Kelsea Ballerini

Kelsea Nicole Ballerini (born September 12, 1993) is an American country pop singer and songwriter. A five-time Grammy Award nominee, she began having success in the 2010s, being honored with the Gene Weed Milestone Award at the Academy of Country Music Awards and the Rising Star Award at the Billboard Women in Music.

Kelsea Ballerini
Ballerini performing at Red Rocks Amphitheater in September 2021
Background information
Birth name	Kelsea Nicole Ballerini[1]
Born	(1993-09-12) September 12, 1993 (age 31)[2] Mascot, Tennessee, U.S.
Origin	Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.
Genres	Country country pop[2] pop[3]
Occupations	Singer songwriter musician
Instruments	Vocals guitar
Years active	2014–present
Labels	Black River
Spouse	Morgan Evans ​ ​ (m. 2017; div. 2022)​
Partner	Chase Stokes (2023–present)
Website	kelseaballerini.com

She began songwriting as a child and signed a contract with Black River Entertainment in 2014,^[4] releasing her debut studio album, The First Time, and her second one Unapologetically, followed in 2017.^[5] The two albums account for seven songs on the Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay charts. She has five 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.

Her third studio album, Kelsea, and a counterpart acoustic album, Ballerini, were both released in 2020. The collaboration "Half of My Hometown" with Kenny Chesney garnered two Country Music Association Awards. Her fourth studio album, Subject to Change was released in 2022. She followed that release with her second EP, Rolling Up the Welcome Mat, in 2023. She released her fifth album, Patterns, in late 2024.

Early life

Ballerini, an only child, was born in Mascot, Tennessee which is nearly adjacent to Knoxville to Ed and Carla Ballerini. Kelsea grew up in Knoxville.^[2][6][7] She is of German and Scottish descent and is a quarter Italian.

Ed Ballerini was a sales manager at a country radio station. Carla worked in marketing for the Bible publishing division of Thomas Nelson and for a sponsorship company.^[7] Kelsea started taking dance lessons at Premiere Dance Studio in Seymour, Tennessee east of Knoxville when she was three and quit ten years later.^[8] She also sang in a church choir and the school choir.^[6] She wrote her first song at 12 for her mother^[9] and moved to Nashville three years later.^[2] Kelsea attended Central High School in Knoxville, Centennial High School in Franklin, Tennessee; and studied at Lipscomb University in Nashville for two years before pursuing a musical career.^[10]

Career

2014–2016: Self-titled EP and The First Time

Ballerini in September 2014

At 19, Kelsea Ballerini signed a deal with Black River Entertainment.^[2] In late 2014, she released her debut single "Love Me Like You Mean It", which debuted on the Country Airplay chart in October 2014.^[11] She released a self-titled extended play for the label in November.^[12] She was named one of CMT's Next Women of Country in 2014. She performed for the first time at the Grand Ole Opry on February 14, 2015, and sang "Love Me Like You Mean It."^[6] On May 19, 2015, Ballerini's debut album The First Time was released through Black River. For the chart dated July 4, 2015, "Love Me Like You Mean It," the album's first single, reached number one on the Billboard Country Airplay chart, making Ballerini the first solo female country music artist to score a number one hit with her debut single since Carrie Underwood did so with "Jesus, Take the Wheel" in 2006, and only the eleventh in history to achieve the feat.^[13]

Ballerini also became only the fifth solo female country music artist to score back-to-back number one hits with her first two singles when "Dibs" reached the top of the Country Airplay chart and the first to do it since Jamie O'Neal in 2001.^[14] The album's third single, "Peter Pan," was released to country radio on March 21, 2016. "Peter Pan" reached number one on both the Country Airplay and Hot Country Songs charts in September, making Ballerini the first solo female country music artist to top both country music charts simultaneously.^[15] The achievement made her the first solo female to send her first three singles to number one since Wynonna Judd accomplished the same feat in 1992.^[15] The album's fourth single, "Yeah Boy," was released to country radio on October 10, 2016.

