Biography - Tae Dye

Who is Tae Dye?

Tae Dye is a professional singer, songwriter, and American national. She is one half of the musical duo Maddie & Tae, the other one being Maddie Marlow. 

Tae Dye – Age, Parents, Siblings

Tae Dye’s birth took place on September 18, 1995, in Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA. She was born as Taylor Elizabeth Dye to mother Laura San Giacomo and father Cameron Dye. She is not the only child of her parents and has two older siblings, brothers Preston Dye and Mason Dye, who is now an actor of Teen Wolf fame.

Education, Ethnicity

After graduating from High School in Dallas, Tae Dye moved to Nashville.

Her ethnicity is Caucasian.

Tae Dye – Boyfriend, Husband, Children, Divorce

Dye married her longtime boyfriend Josh Kerr, also a country singer, on 21 February 2020 in Nashville. The couple announced their engagement in September 2019 after more than a year of dating. She and his husband welcomed their first child, a daughter named Leighton Grace Kerr on January 17, 2022, and was born three months premature.

The couple is in a blissful marriage, living without rumors of extra-marital affairs and divorce.

Tae Dye – Career

Early Days

In 2010 Tae Dye and Maddie Marlow were learning under the same vocal coach. The pair eventually met, when both were 15 years old, at a showcase in Dallas and went on to perform together under the name Sweet Aliana throughout the year.

Tae Dye has occupied the role of background vocals as well as a left-handed guitarist while Maddie Marlow is the lead vocal, a right-handed guitar, and a mandolin player.

Following graduation from high school, the duo moved to Nashville and in June 2014 was signed with Dot Records. After their label Dots folded in 2017, the pair who had undertaken the name  Maddie & Tae signed with the Mercury Nashville label in early 2018. 

Albums, EP

Maddie & Tae released their first self-titled extended play on November 4, 2014. They went on to release their next two EPs One Heart to Another (released April 26, 2019) and Everywhere I'm Goin' (released October 18, 2019). 

The pair has also released two studio albums Start Here (August 2015), and The Way It Feels (April 2020), and six singles. Their single Girl in a Country Song was branded RIAA: Platinum while Fly and Die from a Broken Heart were branded RIAA: Gold. 

Others

Aside from their acting career, Tae Dye has had TV appearances. She has starred in Nashville (2012), Dungeon Warrior: Legend of the Blue Diamond (2016), and Maddie & Tae: Girl in a Country Song (2014).

Moreover, with her bandmate, she has teamed up with Bloomingdales to release their clothing line in 2016 and their capsule collection AQUA x Maddie and Tae a few years on.

Tours

Tae Dye and Maddie Marlow have opened for Dierks Bentley, Tyler Farr, Canaan Smith, Naomi Cooke, and Jake Owen. 

Tae Dye – Net Worth, Salary

Her net worth has been estimated at around $700k while the figure on her annual salary/earnings is not shared with the public.

Tae Dye – Instagram, Twitter, Facebook

On social media handles including Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook, Tae Dye is followed by several hundred thousand followers and counting.