Kelsea Ballerini
Kelsea Ballerini is a Tennessee-raised country-pop singer and songwriter whose songs trace growing up, heartbreak and finding her way forward.
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Known for
- PATTERNS2024 · Singer, songwriter and co-producer
Music - Rolling Up the Welcome Mat2023 · Singer, songwriter and co-producer
Music - SUBJECT TO CHANGE2022 · Singer and songwriter
Music - half of my hometown2021 · With Kenny Chesney
Music - The First Time2015 · Debut album
Music - Feel Your Way Through2021 · Author, poetry collection
Ballantine Books
Overview
- From
- Knoxville, Tennessee
- Work
- Singer, songwriter, producer and author
- Breakout
- “Love Me Like You Mean It,” her first country radio No. 1 in 2015
- Debut album
- The First Time, 2015
- Opry member
- Inducted April 16, 2019
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How it started.
Kelsea grew up in East Tennessee and began writing songs as a child. She has said writing helped her process her parents’ divorce. At 15, she moved to Nashville to pursue music.
The first three.
The First Time introduced her in 2015. “Love Me Like You Mean It,” “Dibs” and “Peter Pan” became consecutive country radio No. 1s, making her the only female country artist to achieve that with the first three singles from a debut album.
Writing through change.
She followed with albums including Unapologetically, kelsea and SUBJECT TO CHANGE. In 2023, Rolling Up the Welcome Mat turned a personal upheaval into a six-song EP and a short film she wrote and co-directed with Patrick Tracy.
A wider circle.
For PATTERNS, she worked with producer Alysa Vanderheym and writers including Jessie Jo Dillon, Karen Fairchild and Hillary Lindsey, with Noah Kahan joining her on “Cowboys Cry Too.” Arena shows, The Voice and Mount Pleasant followed in 2025.
Creditschronological, newest first
Music
- 2026Math of UsDuet with Patrick Droney
- 2026Another DrinkJoint single with Marshmello
- 2025Mount PleasantSinger, songwriter and co-producer
- 2024PATTERNSSinger, songwriter and co-producer
- 2023Rolling Up the Welcome MatSinger, songwriter and co-producer
- 2022SUBJECT TO CHANGESinger and songwriter
- 2015The First TimeSinger and songwriter
Film & TV
- 2025The Voice, season 27Coach
- 2023Rolling Up the Welcome MatShort-film writer and co-director
Books
- 2021Feel Your Way ThroughAuthor
Awards
Quotes
Most of them started with me and my guitar.Kelsea Ballerini, official Rolling Up the Welcome Mat release announcement
She was describing the songs on her February 2023 EP and how directly they began.
Trivia
- Her first concert was Britney Spears, a detail she has used to explain her mix of country and pop.
- She made her Grand Ole Opry debut on February 14, 2015, four years before her induction.
- Her poetry collection Feel Your Way Through explores family, relationships, body image and self-love.
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