Hillary Scott

Hillary Dawn Scott-Tyrrell (born April 1, 1986) is an American singer and songwriter who rose to fame as the co-lead vocalist of the country music group Lady A.

She is signed to Big Machine Records.

She has a younger sister named Rylee Jean, who was born in 2000.

She is of Scottish and Native American descent.

Scott was homeschooled on the road for kindergarten.

She attended elementary school and high school at Donelson Christian Academy where she graduated in 2004.

She lived with her grandparents during the time her parents were touring for her mother's musical career.

After joining her mom on stage for a Christmas show, she was convinced to pursue a music career.

Scott decided at age 14 to become a country singer, and her sister, Rylee, is 14 years younger than her; so she has a tattoo of the number 14 in honor of those two things.

After high school Hillary Scott attended Middle Tennessee State University.

During her time at MTSU, Scott worked with singer-songwriter Victoria Shaw and earned some publicity, but was unable to secure a contract with a major label.

She auditioned for American Idol twice, but failed to make it through to the judges round in both cases.

Then she met future bandmates Charles Kelley and later, Dave Haywood, in May 2006.

She ran into Kelley at a Nashville bar and recognized him from his MySpace page, where she had been listening to his music.

She introduced herself to Kelley and complimented him on his music, which led to his deciding that they should get together with Haywood and write songs.

The first song they wrote was "All We'd Ever Need".

The song was originally written for her to perform; she convinced Kelley it should be a duet, which led to the forming of Lady A, then known as Lady Antebellum.

The group first performed together in August 2006 and signed a record deal with Capitol Nashville in 2007.

Scott says that being lead singer of Lady A, as opposed to being a solo artist, lessens the pressure on her on stage.

Scott formed the country music group as Lady Antebellum in 2006, with co-lead singer Charles Kelley and backup singer Dave Haywood.

They released their debut single, "Love Don't Live Here", on October 2, 2007, it entered Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart that year, peaking at No. 3 in early 2008.

Their debut album was released on April 15, 2008, and debuted at No. 1 on the Top Country Albums chart.

It consisted of eleven songs, ten of which were either written or co-written by the members of the trio, and was produced by Paul Worley and Victoria Shaw.

The trio released their second single, "Lookin' for a Good Time", in mid-2008, it peaked at No. 11 in December of that year.

Their third single, "I Run to You", became their first number one hit on the Hot Country Songs chart in July 2009.

The album was certified platinum by the RIAA three months later, in October 2009.

In August 2009, the group released "Need You Now" as the lead single off their sophomore album of the same name.

The song topped the Hot Country Songs chart for five weeks in late 2009 before peaking at No. 1 and No. 2 on the Adult Contemporary and Hot 100 charts, respectively, in early 2010.

Need You Now was released on January 26, 2010, and debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart with first-week sales of almost 481,000 copies.

The album consisted of eleven songs, eight of which were co-written by the members of the trio, and showcased production by both the trio and Worley.

The next two singles from the album, "American Honey" and "Our Kind of Love", reached No. 1 on the country charts in April 2010 and September 2010, respectively.

The album was certified triple platinum by the RIAA in October 2010.

Its fourth and final single, "Hello World", peaked at No. 6 on the country charts in April 2011.

In May 2011, they released "Just a Kiss" as the first single from their third studio album, Own the Night, which was released on September 13, 2011, and became their fifth number one hit.

"Just a Kiss" was 2x certified Platinum by the RIAA.

It stayed on the Hot 100 for forty-two weeks.

The second single "We Owned the Night" also became a number one hit and was certified Gold.

In collaboration with her family, Scott released the gospel album Love Remains in 2016 as a solo artist.

The album reached number 7 on the Billboard 200.

Scott was born in Nashville, Tennessee, to country music artist Linda Davis and Lang Scott, a musician and entrepreneur.