Kelsea Nicole Ballerini (born September 12, 1993) is an American country pop singer and songwriter. She began songwriting as a child and signed with Black River Entertainment in 2014, releasing her debut studio album the following year, The First Time. Her second studio album, Unapologetically, followed in 2017. Ballerini’s first two albums have accounted for seven charted songs on the Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay charts. She has four No. 1 singles on the latter, starting with her debut single “Love Me Like You Mean It”, which made her the first female artist to send a debut single to the top of that chart since Carrie Underwood in 2006. It was followed by “Dibs” and “Peter Pan”, whose peaks also made her the first female country artist to send her first three singles to the top of that chart since Wynonna Judd. Ballerini’s fourth No. 1 single is “Legends”. Her third and fourth studio albums, Kelsea and Ballerini were both released in 2020.
instruments played
Guitar
Vocals
Also Known As
Kelsea Ballerini
Associated Acts
Morgan Evans Halsey Thomas Rhett
Birth Name
Kelsea Nicole Ballerini
Genres
Country country pop pop
Labels
Black River
Occupations
Singer songwriter
Origin
Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.
Website
Years Active
2014 present
Name
Kelsea Ballerini