
He made his first live debut opening for Alec Benjamin on his Outrunning Karma Tour in 2019 [12] and has since opened for artists such as mxmtoon, [13] Chelsea Cutler, [14] and Omar Apollo. [10] Alexander was set to open for Lauv during his How I'm Feeling Tour in August 2020, however, due to the COVID-19 pandemic these tour dates were cancelled. [15] Alexander instantly sold out his first two headline shows in Los Angeles in February 2020. [16]
When describing his decision to go by Alexander 23, Alexander said, "I was born on the 23rd, I grew up in Chicago and saw Michael Jordan as a huge figure in basketball and was obsessed with him, and he wore number 23. Plus, I was 23 when I started writing these songs. I knew that I wanted to go by my real first name and I just thought I'd spice it up by adding number 23 at the end." [7]
Alexander is also a member of the ten-member band Top Bunk. [17]
His second EP, Oh No, Not Again! was released on February 19, 2021, on Interscope Records. [18]
Alexander co-produced "Good 4 U" by Olivia Rodrigo with Dan Nigro [19] which was released on May 14, 2021, through Geffen and Interscope and debuted atop the Billboard Hot 100.
Alexander was nominated for Album of the Year at the 2022 Grammy Awards for his production work on Sour by Olivia Rodrigo. [2]
In the spring of 2022, Alexander joined John Mayer as the opening act on his Sob Rock tour. [20]
Alexander served as the executive producer for Reneé Rapp's debut album Snow Angel which was released in August 2023.
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I'm Sorry I Love You |
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Oh No, Not Again! |
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Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album |
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SWE Heat [21] | ||||
"Dirty AF1s" | 2019 | — | I'm Sorry I Love You | |
"When I Die" | — | |||
"Mars" | — | |||
"Sad" | — | |||
"High School" | — | |||
"See You Later" | — | |||
"Another Summer Night Without You" | — | 13 Reasons Why: Season 3 (A Netflix Original Series Soundtrack) | ||
"I Hate You So Much" | 2020 | — | Non-album singles | |
"Loving You Gets Hard" | — | |||
"IDK You Yet" | 19 | Oh No, Not Again! | ||
"Caught in the Middle" | — | |||
"Brainstorm" | — | |||
"Nothing's the Same" (with Jeremy Zucker) | — | |||
"Cry Over Boys" | 2021 | — | ||
"Come Here and Leave Me Alone" | — | |||
"Hate Me If It Helps" | 2022 | — | Aftershock | |
"Cosplay (Stripped)" | — | |||
"Ill" (featuring Kenny Beats) | — | Non-album singles | ||
"Ain't Christmas" (with Laufey) | — | |||
"How to Drive" | 2023 | — | ||
"I Wanna Live Forever" | — | |||
"How Much Longer?" | 2024 | — | ||
"On My Mind" (featuring Cory Wong) | — | |||
"Yours" | — | |||
"Cozy" (with Jeremy Zucker & Lauv) | — | |||
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Title | Year | Album |
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"Lucky" (Chelsea Cutler with Alexander 23) | 2020 | How To Be Human |
"Like That" (Gracey with Alexander 23) | The Art Of Closure | |
"We Don't Talk Enough" (Quinn XCII with Alexander 23) | 2021 | Change of Scenery II |
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Title | Year | Original artist(s) |
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"late nights - Alexander 23 edit" | 2019 | mxmtoon |
"Rare (Alexander 23 Edit)" | 2020 | Selena Gomez |
Year | Artist | Album | Song | Co-produced with |
2019 | Role Model | oh, how perfect | "that's just how it goes" | |
AJ Mitchell | Slow Dance | "Move On" | ||
Sam Setton | My Dream Girl Is My Ex Now | "My Dream Girl Is My Ex Now" | ||
"Santiago" | ||||
"Gum" | ||||
"Wine" | ||||
"Nice Kid" | ||||
"Hurts So Much" | ||||
"Pink Nikes" | ||||
"20 Roses" | ||||
"Palm Tree" | ||||
"Please Don't" | ||||
Non-album single | "I Never Lied 2 U" | |||
Maude Latour | Starsick | "Plans" | ||
2020 | Selena Gomez | Non-album single | "Rare (Alexander 23 edit)" | |
Noah Kahan | Non-album single | "Pride"(with mxmtoon) | ||
