Hunter Hayes Biography | Hunter Hayes

Hunter Hayes(full name: Hunter Easton Hayes) is an American country music singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He is proficient at more than thirty instruments and is signed to Atlantic Records Nashville.

Hayes released his self-titled debut album in 2011. It reached number seven on the Billboard 200 and number one on the Top Country Albums and has sold over 1.1 million copies. It’s a most successful single, “Wanted”, has sold over 3.5 million copies and made Hayes the youngest male act to ever top the Billboard Hot Country Songs. His second studio album, Storyline, was released on May 6, 2014, and was led by its first single, “Invisible”.

Hayes’ commercial success and his talent both as a songwriter and instrumentalist have prompted Billboard to call him the Leader of Country Music’s Youth Revolution. He has been nominated for five Grammy Awards, including Best New Artist and won the CMA Award for New Artist of the Year in 2012, along with three BMI Awards.

Hunter Hayes Age

Hunter Easton Hayes is 27 years old as 2018. He was born on September 9, 1991, in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, U.S

Hunter Hayes Family

He is the only child of Leo and Lynette Hayes. In 2013, rumors spread that he was dating pop singer Selena Gomez. Hayes claimed, however, that with over 100 tour dates that year, he did not have time for dating.

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Hunter Hayes Personal Life

In 2013, Hayes was said to be dating Selena Gomez, the pop singer, but he denied any such rumors and said that he does not have time for dating as of now. Hunter Hayes is a complete music talent package, as he not only sings and writes but also plays a multitude of instruments, including keyboards, accordion, guitar, bass, mandolin, and percussion. He is still a young talent in the industry, and his musical contributions have already made their place in his fans’ hearts forever.

Hunter Hayes Life and career

Hunter Hayes was born on September 9, 1991, at Larniurg Hospital in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana; he is an only child. His parents both have Cajun (French) ancestry, along with English, Scots-Irish, and German. Hayes grew up singing songs in both English and French. He began his career when he was 2. At 4, he began making appearances locally and on national television, including Maury, Rosie O’Donnell Show, and the Nickelodeon game show Figure It Out, where he performed “Jambalaya (On the Bayou)”. American Songwriter writes that “Hayes received his first guitar from actor Robert Duvall at age 6” At age 7, he was invited to perform for President Bill Clinton for a White House lawn party. At 13, he appeared on America’s Most Talented Kids, a show hosted by Dave Coulier; he performed the hit Hank Williams song, “Hey Good Lookin’”.

In 2008, he moved from Breaux Bridge to Nashville, Tennessee, and signed with Universal Music Publishing Group as a songwriter. In 2010, Hayes co-wrote “Play” for the Rascal Flatts album Nothing Like This. In September, he was signed to Atlantic Records Nashville and began working on what would become his major-label debut.

He appeared as the opening act of 10 dates of country star Taylor Swift’s Speak Now World Tour throughout the summer of 2011 and concluded his leg of the tour in St. Louis, Missouri. In April 2011, he had gone on his own radio tour where he debuted songs that would appear on his debut album. His debut headlining tour was the Most Wanted Tour; the first leg of the tour began on October 8, 2011, in Beaumont and ended on December 4, 2011, in San Bernardino.

Hayes and singer Victoria Justice contributed a duet to the soundtrack of 2011’s Footloose remake, recording a cover of Mike Reno’s and Ann Wilson’s 1984 hit “Almost Paradise” from the original film. From January to February 2012, Hayes was the opening act on the Rascal Flatts “Thaw Out” tour.[1″Where We Left Off” is an original song, written by Hayes, that can be heard on the soundtrack for the 2012 war film Act of Valor. During the 2012 O Music Awards, The Flaming Lips broke a Guinness World Record (previously held by Jay-Z) for most concerts played in multiple cities in a 24-hr. period. Hayes was the opening act for them at the Hattiesburg stop.

In May 2012, Martin Guitars named Hayes as C.F. Martin & Co.’s newest brand ambassador. American Songwriter quoted Hayes on the subject: “It is an absolute honor to be named an official Martin Ambassador and to be recognized by the Martin family.”

On September 7, 2012, he was inducted at the Mahalia Jackson Theater in New Orleans, Louisiana into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame as its youngest member.

 Hunter Hayes Dating Affair With Long-time Girlfriend

The love life of Hunter is not as successful as his professional career. The long relationship with his girlfriend, Libby Barnes, has now ended up tragically. Hunter’s love for Libby arose in 2014. After then they started dating each other. The couple, who kept the relation under wraps in the initial days, made their astonishing appearance together in 2014 CMA Awards. After then they made everybody assured about the blossoming love affair. Hunter Hayes poses for the photo with his former girlfriend Libby Barnes at 50th Academy Of Country Music Awards on 19 April 2015 (Photo: gettyimages.co.uk)

Moreover, the star and his girlfriend often used to appear together in events and occasions radiating love and affection. While talking to People Magazine, the singer revealed that the secret of their beautiful relationship was that they always communicate and doesn’t stay apart for long. As confirmed by Taste Of Country Magazine, the pair was not in a hurry to get married. However, Hunter gushed with an interviewer that they, however, have promised each other to keep their relationship. he said;

“We just promised to each other that we’re gonna make time and commit to being with each other.”

