Tai Verdes

Tyler James Colon^[2] (born December 6, 1995), known professionally as Tai Verdes, is an American singer. He grew up in Southern California where he played guitar, piano, and ukulele. Playing on the basketball team during his attendance at Babson College, he maintained his love for music and eventually dropped out. He was also featured on and won season 6 of Are You the One?. He worked at a phone store during the COVID-19 pandemic, but this still helped further his musical passion and during the same time, he released his breakout single "Stuck in the Middle" in June 2020. The song went viral on TikTok.^[1] He responded to his newfound success saying the song "doesn't just turn into a million dollars and a nice car. It turns into waiting-which I think I've gotten pretty good at."^[3]

Tai Verdes
Verdes in 2020
Background information
Birth name	Tyler James Colon
Born	(1995-12-06) December 6, 1995 (age 29) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres	Pop[1]
Occupations	Singer songwriter record producer
Instruments	Vocals guitar ukulele
Years active	2020–present
Labels	Arista
Website	taiverdes.com

In May 2021, he released his debut full-length studio album, TV. The album featured the single "A-O-K", which peaked at No. 34 on the Billboard Hot 100 and achieved 24.7 million radio plays.^[4]

Career

Verdes released his first single "Stuck in the Middle" in mid-2020, which picked up millions of views on multiple streaming services. At the time, he was sleeping on a friend's couch and working at a Verizon phone service store. Before then he auditioned for shows including The Voice and American Idol, but to no avail. However, he won an MTV dating series when he starred on season 6 of Are You the One?.

"Stuck in the Middle" went viral on TikTok. This success carried to other singles such as "Sheesh!" and "Drugs".^[4][5]

In January 2022, Verdes signed a global publishing deal with Kobalt Music Group, citing "artist-friendly" contract terms.^[6] He had previously signed with Arista Records, a record label owned by Sony Music.

On September 16, 2022, Verdes released his second studio album HDTV.

Discography

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected details and chart positions

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions		Certifications
		US [7]	CAN [8]
TV	Released: May 20, 2021 Label: Fourth Wall, Last Nite, Arista Formats: Digital download, streaming	168	62	RIAA: Gold[9] MC: Gold[10]
HDTV	Released: September 16, 2022 Label: Fourth Wall, Last Nite, Arista Formats: CD, Digital download, streaming	—	—

Singles

List of singles as lead artist, with year released, selected chart positions, and album name shown

Title	Year	Peak chart positions								Certifications	Album
		US [11]	US Rock [12]	AUS [13]	CAN [14]	IRE [15]	NZ [16]	SWE Heat. [17]	UK [18]
"Stuck in the Middle" (original or "Pt. II" version featuring Kiana Ledé)[19]	2020	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	RIAA: Gold[9] MC: Platinum[10] RMNZ: Gold[20]	TV
"Drugs"[21]		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	RIAA: Gold[9] MC: Platinum[10]
"Bad Bad News"[22]	2021	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"We Would Have Some Cute Kids."[23]		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"A-O-K" (original or remix with 24kGoldn)		34	4	24	20	59	26	2	92	RIAA: 2× Platinum[9] ARIA: Platinum[24] BPI: Silver[25] MC: 4× Platinum[10] RMNZ: Platinum[20]
"Feeling This Bad (v2)"[26]		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Non-album single
"Sheesh!" (with Surfaces)[27]		—	—	—	—	—	—[A]	—	—	RIAA: Gold[9]	Pacifico (Deluxe)
"Let's Go to Hell"[29]		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		HDTV
"Last Day on Earth"[30]	2022	—	—	—	—	—	—[B]	—	—
"3 Outfits"[32]		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"100sadsongs"[33]		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Sheluvme"[34]		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"How Deep"[35]		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Sandman"[36]	2023	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		TBA
"All White"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Sunset"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Stars"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Pipe Down"	2024	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Notes

1. "Sheesh!" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 30 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.^[28]
2. "Last Day on Earth" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 22 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.^[31]