On This Winter's Night

2012 studio album by Lady Antebellum

Studio album by

Lady Antebellum

Released

October 22, 2012 (2012-10-22)

Recorded

Summer 2011, summer 2012.

Genre

Christmas
country

Length

41:10

Label

Capitol Nashville

Producer

Paul Worley

Lady Antebellum chronology

Own the Night
(2011)

On This Winter's Night
(2012)

Golden
(2013)

On This Winter's Night is the fourth studio album and first Christmas album by American country music trio Lady A. It was released on October 22, 2012, by Capitol Records Nashville.^[1] 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 4 new tracks under their new name of Lady A.^[2]

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.^[3] This became Lady Antebellum's fourth US top-ten debut.^[3] In its sixth week, the album returned to the top-ten, reaching a new peak at number eight selling 59,000 copies.^[4] 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.^[5] As of November 2017, the album has sold 648,500 copies in the United States.^[6]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"A Holly Jolly Christmas"	Johnny Marks	2:03
2.	"Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)"	Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, Phil Spector	3:09
3.	"All I Want for Christmas Is You"	Mariah Carey Walter Afanasieff	3:35
4.	"I'll Be Home for Christmas"	Kim Gannon Walter Kent Buck Ram	3:20
5.	"This Christmas"	Nadine McKinnor Donny Pitts	3:19
6.	"The First Noël"	Traditional, arr. Hillary Scott Charles Kelley Dave Haywood	3:23
7.	"On This Winter’s Night"	Scott, Kelley Haywood Tom Douglas	4:01
8.	"Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!"	Sammy Cahn Jule Styne	2:33
9.	"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"	Ralph Blane Hugh Martin	4:09
10.	"Silent Night (Lord of My Life)"	Joseph Mohr Franz Xaver Gruber arr. Scott Kelley Haywood	3:11
11.	"Blue Christmas"	Billy Hayes Jay W. Johnson	3:28
12.	"Silver Bells"	Jay Livingston Ray Evans	4:59

On This Winter's Night – Deluxe Edition
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"Wonderful Christmastime"	Paul McCartney	3:20
14.	"Christmas Through Your Eyes"	Scott Kelley Haywood	3:59
15.	"Little Saint Nick"	Brian Wilson Mike Love	2:36
16.	"That Spirit of Christmas"	Joel Webster Mabel John Parnell Davison	3:57

Source:^[7]

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)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[8]	71
Canadian Albums (Billboard)^[9]	5
US Billboard 200^[10]	8
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[11]	2
US Top Holiday Albums (Billboard)^[12]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (2012)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[13]	58

Chart (2013)	Position
Canadian Albums (Billboard)^[14]	27
US Billboard 200^[15]	66
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[16]	18

Chart (2014)	Position
US Top Catalog Albums (Billboard)^[17]	35

Chart (2019)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[18]	94

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)^[19]	Platinum	80,000^{^}
United States (RIAA)^[5]	Gold	500,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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^ "Lady A To Release 'On This Winter's Night (Deluxe)' Christmas Album". Sounds Like Nashville. 2020-10-26. Retrieved 2020-10-31.
^ ^a ^b Keith Caulfield (October 31, 2012). "Kendrick Lamar Debuts at No. 2 as Taylor Swift's 'Red' Tops Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
^ Keith Caulfield (December 5, 2012). "Alicia Keys Earns Fifth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart". Billboard. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "American album certifications – Lady Antebellum – On This Winter's Night". Recording Industry Association of America.
^ Bjorke, Matt (November 26, 2017). "Top Country Catalog Sales Chart: November 26, 2017". Roughstock. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
^ "Lady Antebellum Announces Christmas Album, 'On This Winter's Night'". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. September 23, 2012.
^ [1] ARIA Report 1185. Retrieved 2012-11-25
^ "Lady Antebellum Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
^ "Lady Antebellum Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
^ "Lady Antebellum Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
^ "Lady Antebellum Chart History (Holiday Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
^ "Top Country Albums: 2012 Year-End Charts". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
^ "Top Canadian Albums – Year-End 2013". Billboard. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
^ "Billboard 200 Albums: Year-End top-selling albums across all genres". Billboard.
^ "Top Country Albums: 2013 Year-End Charts". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
^ "Top Catalog Albums: 2014 Year-End Charts". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2019". Billboard. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
^ "Canadian album certifications – Lady Antebellum – On This Winter's Night". Music Canada.