After building an impressive résumé of independently released music, country singer-songwriter Tyler Braden broke into the mainstream in 2020 with a series of major label singles. ∙ Braden’s first major label release was a 2020 cover of Needtobreathe’s chart-topping hit “Brother,” which he recorded in honor of his time as a firefighter in Alabama and Tennessee. ∙ “Love Is A Dead End Road,” his 2020 hit single, was cowritten by singer-songwriter Chase Rice and Brock Berryhill (Twenty One Pilots, Kane Brown). ∙ During the 2020 holiday season, he released an acoustic cover of Willie Nelson’s “Pretty Paper.”