Country group
Lady Antebellum to go big in 2010
Recently spending its fifth week
at the top of the US country charts, Lady Antebellum’s single “Need
You Now” is finding audiences outside of the country
genre. The song has currently reached 1.4 million downloads on iTunes
and is being played on more than 50 Top 40 stations.
The debut album of the band Lady
Antebellum holds the same title as their number one single, Need
You Now, and officially goes no sale on the 26th of January. BMI
vice president of writer-publisher relations, said the young trio (consisting
of Charles Kelley, Dave Haywood and Hillary Scott) are “one of the
most influential game-changers” they’ve seen in years. The band,
as a result, will be opening for Tim McGraw on his upcoming tour.
Very rarely does a country CD go
on sale and become an event worth noting in the entertainment industry,
and if it does it’s a result of the big name that follows, such as
Shania Twain, Garth Brooks or Taylor Swift – never a sophomore band.
Predictions see the album reaching number one on not just the country
charts, but general album charts.
The three singers from Nashville
met in part through MySpace. Kelley and Heywook were friends from middle
school in North Carolina. The two met Scott, daughter of country singer
Linda Davis, on the social networking site and began performing together
in 2007 at local nightclubs.
Shortly after, the trio were snatched
up by Capital Records and requested to sing with pop artist Jim Brickman
on his single “Never Alone”. Later the group released their first
single or MTV’s The Hills – “Love Don’t Live Here”
– after which they became massively popular.