2017–2019: Unapologetically, coaching The Voice, and joining the Grand Ole Opry

Kelsea Ballerini performing at the Washington State Fair in Puyallup, September 2017

In early 2017, Ballerini was named to Forbes' 30 Under 30 – Music list at number two.^[16][17] In 2017, she received two Academy of Country Music Award nominations for Female Vocalist of the Year and Video of the Year for "Peter Pan."^[18] In June 2017, Ballerini released "Legends" as the first single from her second studio album.^[19] On November 3, she released her second album, titled Unapologetically.^[20] The album debuted at number three on the Billboard Top Country Album Chart and number seven on the Billboard 200 Album Chart, making it her highest-charting album on both charts.^[21]

The second single from the album, "I Hate Love Songs", was released in March.^[22] In September 2018, she announced that she would be releasing a deluxe edition of the album with four new tracks.^[23] On September 18, 2018, EDM-pop duo The Chainsmokers released a song titled "This Feeling" featuring Ballerini, which later performed at the 2018 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in November.^[24] The third and final single from Unapologetically, "Miss Me More," was released in October 2018.^[25] In October, she provided vocals on her husband Morgan Evans' song "Dance With Me."^[26] Ballerini joined the 15th season of The Voice as the fifth coach, where she coached six contestants who did not get a chair turn during The Blinds, in a new round called The Comeback Stage, a digital companion series to the show.^[27] In October 2018, Ballerini released the song "We Were Like."^[28] In December 2018, Unapologetically received a nomination for Best Country Album at the 61st annual Grammy Awards.^[29]

On March 5, 2019, Ballerini was invited by Little Big Town to become a member of the Grand Ole Opry. On April 16, 2019, she was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry by Carrie Underwood.^[30] Ballerini embarked on the Miss Me More Tour in support of Unapologetically in April 2019.^[31] The tour was a success, with Ballerini selling out multiple dates.^[32] In June 2019, Ballerini was a guest on the NBC competition show Songland and released the song "Better Luck Next Time."^[33]

2019–2021: Kelsea and Ballerini

Kelsea Ballerini performing at Red Rocks Amphitheatre near Morrison, Colorado, September 2021

In July 2019, Ballerini confirmed in an Instagram post that work on her third studio album was complete.^[34] On September 6, 2019, Ballerini released the first single off of her then upcoming third album, titled "Homecoming Queen?"^[35] The song debuted at number 22 on the Country Airplay chart, making it Ballerini's highest debut on the chart to date.^[36] On November 8, Ballerini released the promotional single "Club".^[37] Ballerini confirmed on January 20, 2020, that the album is self-titled (Kelsea) and was released March 20, 2020.^[38] The announcement coincided with the release of a second promotional single, "LA".^[38] On February 28, she released the single "Hole in the Bottle" (stylized in all lowercase) and announced the tracklist for Kelsea, including "Half of My Hometown" featuring Kenny Chesney and "The Other Girl" featuring Halsey.^[39]

On September 2, Ballerini announced she would be releasing a counterpart album to Kelsea, titled Ballerini, featuring stripped-down versions of the songs. It was released on September 11, 2020. The stripped-down version of "Club" was released alongside the album announcement.^[40] She described Ballerini as "emotional, vulnerable and soft" while Kelsea showed her "bold and effervescent" side.^[41] As of October 16, 2020, Kelsea and Ballerini can be purchased physically as a double album, exclusively from Target.^[42]

In 2021, Ballerini temporarily filled in for Kelly Clarkson as a coach during Season 20 of The Voice.^[43] She co-hosted the 2021 CMT Music Awards with Kane Brown, where she won the award for CMT Performance of the Year. In May, it was announced she would be an opening act on the Jonas Brothers' Remember This tour which began in August.^[44] Her debut book of poetry, Feel Your Way Through, was released on November 16, 2021.^[45]

