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Backstage Country Host – Kelsea Ballerini

Author Nancy Brooks // Country Writer, Beasley Media Group

Kelsea Ballerini came to everyone’s attention in 2014 when she released her debut album and Taylor Swift became a fan posting on social media that she loved this newcomer’s work. Her debut single “Love Me Like You Mean It” made her the first female artist to send a debut single to the top of that chart since Carrie Underwood in 2006.

In 2015, Kelsea won two awards, one for the ACM’s New Female Vocalist of the Year and Billboard’s Rising Star award.

Ballerini’s sophomore project Unapologetically was released in 2017 and she scored a few more visits to the top of the country charts. Also, during that time period, Kelsea became a member of the Grand Ole Opry and was mentor on NBC’s The Voice.

Her third album named Kelsea, released in early 2020, now has a counterpart in the release of Ballerini an album of the same songs as Kelsea done with different emotions.

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.

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Author Nancy Brooks // Country Writer, Beasley Media Group
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