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Te band’s first album, from 2008, was the very rare freshman effort to debut at No. 1 and/or go Platinum these days, and the emotional connection that was forged with audiences over the short course of several hit singles and high-profile tours clearly leſt ‘em wanting—no, needing—more.


Tankfully, unlike in the song, we won’t even have to do any drunk-dialing to get what we’ve craved. Less than two years aſter the trio’s debut first hit stores with a splash, NEED YOU NOW is at hand to satisfy the hunger. Tere’s been no lull in the roll Lady Antebellum is on. With three consecutive chart-topping singles (“I Run To You,” “Need You Now” and “American Honey”), the trio has enjoyed a total of 8 weeks at No. one in just 8 months. “Need You Now” has been certified triple Platinum aſter spending 5 consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Country Songs chart and setting the record for 2009’s longest run at No. 1. Te smash hit has crossed over to pop radio


stations nearing the summit of the Top 40 chart, landing at No. 1 in multiple formats including AC and Hot AC, topping multiple international charts, and claiming the No. 1 spot on iTunes’ all-genre singles chart.


Just prior to NEED YOU NOW’s release, the trio scored two key wins at November’s CMA Awards - Single of the Year (“I Run to You”) and Vocal Group of the Year. Te very same week as the record hit shelves, the group brought home a Grammy for Best Country Performance By a Duo or Group (“I Run to You”) and has since picked up five ACM Awards for Top Vocal Group, Song of the Year and Single of the Year (both for “Need You Now”), a CMT Award and two Teen Choice Award Nominations.


As their first Group of the Year title, the CMA’s recognition did bring about a fairly urgent sense of ante-upping. “It puts expectations on us,” says Charles Kelley, who shares lead vocal duties with Hillary Scott. “We already felt like


there was a lot to prove aſter winning Best New Artist the year before—like people are invested in us and saying ‘All right, go get ‘em.’ Which is why we’re excited about getting this album out.”


“I’ll be honest,” says Hillary. “Somebody asked me if I was on such a high about the awards, and I said ‘Absolutely,’ But I was thinking to myself, ‘I’m also a little terrified.’ Because you hit a point like that and you really can’t go backwards…”


“Well, we can go backwards,” chimes in Charles, the pragmatist, laughing nervously.


“If anything, though, it makes us want to work harder and record even better songs and continue to grow as performers and prove that we’re deserving of it,” says Hillary. You can hear that burning flame throughout NEED YOU NOW, which continues their delicate—or delicately rowdy—balance of emotional, gut-


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