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aka: Benjamin Evans Rector
Based in: Tennessee
Based in: Nashville
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Ben Rector is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer based in Nashville, Tennessee.
During his first year at the University of Arkansas, Rector released a self-titled EP that featured the song “Conversation”, which went on to win the Grand Prize in the Pop category of the John Lennon Songwriting Contest in 2006. He is the youngest person ever to win the award for the pop category.
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In 2007, Rector released his first full-length album, Twenty Tomorrow, and its follow-up, Songs That Duke Wrote, in 2008.
In April 2009, he was given the Northwest Arkansas Music Award (NAMA) for best male singer-songwriter in Northwest Arkansas. Later that year, he moved to Nashville to pursue songwriting and to continue his career as an artist.
In early 2011, Ben Rector headlined a tour in the Midwest, supported fellow Nashville artist Matt Wertz‘s Weights & Wings national release tour, and performed on the VH1 Best Cruise Ever with artists including Train, The Script, Colbie Caillat and Lifehouse.
In 2015, he released Brand New, which peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard 200. That same year, Rector toured with Needtobreathe, Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors, and Colony House for the first leg of the “Tour De Compadres” tour in early 2015.
In 2017, he co-headlined The Rock Boat and supported Tim McGraw and Faith Hill on their 2017 Soul2Soul Tour.
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In 2018, he released the album Magic, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Americana/Folk Albums chart.
His songs have appeared on television shows including America’s Got Talent, American Idol, Ellen DeGeneres Show, World of Dance, Heartland, Hawaii Five-O, Pretty Little Liars and Castle.
“Brand New” was featured in the trailers for Edge of Seventeen and Moana, in a Weight Watchers campaign starring Oprah Winfrey, and on ads for the Olympics and the World Series.
Ben Rector made his television debut performing “Beautiful” on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on October 14, 2013. On April 12, 2016, he performed “Brand New” live on Conan. He made his Live with Kelly and Ryan debut on July 12, 2016, and appeared live on the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on NBC on November 24, 2016.
He has also performed on Today, Pickler & Ben, the 2017 Stanley Cup Finals, and Bachelor in Paradise.
His discography includes eight studio albums, three live albums, one compilation album, three extended plays (EP), sixteen singles and seventeen music videos.
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