Ty Herndon has lived a life and career of extreme highs and lows and
celebrates a critical milestone in country music as his
record-breaking debut single “What Mattered Most” turns thirty in
2025. Between 1995 and 2002, Herndon charted 17 singles, including his
three number ones and seventeen top 10 hits, such as“I Want My
Goodbye Back,” “Loved Too Much,” “A Man Holding
On,” and “Hands of a Working Man.” He topped the charts in
1996 with the single “Living in a Moment” and again in 1998
with “It Must Be Love.” Ty made a triumphant comeback beginning
in 2020 with the release of “Orphans of God,” a duet with
Kristin Chenoweth that peaked at number one on the iTunes charts. That
was quickly followed by the release of JACOB and JACOB (Deluxe
Edition) in 2022 and 2023 respectively, for the first time bringing
his full journey from darkness to light and back again to his music.
The album touched on highly personal themes ranging from addiction,
recovery, and mental fitness to lost love, self-discovery and personal
freedom. It spawned the country radio hits “Till You Get
There” and “Dents on a Chevy,” a duet with Terri Clark that
spent 7 weeks atop the independent country radio charts, becoming the
number one independent country single of 2023. Grammy-nominated and
Dove Award winning, Ty’s voice is stronger than ever, and he’s
using it to make a difference. In 2020, he created the Foundation For
Love & Acceptance to further his work on behalf of mental health,
addiction and trauma recovery, and building a more inclusive country
music community. He is the founder of the Concert For Love &
Acceptance, an annual event staged on the eve of CMA Fest. For more
information on the Foundation and its work, visit www.F4LA.org.
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