The discography of American singer, songwriter and record producer Ben Rector consists of nine studio albums, four live albums, one compilation album, three extended plays (EP), sixteen singles and various music videos. He has been featured on five songs and has credits on eight others.
Albums Studio albums Title Album details Peak chart positions US USRock USIndie USFolk Twenty Tomorrow Released: September 2007 Label: Self-release Format: CD, digital download — — — — Songs That Duke Wrote Released: December 4, 2008 Label: Aptly Named Format: CD, digital download — — — — Into the Morning Released: February 16, 2010 Label: Aptly Named Format: CD, digital download — — 39 — Something Like This Released: September 13, 2011 Label: Aptly Named Format: Digital download 41 15 11 — The Walking in Between Released: August 20, 2013 Label: Aptly Named / Roar Format: Digital download 16 5 4 2 Brand New Released: August 28, 2015 Label: Aptly Named Format: Digital download 9 2 2 1 Magic Released: June 22, 2018 Label: OK Kid 44 7 2 1 The Joy of Music Released: March 11, 2022 Label: OK Kid Format: Digital download, streaming 189 — — — The Richest Man in the World Release: May 30, 2025 Label: OK Kid Format: Digital download, streaming — — —"—" denotes releases that did not chart.
Compilation albums Title Details A Ben Rector Christmas Released: November 13, 2020 Label: OK Kid Format: Digital download, streaming
Live albums Title Album details Peak chart positions US USRock USIndie USFolk Live in Denver Released: September 16, 2014 Label: Aptly Named / Roar 139 40 25 3 Magic: Live from the USA Released: June 21, 2019 Label: OK Kid — — — — Live from Atlanta Released: June 16, 2023 Label: OK Kid — — — — Live at The Delta Center Released: February 20, 2026 Label: OK Kid — — — —"—" denotes a release that did not chart.
Extended plays Title EP details Ben Rector Released: 2006 Label: Self-released Format: CD, digital download Jingles and Bells Released: November 27, 2009 Label: Aptly Named Format: CD, digital download Summer Candy Released: July 27, 2010 Label: Aptly Named Format: Digital download
Singles As lead artist +List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album US "The Power of Love" 2014 — "Newy Lewis and the Hues: Greatest Hits" "I Want a New Drug" — "Do You Believe in Love" — "Brand New" 2016 82 RIAA: Platinum Brand New "Kids" (MPLS Version) 2019 — "MPLS Magic" (MPLS Version) "Drive" (MPLS Version) — "Duo" (MPLS Version) — "It Would Be You" 2020 — The Joy of Music "It Would Be You" (acoustic) — "The Thanksgiving Song" — A Ben Rector Christmas "Range Rover" 2021 — "The Best Is Yet to Come" — "The Best Is Yet to Come" "The Best Is Yet to Come (A Song for the New Year)" — "What Makes a Man" 2022 — rowspan="4" "Wonderful World" — "Color Up My World" 2024 — "Wreck" —
As featured artist Title Year Album "A Bear in the Woods" 2017 Young Folk "Sailboat" 2022 Symphony Sessions "Back in Time" A Lighter Shade of Blue "Juggernaut (Sessions)" "Ready" 2023 The Lucky One "Joy - Live" 2024 Let's Have Church (Live) "Now That I Found You" Terri Clark: Take Two
Music videos Title Year Album "Dance With Me Baby" 2010 Into the Morning "Beautiful" 2014 The Walking in Between "The Power of Love" "Newy Lewis and the Hues: Greatest Hits" "I Want a New Drug" "Do You Believe in Love" "Brand New" 2015 Brand New "Paris" "Drive" 2018 Magic "Old Friends" "The Thanksgiving Song" 2020 A Ben Rector Christmas "Range Rover" 2021 rowspan="2" "The Best Is Yet Come" "Dream On" 2022 The Joy of Music "Supernatural" "Living My Best Life" "Heroes" "Sunday" "Wonderful World" scope="row" "Joy (The Choir Room Version)" 2023 scope="row" "Color Up My World" 2024 scope="row" "Praying For Me" 2025 scope="row"
Other performance and songwriting credits TitleYearArtistAlbumNotesRef. "Everything Will Be Alright" 2011 Matt Wertz Weights & Wings Co-writer, backing vocals "Running Back to You" Co-writer "For the First Time" "She Is" 2014 Lady A 747 Writer "Time Machine" 2019 David Hodges Discrepancies in the Recollection of Various Principles / Side B Co-writer "Takeoff" 2020 Cory Wong Elevated Music for an Elevated Mood Electric piano "Range Rover" Devin Dawson The Pink Slip Co-writer "The Thanksgiving Song" 2021 The Petersens Live Sessions, Vol. 04 Writer "Today" 2023 Marc Scibilia Mindy Co-writer
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