Monday, March 15, 2010, 6:45 p.m.

RODEOHOUSTON performance

RODEOHOUSTON appearances: 2009-10

When singers Hillary Scott and Charles Kelley, and multi-instrumentalist Dave Haywood, come together, they create the unique sound that is Lady Antebellum. Kelley and Haywood were classmates at the University of Georgia, when they started writing songs together. Scott, the daughter of country singer Linda Davis and musician Lang Scott, introduced herself to Kelley in 2006. When all three members started writing and performing together, Nashville noticed.

Lady Antebellum’s debut album was released in 2008, which effortlessly captures the trio’s musical interplay, emotional directness and all-for-one spirit. In 2008, the trio earned Top New Group honors at the Academy of Country Music Awards and the County Music Association’s Horizon Award. In 2009, the group secured CMA Single of the Year and Vocal Group of the Year awards.

The first single off the debut album and title track, "Need You Now," spent a record five consecutive weeks at number one on the Billboard Top Country Songs chart and was certified platinum for sales of more than 1 million.

Singles

"American Honey," "Need You Now," "Love Don’t Live Here," "Lookin’ for a Good Time," "I Was Here"