The duo\u2019s Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley were college classmates, while the duo took its name from their home states: Kelley was born in Florida, and Hubbard was born in Georgia.<\/p>\n
Since their 2012 breakthrough hit \u201cCruise,\u201d Florida Georgia Line\u2019s Hubbard and Brian Kelley have earned 16 No. 1 hits on Billboard\u2019s Country Airplay chart and six No. 1s on the Hot Country Songs chart. The popularity of \u201cCruise\u201d was also extended when FGL teamed with Nelly for a collaborative version of the song. \u201cCruise\u201d went on to be certified Diamond by the RIAA. The duo\u2019s hits like \u201cCruise,\u201d as well as \u201cThis Is How We Roll\u201d and \u201cGet Your Shine On,\u201d helped redefine country music, melding in elements of rock and hip-hop to its modern country sound.<\/p>\n
Florida Georgia Line earned the CMA\u2019s vocal duo of the year accolade three times, from 2013-2015, as well as a pair of top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, with \u201cCruise\u201d reaching No. 4 in 2013 and the BeBe Rexha collaboration \u201cMeant To Be\u201d climbing even higher, to No. 2 in 2018. \u201cMeant to Be\u201d also garnered FGL a Grammy nomination for best country duo\/group performance. The duo\u2019s most recent album was 2021\u2019s Life Rolls On.<\/p>\n
In 2021, Kelley released his solo album Sunshine State of Mind and the following year, the duo took a hiatus. Meanwhile, Hubbard released his self-titled debut solo album in 2023, and Kelley released the projects Tennessee Truth and Ed & Mary Margaret\u2019s Son in 2024. That same year, Hubbard released his second solo album, Strong.<\/p>\n
But with the duo reuniting onstage in 2026, and following with a pair of new business deals, it seems FGL is set to continue making its mark on country music.<\/p>\n
Below, Billboard looks back at the duo\u2019s career milestones thus far.<\/p>\n
Billboard VIP Pass<\/p>\n Belmont University (2008)<\/p>\n Kelley and Hubbard met at the Nashville-located university, and began writing together between classes. Kelley is from\u00a0Ormond Beach, Florida, and Hubbard is from Monroe, Georgia \u2014 thus deciding on the name Florida Georgia Line.<\/p>\n \u2018Anything Like Me\u2019 EP (December 2010)<\/p>\n As an independent duo, FGL self-released its\u00a0debut EP,<\/a>\u00a0which featured six songs, including \u201cYou\u2019re Country\u201d and \u201cBackwoods Beauty Queen.\u201d The pair went on to sign a publishing and management deal with Big Loud Mountain and worked with Nickelback producer Joey Moi on its next EP.<\/p>\n \u201cCruise\u201d (2012)<\/p>\n Featured on the\u00a02012\u00a0It\u2019z Just What We Do\u00a0EP, \u201cCruise\u201d became FGL\u2019s breakout hit.\u00a0The song hit No. 1 on Hot Country Songs on Dec. 22, 2012, its first of a then-record-breaking 24 weeks at the top of the list. By July 6, 2013, the song \u2014 thanks in part to a remix featuring Nelly \u2014 peaked at No. 4 on the Hot 100, the duo\u2019s first top 10 hit on that chart. The song went on to sell more than 7.5 million downloads by 2020 in the U.S., has earned more than 700 million on-demand streams and has been played on the radio over 1 million times. The duo also signed a label deal with Big Machine Label Group in 2012.<\/p>\n Awards Galore! (2013)<\/p>\n Thanks to the success of \u201cCruise,\u201d Florida Georgia Line won a slew of awards in 2013. At the ACM Awards, the duo snagged new artist of the year and new vocal duo or group of the year. At the CMT Music Awards, \u201cCruise\u201d won duo video of the year and breakthrough video of the year. At the CMA Awards, FGL won vocal duo of the year and \u201cCruise\u201d was named single of the year. At the American Music Awards, the Nelly remix of \u201cCruise\u201d won single of the year.<\/p>\n A year later, at the 2014 Billboard Music Awards, \u201cCruise\u201d continued its winning streak when it was named top country song.<\/p>\n Anything Goes album (2014)<\/p>\n The group\u2019s sophomore set became its first to top the Billboard 200 albums chart, and was led by the hit single \u201cDirt,\u201d which reached No. 11 on the Hot 100.<\/p>\n Dig Your Roots album (2016)<\/p>\n The duo\u2019s third studio album reached No. 2 on the Billboard 200, and featured a number of high-profile collaborations \u2014\u00a0including\u00a0Tim McGraw,\u00a0Ziggy Marley\u00a0and the\u00a0Backstreet Boys \u2014 showcasing FGL\u2019s talent for genre-bending.