Tai Verdes

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Tai Verdes
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Verdes in 2020
Background information
Birth nameTyler James Colon
Born (1995-12-06) December 6, 1995 (age 28)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres Pop [1]
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • record producer
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
  • ukulele
Years active2020–present
Labels Arista
Website taiverdes.com

Tyler James Colon [2] (born December 6, 1995), known professionally as Tai Verdes, is an American singer. He grew up in Southern California where he played guitar, piano, and ukulele. Playing on the basketball team during his attendance at Babson College, he maintained his love for music and eventually dropped out. He was also featured on season 6 of Are You the One? . He worked at a phone store during the COVID-19 pandemic, but this still helped further his musical passion and during the same time, he released his breakout single "Stuck in the Middle" in June 2020. The song went viral on TikTok. [1] He responded to his newfound success saying the song "doesn't just turn into a million dollars and a nice car. It turns into waiting-which I think I've gotten pretty good at." [3]

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In May 2021, he released his debut full-length studio album, TV. The album featured the single "A-O-K", which peaked at No. 34 on the Billboard Hot 100 and achieved 24.7 million radio plays. [4]

Career

Verdes released his first single "Stuck in the Middle" in mid-2020, which picked up millions of views on multiple streaming services. At the time, he was sleeping on a friend's couch and working at a Verizon phone service store. Before then he auditioned for shows including The Voice and American Idol , but to no avail. However, he won an MTV dating series when he starred on season 6 of Are You the One? .

"Stuck in the Middle" went viral on TikTok. This success carried to other singles such as "Sheesh!" and "Drugs". [4] [5]

In January 2022, Verdes signed a global publishing deal with Kobalt Music Group, citing "artist-friendly" contract terms. [6] He had previously signed with Arista Records, a record label owned by Sony Music.

On September 16, 2022, Verdes released his second studio album HDTV.

Discography

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected details and chart positions
TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
US
[7]
CAN
[8]
TV16862
HDTV
  • Released: September 16, 2022
  • Label: Fourth Wall, Last Nite, Arista
  • Formats: CD, Digital download, streaming

Singles

List of singles as lead artist, with year released, selected chart positions, and album name shown
TitleYearPeak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[9]
US
Rock

[10]
AUS
[11]
CAN
[12]
IRE
[13]
NZ
[14]
SWE
Heat.

[15]
UK
[16]
"Stuck in the Middle"
(original or "Pt. II" version featuring Kiana Ledé) [17]
2020TV
"Drugs" [20]
"Bad Bad News" [21] 2021
"We Would Have Some Cute Kids." [22]
"A-O-K"
(original or remix with 24kGoldn)
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"Feeling This Bad (v2)" [26] Non-album single
"Sheesh!"
(with Surfaces) [27]
[upper-alpha 1] Pacifico (Deluxe)
"Let's Go to Hell" [29] HDTV
"Last Day on Earth" [30] 2022 [upper-alpha 2]
"3 Outfits" [32]
"100sadsongs" [33]
"Sheluvme" [34]
"How Deep" [35]
"Sandman" [36] 2023TBA
"All White"
"Sunset"
"Stars"
"Pipe Down"2024
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Notes

  1. "Sheesh!" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 30 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart. [28]
  2. "Last Day on Earth" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 22 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart. [31]

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