Quick Facts
Biography
Brandon Rhyder is an American Texas Country/Red Dirt singer from Carthage, Texas.
Education
Rhyder graduated from the University of Texas at Tyler with a degree in Industrial Technology.
Albums
Rhyder released his first album in 2001 and since then has released six more in the coming years. His second album Behind The Pine Curtain was released in 2003. With his third album, Conviction which was produced by Walt Wilkins, that came out in August 2005 that Brandon’s stock continued to rise as a mainstay in the Texas music scene. It was with his fourth album titled Live that was on Apex Records, which is based out of Nashville, TN that Brandon got his first number one single on the Texas Country Music Chart with "Before I Knew Your Name". Brandon released of his fifth record in 2008 titled Every Night that was produced by Radney Foster For his sixth record Brandon teamed up with Walt Wilkins once again, who produce Head Above Water which was released on February 16, 2010.
Brandon Rhyder in February, 2010 celebrated his fast rising single, “Rock Angel,” which landed in the coveted No. 1 spot for two weeks in a row on both the Texas Music chart and the Texas Regional Radio. This song is the lead track from his new disc Head Above Water that was released nationwide on February 16, 2010 via Thirty Tigers. Album also includes a bonus DVD featuring an exclusive behind-the-scenes documentary about the making of this disc.
Booking
Also in the last year, Brandon moved his booking to Red 11 in Nashville and released his fifth record in 2008 titled Every Night producer/co-writer Radney Foster. The record debuted at No. 53 on the Top Country Albums chart and at No. 50 on Billboard’s Top New Artist Albums chart. Every Night’s lead single, “This Ain’t It,” jumped to No. 5 on the Texas Music Chart and the accompanying video to "This Ain't It" was released in the summer of 2009. In May 2013 Rhyder released his new hit single "Haggard" and has set a release date for August 2013 for his 8th album.
Top releases
To date, Brandon has delivered 3 Top 20 singles, 2 Top 10 singles, 3 Top 5 singles and now 2 No. 1 singles with “Rock Angel” and “Before I Knew Your Name.”
Discography
Albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US Heat | |||
| Behind the Pine Curtain |
| — | — | |
| Conviction |
| — | — | |
| Live |
| — | — | |
| Every Night |
| 53 | 50 | |
| Head Above Water |
| 41 | 20 | |
| Live at Billy Bob's Texas |
| — | — | |
| That's Just Me |
| 62 | 40 | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||
Music videos
| Year | Video | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | "This Ain't It" | |
| 2009 | "Rock Angel" | Evan Kaufmann |
| 2011 | "Lord, I Hope This Day Is Good" | Zack Morris |
| 2014 | "Leave" | John H. Reynolds |