<\/p>\n \u201cMeant To Be\u201d with Bebe Rexha (2017)<\/p>\n FGL teamed up with pop star Bebe Rexha for her smash\u00a0All Your Fault: Pt. 2\u00a0track \u201cMeant to Be,\u201d which reached No. 1 on Hot Country Songs on Dec. 16, 2017, and eventually logged a record-breaking 50 weeks on top. The track also soared to No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, spending three weeks in the runner-up position.<\/p>\n Can\u2019t Say I Ain\u2019t Country album (2019)<\/p>\n Hubbard and Kelley each co-wrote more than half the tracks on\u00a0Country,\u00a0which spans 19 songs, including the singles \u201cTalk You Out of It,\u201d \u201cSittin\u2019 Pretty\u201d and \u201cColorado.\u201d The pair continued their affinity for wide-ranging features on the album, with Jason Derulo, Jason Aldean and Hardy among the guest stars.<\/p>\n The album\u00a0entered\u00a0Billboard\u2019s\u00a0Top Country Albums<\/a>\u00a0chart (dated March 2, 2019) at No. 1, earning 50,000 equivalent album units (29,000 in traditional album sales) in its first week, also reaching No. 4 on the Billboard 200.<\/p>\n The Acoustic Sessions (2019)<\/p>\n Florida Georgia Line stripped things down for this 17-track acoustic project. The banjo is at the forefront of \u201cGet Your Shine On\u201d instead of electric guitars for a more laid-back feel. Meanwhile, the contributions of prior collaborators Luke Bryan, Tim McGraw, Backstreet Boys and Bebe Rexha remained on massive hits \u201cThis Is How We Roll,\u201d \u201cMay We All,\u201d \u201cGod, Your Mama, and Me\u201d and \u201cMeant to Be,\u201d respectively.<\/p>\n \u20186 Pack\u2019 EP (May 2020)<\/p>\n It\u2019s like \u201ca variety pack \u2013 there is a little something for everybody: a love song, party songs, and songs that bring us together,\u201d said FGL\u2019s Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley of the 2020 EP. \u201cWe\u2019ve been working real hard in the studio, and are just super excited to have new music out.\u201d<\/p>\n The six-song compilation was co-produced by Corey Crowder and featured the single \u201cI Love My Country.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cNo Truth\u201d to Breakup Rumors (November 2020)<\/p>\n Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley unfollowed each other on social media, which led fans to believe a hiatus was on the way. A source close to the group\u00a0told\u00a0Billboard<\/a>\u00a0at the time that there were \u201cno truth\u201d to rumors of a split.<\/p>\n Solo Music Plans (January 2021)<\/p>\n In a nearly 10-minute video call that the country duo shared on their social media, Kelley explained how the ongoing pandemic gave him a lot of extra time at home for some \u201csoul-searching\u201d and a nice break from songwriting before he got back into the swing of things.<\/p>\n \u201cMe and you have had conversations three or four years ago, and this has kind of been a lifelong dream of mine. But I kinda felt like I started writing an album once I started writing again in August and had a couple of songs that I started writing that I just felt like maybe I\u2019m supposed to sing these and probably have a project, an outlet for these to come out on,\u201d he said. \u201cWe talked about that before, and just the timing wasn\u2019t right. All the dots weren\u2019t really connected, everything wasn\u2019t in line.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cLike BK said, timing\u2019s everything and we\u2019ve been on a 10-year journey together. We wouldn\u2019t change it for the world. And we\u2019re gonna continue our journey,\u201d Hubbard responded. \u201cWe\u2019ve kind of created this freedom around ourselves to where we can do whatever we want to do creatively and musically, so it\u2019s a lot of fun\u2026. It\u2019s a beautiful place to be, like BK said, to be able to venture out and have a voice of our own and have an individuality a little bit. We\u2019ve always been a package deal.\u201d<\/p>\n The duo clarified that they\u2019re not breaking up and still plan to tour together in the new year once it\u2019s safe to do so.<\/p>\n Kelley released his solo album Sunshine State of Mind in June 2021 and Hubbard released his self-titled debut solo album in 2023.