Micah Tyler is an American
Christian music
Christian music is a genre of music that has been written to express either personal or a communal belief regarding Christianity, Christian life and faith. Common themes of Christian music include praise, worship, penitence and lament, and its f ...
ian, who primarily plays
Christian pop music. He has released four musical works: two studio albums, ''The Story I Tell'' (2013) and ''New Today'' (2020), and two
extended play
An extended play (EP) is a Sound recording and reproduction, musical recording that contains more tracks than a Single (music), single but fewer than an album. Contemporary EPs generally contain up to eight tracks and have a playing time of 1 ...
s, ''The Kitchen Sink'' (2014) and ''Different'' (2016) with
Fair Trade Services
Fair Trade Services, formerly known as INO Records, is an American record label based in Brentwood, Tennessee, specializing in Contemporary Christian music (CCM).
History
The label was founded in 1999 as INO Records, a division of M2 Communic ...
. Both the ''Different'' album and the ''New Today'' album charted on one
''Billboard'' magazine chart.
Early life and background
He became a youth pastor after graduating from high school at the age of eighteen. He also drove a food delivery truck for his father-in-law’s business before turning to music full time.
Music career
His music recording career started in 2013, with the studio album, ''The Story I Tell'', while he also independently released an
extended play
An extended play (EP) is a Sound recording and reproduction, musical recording that contains more tracks than a Single (music), single but fewer than an album. Contemporary EPs generally contain up to eight tracks and have a playing time of 1 ...
the following year, ''The Kitchen Sink''.
In 2015, he had his first viral video with his performance of an original satirical song, "You've Gotta Love Millennials." The video received tens of millions of views within days across Facebook and YouTube.
Tyler released another extended play, ''Different'', with
Fair Trade Services
Fair Trade Services, formerly known as INO Records, is an American record label based in Brentwood, Tennessee, specializing in Contemporary Christian music (CCM).
History
The label was founded in 1999 as INO Records, a division of M2 Communic ...
, on November 4, 2016,
while this peaked on the
''Billboard'' magazine Christian Albums
Top Christian Albums is a weekly chart published in ''Billboard'' magazine that ranks the best-performing Christian albums in the United States. Like the ''Billboard'' 200, the data is compiled by Nielsen Soundscan based on each album's weekly ...
chart at No. 38.
In 2020, Tyler released "New Today," a full length album which reached No. 25 on the
Billboard Magazine
''Billboard'' (stylized in lowercase since 2013) is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation. The magazine provides music charts, news, video, opinion, reviews, events and styles related to th ...
Christian Albums
Top Christian Albums is a weekly chart published in ''Billboard'' magazine that ranks the best-performing Christian albums in the United States. Like the ''Billboard'' 200, the data is compiled by Nielsen Soundscan based on each album's weekly ...
chart.
Personal life
Tyler is married to Casey Begnaud, and together they have three children. They reside in
Buna, Texas.
Discography
Studio albums
Compilations
EPs
Singles
Promotional singles
Notes and references
External links
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1983 births
Living people
American performers of Christian music
Musicians from Texas
Songwriters from Texas
Fair Trade Services artists