Tyler Colon, known professionally as Tai Verdes, is an American singer-songwriter. He grew up in

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; he played guitar, piano, and ukulele. Playing on the basketball team during his attendance at

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, 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

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, but this still helped further his musical passion and during the same time, he released his breakout single "Stuck in the Middle" in August 2020. The song went viral on

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. 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." 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.

Career

Tai 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

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phone service store. Before then he auditioned for shows including ''The Voice'' and ''

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'', but to no avail. However, he won an

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dating series when he starred on Season 6 of ''

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''. "Stuck in the Middle" went viral on

. This success carried to other singles such as " Sheesh!" and "Drugs". In January 2022, Tai signed a global publishing deal with

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, citing "artist-friendly" contract terms. He had previously signed with

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, a record label owned by

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Discography

Studio albums

Singles

Notes

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Verdes, Tai American male singer-songwriters Living people Musicians from California Arista Records artists 1995 births