<\/p>\n Tyler Hubbard, Tim McGraw Release \u201cUndivided\u201d (January 2021)<\/p>\n Hubbard teamed up with Tim McGraw for the\u00a0upbeat, inspirational anthem \u201cUndivided,\u201d which Hubbard wrote with Chris Loocke while reflecting on his personal quarantine in his tour bus after testing positive for COVID-19 (which made FGL\u00a0unable to perform at the CMA Awards<\/a>\u00a0in 2020\u00a0along with four other performers<\/a>).<\/p>\n \u201cMusic gives us hope and brings us together in a way nothing else can. This doesn\u2019t mean we don\u2019t have work to do. Quite the opposite,\u201d\u00a0McGraw\u00a0said in a statement. \u201cI loved the positivity of this song and that it called me to check myself and to remember that love is bigger. It\u2019s why I knew this song had to be my next single with Tyler as soon as he sent it to me.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI knew immediately when I finished it, I had to text it to Tim. He has a way of communicating with the world that is unique in music,\u201d Hubbard added. \u201cFor him to want to perform with me was an amazing feeling. The song is about coming together, and that\u2019s exactly what we did.\u201d<\/p>\n Brian Kelley Releases Solo Projects (2021)<\/p>\n Brian Kelley issued his solo debut EP, BK\u2019s Wave Pack, in April 2021, and followed with his full-fledged solo album, Sunshine State of Mind, in June 2021.<\/p>\n FGL Announces Hiatus, Tyler Hubbard Releases Solo Album (2022\/2023)<\/p>\n The duo performed together at the Minnesota State Fair in September 2022, but earlier that year, Hubbard and Kelley told<\/a> People that the duo were going on hiatus.<\/p>\n \u201cI think \u2018taking a break\u2019 is the proper term, as opposed to breaking up,\u201d Hubbard told the outlet during a preview of the opening of the Florida Georgia Line exhibit at the Country Music Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re not going our separate ways,\u201d Kelley added. \u201cWe\u2019re taking a break from recording our music. We\u2019re being artists. We love creating. And so a couple years back, we started writing without each other and trying different writers, and now we\u2019re both doing that with our music.\u201d<\/p>\n The following year, Hubbard released his debut self-titled solo album.<\/p>\n Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley\u2019s \u2018Hike Heard Round The World\u2019 (January 2026)<\/p>\n Long before FGL officially reunited, there were signs of a potential reunion. In January 2026, Kelley posted<\/a> a video on Instagram of himself and the words \u201cafter going on the hike with T-Hubb\u201d that then flowed into a video of Jon Hamm as his\u00a0Your Friends & Neighbors\u00a0character in a club. The video sparked comments from several of their fellow country artists, including HARDY, who wrote, \u201cDo I need to start writing FGL songs again?\u201d and ERNEST, who commented, \u201cThe hike heard round the world.\u201d<\/p>\n FGL Honors Jason Aldean During Surprise Performance (March 2026)<\/p>\n FGL made its first performance in approximately four years, when the pair made a surprise appearance at a party for Jason Aldean during Country Radio Seminar in March 2026. They performed Aldean\u2019s \u201cYou Make It Easy,\u201d which Kelley and Hubbard are co-writers on.<\/p>\n FGL Reunites During CMA Fest (June 2026)<\/p>\n The duo officially reunited onstage during 2026\u2019s CMA Fest, making a surprise appearance at Nissan Stadium in Nashville to perform songs including \u201cCruise.\u201d The appearance started with Hubbard and Kelley each standing at opposite sides of the stadium, then walking toward each other to a stage at the middle of the stadium. \u201cWe back, baby!\u201d Hubbard told the cheering crowd.<\/p>\n Florida Georgia Line Signs With The Core Entertainment (June 2026)<\/p>\n In June 2026, Florida Georgia Line revealed they signed<\/a> with The Core Entertainment for management.<\/p>\n The Core Entertainment, led by co-founders\/co-CEOs\u00a0Simon Tikhman\u00a0and\u00a0Kevin \u201cChief\u201d Zaruk, also manages Nickelback, Dan + Shay, Bailey Zimmerman, Nate Smith, Cameron Whitcomb and Josh Ross, among others.<\/p>\n FGL Signs With CAA (June 2026)<\/p>\n In what might be the strongest signal of potential upcoming FGL shows or even a possible tour, FGL signed with<\/a> booking agency CAA in June.<\/p>\n Best of Billboard<\/p>\n Sign up for Billboard’s Newsletter<\/a>. 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