Hunter Hayes Quick Info | |
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Height | 5 ft 6 in |
Weight | 65 kg |
Date of Birth | September 9, 1991 |
Zodiac Sign | Virgo |
Eye Color |
Blue |
Hunter Hayes is an American multi-genre singer, songwriter, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist. He has worked on numerous tracks, albums, and extended plays such as Somebody’s Heartbreak, Through My Eyes, Hunter Hayes, Holidays with Hunter, Make a Wish, Honoring Our French Heritage, Songs About Nothing, Storyline, The 21 Project, Everybody’s Got Somebody But Me (ft. Jason Mraz), Yesterday’s Song, 21, Light Me Up, Tattoo, Storm Warning, I Want Crazy, and Wanted. Proficient at more than 30 instruments, he became the youngest male act to ever top the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart with his track titled Wanted. In 2014, Billboard called him the leader of “Country Music’s Youth Revolution”. Moreover, Hayes has been nominated for at least 5 Grammy Awards while he won the 2012 CMA Award for “New Artist of the Year” and 3 BMI Awards.
Born Name
Hunter Easton Hayes
Nick Name
Hunter
Sun Sign
Virgo
Born Place
Breaux Bridge, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana, United States
Residence
Los Angeles, California, United States
Nationality
Education
In 2008, Hunter finished his high schooling via distance education courses.
Occupation
Singer, songwriter
Family
- Father – Leo Hayes
- Mother – Lynette Hayes
- Siblings – He is an only child.
- Others – Easton Hayes (Paternal Grandfather), Mary Bergeron (Paternal Grandmother), Carol Louis/Lewis Clause (Maternal Grandfather), Lynn “Wileen” Simon (Maternal Grandmother)
Manager
Hunter Hayes has been repped by Martingale Entertainment, LLC.
Genre
Cajun, country, country-pop, R&B, blues, pop, pop-rock, alternative rock
Instruments
Vocals, accordion, bass guitar, drums, guitar, keyboard, mandolin, piano
Labels
Atlantic Nashville, Warner Nashville, LP Entertainment
Net Worth
His net worth had been $4.5 Million according to CelebrityNetWorth.com.
Build
Athletic
Height
5 ft 6 in or 168 cm
Weight
65 kg or 143 pounds
Girlfriend / Spouse
Hunter Hayes has dated –
- Libby Barnes (2014-Present) – In late 2014, Hunter started dating hairstylist and makeup artist, Libby Barnes who is 2 years older than him.
Race / Ethnicity
Mixed
Hunter Hayes is of Cajun French, along with small amounts of German, English, and Northern Irish, remote Scottish, Welsh, Belgian, Swiss-German, and Spanish (Catalan) descent.
Hair Color
Blonde
Eye Color
Blue
Sexual Orientation
Straight
Distinctive Features
Great build
Shoe Size
Hunter is speculated to be wearing a shoe of size 10 (US).
Brand Endorsements
C.F. Martin & Co.’s guitars (2012)
Religion
Christianity
Best Known For
Has given hit singles like “Wanted” and “Somebody’s Heartbreak” and others
First Album
Hunter released his debut studio album entitled Hunter Hayes via Atlantic Records on October 11, 2011. The album consisted of 12 tracks making it a total length of roughly 45 minutes. In the U.S., it charted at #1 in the Top Country Albums list, was certified as ‘Platinum’ and sold 1,071,000 copies. AllMusic gave the album 3.5 stars (out of 5).
Amazingly, besides singing and co-writing all the songs, he also played all the instruments, did background vocals, and also co-produced it – all by himself.
First Film
Hayes appeared in the 1997 American drama film The Apostle for his role as “Child Accordionist”.
First TV Show
Hunter has appeared in several television shows namely, Maury, Rosie O’Donnell, and Figure It Out (Nickelodeon’s game show), and others.
Hunter started appearing on national television as a kid (at the age of 4).
Personal Trainer
Hunter has a great build and must have worked out hard (and still working out) to achieve that level of fitness.
Hunter Hayes Favorite Things
- Cajun Food – Gumbo
- TV Shows – He does not watch much TV unless it is very special like Top Gear, music-related, or something like that.
- Books – Does not like reading
- Color – Red
- Musician – Stevie Wonder
- Sports – Any kind of “Racing” such as NASCAR, F1, INDY
Source – Popdust.com, Radio.com, iHeart
Hunter Hayes Facts
- As a kid, Hunter used to sing and perform in Cajun restaurants in front of a live audience in his hometown and that is where he discovered that he wants to take singing as his full-time career.
- He drinks a lot of water, especially when he is traveling by air. This is even the first thing, he orders. He easily gets dehydrated.
- He says his biggest problem is worrying. He worries a lot and most of the problems (for which he worries) are really pointless.
- He is a multi-instrumentalist (see the list of instruments, he can play by scrolling to the top), meaning he can play a tremendous amount of musical instruments. He learned them all by himself.
- He does not like reading books. Instead, he watches movies.
- Though, he does not like gaming, but, if it has something to do with racing, then he can’t stop himself. He is a car freak.
- Hunter received a toy accordion as a gift from his grandmother when he was two. This was the time his musical career started.
- He has also performed a duet with Victoria Justice to contribute the song to the 2011 film Footloose’s soundtrack.
- At the time, Hunter was aged seven, he got the invitation to perform at the White House lawn party for President Bill Clinton.
- Hunter also partnered with ConAgra Foods for their Child Hunger Ends Here Program in the past and wrote a song titled “Here’s Hope” especially for that campaign.
- In September 2012, he was included in the “Louisiana Hall of Fame” and with that, he became the youngest musician to have done so.
- He signed with Universal Music Publishing Group in 2008 as a songwriter only.
- Hunter was born at Larniurg Hospital in Breaux Bridge in Louisiana.
- He can speak French as well. He grew up singing songs in both English and French. So, he has an extremely good command of both languages.
- In July 2022, Hunter released his new song titled Missing You.
Hunter Hayes does like reading he said it himself!
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hunter hayes you are such a God gifted man and you are like a Sun for me and your songs are sunshine for me i know you don’t even know about my existence but its ok ’cause sun has no limits for his influnce and i always pray to god to give you success like a broad deep sea that has no limits of rule over the whole world. And yah one more thing i want to tell you, that might be very common for u but that realy meant for me is that i love you.
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God bless you Hunter Be true to yourself because truly are a gifted talent don’t get caught up in the hype love that you put yourself into your craft stay that I tell my 11 yr old grandson how amazing you are teaching yourself so many instruments he also taught himself piano he has lesson in violin n gutair. So strong be proud !!
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He is so fine. I love him to death.
I got four questions to answer do you want to be my friend. I want you to watch a movie from movie theater tomorrow morning is sing. And I want to sing with you. And I want to sing you hunter hayes.
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