is hunter hayes the next big thing?

Will Hunter Hayes be the next big thing? The 19-year-old won CMT's Next Big Thing TV show contest.


CMT will air the premiere of Hunter's new video, Storm Warning. The song, written by Hunter, Gordie Sampson and busbee, is the debut single from his forthcoming album set for release later this year. The single is available now at all digital retailers. Hunter wrote or co-wrote every song on the album, played every instrument and co-produced with Dann Huff.


Hayes will join Taylor Swift for select dates on her Speak Now World Tour 2011 beginning July 28.


Hayes, the Louisiana raised multi-instrumentalist (acoustic guitar, bass guitar, drums, electric guitar, mandolin and keyyboard), performed Jambalaya with Hank Williams Jr. in front of 265,000 people at the age of 4 (now tracking more than 15 million YouTube views), has played with Johnny and June Cash and Charlie Daniels and has co-written songs recorded by Rascal Flatts and Montgomery Gentry.