Benjamin Raye

Benjamin Raye ( ) is an [1] American singer-songwriter and radio personality from Minneapolis, MN.[2] He currently works at KQRS in Minneapolis as an on-air announcer, along with sister-station KXXR (93X). He also writes and records music and performs many live shows in the Twin Cities area.[2]
His radio career began at KKIN in Aitkin, MN[3] Since then he has also worked at stations such as Kiss 96.7 in St. Cloud, MN,[4] KCLD in St. Cloud, MN [4] and BOB FM 106.1 in the Minneapolis area.[1]
In 2012, Benjamin Raye won the award for the most-promising new artist from the[Independent Country Music Association in Nashville, TN.[2] [5] [6]

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.[7]

Raye also supports Minnesota local music, being a host of a local music radio show on BOB FM radio for 10 years, followed by a local rock show which has aired since 2015 on 93X on Sunday nights. [8][9]

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.[10]

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.[2] [11] Several of his songs have been played on radio stations across the U.S.[12] 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.[13]

In 2014, Benjamin Raye's song "New Guitar" charted nationally on the Mediabase Country Music charts for 3 weeks, peaking at #224. [13] 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. [13]

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. [13]

In 2016, Raye signed a contract with an indie record label out of Nashville, TN where he recorded his single "Somewhere" with long-time Tim McGraw drummer Billy "Thunder" Mason. [1][11] The following year, he returned to Nashville to record his single "You Are My Love Song" with the label, again using Billy Mason on drums.

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" [14] His song "Like It Or Not" was also featured on a Halloween short-film titled "7 minutes" which was released on Halloween day, 2013.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "ABC Newspapers". http://abcnewspapers.com/2013/11/25/local-artist-perform-mccoys-elk-river/
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Twin Cities Daily Planet". http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/arts/2014/02/06/sounding-sounds-benjamin-raye
  3. ↑ UMD Statesman, Volume 72, Number 4, Thursday, October 4, 2001
  4. 1 2 St. Cloud Times, April 3, 2014
  5. ↑ "ICoMA - Independent COuntry Music Association". icmanet.com.
  6. ↑ "Airplay Direct". http://www.airplaydirect.com/music/ICoMA/press.php
  7. ↑ http://www.icmanet.com
  8. ↑ "Country Aircheck" (PDF). www.countryaircheck.com.
  9. ↑ Country Aircheck, Issue #222, December 20, 2010.
  10. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-07-04. Retrieved 2015-02-06.
  11. 1 2 "Tate Music Group". https://tatemusicgroup.com/epk/artist/23493
  12. ↑ Crosby-Ironton Courier, Vol. 89, NO. 40, October 3, 2001
  13. 1 2 3 4 "Mediabase 24/7". www.mediabase.com. Archived from the original on 2008-07-04.
  14. ↑ "IMDB.com". https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4351002/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm
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