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Need You Now is the second studio album from country music group Lady Antebellum. The album was released on January 26, 2010,[1][2] via Capitol Nashville. It is the follow-up album to their 2008 self-titled RIAA Platinum certified debut album. It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 with 481,000 copies sold in its first week. It has been certified 3x platinum by the RIAA. On February 13, the album won the Grammy Award for Best Country Album and was nominated for Album of the Year, whereas the single "Need You Now" won four awards, including Song of the Year and Record of the Year.[3]

Singles

"Need You Now", the first single, debuted at number 50 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart in August 2009. For the chart week of October 26, 2009, the song became their second Number One single on the Radio & Records Country Singles chart, and for the week of November 28, it became their second Number One single on the Hot Country Songs chart in the United States, as issued by Billboard.[4] After the trio's performance of the song at the Country Music Association Awards, it climbed to a number five peak on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming and experienced a surge in sales after the 52nd Grammy Awards, peaking at number two, their highest peaking single on the Hot 100 and pop charts.[5] As of April 14, 2010, it has been certified 2× Platinum by the RIAA. The song was used in the first episode of the TV show Hellcats.

"American Honey", the second single, debuted at number 47 on the Hot Country Songs chart for the week of January 2, 2010,[6] before its initial release date of January 11, 2010.[7] In April 2010, the song became their third consecutive Number One single, as well as third Top 30 single on the Billboard Hot 100.

In the United Kingdom and Europe (except from Germany), "I Run to You" was the second single taken from the International Edition of the album. It was released on 9 August 2010 in support of their debut UK live show at Shepherd's Bush Empire.[8]

"Our Kind of Love" was confirmed as the third single off the album. The song was released as a promotional single on January 10, 2010, and received its official release as the set's third single in late May.

"Hello World", the album's fourth single, was released to radio on October 4, 2010.

Track listings

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Need You Now"Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott4:37
2."Our Kind of Love"Haywood, Kelley, Scott, Michael Busbee4:09
3."American Honey"Cary Barlowe, Hillary Lindsey, Shane Stevens3:44
4."Hello World"Tom Douglas, Tony Lane, David Lee5:26
5."Perfect Day"Jerry Flowers, Haywood, Kelley, Scott3:21
6."Love This Pain"Marv Green, Jason Sellers3:03
7."When You Got a Good Thing"Haywood, Kelley, Scott, Rivers Rutherford4:57
8."Stars Tonight"Monty Powell, Haywood, Kelley, Scott4:04
9."If I Knew Then"Kelley, Powell, Anna Wilson4:15
10."Something 'Bout a Woman"Haywood, Kelley, Scott, Craig Wiseman3:41
11."Ready to Love Again"Haywood, Kelley, Scott, Busbee2:53
International Edition (Pop version)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Need You Now"Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott3:55
2."Our Kind of Love"Haywood, Kelley, Scott, Busbee4:07
3."American Honey"Cary Barlowe, Hillary Lindsey, Shane Stevens3:45
4."Hello World"Tom Douglas, Tony Lane, David Lee5:24
5."Perfect Day"Jerry Flowers, Haywood, Kelley, Scott3:21
6."When You Got a Good Thing"Haywood, Kelley, Scott, Rivers Rutherford4:56
7."Stars Tonight"Monty Powell, Haywood, Kelley, Scott4:02
8."If I Knew Then"Haywood, Kelley, Scott, Anna Wilson4:13
9."Lookin' for a Good Time"Haywood, Kelley, Scott, Lindsey, Keith Follesé3:06
10."Ready to Love Again"Haywood, Kelley, Scott, Busbee2:51
11."I Run to You"Haywood, Kelley, Scott, Lindsey, Tom Douglas4:17
12."Bottle Up Lightning (Japan bonus track) (Zune Exclusive Single)" 4:05
13.""Last Night Last" (iTunes bonus track)" 4:13

Bonus download songs

Each month on ladyantebellum.com, a new song becomes available to all that bought a CD, digital-download, or passcode version of the album[9]

