Hunter Gabriel Kansas Thompson (born May 29, 1991) is an American

Christian music Christian music is music that has been written to express either personal or a communal belief regarding Christian life and faith. Common themes of Christian music include praise, worship, penitence, and lament, and its forms vary widely around ...

ian. His first release was with

Bethel Music Bethel Music is an American music label and worship movement from Redding, California, originating out of Bethel Church (Redding, California), Bethel Church where they started making music in 2001. Bethel Music has grown from being a local church ...

in 2013, ''Gabriel Kansas'' EP. The second EP, ''Swan Song'', was released in 2014 by Bethel Music. This album was his breakthrough release upon the ''Billboard'' magazine

Christian Albums Top Christian Albums is a weekly chart published in ''Billboard'' magazine that ranks the best-performing Christian albums in the United States. Like the ''Billboard'' 200, the data is compiled by Nielsen Soundscan based on each album's weekly ...

and

Heatseekers Albums Top Heatseekers are "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine. The Heatseekers Albums and the Heatseekers Songs charts were introduced by ''Billboard'' in 1991 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new an ...

charts. In 2019, he released three singles and a full-length record, "No Books About Me" with Watershed Music Group.

Early life

Thompson was born on May 29, 1991, in the city of

Saint Paul, Minnesota Saint Paul (abbreviated St. Paul) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital of the U.S. state of Minnesota and the county seat of Ramsey County, Minnesota, Ramsey County. Situated on high bluffs overlooking a bend in the Mississip ...

to father, Paul Allen Thompson, and his mother, Kathryn Kansas Thompson. He currently is based out of

Redding, California Redding is the economic and cultural capital of the Shasta Cascade region of Northern California and the county seat of Shasta County. Redding lies along the Sacramento River, north of Sacramento, and south of California's northern border wi ...

, and attends worship services as a worship leader at Bethel Church.

Music career

Thompson's music career commenced in 2012 when he recorded his song "My Dear" as part of Bethel Music's album ''

The Loft Sessions ''The Loft Sessions'' is the third album from California-based worship collective Bethel Music. The album was released on January 24, 2012 by Kingsway Music. Brian Johnson, Daniel James Mackenzie and Rick McDonald produced the album. Prior to t ...

''. His solo career then took off with the EP, ''Gabriel Kansas'', which was released February 22, 2013, by

. His second EP, ''Swan Song'', was released on December 2, 2014, by Bethel Music. The EP was his breakthrough release upon the ''Billboard'' magazine charts, where it placed on the

chart at No. 35 and on the

chart at No. 10.

Discography

EPs

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Thompson, Hunter G. K. 1991 births Living people American performers of Christian music Musicians from Minnesota Musicians from California Songwriters from Minnesota Songwriters from California