"Cruise", the first single on the album, reached number 1 on the Country Airplay chart dated December 15, 2012. The album was the sixth best selling album of 2013. The duo released their first studio album, Here's to the Good Times, on December 4, 2012, with Republic Nashville. In the fall of 2011, Hubbard signed a publishing deal with Big Loud Shirt. Major labels became interested when their debut single, " Cruise", first hit satellite radio on " The Highway" channel and began selling well on iTunes, leading to a deal with Republic Nashville and the Big Machine Label Group. After writing and polishing songs for two years, the duo released their second EP It'z Just What We Do in 2012. Shortly after they were discovered at a county fair by Nickelback's producer, Joey Moi. In 2010, they recorded and digitally distributed their first EP, Anything Like Me. In 2009, the duo decided they wanted to pursue music as a career and they started playing shows throughout the south. The two began playing writers rounds throughout Nashville, as well as selling out shows at local venues. The two became great friends, and began writing songs and playing guitar together. Hubbard was introduced to Brian Kelley at Belmont University in 2007 by a mutual friend in a campus worship group. Career Florida Georgia Line (2010- present) In 2007, Hubbard's father was killed in a helicopter accident near his hometown. Hubbard graduated from high school at Loganville Christian Academy in 2005 and went on to study at Belmont University. By the time he was in high school, he was leading the worship service at church and spending his free time making hip-hop/rap beats with his friends and learning to play the guitar. He was very involved at church and would attend multiple times a week. He spent much of his time on dirt bikes or playing whatever sport was in season. Hubbard was born on January 31, 1987, in Monroe, Georgia, and is the oldest of three children born to Roy (died 2007) and Amy Hubbard. His first solo chart entry was a guest vocalist on Tim McGraw's " Undivided", followed by his first solo single " 5 Foot 9", which topped the Billboard Country Airplay charts in 2022. After that duo went on hiatus in 2021, Hubbard began recording as a solo artist on EMI Nashville. Tyler Reed Hubbard (born January 31, 1987) is an American singer-songwriter, and musician, best known as a former member of the Nashville-based duo Florida Georgia Line.
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