2022–2024: Subject to Change, Rolling Up the Welcome Mat, and The Voice

In March 2022 Ballerini announced that "Heartfirst" would be released April 8, 2022. The song serves as the first single from her fourth studio album, Subject to Change.^[46] While co-hosting during the 2022 CMT Music Awards, Ballerini performed the song for the first time.^[47] The music video for the song premiered July 7, 2022.^[48] On July 15, 2022, a promotional single, "Love is a Cowboy" was released along with the official music video.^[48] The album features a collaboration, "You're Drunk, Go Home", with Kelly Clarkson and Carly Pearce. The album was released on September 23, 2022.^[49][50] In November 2022, "Heartfirst" was nominated for Best Country Solo Performance at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards.^[51] On December 5, 2022, "If You Go Down (I'm Goin' Down Too)", was released as the album's second single. On February 13, 2023, Ballerini announced that her short film and EP Rolling Up the Welcome Mat would be released the next day.^[52] Promoting the EP, she performed "Blindsided" and "Penthouse" on the March 5, 2023, episode of Saturday Night Live.^[53]

On June 5, 2024, it was announced that Ballerini would be featured as a coach on the 27th season of The Voice which is set to air spring 2025.^[54]

2024–present: Patterns

On June 28, 2024, Ballerini released a collaboration with folk-pop singer-songwriter Noah Kahan called “Cowboys Cry Too," the first single from her fifth studio album.^[55] On August 8, 2024, she announced her fifth studio album would be called Patterns, and that the song "Sorry Mom" would be released the following day. The album was released on October 25, 2024.^[56]

In September 2024, it was announced that Ballerini will make her acting debut in a guest role on the upcoming ABC series Doctor Odyssey.^[57]

Influences

Ballerini has been influenced by artists in both pop music and country. Originally influenced by pop, she said "I grew up on top 40 pop. I didn't know what country music was, which is so funny because I grew up in East Tennessee."^[58] She lists Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, NSYNC, and Hilary Duff among the early artists who inspired her.^[59][60] Ballerini cites Justin Bieber as being an early pop musical inspiration.^[61] It was not until Ballerini heard "Stupid Boy" by Keith Urban that she decided to delve deeper into country music by listening to albums by Taylor Swift, Sugarland, and Dixie Chicks. Ballerini credited Swift's self-titled debut studio album for introducing her to country music. Ballerini also cites Shania Twain as her greatest influence.^[62] Ballerini has also performed songs originally recorded by Alison Krauss and sang "Ghost in This House" alongside Krauss at the CMT Artists of the Year Awards in 2018.^[63][64]

Personal life

Morgan Evans and Ballerini during a Planet Country interview on the CMC Awards red carpet in March 2016 around the time they began dating; they hosted the show in Brisbane, Australia

In March 2016, Ballerini began dating Australian country singer Morgan Evans. They were engaged on Christmas Day 2016^[65] and married on December 2, 2017 in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.^[66] On August 29, 2022, Ballerini announced that she and Evans were divorcing.^[67] On November 3, 2022, it was revealed that Ballerini and Evans had reached a settlement, and their divorce was finalized on November 15, 2022.^[68][69]

In February 2023, it was confirmed that Ballerini was dating Outer Banks actor Chase Stokes. The couple reportedly began dating in January 2023.^[70][71]

Ballerini attended Central High School in Knoxville and was at the school during the 2008 shooting. She said that she suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of the experience.^[72]

Discography

Main article: Kelsea Ballerini discography

Studio albums

• The First Time (2015)
• Unapologetically (2017)
• Kelsea (2020)
• Subject to Change (2022)
• Patterns (2024)

