2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped the Hot Adult Contemporary chart, making it a crossover hit. I use that as an excuse. The first three albums are certified platinum or higher by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). GettyHillary Scott has two tattoos, both on her right side. She even said that Kelly warned that the song "might be crap but I'm going to play it." The band expressed in their announcement of the name change that in naming the band, they did not take into account the associations with the term and slavery. Hillary Scott of 'Lady A': 5 Fast Facts You Need To Know - Heavy.com His real estate prowess helped too, considering the nearly $1.3 million profit he likely earned from the sale his Nashville, Tenn. home in 2017, perVariety. The second single, "Pictures", was released on August 9, 2019. Interviewed by Rolling Stone, White described the band's token acknowledgement of racism while blithely appropriating an African American artist's name: "They're using the name because of a Black Lives Matter incident that, for them, is just a moment in time. [24], On January 22, 2013, "Downtown", the first single from a new album, was released to country radio. More to come.". Along these lines, it is incredibly hard to feel compassion for a group of White Southerners who voluntarily chose to profit off of (then claim ignorance about) a term that an 11th-grade history student would know is tied to slavery in the United States. [18], The week of January 9, 2011, the group began recording the third studio album. Given that sometimes a lawsuit isnt just a lawsuit, the solution here was to keep at the negotiating table and come to consensus, saying, as the band does in Things People Say, Can we work this out, baby we can work this out.. Last summer, the members decided to shorten their Civil War-associated name to Lady A . "Lady Antebellum's use of the LADY A mark has injured and will continue to injure Ms. White by causing the public to be confused or mistaken into believing that Ms. White's music originates . The third single from the album, "Our Kind of Love", was released on May 31, 2010, and went No. Country group Lady Antebellum change name to Lady A due to slavery Dave Haywood, Hillary Scott, and Charles Kelley of Lady Antebellum attend the 48th annual CMA Awards at the Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday, November 5, in . Ironically, in the year 2020, it has also been 14 years since the band was formed in 2006. Under the law, that may entitle her to rights to the name. Were it not for those threats, the team would likely have continued digging in about the name, as it had for decades. Hillary Dawn Scott-Tyrrell (born April 1, 1986) is an American singer and songwriter. Kerri Rawson, the Daughter of Serial Killer BTK: 5 Fast Facts You Need To Know, Hillary Scott, the Leading Lady of Lady A.: 5 Fast Facts You Need To Know, Please review our privacy policy here: https://heavy.com/privacy-policy/, Copyright 2023 Heavy, Inc. All rights reserved. In 2018, Lady Antebellum played its first show as a band at the historic Red Rocks Amphitheater, and the gig served as a poignant contrast for singer Charles Kelley. [63], In addition to being honored, Lady A has made efforts to recognize veterans who have returned from service and contributed to their communities. In the end, money talks, and progressiveness on race is often tied to a brands ability to stay profitable. The band has not sued for money, and merely seeks a ruling that affirms the validity of the trademark.