From:Butler, Alabama, United States
Born in:Meridian, Mississippi, United States
Ty Herndon is an American country singer known for a polished contemporary-country sound and a run of major hits that began with the chart-topping “What Mattered Most.” His signature songs also include No. 1 hits “Living in a Moment” and “It Must Be Love,” along with “I Want My Goodbye Back,” “Loved Too Much,” “A Man Holdin’ On (To a Woman Lettin’ Go),” and “Hands of a Working Man.” A Grammy-nominated and Dove Award-winning artist, Herndon has continued recording across albums including Journey On, House on Fire, Jacob, and the career-retrospective THIRTY, Vol. 1, which revisits his catalog with guests including LeAnn Rimes, Ashley McBryde, Kristin Chenoweth, Michael Ray, and Chrissy Metz. He also made country-music history in 2014 as the first major male country artist to publicly come out as gay.
