Andrew Hyatt

After finishing high school, Hyatt briefly worked as a youth pastor at a church.^[3] He then worked as an iron worker at a nickel mine in his hometown of Sudbury for three years.^[4][5] After leaving that job, Hyatt went to school for record production, then enrolled at a school for policing.^[5] In his late teens and early twenties, he performed in a Christian rock band.^[6] After the band broke up, Hyatt began a solo career and released his debut EP Never Back Down in 2015 on Wax Records.^[6]

Hyatt released his full-length debut album Iron & Ashes in May 2017.^[7] The album included his first charting single "On Me".^[8] In late 2017, he signed with 604 Records and released the single "Do It With You", which later became his first top ten single on the Billboard Canada Country airplay chart.^[9][10] Hyatt won the SiriusXM "Top of the Country" competition.^[11] He received three nominations at the Country Music Association of Ontario awards in 2018, for Male Artist of the Year, Album of the Year and Rising Star of the Year.^[12] Hyatt released the companion EPs Cain in 2018 and Abel in 2019.^[13] Hyatt supported the EPs by touring as an opening act for Dean Brody and Tim Hicks.^[13]

In 2020, Hyatt had begun a 36-date tour opening for Gord Bamford when the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the tour.^[1] He turned to further recording, releasing the EP Neverland in 2020.^[14] It included the singles "Didn't Know Me", "I Needed That", and "Neverland", the latter of which became Hyatt's first song to chart on the all-genre Canadian Hot 100.^[15][16] In 2021, he released The Wanderspace Sessions featuring three stripped-down versions of his singles.^[3][1] That year, he also released the EP Wild Flowers, which was the follow-up to Neverland.^[3] He was a nominee for "Rising Star" at the 2021 Canadian Country Music Awards.^[17]

In 2022, Hyatt released the EP Four Good Years.^[18] It was subsequently nominated for "Album of the Year" at the 2023 Canadian Country Music Awards.^[19] In January 2024, he released the EP L Is For.^[20] In the spring of 2024, Hyatt embarked on "The Country Mixtape Tour" across Canada as a co-headliner alongside Shawn Austin and Tyler Joe Miller.^[21]

In February 2025, Hyatt released the song "Between the Lines", part of an EP titled "Andrew Hyatt and the Ten Year War".^[22] He embarked on a headlining tour of the same name in Ontario in March 2025.^[22] Hyatt received nominations for four awards at the 2025 CMAOntario Awards, including Male Artist of the Year.^[23][24]