Unfortunately, the promises that the couple made has now faded away. On 24 August 2018, People Magazine confirmed that Hunter and his girlfriend Libby had a split from each other. While promoting his new song, he gushed that his song was interconnected with his break-up. He also told that his song helped him to over the depression through separation. He said,

“I’m pathetically always looking for my life partner. I’m less knowledge of what the h*** I’m doing, and what I’m looking for, or who I’m looking for, and how I can be good for somebody and more aware of the fact that I’m completely clueless.”

This intense love of Hunter for his lady has now tragically ended up before it turns into married life. His relationship with Libby proves that he isn’t gay.

2011–present: Hunter Hayes, Storyline and The 21 Project

The debut single was “Storm Warning”, released to radio on May 16, 2011. His self-titled major-label debut album was released on October 11, 2011. He co-wrote every song, played every instrument, and along with Dann Huff, produced the album. “Wanted”, the second single, was released to radio on March 5, 2012.

On July 24, 2012, he appeared on the CBS’s The Talk, where he was then given an RIAA Gold Certification plaque for “Wanted”. Just shy of two months since “Wanted” went gold, the song was certified Platinum by RIAA on August 23, 2012.

“Wanted” became his first No. 1 single, making him the youngest solo male act to top Hot Country Songs, breaking the record set in 1973 by Johnny Rodriguez. Twenty weeks after first appearing in the top spot and under a new chart format, “Wanted” returned to the top spot. “Somebody’s Heartbreak”, the album’s third single, went to No. 1 on the Country Airplay chart.

Starting September 14, 2012, he began appearing as the opening act on 90+ dates for Carrie Underwood’s Blown Away Tour.

Heyes was also nominated for three Grammys including Best New Artist at the 2013 Grammy Awards; he is the youngest male country artist to be nominated in all three categories for which he was nominated. The album’s fourth single, “I Want Crazy”, which is from the deluxe Encore edition, was released to country radio on April 7, 2013. It peaked at number two on the Country Airplay chart in August 2013. Following it was “Everybody’s Got Somebody but Me”, a re-recording of a song from the original press of the album. The re-recorded version features guest vocals from Jason Mraz.

Hunter was one of five country singers who won a CMT Artist of the Year award; this award is awarded every year to a group of country musicians who have had an outstanding year.

He performed “Invisible,” the lead single from his second album, at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards. The storyline was released on May 6, 2014. In an effort to promote his album and to raise awareness to end child hunger, Hunter broke the Guinness World Record for the most concerts played in multiple cities in 24 hours, originally held by The Flaming Lips.

On July 20, 2016, Hayes’s self-titled debut album was certified double platinum by the RIAA.

On November 2, Hayes performed with four holograms of himself on Jimmy Kimmel Live’s after the CMA show.

In March 2017, Hayes performed as part of the C2C: Country to Country festival in the UK where he played alongside Dan + Shay and Darius Rucker supporting Reba McEntire and will return in 2019 with Carly Pearce and Dustin Lynch in support of Lady Antebellum.

Also appeared as a guest in a Nickelodeon show, Bella and the Bulldogs.

In December 2018, Hayes guest starred on Darci Lynne: My Hometown Christmas. He also recorded a duet with Irish singer Catherine McGrath for her debut album Talk of This Town.

Hunter Hayes Films And Movies

• 1997: The Apostle as Child Accordionist
• 1998: Figure It Out as himself/guest
• 2000: My Dog Skip as Accordion Boy
• 2003: Charley’s War as Montgomery
• 2016: Bella and the Bulldogs as himself

Hunter Hayes Career highlights

In 2011, Hunter released his debut studio album, Hunter Hayes, which topped the US country charts, especially the single ‘Wanted’. Another single ‘Somebody’s Heartbreak’ reached number 7, followed by an “Encored” edition of the album in 2013, and other singles like ‘Everybody’s Got Somebody But Me’, and ‘Invisible’. In 2014, he released Storyline, for which he received a number of nominations and awards. In addition to performing, he has also acted in a couple of movies, like The Apostle and My Dog Skip. He has also acted in films like My Dog Skip and The Apostle

