Introduction
Michael Wilson Hardy (born September 13, 1990), known professionally as Hardy, is an American country music singer and songwriter. He has written songs for Florida Georgia Line, Chris Lane, Blake Shelton, Dallas Smith, and Morgan Wallen, and has released his own music through Big Loud Records.
Biography
Michael Hardy was born in Philadelphia, Mississippi. He attended Middle Tennessee State University, where he got a degree in songwriting. After moving to Nashville, Tennessee to pursue songwriting, and became a writing partner of the duo Florida Georgia Line. Among the songs that Hardy wrote include "Up Down" by Morgan Wallen. Due to the song's success and encouragment from record producer Joey Moi, Hardy was signed to Big Loud Records in 2018.
In October 2018, released an EP titled This Ole Boy, which he supported by joining Wallen's If I Know Me Tour. This was followed in 2019 by the single "Rednecker", and a second EP titled Where to Find Me. To support the EP, Hardy joined Florida Georgia Line on their Can't Say I Ain't Country Tour.
Hardy also co-wrote Florida Georgia Line's singles "Simple" and "Talk You Out of It", Blake Shelton's singles "God's Country" and "Hell Right", Drop by Dallas Smith, along with Chris Lane's single "I Don't Know About You".
In September 2019, Hardy released a collaborative album titled Hixtape, Vol. 1, which featured a total of 17 artists including Thomas Rhett, Keith Urban, Tracy Lawrence, Jake Owen, Trace Adkins, Joe Diffie, Zakk Wylde, Cole Swindell, Dustin Lynch, and Morgan Wallen.
Hardy will be on tour with Thomas Rhett in 2020 for Thomas' Center Point Road Tour.
Discography
Albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country |
USHeat |
USIndie | |||
| Hixtape, Vol. 1 |
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35 | 9 | 34 |
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Extended plays
| Year | Album | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | This Ole Boy
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| 2019 | Where to Find Me
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Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions |
Sales | Album | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country |
US Country Airplay |
US Bubbling |
CAN Country | ||||||
| 2019 | "Rednecker" | 23 | 26 | 18 | 17 |
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Hixtape, Vol. 1 | ||
| 2020 | "One Beer" |
34 | 47 | — | — |
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| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart. | |||||||||
Music videos
| Year | Video | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | "This Ole Boy" | Gerry Wenner |
| 2019 | "Rednecker" | Thom Oliphant |
| 2020 | "One Beer" |