American Authors, formerly known as the Blue Pages, are an American rock band originally from Boston, based in New York City, that consists of lead vocalist and guitarist Zac Barnett, bassist Dave Rublin, and drummer Matt Sanchez.
On December 1, 2010, the Blue Pages independently released their single "Run Back Home" on iTunes.
[11] 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 Billboard's chart of Top New Artists for that year.
[12] 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".
The song "Bring It on Home" was featured in an official trailer for the documentary film The Biggest Little Farm on January 29, 2019.
[14] On June 25, 2021, American Authors released their first song as a trio, "Nice and Easy", which features Mark McGrath of Sugar Ray.
[2] The band later teamed up with Rob Thomas and Santana for the song "Move", from the latter's most recent album, Blessings and Miracles.
On September 9, 2022, American Authors released "Blind for Love", the first single from their fourth studio album, Best Night of My Life, which came out on February 10, 2023.
[17] 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.
[19] They ended the year by releasing two holiday singles, including the original song "Come Home to Me"[20] and a cover of "Christmas in Hollis" by Run-DMC.
[27] The song "Home" was featured in a trailer for the movie This Is Where I Leave You and in a video honoring troops and their families.