A Timeline of Florida Georgia Line’s Vocation
Though the state superstar duo promised that the announcement is not a breakup, and that they nonetheless prepare to tour jointly in the new year when it really is safe to do so, we at Billboard felt that it was time for a Florida Georgia Timeline (get it?)
See underneath for a timeline of FGL’s job.
2008 – Belmont College
Kelley and Hubbard met at the Nashville-found university through a campus worship team, and commenced writing collectively involving lessons. Kelley is from Ormond Seashore, Florida, and Hubbard is from Monroe, Georgia — hence choosing on the name Florida Ga Line.
December 2010 – Just about anything Like Me EP
As an independent duo, FGL self-unveiled their debut EP, which showcased six songs which includes “You happen to be Nation” and “Backwoods Elegance Queen.” They went on to indicator a publishing and management deal with Massive Loud Mountain and worked with Nickelback producer Joey Moi on their future EP.
2012 – “Cruise”
Featured on their 2012 It’z Just What We Do EP, “Cruise” grew to become FGL’s breakout hit. The track hit No. 1 on the Very hot Country Music chart on Dec. 22, 2012, its initially of a then-report-breaking 24 months at the leading of the listing. By July 6, 2013, the song — thanks in component to a remix showcasing Nelly — peaked at No. 4 on the all-style Billboard Warm 100 chart, the duo’s very first major 10 strike. The tune went on to provide more than 7.5 million downloads by 2020 in the U.S., and has earned much more than 700 million on-desire streams and been performed on the radio in excess of 1 million moments.
The music later on opened up FGL’s debut studio album, 2012’s Here’s to the Superior Instances.
2013 – Awards galore!
Many thanks to the accomplishment of “Cruise,” Florida Georgia Line received a slew of awards in 2013. At the ACM Awards, the duo snagged new artist of the calendar year and new vocal duo or team of the yr. At the CMT Music Awards, “Cruise” gained duo online video of the yr and breakthrough movie of the calendar year. At the CMA Awards, Florida Georgia Line received vocal duo of the calendar year and “Cruise” was named single of the 12 months. At the American Tunes Awards, the Nelly remix of “Cruise” gained single of the yr.
A year afterwards, at the 2014 Billboard Audio Awards, “Cruise” ongoing its successful streak when it was named top region track.
August 2014 – Just about anything Goes album
The group’s sophomore album was led by the solitary “Filth.”
August 2016 – Dig Your Roots album
The duo’s third studio album showcased a selection of large-profile collaborations, including Tim McGraw, Ziggy Marley and the Backstreet Boys, showcasing FGL’s talent for style-bending.
2017 – Bebe Rexha’s “Intended to Be”
FGL teamed up with pop star Bebe Rexha for her smash All Your Fault: Pt. 2 monitor “Meant to Be,” which arrived at No. 1 on Sizzling Country Tunes on Dec. 16, 2017, and finally logged a report-breaking 50 weeks in the direct. The observe soared to No. 2 on the Billboard Incredibly hot 100 (for 3 months) and to No. 2 on the Pop Airplay chart. It has created more than 1.4 billion on-desire streams in the U.S. and above 1.3 million plays on the radio.
February 2019 – Are not able to Say I Ain’t Country album
Hubbard and Kelley each individual co-wrote a lot more than 50 % the tracks on Place, which spans 19 tracks, which includes the singles “Talk You Out of It,” “Sittin’ Pretty” and “Colorado.” They continued their affinity for wide-ranging functions on the album, with Jason Derulo, Jason Aldean and Hardy amongst the guest stars.
The album entered Billboard’s Leading Region Albums chart (dated March 2, 2019) at No. 1, earning 50,000 equal album units (29,000 in regular album revenue) in its to start with 7 days, ending Feb. 21, in accordance to Nielsen Audio.
October 2019 – The Acoustic Periods
Florida Ga Line stripped things down for its 17-observe acoustic task. The banjo is at the forefront of “Get Your Glow On” in its place of electric guitars for a much more laidback come to feel. In the meantime, the band’s collaborators Luke Bryan, Tim McGraw, Backstreet Boys and Bebe Rexha remained on massive hits “This Is How We Roll,” “May We All,” “God, Your Mama, and Me” and “Meant to Be” respectively.
May possibly 2020 – 6-Pack EP
It is like “a range pack – there is a minor anything for every person: a adore music, party tracks, and tunes that deliver us with each other,” said FGL’s Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley of the EP. “We’ve been performing authentic challenging in the studio, and are just tremendous energized to have new audio out.”
The 6-song compilation was co-generated by Corey Crowder and featured the single “I Enjoy My State.”
In 2021, FGL added a few a lot more tracks to the set: “Very long Live,” “New Truck” and “Daily life Rolls On.”
November 2020 – “No reality” to breakup rumors
Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley unfollowed each other on social media, which led supporters to feel a hiatus was on the way. A supply shut to the group told Billboard at the time that there had been “no fact” to rumors of a break up.
January 2021 – Strategies to launch solo audio
In a approximately 10-moment video get in touch with that the region duo shared on their social media, Kelley described how the ongoing pandemic gave him a ton of further time at dwelling for some “soul-searching” and a nice split from songwriting prior to he obtained back into the swing of factors.
“Me and you have had discussions three or four several years ago, and this has variety of been a lifelong desire of mine. But I kinda felt like I started off writing an album when I began composing all over again in August and experienced a few of tunes that I commenced writing that I just felt like probably I am supposed to sing these and possibly have a venture, an outlet for these to appear out on,” he mentioned. “We talked about that before, and just the timing wasn’t correct. All the dots weren’t seriously linked, every little thing wasn’t in line.”
“Like BK said, timing’s anything and we’ve been on a 10-year journey jointly. We would not improve it for the environment. And we’re gonna proceed our journey,” Hubbard responded. “We have sort of made this independence all-around ourselves to where by we can do whatsoever we want to do creatively and musically, so it truly is a large amount of pleasurable…. It is a lovely spot to be, like BK claimed, to be equipped to undertaking out and have a voice of our have and have an individuality a minor bit. We’ve often been a bundle offer.”
The duo clarified that they’re not breaking up and nonetheless plan to tour jointly in the new 12 months when it truly is secure to do so.
January 2021 – “Undivided”
Hubbard teamed up with Tim McGraw for the upbeat, inspirational anthem “Undivided,” which Hubbard wrote with Chris Loocke while reflecting on his particular quarantine in his tour bus just after screening constructive for COVID-19 (which made FGL unable to perform at the CMA Awards in 2020 along with four other performers).
“Tunes gives us hope and provides us with each other in a way very little else can. This doesn’t imply we really don’t have work to do. Fairly the opposite,” McGraw said in a assertion. “I cherished the positivity of this song and that it known as me to look at myself and to recall that love is even larger. It is why I knew this music experienced to be my following solitary with Tyler as quickly as he despatched it to me.”
“I knew promptly when I concluded it, I experienced to textual content it to Tim. He has a way of speaking with the entire world that is distinctive in music,” Hubbard included. “For him to want to conduct with me was an remarkable emotion. The music is about coming collectively, and that’s particularly what we did.”
January 2021 – Inauguration
McGraw and Hubbard carried out their unifying duet at the Celebrating The us primetime exclusive honoring President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Inauguration Working day (Jan. 20).
They delivered the track outside on the the banks of the Cumberland River with Nashville’s skyline lights up in the track record.