Ben Rector at Fillmore Auditorium

Nashville-based American singer, songwriter and musician Ben Rector's career began while he was studying 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, making him the youngest artist to ever do so. In 2007, he released his debut album, Twenty Tomorrow, on his own label: Aptly Named Recordings. His third studio album, Into the Morning (2010), reached No. 11 on Billboard's Top Heatseekers chart, bringing his music to a wider audience. To date, Rector has released seven studio albums, which have charted on various Billboard Album Charts, from the Core Genre Rock chart to the Top Folk Albums chart; demonstrating his popularity across a variety of musical genres. His most recent release is 2018's Magic.