  1. "Need You Now" (Acoustic) (Haywood, Kear, Kelley, Scott) — (Jan/Feb)
  2. "I Run to You" (Acoustic) (Haywood, Kelley, Scott, Douglas) — (March)
  3. "American Honey" (Live) (Barlowe, Lindsey, Stevens) — (April)
  4. "Our Kind of Love" (Live) (Haywood, Kelley, Scott, Busbee) — (May)
  5. "Stars Tonight" (Live) (Powell, Haywood, Kelley, Scott) — (June)
  6. "All We'd Ever Need" (Live) (Haywood, Kelley, Scott) — (July)
  7. "Do I" (Live) (Bryan, Kelley, Haywood) — (August)
  8. "When You Got a Good Thing" (Live) (Haywood, Kelly, Rutherford, Scott) - (September)
  9. "Slow Down Sister" (Live) (Haywood, Kelly, Gambill, Shaw) - (October)
  10. "Love's Lookin' Good On You" (Live) (Deere, Lopez, Shaw) - (November)
  11. "Hello World" (Live) (Douglas, Lane, Lee) - (December)

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[10]
American Songwriter[11]
Billboardfavorable[12]
The Boston Globemixed[13]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[14]
Los Angeles Times[15]
Rolling Stone[16]
Slant[17]
The 9513[18]

Reviews for the album have been generally positive according to Metacritic, with an average score of 63 out of 100.[19] Giving it four stars out of five, Jessica Phillips wrote in Country Weekly magazine that the group "certainly need have no fear of a sophomore slump" due to the success of "Need You Now". She also said that the album showed the trio's "ability to craft memorable country pop hooks," but added that "not every song works on this record."[20]

Allmusic reviewer Thom Jurek wrote that on this album "they stick very close to the formula of their debut: a slew of mid- and uptempo love songs, a sad ballad, and a couple of rocked-up good-time tunes — all self-written with some help from some of Nashville's most respected writers."[21] He also went on to say that the album was "flawless in its songwriting, production, and performances."[21] Mikael Wood of Entertainment Weekly said, "they're most successful when they keep to the moody minor key stuff" and gave the album a B+.[14]

Crystal Bell, writing for Billboard was also positive in her review citing Kelley's vocal slyness and the delicate arrangement of the track, "Ready to Love Again", also noting "the trio's musical growth."[22]

Jonathan Keefe of Slant Magazine was less positive.[23]

Allegations that the song stole from The Alan Parsons Project's song 'Eye in the Sky' have been widespread online, and representatives for Parsons commented.[24]

Chart performance

Need You Now debuted at #1 on the U.S. Billboard 200 with first week sales of 481,000. It is the third best-selling album of 2010, behind I Dreamed a Dream by Susan Boyle and Recovery by rapper Eminem.[25] As of the chart dated February 19, 2011, the album has sold 3,175,500 copies in the US.[26] Due to the band winning 5 grammies, Need You Now debuted at No. 24 on the German Albums Chart in February 2011, 9 months after the release of the album [27][28].

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions
US Country US CAN
2009 "Need You Now" 1 2 2
2010 "American Honey" 1 25 50
"Our Kind of Love" 1 51 61
"Hello World" 8 58 70

Chart precession and succession

Preceded by
Hope for Haiti Now by Various artists
Soldier of Love by Sade
Battle of the Sexes by Ludacris
 Billboard 200 number-one album
February 13, 2010 – February 27, 2010
March 20, 2010
April 3, 2010 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Fearless by Taylor Swift
Judge Jerrod & the Hung Jury by Jerrod Niemann
The Reason Why by Little Big Town
My Kinda Party by Jason Aldean
 Billboard Top Country Albums number-one album
February 13, 2010 – July 24, 2010
August 7, 2010 – August 21, 2010
September 18, 2010 – September 25, 2010
March 5, 2011 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Soldier of Love by Sade
 Canadian Albums Chart number-one album
March 20, 2010 – April 3, 2010 		Succeeded by
My World 2.0 by Justin Bieber
Preceded by New Zealand RIANZ albums chart number-one album
May 31, 2010 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Engel van My Hart by Juanita du
Plessis
 South African Albums Chart number-one album
July 10, 2010 – July 17, 2010 		Succeeded by
Engel van My Hart by Juanita du Plessis
Preceded by
Fearless by Taylor Swift
 Billboard Top Country Albums number-one album of the year
2010 		Succeeded by
incumbent

Release history

Country Date Label
United States[54] January 26, 2010 Capitol
Canada
South Africa[55] EMI
Australia[56] February 12, 2010
United Kingdom[57] May 3, 2010 Parlophone
Germany[58] May 7, 2010 Capitol
Brazil[59] May 21, 2010 EMI
Mexico
Japan[60] May 26, 2010 Toshiba-EMI

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