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In April 2021, he was revealed to be the Astronaut in the third season of The Masked Singer .

In January 2019, 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. In August 2019, Hayes made a surprise announcement on NBC’s Today Show revealing his album Wild Blue (Part I) would be released on August 16, 2019. The album is the first part of a three-part ‘trilogy’ of albums.

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.

In March 2017, Hayes performed as part of the C2C: Nation to Nation 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. Following “21,” Hayes released several songs including “Yesterday’s Song” which were slated to be part of a studio album set to be released in February 2018. Hayes then cancelled the project citing ‘shifted priorities’.

On November 2, 2016, Hayes performed with four holograms of himself on Jimmy Kimmel Live’s after the CMA show.

On May 21, 2015, Hayes released “21”, which was the title track for both his EP and third studio album.

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

Hayes performed “Invisible”, the lead single from his second album, at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards. 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, previously held by The Flaming Lips. The album’s second single, “Tattoo” released to country radio on June 16, 2014.

On July 20, 2014, Hayes’s self-titled debut album was certified double platinum by the RIAA. Following that was “Light Me Up”, another single from the deluxe version of his debut album, in 2015.

He 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 Nation 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 in 2013; this award is awarded every year to a group of country musicians who have had an outstanding year.

Hayes’ commercial success and his talent both as a songwriter and instrumentalist has prompted Billboard to call him the Leader of Nation 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.

“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.

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.

Starting September 14, 2012, Hayes began appearing as the opening act on 90+ been in a relationship with?s for Carrie Underwood’s Blown Away Tour.

Hayes appeared as the opening act of 10 been in a relationship with?s 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.

Hayes’s debut single, “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.

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.

Hunter Easton Hayes (born September 9, 1991) is an American country music singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He is proficient at more than 30 instruments.

Hayes grew up on September 9, 1991, at Larniurg Hospital in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana; he is an only child. His parents both have Cajun 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'”. At age 9, Hunter released his debut independent studio album “Through My Eyes” on October 8, 2000, under Suagartown Records and Louisiana Red Hot Records. He released several more independent albums: Make a Wish in 2001, Holidays with Hunter in 2003, Honoring our French Heritage in 2006, and Songs The story of Nothing in 2008.

“Wanted” became his first No. 1 single, making him the youngest solo male act to top Hot Nation 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 Nation Airplay chart.

The Academy of Nation Music Awards, also known as the ACM Awards, were first held in 1966, honoring the industry’s accomplishments during the previous year. It was the first country music awards program held by a major organization. The Academy’s signature “hat” trophy was created in 1968. The awards were first televised in 1972 on [[American Broadcasting Company2 ACM Awards Winners –