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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