2006–2011: Early years The members of American Authors met while attending
Berklee College of Music in 2006. The quartet spent their first years in Boston recording and performing music under the name The Blue Pages. In May 2010, the band opened for
Cash Cash on the Robots in High-Tops tour. In 2010, they relocated to
Brooklyn. On December 1, 2010, the Blue Pages independently released their single "Run Back Home" on iTunes.
2012–2015: Name change, debut album In 2012, the group changed their name to American Authors. In January 2013, the band was signed to
Mercury Records. Their debut single, "
Believer", garnered attention through alternative rock radio. On March 19, 2013, they released their most successful single to date, "
Best Day of My Life". American Authors released their self-titled debut EP on August 27, 2013. In 2013, the group won Overall Grand Prize in the 18th Annual USA Songwriting Competition with their song "Believer". They released their debut studio album,
Oh, What a Life, on March 3, 2014, and subsequently ranked at number nine on
Billboards chart of Top New Artists for that year. In July 2015, the band was picked as
Elvis Duran's
Artist of the Month and featured on
NBC's
Today show, performing the song "Best Day of My Life".
2015–2019: What We Live For, Seasons From 2015 to 2016, American Authors worked on their second album,
What We Live For. The lead single, "
Go Big or Go Home", was released on May 18, 2015, a year before the album's publication. On December 11, 2015, the band issued the single "
Pride", and "What We Live For" followed on April 1, 2016. The album was released on July 1, 2016. "
I'm Born to Run" was issued as the record's fourth and final single in 2017. American Authors released the single "Deep Water" on May 17, 2018, preceding their third studio album. In December, they announced the record's title,
Seasons. Its third single, "Say Amen", came out on November 16, 2018, followed by "Neighborhood" on December 7 and "Stay Around" on January 11, 2019. The song "Bring It on Home" was featured in an official trailer for the documentary film
The Biggest Little Farm on January 29, 2019.
Seasons was released on February 1, 2019.
2020–2022: Counting Down, covers, and collaborations On January 17, 2020, American Authors released a new single titled "Microphone". On February 28, they published a song with
Seeb, titled "Best I Can". On September 18, 2020, they released the EP
Counting Down. On April 23, 2021, the band announced on Twitter that James Adam Shelley would no longer be part of the band and that American Authors would continue without him. On June 25, 2021, American Authors released their first song as a trio, "Nice and Easy", which features
Mark McGrath of
Sugar Ray. They also announced that they would be moving forward with their own independent label. They followed it on January 13, 2023, with the single "Best Night of My Life". On February 3, 2023, the third and final single, "We Happy Don't Worry", was released. After the release of
Best Night of My Life, American Authors issued a few standalone songs online, beginning with a collaboration with
Billy Raffoul, "Perfectly Imperfect", on August 18, 2023. On November 1, they published a cover of "
Sweet Caroline" by
Neil Diamond. They ended the year by releasing two holiday singles, including the original song "Come Home to Me" and a cover of "
Christmas in Hollis" by
Run-DMC. On March 11, 2024, the band announced their fifth studio album,
Call Your Mother. The lead single, "My Last Dime", came out on March 29 and was followed by "Daises" on April 19. The third single, issued on May 17, was a cover of "
Save Tonight" by
Eagle-Eye Cherry. The fourth single, "Can't Stand the Mourning", was released on June 21, 2024. The fifth single, "Something Amazing", which features
Rozes, was issued on July 26, 2024, and was followed by the sixth single, "Come Too Far", on August 22, 2024. The seventh single, "Bon Voyage", came out on September 20, 2024.
Call Your Mother came out on October 18, 2024. ==In other media==