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Ben Rector

guitar and vocals

With over one billion streams, indie superstar Ben Rector released his newest album Color Up My World with Hailey Whitters in March 2024, following on the heels of his album The Joy of Music in March 2022. The latter album features several notable collaborations, including award-winning rapper Snoop Dogg, Grammy Award-winner and legendary musician Dave Koz, iconic jazz musician Kenny G and Taylor Goldsmith from folk rock band Dawes, as well as the YouTube sensation One Voice Children’s Choir.

Alongside the album release, Rector premiered a breathtaking short film featuring seven songs brought to life with stunning cinematography, inviting listeners and viewers to visit a dream world that communicates his creative process and reckoning with his job as an artist. He is led through the film’s chapters by his new friend Joy, a muppet monster he created with Jim Henson’s Creature Shop. In this fantastic and dream-like landscape we see and hear Rector overcome a deep-seated fear of failure, dancing and singing his way through the journey of rediscovering the joy of music.

His career has taken him from the challenging beginnings of every up-and-comer, to one of the most successful independent artists to date—the creator of a highly effective career blueprint that continually leads to win after win. He’s never signed to a major label or publisher yet has played live on a number of national television shows, including Jimmy Kimmel Live, Conan, The Today Show, Good Morning America and more; had his music featured in over a hundred TV shows, ads and films including Pretty Little Liars and Castle; hit the number one spot on Billboard’s U.S. Folk chart and the number nine spot on their top 200; and was an all-star mentor on ABC’s hit show American Idol alongside Ryan Tedder, Jewel, Jason Aldean, Jimmie Allen and Joss Stone (among others). Rector recently sold out the majority of amphitheaters nationwide on his most recent headlining tour, The Joy of Music—A Live Music Event including at Ascend Amphitheater in Nashville...and that’s just the start. For more information, visit benrectormusic.com.