On This Winter's Night is the fourth studio album and first Christmas album by American country music trio Lady Antebellum. It was released on October 22, 2012, by Capitol Records Nashville. 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 four new tracks under their new name of Lady A.
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. This became Lady Antebellum's fourth US top-ten debut. In its sixth week, the album returned to the top-ten, reaching a new peak at number eight selling 59,000 copies. 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. As of November 2017, the album has sold 648,500 copies in the United States.
Track listing
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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)PeakpositionAustralian Albums (ARIA) ARIA Report 1185. Retrieved 2012-11-2571
Year-end charts Chart (2012)PositionUS Top Country Albums (Billboard)58 Chart (2013)PositionCanadian Albums (Billboard)27US Billboard 20066US Top Country Albums (Billboard)18 Chart (2014)PositionUS Top Catalog Albums (Billboard)35 Chart (2019)PositionUS Top Country Albums (Billboard)94
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