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Ben Rector knows you've probably never heard of him

Singer-songwriter Ben Rector's songs have been downloaded millions of times, and his album sales are well into six figures, but he knows you've probably never heard of him. When he opens for Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, "the majority of people will be like, 'Who's that guy?'" Rector says in a phone call from a tour stop in Texas. "That's exciting to me, because that's not the kind of thing I run into much anymore."

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