About Kelsea Ballerini
Kelsea Nicole Ballerini was born in Knoxville, Tennessee on September 12, 1993. She launched her recording career with Black River Entertainment and released her debut The First Time (2015), with the single Love Me Like You Mean It reaching number one on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart - making her the first solo woman in country music to top the chart in over a decade. She has continued releasing material across multiple decades. Her 2022 album Subject to Change addressed her divorce from country singer Morgan Evans. She married actor Chase Stokes in 2023 (publicly known relationship).
Sound and style
Kelsea Ballerini's sound combines country, country pop, pop country, pop, and singer-songwriter with her distinctive vocal delivery and lyrical content addressing relationships, identity, and personal experience.
Discography highlights
- The First Time (2015, Black River)
- Unapologetically (2017, Black River)
- Kelsea (2020, Black River)
- Ballerini (2020, Black River) - acoustic alternate version
- Subject to Change (2022, Black River)
- Patterns (2024, Black River)
For collectors
Black River Entertainment pressings of the Kelsea Ballerini catalog have been issued in multiple color variant editions and retailer-exclusive pressings.
Where to start
Listeners new to Kelsea Ballerini typically start with Subject to Change (2022) or Kelsea (2020). Explore more: Country