''Kelsea'' (stylized in all

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) is the third studio album by American

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artist

Kelsea Ballerini Kelsea Nicole Ballerini (born September 12, 1993) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. A five-time Grammy Award nominee, she began having success in the 2010s, being honored with the Academy of Country Music Awards#Special awards, Ge ...

. 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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Homecoming Queen? "Homecoming Queen?" (stylized in all lowercase) is a song by American country pop singer Kelsea Ballerini, released on September 6, 2019, as the lead single from her third studio album ''Kelsea'', which was released on March 20, 2020. Ballerini co ...

", " The Other Girl", "

Hole in the Bottle "Hole in the Bottle" (stylized in all lowercase) is a song recorded by American country music artist Kelsea Ballerini. It was released to country radio on May 27, 2020, as the third single from Ballerini's third studio album ''Kelsea''. A remix of ...

", and "

Half of My Hometown "Half of My Hometown" (stylized in all lowercase letters) is a song recorded by American country music artists Kelsea Ballerini and Kenny Chesney. It was released to country music radio on April 19, 2021, as the fourth single from Ballerini's thir ...

" 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 track list 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 Ross Copperman (born October 1, 1982) is an American Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter and record producer. After his experience as an artist in the UK, Copperman went to Nashville, Tennessee, where he pursued a career in country music. He ha ...

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

Nicolle Galyon Nicolle Anne Galyon (born July 22, 1984) is an American singer, songwriter, producer, record label executive, and publishing executive based in Nashville. She gained national exposure early in her career after a 2012 appearance as a contestant on ...

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

Hillary Lindsey Hillary Lee Lindsey (born August 11, 1977) is an American singer-songwriter. She has written songs with or for a number of artists including Michelle Branch, Faith Hill, Martina McBride, Shakira, Lady A, Gary Allan, Sara Evans, Carrie Unde ...

– background vocals (tracks 5, 8) *

Julia Michaels Julia Carin Michaels (''Birth name, née'' Cavazos; born November 13, 1993) is an American singer and songwriter. She has received six Grammy Award nominations, including twice for Grammy Award for Song of the Year, Song of the Year and Grammy A ...

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

Tayla Parx Taylor Monét Parks, known as Tayla Parx, is an American singer, songwriter, entrepreneur, and actress. A two-time Grammy nominee in the Album of the Year category, songs she has written and co-written have exceeded 16 billion streams on Spotify ...

– background vocals (track 1) *

Jimmy Robbins James Michael Robbins (born September 3, 1989, in Raleigh, North Carolina) is an American record producer and songwriter, best known for his work in contemporary country music. Career In addition to having penned ten number-one singles, he wo ...

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

Tom Bukovac Tom Bukovac (born December 20, 1968) is an American session guitarist and producer. He is also a popular YouTube personality with over 100,000 subscribers. He is a five-time winner of Music Row's Top Ten Album All-Stars award in the guitar categ ...

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

Dan Dugmore Dan Dugmore is an American session musician known primarily for playing the pedal steel guitar Born in 1949, Dugmore was raised in Pasadena, California. Influenced by the Flying Burrito Brothers, he learned to play steel guitar after Flying Bur ...

– pedal steel guitar (track 4) * Fred Eltringham – 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 *

Jimmie Lee Sloas Jimmie Lee Sloas is an American session musician, producer, and songwriter, who plays bass. History Jimmie Lee Sloas, born in Ashland, Kentucky, grew up in Fairborn, Ohio and Isonville, Kentucky. His father, Dave, was a member of the popular ...

– 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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