Kelsea Ballerini is an American country pop singer that has garnered critical and commercial success.
So let’s dive into some unknown and facts about the singer.
- Her full name is Kelsea Nicole Ballerini
- She was born in September 12, 1993
- She is an American country pop singer
- She began songwriting as a child
- She 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”
- The song 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 studio album, Kelsea, and a counterpart acoustic album, Ballerini, were both released in 2020
- Her fourth studio album, Subject to Change was released in 2022
- Ballerini grew up in Knoxville, Tennessee
- Her father, Ed, a former sales manager for a country radio station, is of Italian descent
- Her mother, Carla, has worked in marketing for Thomas Nelson Bible publishing and a sponsorship company
- She is an only child
- She started taking dance lessons at Premiere Dance Studio in Seymour, Tennessee when she was three and stopped ten years later
- She sang in the church and school choirs
- She wrote her first song at 12 for her mother[9] and moved to Nashville, Tennessee, three years later
- She attended Central High School in Knoxville, Tennessee; Centennial High School in Franklin, Tennessee;
- She then attended Lipscomb University for two years until she pursued a musical career
- Ballerini has been influenced by artists in both the pop music and country music fields
- Originally influenced by pop music, Ballerini states “I grew up on top 40 pop. I didn’t know what country music was, which is so funny because I grew up on a farm in East Tennessee”
- Ballerini lists Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, NSYNC, and Hilary Duff among these early artists influencing her
- Ballerini also cites Justin Bieber as an early pop musical inspiration
- 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
- She credited Swift’s self-titled debut studio album for introducing her to country music
- Ballerini also cites Shania Twain as her greatest influence
- She 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
- In March 2016, Ballerini began dating Australian country singer Morgan Evans
- They became engaged on Christmas Day 2016
- They were married on December 2, 2017, in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
- On August 29, 2022, Ballerini announced that she and Evans were divorcing
- On November 3, 2022, it was revealed that Ballerini and Evans had reached a settlement agreement and their divorce was finalized on November 15, 2022
- Ballerini was a student at Central High School during the 2008 shooting, which she witnessed
- She has said she suffers from PTSD due to the experience
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