Hunter Hayes Songs

• Wanted
  Hunter Hayes · 2011
• I Want Crazy
  Hunter Hayes (Encore) · 2013
• Invisible
  Storyline · 2014
• Everybody’s Got Somebody But Me
  Hunter Hayes · 2011
• Somebody’s Heartbreak
  Hunter Hayes · 2011
• Yesterday’s Song
  2016
• Storm Warning
  Hunter Hayes · 2011
• Dear God
  2018
• Tattoo
  Storyline · 2014
• Heartbreak
  2019
• You Should Be Loved
  2017
• Light Me Up
  Hunter Hayes (Encore) · 2013
• 21
  The 21 Project · 2015
• Almost Paradise
  Footloose · 2011
• Still Fallin
  Storyline · 2014
• All You Ever
  Hunter Hayes · 2011
• You Think You Know Somebody
  Storyline · 2014
• Cry with You
  Hunter Hayes · 2011
• Young and In Love
  The 21 Project · 2015
• What You Gonna Do
  Hunter Hayes · 2011
• Faith to Fall Back On
  Hunter Hayes · 2011
• If You Told Me To
  Hunter Hayes · 2011
• Love Makes Me
  Hunter Hayes · 2011
• Where We Left Off
  The act of Valor: The Album · 2012
• Rescue
  2017
• Where It All Begins
  The 21 Project · 2015
• This Girl
  2018
• More Than I Should
  Hunter Hayes · 2011
• When Did You Stop Loving Me
  Storyline · 2014
• Rainy Season
  Hunter Hayes · 2011
• One Shot
  2018
• A Thing About You
  Hunter Hayes (Encore) · 2013

Hunter Hayes Tours

Headlining

• Most Wanted Tour (2011)
• Let’s Be Crazy Tour, with Ashley Monroe (2013)
• We’re Not Invisible Tour, with Danielle Bradbery and Dan + Shay (2014)
• 24 Hour Road Race to End Child Hunger (2014)
• Tattoo (Your Name) Tour, with Dan + Shay and The Railers (2014)
• Let’s Be Crazy / Crazier UK Tour (2015)
• 21 Tour, with Ryan Lafferty and Kelsea Ballerini (2015)

Supporting

• Speak Now World Tour – Taylor Swift (2011)
• Blown Away Tour – Carrie Underwood (2012)
• Wheels Up Tour – Lady Antebellum with Sam Hunt and Kelsea Ballerini (2015)
• C2C: Country to Country – Reba McEntire with Dan + Shay and Darius Rucker (2017), Lady Antebellum with Dustin Lynch and Carly Pearce (2019)

Hunter Hayes New Song

• Heartbreak
  2019
• This Christmas
  2018
• I’ll Be Home for Christmas
  2018
• Blue Christmas
  2018
• One Shot
  2018
• Dear God
  2018
• Don’t Let Me Forget
  Talk of This Town · 2018
• This Girl
  2018
• More
  2017
• You Should Be Loved
  2017
• Rescue
  2017

Hunter Hayes Albums

Hunter Hayes is the debut major-label studio album by American country artist Hunter Hayes. It was released on October 11, 2011, via Atlantic Records. Hayes wrote or co-wrote every track on the album and plays every instrument and sings every vocal track with the exception of the Encore tracks.

At the 55th Grammy Awards, Hunter Hayes was nominated for Best Country Album and “Wanted” was nominated for Best Country Solo Performance while Hayes was nominated for Best New Artist. The album was certified Platinum by the (RIAA) on August 8, 2013.

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Hunter Hayes Net Worth

Hunter Hayes is an American country music singer and songwriter who has a net worth of $4.5 million. Hunter Hayes has earned his net worth as a country music singer and songwriter with Atlantic Records in Nashville. He released his debut single titled “Storm Warning” on May 16, 2011.

On October 11, 2011, he released his self-titled debut album. Hunter was born on September 9, 1991, in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana to Lynette and Leo Hayes. At the young age of two, his grandmother gave him a toy accordion. Later when he was four, he began making appearances on shows like Maury Povich, Rosie O’Donnell, and the Nickelodeon series Figure It Out.

At the very young age of six, actor Robert Duvall gave Hunter his first guitar. When Hunter was only 13 he starred on the TV show “America’s Most Talented Kids”. In 2008 he signed with Universal Music Publishing Group after relocating from Breaux Bridge, Louisiana to Nashville, Tennessee to be a songwriter.

In 2011 Hayes starred as the opening act for country star Taylor Swift on her worldwide tour. Hayes started to really gain attention when he performs during the Swift’s “Speak Now World Tour”. Hayes is well-known for his collaboration with Victoria Justice in the 2011 remake of the movie Footloose. In the movie, Hayes and Justice performed the 1984 classic hit by Ann Wilson and Mike Reno from the original Footloose film.

Hunter Hayes Heartbreak

Hunter Hayes Dear God

Hunter Hayes 2019

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