''Kelsea'' (stylized in all

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) is the third studio album by American country artist

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. The album was released on March 20, 2020. ''Kelsea'' debuted at numbers 2 and 12 on the

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and ''Billboard'' 200 charts, respectively. It spawned four official

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s " Homecoming Queen?", " The Other Girl", "

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", and " Half of My Hometown" as well as two promotional singles "Club" and "LA".

Background

Ballerini announced via

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in July 2019 that her third album was complete. The album title and its release date were revealed on January 20, 2020. The album's tracklist was revealed on February 27, 2020. 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

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Singles

The lead single of the album was "Homecoming Queen?" which was released on September 6, 2019. Ballerini sang it at the 53rd Annual Country Music Association Awards in November. "The Other Girl," featuring Halsey, was released on April 20, 2020 as the album's second single. On February 28, 2020, "Hole in the Bottle" was released as a promotional single but was later made an official single on May 27, 2020. A remix featuring Canadian singer

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was released November 13, 2020. "Half of My Hometown," featuring

, was released on April 19, 2021 as the album's fourth single.

Promotional singles

"Club" was released on November 8, 2019 as the album's first

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. 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.

Track listing

Notes * All track titles are stylized in all lowercase.

Personnel

Adapted from the ''Kelsea'' liner notes. ;Vocals * Kelsea Ballerini – lead vocals (all tracks), background vocals (tracks 2, 4–7, 9-13) * Megan Boardman – background vocals (track 2) * Kelly Bolton – background vocals (track 2) *

- background vocals (track 9) * Ross Copperman – background vocals (tracks 4-6), gang vocals (track 7) * Tarryn Feldman – background vocals (track 2) *

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– background vocals (track 3), gang vocals (track 7) * Maggie Heintzman – background vocals (track 2) *

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– background vocals (tracks 5, 8) *

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– background vocals (track 11) * Jensen Nicolaisen – background vocals (track 2) *

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– background vocals (track 1) * Jimmy Robbins – background vocals (tracks 2, 3, 13), gang vocals (track 7) ;Instruments *

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– electric guitar (track 4) * Ross Copperman – acoustic guitar, bass guitar, electric guitar, keyboards *

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– pedal steel guitar (track 4) *

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– drums (track 4) * Alicia Enstrom – violin (track 6) * Mark Hill – bass guitar (track 4) * Austin Hoke – cello (track 6) * Charlie Judge – keyboards (track 1) * Chris Kimmerer – drums (track 12) * Elizabeth Lamb – viola (track 6) * Miles McPherson – drums (tracks 1, 8) * Nir Z – drums (tracks 2, 11) * Jimmy Robbins – acoustic guitar, banjo, bass guitar, electric guitar, mandolin *

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– bass guitar (tracks 1, 8) * Kristin Weber – violin (track 6) * Derek Wells – acoustic guitar, banjo,

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, electric guitar (tracks 1, 5, 8, 12),

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(track 5) ;Production *

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– mixing, additional programming * Luke Burgoyne – assistant engineer * Charles Haydon Hicks – assistant engineer * Josh Ditty – assistant engineer (tracks 1, 8) * Kam Luchterhand – assistant engineer (track 6) * Trey Keller – digital editing (tracks 4–7, 9, 10) * Dave Kutch – mastering (Mastering Palace; New York, NY) ;Imagery * Ashley Kohorst – Art direction and design * Peggy Sirota – photography

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

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