Kelsea Ballerini

Kelsea Ballerini Biography

Kelsea Nicole Ballerini (born September 12, 1993) is an American country pop singer and songwriter signed to Black River Entertainment.

Career

Kelsea Ballerini was born in Mascot, Tennessee and grew up in Knoxville, Tennessee. Her father, a country radio programmer, is part Italian. Her mother has worked in marketing for Thomas Nelson Bible publishing and a sponsorship company. She started taking dance lessons at 3 and stopped ten years later. She sang in the church and school choirs. She wrote her first song at 12 for her mother and moved to Nashville, Tennessee three years later. She attended Lipscomb University for two years until she pursued a musical career.

At 19, she signed a deal with Black River Entertainment. In late 2014, she released her debut single "Love Me Like You Mean It", which debuted on Country Airplay in October 2014. She released a self-titled extended play for the label in November. She was named one of CMT's Next Women of Country in 2014. She performed for the first time on the Grand Ole Opry on February 14, 2015 and sang "Love Me Like You Mean It". For the chart dated July 4, 2015, "Love Me Like You Mean It" reached number one on the Billboard Country Airplay, making Ballerini the first solo female country artist to score a number one hit with her debut single since Carrie Underwood with "Jesus, Take the Wheel" in 2006, and only the eleventh in history to achieve the feat. Ballerini also became only the fifth solo female country artist to score back-to-back number one hits with her first two singles when "Dibs" reached the top of the Country Airplay chart dated March 5, 2016. She became the first to do it since Jamie O'Neal in 2001.

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Details	Peak chart positions				Sales
Title	Details	US Country	US	US Indie	AUS	Sales
The First Time	Release date: May 19, 2015 Label: Black River Entertainment Formats: CD, digital download, vinyl	4	31	4	33	US: 112,500

Extended plays

Title	Details	Peak chart positions		Sales
Title	Details	US Country	US Heat	Sales
Kelsea Ballerini	Release date: November 24, 2014 Label: Black River Entertainment Format: Digital download	40	12	US: 7,400

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions					Certifications	Sales	Album
Year	Single	US Country	US Country Airplay	US	CAN Country	CAN	Certifications	Sales	Album
2014	"Love Me Like You Mean It"	5	1	45	3	61	US: Gold	US: 500,400	The First Time
2015	"Dibs"	7	1	58	8	96		US: 314,000
2016	"Peter Pan"^A		54

^A Current single.

Music videos

Year	Video	Director
2014	"Love Me Like You Mean It"	Robert Chavers
2015	"Love Me Like You Mean It"	Kristin Barlowe
2015	"Dibs"	Robert Chavers
2016	"Peter Pan"	Kristin Barlowe

Awards and nominations

Year	Ceremony	Category	Result
2015	CMT Music Awards	Breakthrough Video of the Year "Love Me Like You Mean It"	rowspan="4"
	Country Music Association Awards	Female Vocalist of the Year
	Country Music Association Awards	New Artist of the Year
	American Music Awards	Favorite Country Female Artist
	Billboard's Women in Music	Rising Star
2016	ACM Awards	New Female Vocalist of the Year	rowspan="1"
2016	ACM Awards	Female Vocalist of the Year	rowspan="1"

Tours

Supporting

Wheels Up Tour (2015) with Lady Antebellum, Hunter Hayes, & Sam Hunt
Just the Right Kind of Crazy Tour (2015) with [[Dan + Shay]]
Storyteller Tour: Stories in the Round (2016) with Carrie Underwood

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