Only by the Night in the U.S. The album was nominated for Best Rock Album at the 2009 Grammy Award with the song "Sex on Fire" receiving two nominations itself. Worldwide sales of the album exceed 6.2 million copies, according to a press release by the band. "Sex on Fire" came in at number one on the Triple J Hottest 100, 2008, with "Use Somebody" number three, "Closer" number 24 and "Crawl" number 70. In September 2007, lead singer Caleb Followill confirmed to "NME" that tracks were already being worked on for a fourth album, only a few days after the release of the
Caleb and Sol while Sol sung with the University's highly esteemed Gospel Choir led by Cedric Weary. With the exception of occasional singing duet requests, Caleb and Sol did not perform consistently until 2009. Caleb met Scott and Marisa Frantz while attending Calvary Fellowship Church in Eugene. After playing on the worship team for nearly a year together, Caleb approached Scott about recording an album in Scott's converted garage studio. After hearing some rough cuts of their songs, he agreed to take on the project. Throughout the 3-month recording process, Scott naturally became a part of the band and collaborated with Caleb and