Wes Hampton

American singer, Wes Hampton is famously known for being a Christian music singer. Hampton was born in Memphis, Tennessee. He studied at the Trevecca Nazarene University and received a bachelor degree in psychology and a minor in music from the University of Alabama in Birmingham. Hampton was a member of the worship staff at The Church at Brook Hills, a Birmingham church for seven years. Hampton was a tenor for the Trevedores, which was a Christian music singing group affiliated with Trevecca Nazarene University for two years, from 1996 to 1998. In early 2000s, Hampton’s family passed his demo tape to aa friend of Bill Gaither. He then auditioned to replace David Phelps as 1st tenor and lead. Weeks after his audition, Hampton joined The Gaither Vocal Band. Since then, Hampton has appeared in the Gaither Homecoming video series. After beingwith the tenor group Gaither Vocal Band, Hampton went from a quartet to a quintet and became the second tenor. Hampton continues to perform on solo concerts. He has released one album titled A Man Like Me, and appeared and still performs in the Gaither Homecoming video concert series, television series and their cruises. Hampton has one Grammy Award for Southern Gospel, Country Gospel or Bluegrass Gospel Album, which he won in 2009.