Kelsea

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Kelsea
Kelsea - Kelsea Ballerini album cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 20, 2020
Recorded2019
Studio
  • Sound Stage Studio (Nashville)
  • The Robbins Nest (Nashville)
  • Z Studio (Nashville)
  • The Red Room (Nashville)
  • Southern Ground Studios (Nashville)
  • Spirit Music Nashville (Nashville)
  • The Brown Owl (Nashville)
Genre
Length39:36
Label Black River
Producer
Kelsea Ballerini chronology
Unapologetically
(2017)
Kelsea
(2020)
Ballerini
(2020)
Singles from Kelsea
  1. "Homecoming Queen?"
    Released: September 6, 2019
  2. "The Other Girl"
    Released: April 20, 2020
  3. "Hole in the Bottle"
    Released: May 27, 2020
  4. "Half of My Hometown"
    Released: April 19, 2021
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The Independent Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Spectrum Culture3.25/5 [8]
The Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]

Kelsea (stylized in all lowercase) is the third studio album by American country pop artist Kelsea Ballerini. The album was released on March 20, 2020. [10] Kelsea debuted at numbers 2 and 12 on the Top Country Albums and Billboard 200 charts, respectively. It spawned four official singles "Homecoming Queen?", "The Other Girl", "Hole in the Bottle", and "Half of My Hometown" as well as two promotional singles "Club" and "LA".

Contents

Background

Ballerini announced via Instagram in July 2019 that her third album was complete. [11] The album title and its release date were revealed on January 20, 2020. [12] The album's track list was revealed on February 27, 2020. [13]

Ballerini wrote or co-wrote all 13 tracks on the album. Two tracks have credited guest vocalists: "The Other Girl" is a duet with Halsey and "Half of My Hometown" features harmony vocals from Kenny Chesney.

Singles

The lead single of the album was "Homecoming Queen?" which was released on September 6, 2019. [14] Ballerini sang it at the 53rd Annual Country Music Association Awards in November. [15]

"The Other Girl," featuring Halsey, was released on April 20, 2020 as the album's second single. [16]

On February 28, 2020, "Hole in the Bottle" was released as a promotional single [13] but was later made an official single on May 27, 2020. [17] A remix featuring Canadian singer Shania Twain was released November 13, 2020. [18]

"Half of My Hometown," featuring Kenny Chesney, was released on April 19, 2021 as the album's fourth single. [19]

Promotional singles

"Club" was released on November 8, 2019 as the album's first promotional single. [20] A music video was released two days later, on November 10, 2019. "LA", the album's second promotional single, was released on January 24, 2020. [12]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Kelsea Ballerini, with additional co-writers as noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Overshare"2:50
2."Club"3:01
3."Homecoming Queen?"
  • Galyon
  • Robbins
2:48
4."The Other Girl" (with Halsey)3:21
5."Love Me Like a Girl"
2:57
6."Love and Hate"
2:58
7."Bragger"
  • Copperman
  • Galyon
  • McAnally
  • Robbins
2:46
8."Hole in the Bottle"
2:36
9."Half of My Hometown" (featuring Kenny Chesney)
  • Copperman
  • Galyon
  • McAnally
  • Robbins
3:52
10."The Way I Used To"3:15
11."Needy"
3:12
12."A Country Song"
  • Galyon
  • Robbins
3:13
13."LA" 2:47
Total length:39:36

Notes

Personnel

Adapted from the Kelsea liner notes. [22]

Vocals
Instruments
Production
Imagery

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for Kelsea
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [37] Gold500,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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