American Authors

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American Authors
American Authors in London (2014)
American Authors in London (2014)
General information
Genre (s) Indie rock ,
alternative rock ,
pop rock ,
folk rock
founding 2006
Website weareamericanauthors.com
Current occupation
Zachary Barnett
James Adam Shelley
Dave Rublin
Matt Sanchez
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
American Authors (EP)
  US 156 02/01/2014 (2 weeks)
Oh, what a life
  DE 68 06/06/2014 (1 week)
  AT 58 06/06/2014 (1 week)
  UK 26th 03/29/2014 (2 weeks)
  US 15th 
gold
gold
03/22/2014 (15 weeks)
What We Live For
  US 60 07/23/2016 (1 week)
Singles
Best Day of My Life
  DE 34 
gold
gold
04/18/2014 (22 weeks)
  AT 20th 05/02/2014 (19 weeks)
  CH 65 07/06/2014 (2 weeks)
  UK 17th 
platinum
platinum
01/18/2014 (25 weeks)
  US 11 
Triple platinum
× 3
Triple platinum
11/30/2013 (36 weeks)

The American Authors are an American indie rock - band from New York .

Band history

The band was formed by singer Zac Barnett from Minnesota, guitarist James Adam Shelley from Florida, bassist Dave Rublin from New Jersey and drummer Matt Sanchez from Texas in 2006 when they were all attending Berklee College of Music in Boston . Originally they were called Blue Pages , later American Authors . After leaving college early, they moved to Brooklyn . In 2012 they got a recording deal from Island Records and released the singles Believer and Best Day of My Life that same year . In the following year, the debut EP named after the band followed, with which they made it to number 5 in the US Heatseeker charts. In the same year, Best Day of My Life entered the official single charts . Responsible for this were several uses in television commercials and appearances of the band, including Jay Leno and the television series The Carrie Diaries . But it wasn't until the release of the debut album Oh, What a Life in March 2014, which debuted at number 15 on the Billboard 200 , that the song reached its highest ranking and was awarded gold . At the same time, the single and album were also released in Great Britain , where they achieved similar placements as in the band's homeland.

Discography

Albums

  • 2014: Oh, What a Life
  • 2016: What We Live For
  • 2019: Seasons

EPs

as The Blue Pages

  • 2007: Surrounded by Wolves
  • 2009: Bear Fight
  • 2010: Night Hawke
  • 2011: Anthropology
  • 2012: Rich with Love

as American Authors

  • 2013: American Authors

Songs

  • 2013: Believer
  • 2013: Best Day of My Life
  • 2014: Trouble
  • 2014: Luck
  • 2014: In a Big Country
  • 2015: Go Big or Go Home
  • 2015: Pride
  • 2016: What We Live For
  • 2017: I'm Born to Run
  • 2017: Everything Everything
  • 2017: I Wanna Go Out
  • 2017: Good Ol 'Boys (with Gazzo)
  • 2018: Deep Water
  • 2018: Say Amen (feat.Billy Raffoul)
  • 2018: Neighborhood ( feat.Bear Rinehart )

swell

  1. ↑ a b Chart sources: DE UK US
  2. ↑ Awards: DE UK US
  3. ↑ On the Verge: American Authors write their own ticket , Korina Lopez, USA Today, February 2, 2014
  4. ↑ American Authors Crack Hot 100 With Help of Lowe's Ad, 'Delivery Man' Trailer , Gary Graff, Billboard, December 2, 2013
  5. ↑ Biography: American Authors , SWR3 Poplexikon, March 20, 2014

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