Pop success hasn't changed Lady Antebellum's direction or attitude. The trio, formed in 2006, is staying true. They've tasted big-time mainstream success, but they won't let it sidetrack them. "We can't feel like we've got to live up to that every time," says Kelley, the most philosophical of the three. "Because it just happened out of nowhere."
The "it" Kelley refers to is 2009's "Need You Now," the career-making single written by Lady Antebellum and Josh Kear. It propelled the group into another stratosphere of the music business. The song spent five weeks atop Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart at the end of 2009 and peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in February 2010. It helped make the album of the same name the second-best-selling set of 2010 and made Lady Antebellum one of the brightest acts in any genre of music. A mix of country tradition and pop accessibility, with a rare blend of male and female singers, Lady A's music transcends geography and generation.
The tenuous nature of the music business helps drive Lady Antebellum's work ethic and intensifies the trio's appreciation of success. Scott's mother, country singer Linda Davis (a soloist and one-half of Skip & Linda) won a Grammy Award for the 1993 duet with Reba McEntire "Does He Love You," but has seen the highs and lows of the business. "I've watched my mom get signed and dropped by three or four different labels my whole life," Scott says.
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