Ben Rector

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 Ben Rector简介 美国纳什维尔唱作人 Benjamin Evans Rector 出生于1986年11月6日，他的作品多为充满激情、旋律优美且有着钢琴伴奏的流行音乐。出生于俄克拉荷马州塔尔萨的 Ben Rector 自幼开始学习钢琴，十几岁的时候开始使用吉他创作自己的音乐；在进入阿肯色大学之后，他开始着手录制自己的歌曲，并在大学一年级发行了一张以自己名字命名的EP，EP推出之后颇受欢迎，他也因此参加了多场现场演出。毕业之前，Ben Rector 在2007年和2008年相继发布专辑《Twenty Tomorrow》和《Songs That Duke Wrote》；毕业后他重新回到纳什维尔继续发展自己的音乐事业。2010年，他发布了第三张录音专辑《Into the Morning》，这张专辑取得了在公告牌热搜榜上排名第11位的好成绩；也是在这个阶段，他开始得到了像 Five for Fighting 和 Dave Barnes 等知名音乐人的关注与支持。2011年，Ben Rector 携独立发行专辑《Something Like This》回归乐坛，这张专辑在专辑排行榜上攀升至第41位，受到了极大关注。2013年，Rector发行了他的第五张录音室专辑《The Walking in Between》，一经推出便很快在排行榜上攀升至 Top 40.。在随后的2014年，他乘胜追击举办了专辑主题音乐会《Live in Denver》。在2016年，Ben Rector 推出专辑《Brand New》，并首次进入 Billboard 200 前十，这在很大程度上归功于朗朗上口的主打单曲。2018年6月22日推出第七张专辑《Magic》。 Early life (Beginnings to 2009) Rector was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He took piano lessons as a child, but he did not pursue music until he picked up guitar in high school which later lead him to begin songwriting.During his first year at the University of Arkansas, he 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.[citation needed] The EP grew popular in surrounding states, and Rector began touring frequently on weekends and during breaks in the school year.Rector released his first full-length album Twenty Tomorrow in 2007 and its follow-up Songs That Duke Wrote in 2008. During his college career at the University of Arkansas he played approximately 200 shows.In April 2009 Rector was given the Northwest Arkansas Music Award (NAMA) for best male singer-songwriter in Northwest Arkansas. In June 2009 Rector moved to Nashville to pursue songwriting and to continue his career as an artist."The Beat"MENU0:00"The Beat" is from Ben Rector's third studio album, Into the Morning.Problems playing this file? See media help. Into the Morning and Something Like This (2010–2012) Rector’s third studio album, Into the Morning, was released on February 16, 2010 reached No. 11 on Billboard's Top Heatseekers chart. Following the release, Rector co-headlined the "Three Amigos Tour" with fellow Nashvillians Steve Moakler and Andrew Ripp. The rest of 2010 brought support slots with Dave Barnes and Five for Fighting, "The Beat Lives Forever" co-headline tour with Drew Holcomb and The Neighbors, and the "Feels Like Home" tour in Germany, organized by Johannes Strate of the German band Revolverheld. In the early 2011 Rector headlined the Midwest, supported fellow Nashville artist Matt Wertz's "Weights & Wings" national release tour, and performed on the VH1 Best Cruise Ever with many artists including Train, The Script, Colbie Caillat and Lifehouse.Something Like This was released September 2011. In mid-2011, Rector co-produced Steve Moakler’s Watching Time Run. Following the release of Something Like This Rector headlined the "Good Time Tour" which spanned 25 cities with Andrew Belle and Graham Colton as support. Over half of the shows sold out in advance. Rector was featured as direct support for a US coast-to-coast tour with Needtobreathe during their "The Reckoning" Tour in early 2012. The Walking in Between (2013–2015) Starting March 20, 2013 at Common Grounds in Waco, Texas, The Rectour continued until May 11, 2013, with Alpha Rev as direct support for all dates. Rector toured through 32 cities and 2 countries (United States and Canada). The tour included sold out dates in the following cities: Waco, Texas; College Station, Texas; Dallas, Texas; Fayetteville, Arkansas; Norman, Oklahoma; Auburn, Alabama; Birmingham, Alabama; Nashville, Tennessee; Knoxville, Tennessee; Greenville, South Carolina; Atlanta, Georgia; Raleigh, North Carolina; New York, New York; Boston, Massachusetts; Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Chicago, Illinois. His four-piece backing band included musicians Matthew Kidd (electric guitar), Cody Fry (guitar/keyboards), Kevin MacIntire (bass), and Jake Goss (drum set).[citation needed] In a nod to Elton John, Rector and his band earned the nickname Bennie & The Jets and opened every show with a cover of John's famed hit.[citation needed]The Walking in Between was released on August 20, 2013.[citation needed] It was partly produced by Jamie Kenney and Charlie Peacock and partially self-produced. It is the first release on Rector's own Aptly Named Recordings label. The album debuted at No. 16 on the Billboard 200 chart.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. Brand New and Magic (2015–present) Rector released his sixth studio album, Brand New, on August 28, 2015, via Aptly Named Recordings. The album debuted No. 9 on the Billboard 200 chart, moving 26,000 units and marking his biggest sales week to date and his first Top 10 album.[13]It also debuted at No. 2 on Billboard Top Current Rock Albums chart, No. 2 on Billboard Album Core Genre Rock chart, No. 6 on Billboard Album Sales chart, No. 3 on Billboard Top Current Digital Album Sales chart, and No. 1 on Billboard Top Folk Albums chart.The title track received its first radio airplay support from Sirius XM's The Pulse channel, which discovered the song in August 2015.[citation needed] In January 2016, he was picked as Elvis Duran's Artist of the Month[citation needed]and was featured on NBC's Today show hosted by Kathy Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb where he live performed his single "Brand New".[citation needed] Rector released the music video for "Brand New" on August 18, 2016.[citation needed]On May 18, 2018, Rector announced that Magic would be released on June 22 and released two new singles: "I Will Always Be Yours" and "Old Friends".[citation needed]

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