Kelsea Ballerini discography explained

Artist:	Kelsea Ballerini
Ep:	2
Studio:	4
Compilation:	1
Music Videos:	20
Singles:	15
1Option:	8
1Option Name:	Promotional singles
2Option:	4
2Option Name:	Other charted songs
Option:	1
Option Name:	Remix albums

American country pop singer Kelsea Ballerini has released four studio albums, two extended plays, one compilation album, one remix album, and 14 singles, including two as a featured artist. Her first three singles all reached the top of the Billboard Country Airplay chart, making Ballerini the first female artist since Wynonna Judd in 1992 to accomplish this feat.^[1] The third such single, "Peter Pan", also made Ballerini the first female to top the Country Airplay and Hot Country Songs charts simultaneously since the latter was reformatted in 2012.^[1]

Albums

Studio albums

Title	Details	Peak chart positions						Certifications	Sales
		US ^[2]	US Country ^[3]	US Indie ^[4]	AUS ^[5]	CAN ^[6]	UK ^[7]
The First Time	Released: May 19, 2015 Label: Black River Formats: CD, digital download, LP	31	4	4	33	—	—	RIAA Platinum	US: 306,700^[8]
Unapologetically	Released: November 3, 2017 Label: Black River Formats: CD, digital download, LP	7	3	2	12	18	50	RIAA: Gold	US: 156,700^[9]
Kelsea	Released: March 20, 2020 Label: Black River Formats: CD, digital download, LP	12	2	2	27	23	84	RIAA: Gold
Subject to Change	Released: September 23, 2022^[10] Label: Black River Formats: CD, digital download, LP, streaming	18	3	4	82	72	—
Patterns	To be released: October 25, 2024^[11] Label: Black River Formats: CD, digital download, LP, streaming	colspan="8"

Compilation albums

Title	Details<	-- ! colspan="2"	Peak chart positions	Sales -->
Kelsea	Ballerini	Released: October 16, 2020^[12] Label: Black River Formats: CD

Remix albums

Extended plays

Title	Details	Peak chart positions					Sales
		US	US Country	US Heat ^[13]	US Indie	CAN
Kelsea Ballerini	Release date: November 24, 2014 Label: Black River Format: Digital download	—	40	12	—	—	US: 7,400^[14]
Rolling Up the Welcome Mat	Release date: February 14, 2023 Label: Black River Format: Digital download	48	11	—	5	96

Singles

As lead artist

Title	Year	Peak chart positions								Certifications	Sales	Album
		US ^[15]	US Country ^[16]	US Country Airplay ^[17]	US Country Digital ^[18]	US Adult Pop ^[19]	CAN ^[20]	CAN Country ^[21]	NZ Hot ^[22]
"Love Me Like You Mean It"	2014	45	5	1	9	—	61	3	—	RIAA: Platinum MC: Gold	US: 596,000^[23]	The First Time
"Dibs"	2015	58	7	1	10	—	96	8	—	RIAA: Platinum	US: 457,000^[24]
"Peter Pan"	2016	35	1	1	2	—	75	4	—	RIAA: 2× Platinum MC: Gold	US: 672,000^[25]
"Yeah Boy"		65	9	3	22	—	—	2	—	RIAA: Platinum	US: 195,000^[26]
"Legends"	2017	68	10	1	17	—	—	3	—	RIAA: Gold	US: 171,000^[27]	Unapologetically
"I Hate Love Songs"	2018	—	28	25	13	—	—	—	—	RIAA: Gold	US: 94,000^[28]
"Miss Me More"		47	7	2	2	17	70	1	—	RIAA: 2× Platinum	US: 231,000^[29]
"Homecoming Queen?"	2019	65	14	17	2	—	—	15	30	RIAA: Platinum	US: 70,000^[30]	Kelsea
"The Other Girl"	2020	95	19	52	3	17	—	—	18	RIAA: Gold
"Hole in the Bottle"		39	6	2	10	—	41	1	—	RIAA: Platinum
"Half of My Hometown"	2021	53	11	1	10	—	—	13	—	RIAA: Platinum
"I Quit Drinking"		—	30	—	8	19	—	—	31
"Heartfirst"	2022	—	25	22	4	24	—	33	—			Subject to Change
"If You Go Down (I'm Goin' Down Too)"		—	32	17	—	—	85	2	—
"Blindsided"	2023	—	34	—	—	40	—	—	—			Rolling Up the Welcome Mat
"Cowboys Cry Too"	2024	50	16	27	10	—	49	36	7			Patterns

