This article is about the album. For other uses, see
Kelsey .
2020 studio album by Kelsea Ballerini
Kelsea
Released March 20, 2020 Recorded 2019 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 Length 39 :36
Label
Black River
Producer
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".
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
Notes
All track titles are stylized in all lowercase.
[21]
Personnel
Adapted from the Kelsea liner notes.
[22]
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)
Kenny Chesney - background vocals (track 9)
Ross Copperman – background vocals (tracks 4-6) , gang vocals (track 7)
Tarryn Feldman – background vocals (track 2)
Nicolle Galyon – background vocals (track 3) , gang vocals (track 7)
Maggie Heintzman – background vocals (track 2)
Hillary Lindsey – background vocals (tracks 5, 8)
Julia Michaels – background vocals (track 11)
Jensen Nicolaisen – background vocals (track 2)
Tayla Parx – background vocals (track 1)
Jimmy Robbins – background vocals (tracks 2, 3, 13) , gang vocals (track 7)
Instruments
Tom Bukovac – electric guitar (track 4)
Ross Copperman – acoustic guitar, bass guitar, electric guitar, keyboards
Dan Dugmore – 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 – bass guitar (tracks 1, 8)
Kristin Weber – violin (track 6)
Derek Wells – acoustic guitar, banjo,
dobro , electric guitar (tracks 1, 5, 8, 12) ,
pedal steel guitar (track 5)
Production
Dan Grech-Marguerat – 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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Official Charts Company . Retrieved April 17, 2020.
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