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Heart Break (Lady Antebellum album)

Heart Break is the seventh studio album by American country pop trio Lady Antebellum. It was released on June 9, 2017, through Capitol Records Nashville. The album serves as the "spiritual follow-up" to 2010's Need You Now[1] and is their first release since 2014's 747, with its three-year gap being the longest between two albums by the group to date.

Heart Break

June 9, 2017 (2017-06-09)

2016–17

Heart Break was supported by two singles: The first single "You Look Good" was released in January 2017 as the record's lead single and has since become the group's thirteenth top 10 single on the Hot Country Songs chart. The second single "Heart Break" was released in September 2017. The album debuted at number four on the US Billboard 200 chart, earning 53,000 album-equivalent units in its first week.[2]

Background[edit]

In 2015, Lady Antebellum began experiencing declining success with the singles released from their sixth studio album, 747 (2014), which the band attributes to a "fatigue" amongst fans and radio programmers.[1] After the completion of their accompanying Wheels Up Tour, the group announced a short hiatus from both recording and touring.[1][3] During this time, the members all worked on individual projects – Charles Kelley and Hillary Scott on their solo debuts The Driver and Love Remains, respectively, and Dave Haywood on the production of Post Monroe's debut EP.[3] When the group returned to work on their next album, they spent a month in Los Angeles, California and recruited pop producer busbee to oversee the project.[3] The album was written and recorded primarily in Florida and California,[4] due to the group feeling creatively stifled in Nashville.[5]

Commercial performance[edit]

Heart Break debuted at number four on the US Billboard 200 chart, earning 53,000 album-equivalent units (including 47,000 copies as pure album sales) in its first week.[2] This became Lady Antebellum's eighth US top-ten debut.[2] The album also debuted at number one on the US Top Country Albums chart, becoming the group's fifth number one on the chart.[19] As of December 2018, the album has sold 170,200 copies in the United States.[20]

– banjo, bouzouki, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin, background vocals

Dave Haywood

– lead vocals, background vocals, acoustic guitar

Charles Kelley

– lead vocals, background vocals

Hillary Scott

Adapted from AllMusic.[21]


Lady Antebellum


Additional musicians


Production and artwork