The Foundation is the first major-label studio album by the
Zac Brown Band, an American
country music band. It was released on November 18, 2008. Originally slated for release on the Home Grown label and
Big Picture Records, the album is distributed by
Atlantic Nashville in association with those two labels. The financing for the album was provided by Atlanta, GA entrepreneur Braden Copeland through his investment company Braden Copeland Ventures, LLC. On December 2, 2009, the album was nominated for the
Grammy Award for Best Country Album. and also earned the band the
Grammy Award for
Best New Artist on January 31. The album also has been nominated for the 2010
Academy of Country Music Awards "Album of the Year" award. As of September 2015, the album has sold 3.4 million copies in the US.