''Heart Break'' is the seventh studio album by American

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trio

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ntebellum. It was released on June 9, 2017, through

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. The album serves as the "spiritual follow-up" to 2010's '' Need You Now'' 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'' was supported by two

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: The first single "

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" was released in January 2017 as the record's

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and has since become the group's thirteenth top 10 single on the

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chart. The second single "

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" was released in September 2017. The album debuted at number four on the US ''Billboard'' 200 chart, earning 53,000

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s in its first week.

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. After the completion of their accompanying

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, the group announced a short hiatus from both recording and touring. During this time, the members all worked on individual projects –

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and

Hillary Scott Hillary Dawn Scott-Tyrrell (born April 1, 1986) is an American singer and songwriter. She is the co-lead singer of Lady A, previously known as Lady Antebellum, a country music group that was formed in 2006, and is signed to Big Machine Records. ...

on their solo debuts ''

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'' and '' Love Remains'', respectively, and

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on the production of Post Monroe's debut EP. When the group returned to work on their next album, they spent a month in

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and recruited pop producer

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to oversee the project. The album was written and recorded primarily in

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and California, due to the group feeling creatively stifled in Nashville.

Singles

" was released to digital retailers on January 19, 2017, as the album's first single. The song impacted American country radio on January 23. "You Look Good" scored a "hot shot debut" of number 27 on the

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chart dated February 4, 2017, and has since peaked within the top 20. The song entered the

chart at number 41. Following the group's performance of the single at the 2016

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on April 2, 2017, "You Look Good" rose twelve positions to number 9 (on the chart dated April 22, 2017). This earned Lady Antebellum their thirteenth top 10 hit on that chart, and first since "

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" in 2014. 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. The title track, "

", was released as a digital

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on May 12, 2017. It was released to American country radio stations on September 25, 2017, as the second official single.

Promotional singles

The second promotional single, "Somebody Else's Heart", was released on May 19, 2017. The third promotional single, "This City", was released on May 26, 2017. The fourth promotional single, "Hurt", was released on June 2, 2017.

Accolades

Commercial performance

''Heart Break'' debuted at number four on the US ''Billboard'' 200 chart, earning 53,000

s (including 47,000 copies as pure album sales) in its first week. This became Lady Antebellum's eighth US top-ten debut. The album also debuted at number one on the US

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chart, becoming the group's fifth number one on the chart. As of December 2018, the album has sold 170,200 copies in the United States.

Track listing

Personnel

Adapted from AllMusic. Lady Antebellum *

– banjo,

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, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin, background vocals *

– lead vocals, background vocals, acoustic guitar *

– lead vocals, background vocals Additional musicians *Eric Barvinder – viola *Charlie Bisharat – violin *Jacob Braun – cello *busbee – bass guitar,

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, piano, synthesizer, background vocals *Paul Bushnell – bass guitar * David Campbell – string arrangements *

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– cymbals, drums, percussion * Paul Franklin –

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– synthesizer *Jon Green – keyboards, percussion, background vocals *Sara Haze – background vocals *Sean Hurley – bass guitar, background vocals *Songa Lee – violin *Russ Pahl – pedal steel guitar *Garrett Parales – electric guitar *Jordan Reynolds – piano *Michelle Richards – violin *Justin Schipper –

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– drums, percussion,

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, background vocals *Mark Trussell – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, synthesizer *Nick Vayenas – trombone, trumpet *Josefina Vergara – violin *Will Weatherly – synthesizer, background vocals *Emily Weisband – background vocals *Derek Wells – banjo, dobro, electronic mandolin, electric guitar, mandolin, background vocals *Ben West – synthesizer Production and artwork *Adam Ayan – mastering *Sean R. Badum – assistant engineer *busbee –

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, producer, programming *Matt Chamberlin – programming *Dave Clauss – digital editing, programming *Callie Cunningham – art direction *Eric Ray Davis – photography *John Edwards – assistant engineer *Jesse Frasure – programming *Douglas Gledhill – design, layout *Dave Haywood – art direction *Charles Kelley – art direction *Ryan McCann – design, layout *Daniel Miller – art direction *Justin Niebank – mixing *Charlie Paakkari – engineer *Justin Schipper – engineer *Hillary Scott – art direction *Melissa Spillman – production assistant *Mark Trussell – engineer *Nick Vayenas – engineer *Will Weatherly – programming *Brian David Willis – digital editing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

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