Allen Stone

Allen Stone (born March 13, 1987) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician based in Seattle. His musical style spans genres including soul and R&B. Stone has released five studio albums and two extended plays, with his latest album Apart released in 2021.

Early life Stone was born on March 13, 1987, in Chewelah, Washington, near Spokane. He began his career singing at his father's church. His father was a preacher and his mother was an OB/GYN nurse. He began singing in church at age 3.

By age 14, Stone was leading worship at his church and playing the guitar.

Allen did not discover soul music until he was a teenager, and he started collecting classic albums from the 1960s and 1970s.

Career Stone has released five albums, Last to Speak (2010, self-released), the self-titled Allen Stone (2011, ATO Records), Radius (2015, Capitol Records), Building Balance (2019, ATO Records), and APART (2021, ATO Records). Radius was also re-released by ATO Records in 2016 as a deluxe edition with seven additional tracks.

Stone had been touring cross-country for a few years and sold a self-released album on the Internet. However, it was not until October 2011, when his second album was released, that his career began to truly kick off. USA Today called Allen Stone a "pitch-perfect powerhouse".

In October 2011, he performed his song "Unaware" on Conan and was featured again in June 2015.

In 2012, Stone was featured on the song "Neon Cathedral" by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis off their album The Heist.

Stone was voted one of mtvU's Freshman 5 in late 2012 and tapped as VH1's first "You Oughta Know" artist of 2013. In January 2013, Stone appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show and performed the song "Sleep".

Radius, his first album for Capitol Records, was released on May 2015. It was recorded in collaboration with Magnus Tingsek, and features production from Malay and Benny Cassette. Allen Stone said of the album title, "The radius is that line extending from the center of the circle to its exterior, and in a lot of ways this album is about getting out things deep inside—whether it's love or insecurity or joy or frustration about things going on today." On March 2016, Radius was re-released as a deluxe edition by ATO Records with seven additional tracks.

On April 2017, Stone's song "Perfect World" was featured on the trailer for the upcoming Netflix series Dear White People.

In 2018, Stone released the single "Brown Eyed Lover" and appeared on American Idol in 2018, to sing duets with multiple contestants. His fourth full-length album, 2019's Building Balance, was co-produced with Jamie Lidell.

In 2022, Stone competed in the American Song Contest, representing his home state of Washington. He placed first out of eleven in the jury vote for his semi-final, and advanced to the competition final and finished in fifth place despite not performing live for personal reasons. On October 2022, Stone released a new single, "5 Minutes". He was then to go on tour in Australia, starting on November 11, 2022.

Stone co-wrote and performed on the track "Look At Me" in The Lucky One, an album by Cory Wong released in August 2023.

In 2026, Stone wrote and performed the song "Home, Where Your Heart Found Me" in the Apple TV special Snoopy Presents: There's No Place Like Home, Snoopy.

Social commentary in music On Allen Stone's self-titled album, a few songs address social and political issues, including "Unaware", "Contact High", and "What I've Seen".

A live music video of "Unaware – Allen Stone – Live From His Mother's Living Room" on Stone's YouTube account has been viewed over 16,000,000 times. Stone wanted to have a different and weird setting for this video, so they recorded it on a set that looked like a living room.

Discography Studio albums Title Details Peak chart positions US USIndie USR&B/Hip-Hop NLD Last to Speak Released: September 29, 2009 Label: Self-released Formats: Physical, digital download, streaming — — — — Allen Stone Released: June 26, 2012 Label: ATO Formats: Physical, digital download, streaming — 50 35 — Radius Released: May 26, 2015 Label: Capitol, ATO Formats: Physical, digital download, streaming 80 — 10 79 Building Balance Released: November 8, 2019 Label: ATO Formats: Physical, digital download, streaming — — — — Apart Released: November 12, 2021 Label: ATO Formats: Physical, digital download, streaminggroup=upper-alpha|Apart did not enter the Billboard 200 but peaked at No. 73 on the Top Current Album Sales chart. Label: ATO Formats: Digital download, streaming Mystery Released: October 25, 2024 Label: ATO Formats: Digital download, streaming

Singles As lead artist Title Year Peak chart positions Album or EP USAdult "Million" 2015 — "Freedom" 2016 33 Radius "Perfect World" — "Voodoo" — Radius (Deluxe Edition) "The Weekend" — "Faithful" — "Alone" 2017 — "Brown Eyed Lover" 2018 — Building Balance "Warriors" — "Georgia On My Mind" — "Taste of You" — Building Balance "Sunny Days" 2019 — "More to Learn" 2022 — Friends and Other Necessities "A Bit of Both" — American Song Contest: Episode 4 "5 Minutes" — "Magic" 2023 — "Many Rivers to Cross" — Tunnels "A Fathers Song" 2024 — "Can't Explain This Love" — Mystery "Mystery" — "Memory of You" — "Closer" 2025 — "Ride Like the Wind" — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

As featured artist

Other charted songs Title Year Peak chart positions Album or EP USAdultAlt. USR&B/Hip-HopSales "Sleep" 2012 18 — Allen Stone "Unaware" 2018 — 24 Apart "Is This Love" 2021 — 19 "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Other appearances Title Year Album or EP "Rocky Mountain High" 2013 The Music Is You: A Tribute to John Denver