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Kelsea Nicole Ballerini (born September 12, 1993) is an American country pop singer and songwriter.

Kelsea Ballerini has consistently made history. With the release of her debut album The First Time (Black River), she became the “only female country artist to hit #1 with the first three consecutive singles from a debut album.

Kelsea Ballerini has consistently made history. With the release of her debut album The First Time (Black River), she became the “only female country artist to hit #1 with the first three consecutive singles from a debut album.

PATTERNS is the 15-song follow-up to Kelsea Ballerini’s GRAMMY-nominated ROLLING UP THE WELCOME MAT. Again teaming with producer/songwriter Alysa Vanderheym, the 30-year-old multiple Country Music Association award winner has delivered a song cycle that embodies the next chapter in a life completely embraced.

Included in Rolling Stone’s Most Anticipated Albums of 2020 list, this dynamic collection of Kelsea Ballerini’s latest 13 songs is aptly self-titled – kelsea - not surprising since this is her most authentically, self-aware reflection to date.

PATTERNS is the 15-song follow-up to Kelsea Ballerini’s GRAMMY-nominated ROLLING UP THE WELCOME MAT. Again teaming with producer/songwriter Alysa Vanderheym, the 30-year-old multiple Country Music Association award winner has delivered a song cycle that embodies the next chapter in a life completely embraced.

PATTERNS marks the end of my saturn return (thank the heavens).

PATTERNS marks the end of my saturn return (thank the heavens).

A country pop singer and songwriter out of Knoxville, Tennessee, Kelsea Ballerini started writing songs when she was 13 years old, began learning guitar a year later, and moved to Nashville at 15 to pursue her dream of being a professional singer and songwriter. Four years later in 2013, when she was 19, Ballerini signed a publishing deal with Black River Publishing and a recording deal with Black River Entertainment later that same year.

What if Taylor Swift had veered back toward Nashville instead of making pop-licious 1989? The result might sound a lot like Subject to Change, the fourth album from Kelsea Ballerini. Not only does she physically sound like Speak Now or Fearless-era Swift on songs like the upbeat title track and the soft and slow ballad "Love Is a Cowboy"—featuring true country fiddle—but Ballerini is also exposing more vulnerability than ever before. Hip-hop-ish "Doin' My Best," with its boosted bass and off-kilter handclaps, is brutally honest about the recent past.