Ty Herndon

Ty Herndon (2009)

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

• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Country Star Ty Herndon, 'I'm an Out, Proud and Happy Gay Man' , People.com, November 20, 2014, accessed November 21, 2014
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: US
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Music Sales Awards: US