Heart Break (Lady Antebellum album)

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Heart Break
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ReleasedJune 9, 2017 (2017-06-09)
Recorded2016–17
Genre Country
Label Capitol Nashville
Producer busbee
Lady Antebellum chronology
747
(2014)
Heart Break
(2017)
Ocean
(2019)
Singles from Heart Break
  1. "You Look Good"
    Released: January 19, 2017
  2. "Heart Break"
    Released: September 25, 2017

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.

Contents

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

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]

Singles

"You Look Good" was released to digital retailers on January 19, 2017, as the album's first single. The song impacted American country radio on January 23. [6] "You Look Good" scored a "hot shot debut" of number 27 on the Country Airplay chart dated February 4, 2017, and has since peaked within the top 20. The song entered the Hot Country Songs chart at number 41. Following the group's performance of the single at the 2016 ACM Awards on April 2, 2017, [7] "You Look Good" rose twelve positions to number 9 (on the chart dated April 22, 2017). [8] This earned Lady Antebellum their thirteenth top 10 hit on that chart, and first since "Bartender" in 2014. [9] The song rose to number 8 on the Hot Country Songs chart (on the chart dated July 1, 2017). On the chart dated July 15, 2017, "You Look Good" rose into the top 10 of the Country Airplay chart. It has since peaked at number 4. [10] [11]

The title track, "Heart Break", was released as a digital promotional single on May 12, 2017. [12] It was released to American country radio stations on September 25, 2017, as the second official single. [13]

Promotional singles

The second promotional single, "Somebody Else's Heart", was released on May 19, 2017. [14]

The third promotional single, "This City", was released on May 26, 2017. [15]

The fourth promotional single, "Hurt", was released on June 2, 2017. [16]

Accolades

YearAssociationCategoryResult
2017 Country Music Association Awards [17] Album of the Year Nominated
2018 Grammy Awards [18] Best Country Album Nominated
Best Country Duo/Group Performance – "You Look Good"Nominated

Commercial performance

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]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Lead VocalsLength
1."Heart Break"Hillary Scott3:07
2."You Look Good"Charles Kelley, Scott3:01
3."Somebody Else's Heart"
Kelley, Scott3:32
4."This City"
  • Haywood
  • Kelley
  • Scott
  • Sara Haze
  • Will Weatherly
Scott3:04
5."Hurt"
  • Jon Green
  • Melissa Pierce
  • Ben West
Scott3:46
6."Army"
  • Haywood
  • Kelley
  • Scott
  • busbee
  • Galyon
Kelley3:17
7."Good Time to Be Alive"
  • Haywood
  • Kelley
  • Scott
  • busbee
  • Weatherly
  • Emily Weisband
 3:11
8."Think About You"
  • Haywood
  • Scott
  • Haze
  • Weatherly
Scott3:09
9."Big Love in a Small Town"
  • Haywood
  • Kelley
  • Scott
  • Galyon
  • Jordan Reynolds
Kelley, Scott3:46
10."The Stars"
  • Haywood
  • Kelley
  • Scott
  • busbee
Scott, Kelley3:23
11."Teenage Heart"
  • Haywood
  • Kelley
  • Scott
  • Green
Kelley3:40
12."Home"
  • Haywood
  • Kelley
  • Scott
  • busbee
Kelley, Scott2:58
13."Famous"
Scott3:50
Total length:43:44

Personnel

Adapted from AllMusic. [21]

Lady Antebellum

Additional musicians

Production and artwork

Charts

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