<P> Lady Antebellum was awarded Top New Duo or Group by the Academy of Country Music and New Artist of the Year by the Country Music Association in 2008 . They were nominated for two Grammy Awards at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards and two more at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards . Of these nominations, they took home the award for Best Country Performance by Duo or Group with Vocals for "I Run to You". They were awarded Top Vocal Group, Song of the Year ("Need You Now"), and Single of the Year ("Need You Now") at the 44th ACM Awards on April 18, 2010 . They won five awards at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards, including Song of the Year and Record of the Year for "Need You Now". Lady Antebellum also scored "Best Country Album" at the 54th Grammy Awards . By August 2013, the group had sold more than 12.5 million digital singles and 10 million albums in the United States . </P> <P> Lady Antebellum was formed in 2006, in Nashville, Tennessee, by Charles Kelley, Dave Haywood, and Hillary Scott . Scott is the daughter of country music singer Linda Davis, best known for her duet vocals on Reba McEntire's 1993 hit "Does He Love You", and Charles Kelley is the brother of pop and country artist Josh Kelley . Hillary Scott attended Donelson Christian Academy in Donelson, Tennessee . Kelley moved to Nashville in mid-2005 from Winston - Salem, North Carolina, where he had been working construction with his brother John . Trying to become a successful solo country artist, Kelley convinced his old middle - school classmate, Haywood, to move to Nashville from Georgia in 2006 so they could write music together . Shortly thereafter, Scott recognized Kelley from Myspace, and they started to talk at a Nashville music club . Kelley invited Scott to join him and Haywood in the new group, which assumed the name Lady Antebellum . </P> <P> On the BBC Radio 2 Drivetime Show August 9, 2010, the band explained to the host, Liza Tarbuck, that the name Antebellum comes from when the group were photographing "antebellum" homes . The antebellum architectural style describes the large plantation homes in the American South . The Latin word bellum means "war"; "antebellum" therefore means "before the war". In America specifically, the Antebellum era commonly refers to the period before the Civil War . While photographing the houses one of the group said that there's a great band name in there, and they adopted the Lady Antebellum name shortly after . The trio then began performing at local venues in Nashville before being signed in July 2007 to a recording contract with Capitol Records Nashville . In an interview with Sirius Satellite Radio, Scott said she was rejected from auditions for American Idol twice, not even making it past the first round . </P> <P> Shortly after the trio signed to the label, recording artist Jim Brickman chose Lady Antebellum to sing on his 2007 single "Never Alone," which reached No. 14 on the Billboard adult contemporary charts . In mid-2007, Lady Antebellum also wrote a song for the MTV reality television series The Hills . </P>

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