Alex Warren

Awards & Honours

Awards Won

Rankings

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In just a few years, Alex Warren went from sleeping in his car to headlining arenas and earning a Grammy nomination. His single "Burning Down the House" spent multiple weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and has been streamed over a billion times. He was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in 2025 and included in the TIME100 Next list, which spotlights emerging leaders across industries. Billboard ranked him number one on their "21 Under 21" list in 2024. These honors reflect not just his commercial success but his ability to connect with a generation that sees their own struggles in his story.

AwardsWarren has won several major awards recognizing his rapid rise in music. He took home Best New Artist at both the MTV Video Music Awards and the American Music Awards in 2024. The following year, he won Song of the Year at the VMAs for "Burning Down the House." He also won Best New Pop Artist and TikTok Bop of the Year at the iHeartRadio Music Awards in 2025, and was named The New Artist of 2024 at the People's Choice Awards. His Grammy nomination for Best New Artist in 2025 remains his most prestigious recognition to date, though he did not win.

Rankings & Lists

21 Under 21

Billboard·2024

#Listed

30 Under 30 – Music

Forbes·2025

#Listed

TIME100 Next

TIME·2025

#Listed

10 New Artists You Need to Know

Rolling Stone·2024

Magazine Covers

Rolling Stone

November 2024

The New King of Pop? Alex Warren on His Rise from TikTok to the Top of the Charts

Billboard

March 2025

The Influencer Era: Alex Warren and the Music Industry's New Path to Stardom

June 2025

Alex Warren's Heartbreak-to-Hitmaker Journey

Records & Feats

First social media star to have a debut Hot 100 number one single

Career Milestone·2024

Warren's 'Burning Down the House' reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2024, making him one of the first creators from the TikTok influencer era to achieve this milestone with their debut chart-topper.

Over 1 billion streams for a debut single

Chart Record·2025

'Burning Down the House' surpassed one billion streams across all platforms, a rare achievement for a debut single from an artist who started as a content creator.