Zachary Walker Hanson was born on October 22, 1985 in Arlington, Virginia and grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma. His parents are Walker Hanson and Diana Hanson. Zac was home-schooled by his mother and at a young age he and his brothers, future band mates Taylor and Isaac, discovered their father’s rock and roll albums. The boys became increasingly interested in music and walked around the house singing. Soon after Zac began to play the drums.

Musical Career

The three brothers later formed a band and began to perform everywhere they could, including café parking lots, state carnivals and fairs, and parties. While the boys played at these venues their mother would sell Hanson’s independently released first album, Boomerang. The record featured the three boys singing 3-part harmony and their second indie album featured an early rendition of their later hit single "MMMBop."

In 1994, Zac and his brothers took their album to the famous South by Southwest music festival, where they sang acappella for music lawyer Christopher Sabec and impressed him. Sabec became their manager and eventually connected the trio with record producer Steven Greenberg, who signed the band to Mercury Records.

Hanson’s contract with Greenberg and Mercury Records included a six-album deal. Their first studio album with a major label, Middle of Nowhere, was released in the US on May 6, 1997, selling 10 million copies worldwide, and featured their platinum and Grammy-nominated No. 1 single "MMMBop," along with Top 10 hits "I Will Come to You" and "Where’s the Love." The band was nominated for three Grammy Awards in 1998: Best New Artist, Record of the Year, and Best Pop Performance by a Group with Vocal.

Hanson’s follow up to Nowhere was the Christmas release Snowed In, which also went platinum and reached the Top 10 and was loved by fans and critics alike. Then in 2000 the brothers released This Time Around, which went gold and peaked in the Top 20, but because of the lack of promotional funding, album sales were low and the music label eventually pulled funding for their concert tour. The band toured through the summer and fall of 2000 by paying for the expenses out of their own pocket. The band has continued to record albums after creating their own label, 3CG. While not replicating the commercial success of their major label efforts, the brothers have continued to make their way in the indie market while spearheading African charity work. Hanson has played together for more than twenty years and in 2013 they released Anthem, featuring the single "Get the Girl Back."

Even to today, the band continues to release albums for their many world wide fans. From official albums on their own label to special release Christmas albums, all of which have been very successful with fans and critics alike. 

Personal Life

Zac met Kathyrn ‘Kate’ Tucker in a model competition. They started dating in 2001 and got engaged in 2005. Zac married Kate in 2006. He has three children out of this marriage. All the members in the band are known for their monogamous life. It was said that all three members of the band had only one intimate relationship, each. Zac was the youngest of all and had a fulfilling relationship with his girlfriend. He got married to her when he was 20 and became a father by the age of 22. He said that his wife was the only person he had an intimate relationship with and would never have such a relationship with any other woman. He was said to have dated Marion Ravn in 2000. He stated that he never had an intimate relationship before marrying Kate, it was considered to be a short relationship between Ravn and Zac.