# Aaron Benward

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{{short description|American singer-songwriter}}
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{{Autobiography|date=May 2022}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Aaron Benward
| image           =
| caption         =
| birth_name      = Aaron Jeoffrey Benward
| birth_date      = {{birth date and age|1973|09|13}}
| origin          =
| Instruments     =
| genre           = [Country](/source/Country_music), [Christian music](/source/Christian_music)
| occupation      = Singer-songwriter,
| years_active    = 2000–present
| label           =
| past_member_of = [Blue County](/source/Blue_County_(music_group)), [Aaron Jeoffrey](/source/Aaron_Jeoffrey)
}}

'''Aaron Jeoffrey Benward '''(born September 13, 1973) is an American Christian and country singer-songwriter.

==Life and career==
Benward is the son of Candice and [Jeoffrey Benward](/source/Jeoffrey_Benward) and has two siblings, Sareece and Colin. In [high school](/source/high_school), he left his mark as an All-State football, basketball and soccer player and was named the U.S. Army Scholar/Athlete of the Year. After graduating, he decided to pursue a college degree before getting involved in music on a professional level. He attended college on a soccer scholarship studying music business at [Belmont University](/source/Belmont_University) in [Nashville, Tennessee](/source/Nashville%2C_Tennessee).

In 1991, he surprised his father Jeoffrey when he told his dad that he wanted to follow his steps in the music business. They went on to form a unique son/father duo called [Aaron Jeoffrey](/source/Aaron_Jeoffrey) that achieved great success in the [CCM](/source/Contemporary_Christian_music) scene. They garnered 10 #1 Billboard CCM singles and sold over 1,000,000 copies on all three of their EMI released albums combined.

Benward met his wife, Kenda, in [San Jose, California](/source/San_Jose%2C_California), and married in 1994. In the late 1990s, Benward decided to pursue a solo career. While recording his first solo album, Benward, his wife and children, were involved in a near fatal car accident. After recovering from his injuries, Benward was able to release his debut album titled ''Imagine'', that had Billboard #1 single called "Captured" in 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.christianitytoday.com/music/artists/aaronbenward.html|title=Music|website=Christianitytoday.com|accessdate=September 3, 2017}}</ref>

Benward founded the country music duo [Blue County](/source/Blue_County_(music_group)) with his friend [Scott Reeves](/source/Scott_Reeves).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jhAEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22aaron+jeoffrey%22+%22blue+county%22&pg=PA34|title=Billboard|date=April 17, 2004|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|accessdate=September 3, 2017|via=Google Books}}</ref> Blue County recorded one album for [Curb Records](/source/Curb_Records), which included the top 10 single "[Good Little Girls](/source/Good_Little_Girls_(song))" and the Top 20 hit "That's Cool", which Aaron co-wrote. Blue County was also nominated three times for CMA/ACM Duo of the Year.  They participated as a featured artist in Conde Nast's/Chevrolet's Fashion Rocks campaign.

In 2023, Benward began producing a new [Amazon Freevee](/source/Amazon_Freevee) [docu-series](/source/docu-series), ''[God. Family. Football.](/source/God._Family._Football.)''<ref>Evans Price, Deborah (September 1, 2023). "[https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/anticipated-series-real-life-friday-145915901.html Anticipated New Series is a Real-Life 'Friday Night Lights' — With A Whole Lot of Faith]. ''[Yahoo!](/source/Yahoo!)/[Woman's World](/source/Woman's_World)''. Retrieved September 9, 2023.</ref>

==Other work==

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| 2016 || [SM Entertainment](/source/SM_Entertainment) || ''[Press It](/source/Press_It)'' || [Taemin](/source/Lee_Tae-min) || "Soldier"   || {{No}} || [Taemin](/source/Lee_Tae-min) || {{Yes}} ||  [Matthew Tishler](/source/Matthew_Tishler), [Felicia Barton](/source/Felicia_Barton)
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==See also==
* [Aaron Jeoffrey](/source/Aaron_Jeoffrey)
* [Luke Benward](/source/Luke_Benward)

==References==
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Category:1973 births
Category:American country singer-songwriters
Category:American male singer-songwriters
Category:American performers of Christian music
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:Blue County (duo) members
Category:Living people
Category:Singer-songwriters from Tennessee
Category:Members of the Country Music Association
Category:Country musicians from Tennessee
Category:21st-century American male singers
Category:21st-century American singer-songwriters

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