mxmtoon | dawn & dusk | "used to you" | ||
dawn (the edits) | "1,2" (featuring Chloe Moriondo) | |||
Maria Isabel | Stuck in the Sky | "A Game I Lose" | ||
"Stuck in the Sky" | Brandon Jhon | |||
Max Leone | Malleable | "The Beach" | Max Leone | |
2021 | Olivia Rodrigo | Sour | "Good 4 U" | Dan Nigro |
2022 | Lexi Jayde | Closer to Closure | "Drunk Text Me" | Nick Ruth |
David Kushner | Mr. Forgettable | "Mr. Forgettable" | ||
renforshort | moshpit | "moshpit" | Jeff Hazin | |
Tate McRae | I Used to Think I Could Fly | "boy x" | ||
"what would you do" | Charlie Puth, Blake Slatkin | |||
2023 | Reneé Rapp | Everything to Everyone (Deluxe) | "Bruises" | |
"Everything To Everyone (Extended Version)" | ||||
Snow Angel | "Talk Too Much" | |||
"I Hate Boston" | ||||
"Poison Poison" | ||||
"Gemini Moon" | ||||
"Snow Angel" | ||||
"So What Now" | Pop Wansel, Some Randoms, Isabella Sjöstrand | |||
"The Wedding Song" | Jon Bellion, Tenroc | |||
"Pretty Girls" | Petro A.P. | |||
"Tummy Hurts" | ||||
"I Wish" | ||||
"Willow" | Petro A.P. | |||
"23" | ||||
Reneé Rapp | Snow Angel Deluxe | I Do | ||
Swim | ||||
Tummy Hurts feat. Coco Jones | ||||
Glaive | i care so much that i dont care at all | Pardee Urgent Care | ||
Reneé Rapp featuring Megan Thee Stallion | Mean Girls | "Not My Fault" | Ryan Tedder, Jasper Harris, Jeff Richmond | |
Addison Rae | AR | "It Could've Been U" | ||
Grace Enger | Well Here We Are | "Bad Guy" | Grace Enger, Jeremy Zucker, Laufey | |
"The Neighbourhood" | Petro AP | |||
"Me to You" | Grace Enger, Petro AP | |||
"When It Was Over" | Grace Enger | |||
"The Cut" | Grace Enger | |||
Olivia Rodrigo | Guts | "Get Him Back!" | Dan Nigro |
Year | Artist | Album | Song | Co-written with |
2019 | Role Model | oh, how perfect | "that's just how it goes" | Tucker Pillsbury |
AJ Mitchell | Slow Dance | "Move On" | Aaron Frederick Mitchell, Jr., Jesse Fink | |
Maude Latour | Starsick | Starsick | Maude Latour | |
"Plans" | ||||
2020 | Maria Isabel | Stuck in the Sky | "Light Your Way Home" (interlude | Brandon Jhon, Maria Severino |
"A Game I Lose" | Daniel Esguerra, Maria Severino | |||
mxmtoon | dawn & dusk | "used to you" | Maia | |
Louis The Child | Here For Now | "Bittersweet" | Frederic Kennett, Robert Hauldren | |
Max Leone | Malleable | "The Beach" | Max Leone | |
2022 | Lexi Jayde | Closer to Closure | "Drunk Text Me" | Alexis Burnett, Cate Downing, Nick Ruth |
David Kushner | Mr. Forgettable | "Mr. Forgettable" | David Kushner | |
renforshort | moshpit | "moshpit" | Lauren Isenberg, Jeff Hazin | |
Tate McRae | 'i used to think i could fly' | "boy x" | Tate McRae | |
"what would you do" | Charlie Puth, Blake Slatkin, Tate McRae | |||
2023 | Reneé Rapp | Everything to Everyone | "Bruises" | Reneé Rapp, Cleo Tighe, Isabella Sjostrand, Elie Rizk |
”Everything to Everyone - extended version” | Reneé Rapp, Sarah Aarons, Cirkut | |||
Snow Angel | ”Snow Angel” | Reneé Rapp | ||
Talk Too Much | ||||
I Hate Boston | ||||
Poison Poison | ||||
Gemini Moon | ||||
So What Now | ||||
The Wedding Song | ||||
Pretty Girls | ||||
Tummy Hurts | ||||
I Wish | ||||
Willow | ||||
23 | ||||
Snow Angel (Deluxe) | I Do | |||
Snow Angel (Deluxe) | Swim | |||
Snow Angel (Deluxe) | Tummy Hurts (feat. Coco Jones) | |||
Reneé Rapp featuring Megan Thee Stallion | Mean Girls | "Not My Fault" | Reneé Rapp, Megan Thee Stallion, Ryan Tedder, Billy Walsh, Jasper Harris, Jeff Richmond, Nell Benjamin | |
Jeremy Zucker | OK | OK | Jeremy Zucker, Ben Ash , Artemas Diamandis | |
Addison Rae | AR | It Could’ve Been U | Addison Easterling, Tia Scola | |
Grace Enger | Well Here We Are | The Neighbourhood | Grace Enger, Dough Schadt | |
When It Was Over | Grace Enger | |||
Glaive | i care so much that i dont care at all | Pardee Urgent Care |
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result | Ref. |
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2022 | Sour | Grammy Award for Album of the Year | Nominated | [2] |
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