Raised in Northern California, Tyler Rich found his love of music gathered around a Christmas tree alongside family singing holiday classics and Creedence Clearwater Revival.
Fast forward to graduating college with a degree in Economics, Tyler moved to LA to pursue a different game of numbers -music -exploring various genres with songwriting and bands before taking the leap as a solo artist. His fanbase has grown organically from Sacramento to Nashville where in 2017 he signed a record deal with The Valory Music Co. and publishing agreement with Big Machine Music. While introducing his amplified sound and infectious energy coast to coast, the 2018 CMT Listen Up and 2019 Pandora Artist to Watch become a road warrior performing alongside some of the genre’s top acts including Dustin Lynch, Sam Hunt, Brett Eldredge, Justin Moore, Cole Swindell, Dan + Shay, Brett Young and Jon Pardi.
Enlisting Tyler as one of their “10 New Country Artists You Need to Know, Rolling Stone touts him as “the newest member of country music’s radio-minded incoming class, with a homecoming king’s swagger and a valedictorian’s songwriting smarts. Tyler’s back-to-back No. 1 hits onSiriusXM -“The Difference” and “Leave Her Wild” – were inspired by his newlywed wife model/actress Sabina Gadecki.
People explored how Tyler went from “From Red Robin to Hitting No. 1,”penning his own music and Backstreet Boys AJ McLean’s single “Night Visions.” His charm and fresh sound have accumulated 155M+ streams to date as Tyler readies to return to the studio. He’s just released “Rather Be Us”, a track written alongside Brad Tursi and Lindsay Rimes.
Wrapping a headline club run in Europe this fall, Tyler will next hit the road as support on LANCO’s What I See Tour at the start of 2020.