Hunter Easton Hayes was born on September 9,1991 and is an American multi-genre singer, songwriter, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist.
29 Facts About Hunter Hayes
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Hunter Hayes has been nominated for five Grammy Awards including Best New Artist, and won the 2012 CMA Award for New Artist of the Year and three BMI Awards.
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Hunter Hayes was born on September 9,1991, at Larniurg Hospital in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana; he is an only child.
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Hunter Hayes grew up Catholic, singing songs in both English and French.
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American Songwriter writes that "Hunter 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.
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At age 9, Hunter Hayes released his debut independent studio album "Through My Eyes" on October 8,2000, under Suagartown Records and Louisiana Red Hot Records.
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Hunter Hayes released several more independent albums: Make a Wish in 2001, Holidays with Hunter in 2003, Honoring our French Heritage in 2006, and Songs About Nothing in 2008.
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In 2010, Hunter Hayes co-wrote "Play" for the Rascal Flatts album Nothing Like This.
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Hunter Hayes 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.
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Hunter Hayes's debut headlining tour was the Most Wanted Tour; the first leg of the tour began on October 8,2011, in Beaumont, Texas, and ended on December 4,2011, in San Bernardino, California.
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From January to February 2012, Hunter Hayes was the opening act on the Rascal Flatts "Thaw Out" tour.
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Hunter Hayes was the opening act for them at the Hattiesburg stop.
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Hunter Hayes's self-titled major-label debut album was released on October 11,2011.
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Hunter Hayes co-wrote every song, played every instrument, and along with Dann Huff, produced the album.
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Hunter Hayes was 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.
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Hunter Hayes was one of five country singers who won a CMT Artist of the Year award in 2013.
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Hunter Hayes performed "Invisible", the lead single from his second album, at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards.
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On July 20,2014, Hunter Hayes's self-titled debut album was certified double platinum by the RIAA.
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On May 21,2015, Hunter Hayes released "21", which was the title track for both his EP and third studio album, The 21 Project.
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Hunter Hayes appeared on the track "I Can Play Guitar" on Brett Kissel's album Pick Me Up.
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On November 2,2016, Hunter Hayes performed with four holograms of himself on Jimmy Kimmel Live's after the CMA show.
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Hunter Hayes appeared as a guest in a Nickelodeon show, Bella and the Bulldogs.
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In December 2018, Hunter Hayes guest starred on Darci Lynne: My Hometown Christmas.
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Hunter Hayes recorded a duet with Irish singer Catherine McGrath for her debut album Talk of This Town.
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In January 2019, Hunter Hayes released his first radio single in three years titled "Heartbreak" which was the lead single for an upcoming album to be released by Warner Music Nashville.
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Hunter Hayes headlined the Closer to You Tour in 2019 with Levi Hummon and Tegan Marie as supporting acts.
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In June 2020, the Saskatchewan-based Hunter Brothers released their single "Hard Dirt", co-written and produced by Hayes.
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Hunter Hayes co-wrote and produced their 2021 single "Been a Minute".
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In October 2021, Hunter Hayes released the album Wild Blue Complete an extension of the album Wild Blue.