 
Lady Antebellum consists of Dave Haywood on guitar
and piano, Charles Kelley (brother of Josh
Kelley) on vocals, and Hillary Scott
(daughter of country singers Lang Scott
and Linda Davis) on vocals. The
country trio formed in 2006 in Nashville, TN. Kelley
and Scott began writing together after running into
each other at a Nashville bar and recognizing each
other from MySpace (where Scott had heard Kelley's
posted music). When Haywood joined in to write songs,
the goals of solo careers turned into a country trio
instead. Scott later said of being in a group
"When the 3 of us got on stage together, we
could interact together, and there wasn't as much
pressure on you." Kelley spoke about being part
of a trio: "Having the two lead vocals there can
take people into different journeys. And I think
there are people who are just naturally gonna
gravitate to her voice that aren’t gonna
gravitate to mine, and vice versa. And then on top of
it, you’ve got this harmony potential, with
Dave. When we mix the record, we don’t even
realize how important the three-part harmony is until
it’s not there. In the mix, they sometimes tend
to blend in together, these two men’s voices.
But it warms it up so much. If there was one little
piece of the puzzle that wasn’t there on
anything, or if his voice was too high or vice
versa… We definitely feel very fortunate that we
found each other and it all happened.”
Lady Antebellum could first be heard on the Jim
Brickman single "Never Alone" from
his LP Escape (available for download at iTunes). The track was a Top 20 hit on the
Adult Contemporary charts.
Lady Antebellum signed with Capitol Records
Nashville.
Lady Antebellum released their first single
"Love Don't Live Here" (available for
download at iTunes and Amazon-mp3).
Lady Antebellum released their debut LP Lady
Antebellum
(available for download at iTunes and Amazon-mp3).
Lady Antebellum topped the Billboard Top Country
Albums chart for a week with Lady
Antebellum.
The trio became the first group or duo to debut at
the top of the Country Albums chart with their debut
LP.
Lady Antebellum won an Academy of Country Music Award
for Best New Group or Duo.
Lady Antebellum's first country hit "Love Don't
Live Here" made it into the Top 3 of the country
charts.
Lady Antebellum began opening for Martina
McBride's 'Waking Up Laughing Tour.'
Lady Antebellum could be heard on the AT&T
Team USA compilation with "I Was Here"
(available for download at iTunes).
Scott won the Songwriter of the Year award by the
SESAC for "Love Don't Live Here" and
"Lookin' For A Good Time."
Lady Antebellum topped the Billboard Year-End Charts as the Top New Country Artist.
 # 93
Singles Artist of the Year
Lady Antebellum was nominated for 2 Grammy Awards for Best New Artist and Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo
or Group
("Love Don't Live Here").
Lady Antebellum won an Academy of Country Music Award
for Top New Duo or Group.
Lady Antebellum topped the Billboard Country Singles
chart with "I Run To You" (available for
download at iTunes and Amazon-mp3) .
Lady Antebellum topped the Billboard Country Singles
chart with "Need You Now."
Lady Antebellum won 2 Country Music Association
Awards including Single of the Year ("I Run To
You").
Lady Antebellum hit the Top 40 with "Need You Now" (available for download at iTunes and Amazon-mp3).
Lady Antebellum topped the Billboard 2009 Year-End Chart
Toppers with the Top Hot Country Song ("I
Run To You").
 # 23
Singles Artist of the Year
Lady Antebellum won a Grammy Award for Best Country Performance By A Duo or
Group With Vocals ("I Run To You").
Lady Antebellum released Need
You Now
(available for download at iTunes and Amazon-mp3). Rolling Stone came
down hard on the LP and trio saying "...they're
good a t being bland... and (they) have potential,
but they're most dull..."
Lady Antebellum topped the Billboard 200 LP chart and
Top Country Albums chart with Need
You Now.
The LP sold over 481,000 copies its first week of
release in the US.
Need
You Now
was certified platinum.
Lady Antebellum hit the Top 10 with "Need You Now."
Lady Antebellum topped the Billboard Radio Songs
chart with "Need You Now."
Lady Antebellum topped the Billboard Hot Adult
Contemporary chart with "Need You Now."
Need
You Now
was certified 2x platinum.
Lady Antebellum topped the Billboard Country Songs
chart with "Our Kind Of Love."
Need
You Now
was certified 3x platinum.
Lady Antebellum won an American Music Award for Favorite
Country Band/Duo/Group, and were nominated for Favorite
Pop/Rock Band/Duo/Group, Favorite Country Album (Need
You Now),
Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist, and Breakthrough Artist.
Lady
Antebellum
was certified 2x platinum.
Lady Antebellum's LP Need
You Now
was the #2 top selling LP of the year with over
3.1 million copies sold in the US.
 # 48 Singles
Artist of the Year
Lady Antebellum won 5 Grammy Awards including Best Country Album (Need
You Now),
and Record of the Year, Song
of the Year
(awarded to the songwriter), Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo
or Group, and Best Country Song (awarded to the songwriter)
("Need You Now"), and was nominated for Album of the Year (Need
You Now).
Lady Antebellum hit the Top 40 with "Just A Kiss."
Lady Antebellum topped the Billboard Country Songs
chart with "Just A Kiss."
Lady Antebellum released Own
The Night.
Lady Antebellum topped the Billboard 200 LP chart,
Country Albums chart, and Digital Albums chart with Own
The Night.
Lady Antebellum performed on Saturday Night Live.
Own
The Night
was certified platinum.
Lady Antebellum won an American Music Award for Favorite
Country Band/Duo/Group.
Lady Antebellum topped the Billboard Country Songs
chart with "We Owned The Night."
Lady Antebellum topped the Billboard Adult
Contemporary chart with "Just A Kiss."
Lady Antebellum won a Grammy Award for Best Country Album (Own
The Night).
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