Name Benjamin Raye | Role Singer | |
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Albums Come and Get It, Self-Titled EP | ||
Benjamin Raye ( ) is an award-winning American singer-songwriter and radio personality from Minneapolis, MN. He currently works at KQRS in Minneapolis as an on-air announcer. He also writes and records music and performs many live shows in the Twin Cities area.
His radio career began at KKIN in Aitkin, MN Since then he has also worked at stations such as Kiss 96.7 in St. Cloud, MN, KCLD in St. Cloud, MN and BOB FM 106.1 in the Minneapolis area.
In 2012, Benjamin Raye won the award for the most-promising new artist from the[Independent Country Music Association in Nashville, TN.
That same year, he also won an ICoMA award for the Most Indie-Friendly radio show, for his local music show on BOB FM radio.
Raye is also known as a strong supporter of Minnesota local music, being a host of a local music radio show on BOB FM radio for 10 years.
The first song to ever make any national charts for Raye was his single "Far Away" which only made #582 nationally on the AAA (adult album alternative) charts on Mediabase on Oct. 8, 2011.
In 2013, Raye signed a contract with Indie record label, Tate Music Group, The label also includes Country music legends, Kenny Rogers, Neal McCoy, and Lee Greenwood.
In 2014, Benjamin Raye released his first solo full-length CD, "Come And Get It" which is a variety of music genres, from country to rock to hip-hip. Several of his songs have been played on radio stations across the U.S. To date, six of the songs on the "Come And Get It" CD have made national charts, mostly in the country format, however the song "Shy Side Of Three" entered the top-400 on the Active Rock chart on March 15, 2014.
In 2014, Benjamin Raye's song "New Guitar" charted nationally on the Mediabase Country Music charts for 3 weeks, peaking at #224. His highest charting song to date is his single "Downtown" which peaked at #190 nationally on the Mediabase country music chart on April 26, 2014.
In early 2015, he had a second song break into the top-200 nationally on the Mediabase charts. "65 To Nashville" charted at #194 on Feb. 14, 2015.
Aside from radio and music, Benjamin Raye has also made some cameo appearances on movies. In 2011, he appeared as himself on the movie "Invincible Force" His song "Like It Or Not" was also featured on a Halloween short-film titled "7 minutes" which was released on Halloween day, 2013.