Lady Antebellum received generally positive reviews from music critics and was also a commercial success. The album debuted at
four on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 43,000 copies in its first week.[6] The album also debuted at number one on the US Top Country Albums chart, becoming the first debut by a country group to achieve this.[7] It also received a nomination for Album of the Year at the 2010 Academy of Country Music Awards.