Awards and nominations

Award	Year	Work	Category	Result	Ref.
Academy of Country Music Awards	2016	New Female Vocalist of the Year	Herself	Won	[73]
		Female Vocalist of the Year		Nominated	[74]
	2017	Gene Weed Milestone Award		Won	[75]
		Female Vocalist of the Year		Nominated	[18]
		"Peter Pan"	Video of the Year	Nominated
	2018	Herself	Female Vocalist of the Year	Nominated	[76]
		"Legends"	Video of the Year	Nominated
	2020	Herself	Female Artist of the Year	Nominated	[77]
	2021			Nominated
	2022	"Half of My Hometown" (with Kenny Chesney)	Music Event of the Year	Nominated	[78]
	2023	Herself	Female Artist of the Year	Nominated	[79]
	2024	Herself	Female Vocalist of the Year	Nominated	[76]
		Rolling Up the Welcome Mat (For Good)	Album of the Year	Nominated
American Music Awards	2015	Herself	Favorite Country Female Artist	Nominated	[80]
	2016			Nominated	[81]
	2018			Nominated	[82]
Billboard Music Awards	2018	Herself	Top Female Country Artist	Nominated	[83]
Billboard Women in Music	2015	Herself	Rising Star	Won	[84]
Country Music Association Awards	2015	Herself	Female Vocalist of the Year	Nominated	[85]
			New Artist of the Year	Nominated
	2016		Female Vocalist of the Year	Nominated	[86]
			New Artist of the Year		[86]
	2017		Female Vocalist of the Year	Nominated	[87]
	2018			Nominated	[88]
	2019		Female Vocalist of the Year	Nominated	[89]
	2021	"Half of My Hometown" (with Kenny Chesney)	Musical Event of the Year	Won	[90]
			Video of the Year	Won
	2022		Single of the Year	Nominated	[91]
	2023	Herself	Female Vocalist of the Year	Nominated	[92]
		Rolling Up the Welcome Mat	Album of the Year	Nominated
	2024	Herself	Female Vocalist of the Year	Nominated	[93]
		"Cowboys Cry Too"	Musical Event of the Year	Nominated
CMT Music Awards	2015	"Love Me Like You Mean It"	Breakthrough Video of the Year	Nominated	[94]
	2017	"Peter Pan"	Video of the Year	Nominated	[95]
			Female Video of the Year	Nominated
		"You're Still the One/Any Man of Mine/Man! I Feel Like a Woman!" (with Meghan Trainor and Jill Scott)	CMT Performance of the Year	Nominated
	2019	"Miss Me More"	Video of the Year	Nominated	[96]
			Female Video of the Year	Nominated
	2020	"Homecoming Queen?"	Video of the Year	Nominated	[97]
			Female Video of the Year	Nominated
		"Graveyard"	CMT Performance of the Year	Nominated
	2021	"Hole in the Bottle"	Video of the Year	Nominated	[98]
			Female Video of the Year	Nominated
		"The Other Girl" (with Halsey)	CMT Performance of the Year	Won
	2022	"Half of My Hometown" (with Kenny Chesney)	Video of the Year	Nominated	[99]
			Collaborative Video of the Year	Nominated
		"I Quit Drinking" (with Paul Klein)	CMT Performance of the Year	Nominated
	2024	"If You Go Down (I'm Goin' Down Too)"	Video of the Year	Nominated	[100]
		"Penthouse"	Female Video of the Year	Nominated
		"If You Go Down (I'm Goin' Down Too)" (live from 2023 CMT Music Awards)	CMT Performance of the Year	Nominated
Grammy Awards	2017	Herself	Best New Artist	Nominated	[101]
	2019	Unapologetically	Best Country Album	Nominated	[102]
	2023	"Heartfirst"	Best Country Solo Performance	Nominated	[103]
	2024	Rolling Up the Welcome Mat	Best Country Album	Nominated	[104]
	2025	"Cowboys Cry Too" (with Noah Kahan)	Best Country Duo/Group Performance	Pending	[105]
Kids' Choice Awards	2017	Herself	Favorite New Artist	Nominated	[106]
iHeartRadio Music Awards	2017	Herself	Best New Artist	Won	[107]
			Best New Country Artist	Won
	2023	"Half of My Hometown" (with Kenny Chesney)	Best Collaboration	Nominated	[108]
			Country Song of the Year	Nominated
New Music Awards	2024	Herself	Country Female Artist of the Year	Pending	[100]
		"If You Go Down (I'm Goin' Down Too)"	Country Song of the Year	Pending
People's Choice Awards	2017	Herself	Favorite Country Female Artist of the Year	Nominated	[109]
	2019		Country Artist of the Year	Nominated	[110]
	2020			Nominated	[111]
	2022			Nominated	[112]
	2024			Nominated	[113]
People's Choice Country Awards	2023	Herself	The People’s Artist of the Year	Nominated	[114]
			The Female Artist of the Year	Nominated
			The Social Country Star of the Year	Nominated
		Rolling Up the Welcome Mat	The Album of the Year	Nominated
	2024	Herself	The Female Artist of the Year	Nominated
		"Cowboys Cry Too"	The Crossover Song of 2024	Nominated
		"Sorry Mom"	The Storyteller Song of 2024	Nominated
Radio Disney Music Awards	2017	Herself	Breakout Artist of the Year	Nominated	[115]
			Country Favorite Artist	Won
		"Peter Pan"	Country Favorite Song	Won
		"Yeah Boy"	Best Crush Song	Nominated
	2018	Herself	Country Favorite Artist	Won	[116]
		"Legends"	Country Favorite Song	Won
Teen Choice Awards	2016	Herself	Choice Music: Country Artist	Nominated	[117]
		"Peter Pan"	Choice Music: Country Song	Nominated
	2017	Herself	Choice Country Artist	Nominated	[118]
	2019			Nominated	[119]
		"Miss Me More"	Choice Country Song	Nominated

