The Willis Clan

Talented dancers, horseback riders, singers, songwriters, wrestlers, multi-instrumentalists, and reality television stars, Tennessee-based family band the Willis Clan cover a wide spectrum of the arts, but their music draws heavily from their faith, country life, and Irish lineage. Like a country-pop mash-up of the Corrs, Lady Antebellum, and the Partridge Family, the 14-piece collective (parents Brenda and Toby and their twelve home-schooled children Jessica, Jeremiah, Jennifer, Jeanette, Jackson, Jedi, Jasmine, Juliette, Jamie, Joy Anna, Jaeger, and Jada) made a splash in 2014 with an electrifying appearance on the NBC reality show America's Got Talent (they made it into the quarter finals). The following year saw the group land a deal with TLC for their own reality show, The Willis Family, and release an album of original pop songs, 11 of which were penned by eldest sibling Jessica, called Heaven. ~ James Christopher Monger