The Henningsens is an American country music trio consisting of Brian Henningsen, his son Aaron, and daughter Clara. The trio released their debut single, " American Beautiful", for

Arista Nashville Arista Nashville is an American record label that serves as a wholly owned division of Sony Music, operated under the Sony Music Nashville division. Founded in 1989, the label specializes in country music artists, including Alan Jackson, Brooks & ...

in late 2012.

History

The Henningsens, consisting of Brian Henningsen and two of his children, Aaron and Clara, originated in Illinois, where Brian played in bands off and on throughout the 1980s and began songwriting in the early 1990s. He met with music publishers in Nashville in the mid-1990s but he put his career on hold to take over the family farm. In 2008 at church, Aaron met

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's husband and

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member Cactus Moser, who in turn shared The Henningsens' demo recordings with producer

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. The Henningsens co-wrote The Band Perry's singles " You Lie" and "

All Your Life "All Your Life" is a song written by Brian and Clara Henningsen, and recorded by American country music group The Band Perry. It was released in August 2011 as the fourth single from the band's self-titled debut album. Content In "All Your L ...

", as well as several album tracks on

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. Their collaborative efforts would later yield several album cuts on ''Pioneer'', including the title track, "Night Gone Wasted", "I Saw a Light", "I'm a Keeper", "Back to Me Without You", and "End of Time". Other songs that The Henningsens wrote include "Love It Out Loud" for Wynonna Judd, "Alone" for

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, and "Six Gold Coins" by Highway 101. They then signed to

and began working with Worley on their debut album. On December 17, 2012, the trio released their debut single (and album title track) "American Beautiful". Billy Dukes of Taste of Country gave the single 3.5 stars out of 5. A self-titled EP was released on May 28, 2013. A full-length album, ''American Beautiful'', was scheduled to be released on July 2, 2013, but has since been postponed. Clara married Jacob Calaway on May 4, 2013. The trio co-wrote

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's 2015 single "

Drinkin' Town with a Football Problem "Drinkin' Town with a Football Problem" is a song written by Elizabeth Elkins, Aaron Henningsen, Brian Henningsen, Clara Henningsen, and Vanessa Olivarez and recorded by American country music artist Billy Currington. It was released to radio on ...

". On June 16, 2015 '' The Sims 4: Perfect Patio Stuff'' was released including a song recorded in ''simlish'' by The Henningsens, Like No One's Watching, radio station backyard (the ''non-simlish'' version was released in 2016 on ''World's On Fire''). In August 2015 The Henningsens parted ways with Sony Nashville. In the same month they released a tribute song to honour the farmers, Why I Farm, in partnership with Beck's Hybrids. On May, 11th The Henningsens announced the release of their first LP album, World's On Fire.

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Singles

Music videos

References

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