On This Winter's Night

On This Winter's Night
Studio album by Lady Antebellum
Released	October 22, 2012 (2012-10-22)
Recorded	Summer 2011, summer 2012.
Genre	Christmas country
Length	41:10
Label	Capitol Nashville
Producer	Paul Worley
Lady Antebellum chronology
Own the Night (2011) On This Winter's Night (2012) Golden (2013)

On This Winter's Night is the fourth studio album and first Christmas album by American country music trio Lady A. It was released on October 22, 2012, by Capitol Records Nashville. ^[1] The production on the album was handled by the group's longtime producer Paul Worley. This album includes the six tracks from their previous 2010 Christmas EP A Merry Little Christmas as noted below.

A music video was produced for "A Holly Jolly Christmas". On October 26, 2020, the group announced the release of a deluxe edition with 4 new tracks under their new name of Lady A. ^[2] The 4 bonus songs will be included on their 2nd Christmas album On This Winter's Night Vol. 2 and will be released September 26, 2025.

Commercial performance

On This Winter's Night debuted at number nine on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 25,000 copies in its first week. ^[3] This became Lady Antebellum's fourth US top-ten debut. ^[3] In its sixth week, the album returned to the top-ten, reaching a new peak at number eight selling 59,000 copies. ^[4] On December 13, 2012, the album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments of over 500,000 copies in the US. ^[5] As of November 2017, the album has sold 648,500 copies in the United States. ^[6]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"A Holly Jolly Christmas"	Johnny Marks	2:03
2.	"Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)"	Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, Phil Spector	3:09
3.	"All I Want for Christmas Is You"	Mariah Carey Walter Afanasieff	3:35
4.	"I'll Be Home for Christmas"	Kim Gannon Walter Kent Buck Ram	3:20
5.	"This Christmas"	Nadine McKinnor Donny Pitts	3:19
6.	"The First Noël"	Traditional, arr. Hillary Scott Charles Kelley Dave Haywood	3:23
7.	"On This Winter’s Night"	Scott, Kelley Haywood Tom Douglas	4:01
8.	"Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!"	Sammy Cahn Jule Styne	2:33
9.	"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"	Ralph Blane Hugh Martin	4:09
10.	"Silent Night (Lord of My Life)"	Joseph Mohr Franz Xaver Gruber arr. Scott Kelley Haywood	3:11
11.	"Blue Christmas"	Billy Hayes Jay W. Johnson	3:28
12.	"Silver Bells"	Jay Livingston Ray Evans	4:59

On This Winter's Night – Deluxe Edition

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"Wonderful Christmastime"	Paul McCartney	3:20
14.	"Christmas Through Your Eyes"	Scott Kelley Haywood	3:59
15.	"Little Saint Nick"	Brian Wilson Mike Love	2:36
16.	"That Spirit of Christmas"	Joel Webster Mabel John Parnell Davison	3:57

• Source:. ^[7] Lady. Antebellum. Christmas

Personnel

Lady Antebellum

• Dave Haywood – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, background vocals
• Charles Kelley – lead vocals, background vocals
• Hillary Scott – lead vocals, background vocals

Additional personnel

Roy Agee – trombone Sam Bacco – percussion Jeff Bailey – trumpet Denver Bierman – choir Jaclyn Brown – choir Kristyn Burke – choir Lori Casteel – choir Julie Cox – choir Chad Cromwell – drums Mark Douthit – alto saxophone Mike Eldred – choir Ashley Escobar – choir Tom Fudge – choir Jose Fulgeuiro – choir Jason "Slim" Gambill – electric guitar Barry Green – trombone, bass trombone Ryan Greenawalt – choir Darrika Hammonds – choir David Huff – drum loops, percussion Carlos Jara – choir Shelley Jennings – choir Tammy Jensen – choir Bonnie Keen – choir Shelby Kernodle – choir Melody Kirkpatrick – choir Ana Leonard – choir

Sam Levine – tenor saxophone Carsan Lindsey – choir Rahni Lindsey – choir Gloria Lomax – choir Myra Lomax – choir Gil Long – tuba Rob McNelley – electric guitar Doug Moffett – baritone saxophone The Nashville String Machine – strings Steve Patrick – trumpet Larry Paxton – bass guitar, horn arrangements, string arrangements Kayla Pritchett – choir Chloe Randall – choir Bryan Robinson – choir Gary Robinson – choir Chris Rodriguez – electric guitar Mike Rojas – Fender Rhodes, Hammond B-3 organ, piano, synthesizer Desirea Swanson – choir Jarquica Turner – choir Biff Watson – acoustic guitar Stephanie Wedan – choir Kris Wilkinson – horn arrangements, string arrangements Garris Wimmer – choir David Wise – choir Craig Young – bass guitar Jonathan Yudkin – fiddle, harp, mandolin

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2012) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA) [8] 71 Canadian Albums (Billboard) [9] 5 US Billboard 200 [10] 8 US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [11] 2 US Top Holiday Albums (Billboard) [12] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2012) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [13] 58 Chart (2013) Position Canadian Albums (Billboard) [14] 27 US Billboard 200 [15] 66 US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [16] 18 Chart (2014) Position US Top Catalog Albums (Billboard) [17] 35 Chart (2019) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [18] 94

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [19]	Platinum	80,000^
United States (RIAA) [5]	Gold	500,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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