Ty Herndon
Ty Herndon (* 2. May 1962 in Butler , Alabama as Boyd Tyrone Herndon ) is an American country singer. With the songs What Mattered Most (1995), Living in a Moment (1996) and It Must Be Love (1998) he scored three number one hits in the American country charts.
biography
Beginnings
After graduating from school, Ty Herndon, who came from a poor family with many children, moved to Nashville to start a career as a country singer. He initially got by with odd jobs , including appearances at the Opryland amusement park and winning a talent competition. A contract with a record company did not materialize. After ten long years, he gave up and left Music City.
Career
His next stop was Dallas , and here he was luckier. He quickly made a name for himself in the local club scene and was named "Texas Entertainer of the Year" in 1993. He returned to Nashville, where he was soon able to sign a contract with the Epic label. His first single What Mattered Most reached number 1 in the country charts in 1995. The album of the same name, produced shortly afterwards, was also successful. The breakthrough was achieved, but there were personal problems: He was arrested for drug possession and attracted attention as an exhibitionist. A five-year suspended sentence was the result. The scandals did not affect his career. Another single, Living in a Moment , hit the top of the country charts. The same happened two years later with It Must Be Love .
His streak of success lasted until 1999 when the album Steam was released . Sales were poor and Epic's contract wasn't renewed. Ty Herndon switched to a smaller label, where in 2003 the Christmas album Not So Silent Night was released. In 2006 he received another record deal, this time with Universal . In January 2007 his album "Right About Now" was released.
In 2014, Herndon came out - on the same day as his colleague Billy Gilman - as homosexual.
Discography
Albums
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
---|---|---|---|---|
US | Country | |||
1995 | What Mattered Most |
US68
gold
(13 weeks)US |
Country9 (42 weeks) Country |
|
1996 | Living in a moment |
US65
gold
(10 weeks)US |
Country6 (78 weeks) Country |
|
1998 | Big hopes |
US140 (3 weeks) US |
Country22 (46 weeks) Country |
|
1999 | Steam |
US124 (2 weeks) US |
Country14 (40 weeks) Country |
|
2007 | Right About Now | - |
Country41 (3 weeks) Country |
|
2013 | Read I Told Myself | - |
Country75 (1 week) Country |
|
2016 | House on Fire | - |
Country42 (1 week) Country |
More albums
- 2003: A Not So Silent Night
- 2007: A Ty Herndon Christmas
- 2010: Journey On
Compilations
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
---|---|---|---|---|
US | Country | |||
2002 | This Is Ty Herndon: Greatest Hits | - |
Country32 (7 weeks) Country |
Singles
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
---|---|---|---|---|
US | Country | |||
1995 | What Mattered Most What Mattered Most |
US90 (3 weeks) US |
Country1 (20 weeks) Country |
|
I Want My Goodbye Back What Mattered Most |
- |
Country7 (20 weeks) Country |
||
Heart Half Empty What Mattered Most |
- |
Country21 (20 weeks) Country |
with Stephanie Bentley
|
|
1996 | In Your Face What Mattered Most |
- |
Country63 (2 weeks) Country |
|
Living in a moment Living in a moment |
- |
Country1 (20 weeks) Country |
||
She Wants to Be Wanted Again Living in a Moment |
- |
Country21 (20 weeks) Country |
||
1997 | Loved Too Much Living in a Moment |
- |
Country2 (20 weeks) Country |
|
I have to surrender living in a moment |
- |
Country17 (20 weeks) Country |
||
1998 | A Man Holdin 'On (To a Woman Lettin' Go) Big Hopes |
US81 (10 weeks) US |
Country5 (23 weeks) Country |
|
It Must Be Love Big Hopes |
US38 (10 weeks) US |
Country1 (26 weeks) Country |
||
1999 | Hands of a Working Man Big Hopes |
US47 (14 weeks) US |
Country5 (26 weeks) Country |
|
Steam Steam |
US83 (12 weeks) US |
Country18 (20 weeks) Country |
||
2000 | No Mercy Steam |
US92 (8 weeks) US |
Country26 (20 weeks) Country |
|
A Love Like That Steam |
- |
Country58 (9 weeks) Country |
||
2001 | Heather's Wall |
- |
Country37 (19 weeks) Country |
|
2002 | A Few Short Years This Is Ty Herndon: Greatest Hits |
- |
Country55 (3 weeks) Country |
|
The following songs did not appear as single, but were made available for download and streaming through the album and were thus able to achieve a placement: | ||||
2000 | You Can Leave Your Hat On Steam |
- |
Country72 (2 weeks) Country |
More singles
- 2006: Right About Now
- 2007: Mighty Mighty Love
- 2010: Journey On
- 2011: Stones
- 2013: Read I Told Myself
- 2016: That Kind of Night
- 2016: Looking Back to See (with Kim McAbee)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Country Star Ty Herndon, 'I'm an Out, Proud and Happy Gay Man' , People.com, November 20, 2014, accessed November 21, 2014
- ↑ a b c Chart sources: US
- ↑ a b c Music Sales Awards: US
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Herndon, Ty |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Herndon, Boyd Tyrone |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American country singer |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 2, 1962 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Butler, Alabama |