Tours

Headlining

• The First Time Tour (2016)^[120]
• The Unapologetically Tour (2018)^[121]
• The Miss Me More Tour (2019)^[122]
• Heartfirst Tour (2022–2023)^[123]
• Kelsea Ballerini - Live On Tour (2025)^[124]

Supporting

• Wheels Up Tour (2015) with Lady A^[125]
• Just the Right Kind of Crazy Tour (2015) with Dan + Shay^[126]
• Rhythm and Roots Tour (2016) with Rascal Flatts^[127]
• Home Team Tour (2017) with Thomas Rhett^[128]
• You Look Good World Tour (2017) with Lady A^[129]
• Graffiti U World Tour (2018) with Keith Urban^[130]
• Meaning of Life Tour (2019) with Kelly Clarkson^[131]
• Remember This Tour (2021) with Jonas Brothers^[132]
• The Final Tour (2023) with The Judds^[133]
• I Go Back Tour (2023) with Kenny Chesney^[134]

Television appearances

2024	Today Show	Live Performance, Interview	Notes
2015	Southern Charm	Herself	Performed and bid on cast member Craig Conover during date auction
2016	Greatest Hits	Herself /Co-host	Co-hosted with Arsenio Hall
2016	CMC Awards 2016[135]		Alongside Morgan Evans
2017–2019	CMA Music Festival: Country's Night To Rock		Alongside Thomas Rhett
2018	The Voice	Herself	The Comeback Stage Coach
	Victoria's Secret Fashion Show	Herself/Performer	Television special
	Hell's Kitchen	Herself	VIP guest diner at the Red Team's chef's table; Episode: "Hot Potato"
2019	The Voice		Team Kelly Battle Advisor
	Songland		Episode: "Kelsea Ballerini"
	Trisha's Southern Kitchen		Episode: "A Southern Heart-to-Heart with Kelsea Ballerini"
	Brad Paisley Thinks He's Special	Herself/Guest	Alongside Brad Paisley, Jonas Brothers, Hootie & The Blowfish, Tim McGraw, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Carrie Underwood
2020	CMT Crossroads	Herself	Alongside Halsey
	#KidsTogether: The Nickelodeon Town Hall		Television special
2021	The Voice	Herself/Guest coach	Subbing in for Kelly Clarkson who was under the weather during The Battles
	Sesame Street	Herself	Season 51 Episode 32: "Family Day"
2021 –present	CMT Music Awards	Herself/Host	2021, 2023 cohost with Kane Brown, 2022 cohost with Brown and Anthony Mackie, 2024 solo host
2023	Saturday Night Live	Herself/Musical guest	Episode: "Travis Kelce/Kelsea Ballerini"
	That's My Jam	Herself/Musical guest	Episode: "Jason Derulo & Nicole Scherzinger vs. Kelsea Ballerini & Julia Michaels"
	Superfan	Herself	Episode: "Kelsea Ballerini"
2024	RuPaul's Drag Race	Herself/Guest Judge	Episode: "Drag Race Vegas Live! Makeovers"
	Doctor Odyssey	Lisa	Episode: "I Always Cry at Weddings"
2025	The Voice	Herself/Coach	Season 27

Bibliography

• Ballerini, Kelsea (2021). Feel Your Way Through: A Book of Poetry. Ballantine Books

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External links

• Official website
• Kelsea Ballerini discography at Discogs