Taylor Hanson

Taylor Hanson (born Jordan Taylor Hanson) is an American musician, singer-songwriter and producer best known as a member of the pop-rock band Hanson. Hanson is the second of Walker and Diana Hanson’s seven children and spent his childhood in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He developed an early interest in music, kicking off his professional music career as a child.

Hanson formed the band Hanson with his brothers, Isaac and Zac, in 1992 at age 9. The brothers performed locally and released independent recordings before signing with Mercury Records. Their major-label debut, Middle of Nowhere, arrived in 1997 and launched them to international fame. “MMMBop” became a No. 1 hit in 27 countries and earned Hanson three Grammy Award nominations in 1998, including the nomination for Record of the Year.

The band followed Middle of Nowhere with additional albums, including This Time Around (2000) and Underneath (2004). In 2003, the brothers cofounded the label 3CG Records and released Underneath independently in 2004. Taylor also became a member of the supergroup Tinted Windows alongside James Iha, Bun E. Carlos and Adam Schlesinger. In 2026, it was announced that he would compete on season 35 of Dancing With the Stars.

Hanson met Natalie Anne Bryant as a teenager while the band was touring in Atlanta. They married in June 2002 and share seven children: Ezra (born in 2002), Penelope (born in 2005), River (born in 2006), Viggo (born in 2008), Wilhelmina (born in 2012), Indiana (born in 2018) and Maybellene (born in 2020).