Kelsea

This article is about the album. For other uses, see Kelsey.

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".

Kelsea
Studio album by Kelsea Ballerini
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	Pop[1][2][3] country[1][4]
Length	39:36
Label	Black River
Producer	Kelsea Ballerini Jesse Frasure Jimmy Robbins Ross Copperman Shane McAnally
Kelsea Ballerini chronology
Unapologetically (2017) Kelsea (2020) Ballerini (2020)
Singles from Kelsea
"Homecoming Queen?" Released: September 6, 2019 "The Other Girl" Released: April 20, 2020 "Hole in the Bottle" Released: May 27, 2020 "Half of My Hometown" Released: April 19, 2021

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]
The Independent	[6]
Rolling Stone	[7]
Spectrum Culture	3.25/5[8]
The Times	[9]

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.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Overshare"	Jesse Frasure Josh Osborne Tayla Parx	2:50
2.	"Club"	Nicolle Galyon Jimmy Robbins	3:01
3.	"Homecoming Queen?"	Galyon Robbins	2:48
4.	"The Other Girl" (with Halsey)	Ross Copperman Shane McAnally Ashley Frangipane	3:21
5.	"Love Me Like a Girl"	Copperman Lauren Grieve Hillary Lindsey Jordan Minton	2:57
6.	"Love and Hate"	Copperman Ed Sheeran	2:58
7.	"Bragger"	Copperman Galyon McAnally Robbins	2:46
8.	"Hole in the Bottle"	Frasure Lindsey Ashley Gorley Steph Jones	2:36
9.	"Half of My Hometown" (featuring Kenny Chesney)	Copperman Galyon McAnally Robbins	3:52
10.	"The Way I Used To"	Jones Julian Bunetta Ian Kirkpatrick Samuel George Lewis Marcus Lomax Cass Lowe	3:15
11.	"Needy"	Copperman Julia Michaels	3:12
12.	"A Country Song"	Galyon Robbins	3:13
13.	"LA"		2:47
Total length:			39:36

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 Sales chart performance for Kelsea Chart (2020) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[23] 27 Australian Country Albums (ARIA)[24] 4 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[25] 23 Scottish Albums (OCC)[26] 14 UK Albums (OCC)[27] 84 UK Country Albums (OCC)[28] 2 UK Independent Albums (OCC)[29] 6 US Billboard 200[30] 12 US Independent Albums (Billboard)[31] 2 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[32] 2

Year-end charts 2020 year-end chart performance for Kelsea Chart (2020) Position Australian Top Country Albums (ARIA)[33] 44 US Independent Albums (Billboard)[34] 30 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[35] 35 2021 year-end chart performance for Kelsea Chart (2021) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[36] 74

Certifications

Certifications for Kelsea

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[37]	Gold	40,000‡
United States (RIAA)[38]	Gold	500,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.