As featured artist

Title	Year	Peak chart positions						Certifications	Sales	Album
		US	AUS	CAN	NZ ^[31]	SWE ^[32]	UK
"This Feeling"	2018	50	17	34	23	30	63	RIAA: 2× Platinum MC: 3× Platinum	US: 145,000^[33]	Sick Boy
"If We Never Met"^[34]	2020	—	—	—	—	—	—			Love + Everything Else

Promotional singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions			Album
		US Country	US Country Digital	US Digital ^[35]
"Unapologetically"^[36]	2017	32	5	32	Unapologetically
"High School"^[37]		28	3	23
"Better Luck Next Time"^[38]	2019	—	3	22
"Club"^[39]		—	11	32	Kelsea
"LA"^[40]	2020	—	22	—
"Love Is a Cowboy"^[41]	2022	—	—	—	Subject to Change
"The Little Things"^[42]		—	—	—
"What I Have"^[43]		—	—	—
"Sorry Mom"	2024	—	—	—	Patterns

Other charted songs

Title	Year	Peak chart positions				Album
		US Bub.	US Country	US Country Digital	NZ Hot ^[44]
"Center Point Road"	2019	—	31	9	—	Center Point Road
"You're Drunk, Go Home"	2022	—	—	22	—	Subject to Change
"Mountain with a View"	2023	6	27	14	—	Rolling Up the Welcome Mat
"Penthouse"		—	50	—	—
"Interlude" (full length)		—	—	—	38	Rolling Up the Welcome Mat (For Good)

Other appearances

Title	Year	Artist	Album
"First Time Again"^[45]	2016	Jason Aldean	They Don't Know
"Dance With Me"^[46]	2018	Morgan Evans	Things That We Drink To
"Better Version"^[47]	2022	Fletcher	Girl of My Dreams (Deluxe Edition)

Music videos

Year	Video	Director
2014	"Love Me Like You Mean It"	Robert Chavers	^[48]
2015	"Love Me Like You Mean It"	Kristin Barlowe	^[49]
	"Dibs"	Robert Chavers	^[50]
2016	"Peter Pan"	Kristin Barlowe	^[51]
	"Yeah Boy"		^[52]
2017	"Legends"	Jeff Venable	^[53]
2018	"I Hate Love Songs"	Traci Goudie
	"Miss Me More"	David McClister
	"This Feeling"	Similar But Different
2019	"Homecoming Queen?"	Shane Drake
	"Club"		^[54]
	"LA"		^[55]
2020	"Hole in the Bottle"	Hannah Lux Davis	^[56]
	"Club"	Taylor Kelly	^[57]
2021	"Half of My Hometown"	Patrick Tracy	^[58]
	"I Quit Drinking"	Blythe Thomas	^[59]
2022	"Heartfirst"	Patrick Tracy
	"Love is a Cowboy"	Trey Fanjoy
	"What I Have"		^[60]
	"If You Go Down (I'm Goin' Down Too)"	Patrick Tracy	^[61]

Songwriting credits

!Year!Song!Artist!Co-Writers!Ref.

2016	"Boys In a Beach Town"	Gracia Harrison	Jennifer Denmark, Will Nance	^[62]
2017	"White Noise"	Lindsay Ell	Ross Copperman, Josh Kear	^[63]
2017	"Boomerang"	Christie Lamb	Jason Massey, Ryan Griffin	^[64]
2018	"When I Think About You"	Missy Lancaster	Josh Kerr, Jason Duke	^[65]
2018	"Dance Away My Broken Heart"	Abby Anderson	Rhett Akins, Ashley Gorley, Jesse Frasure, Thomas Rhett	^[66]
2019	"Acceptance Speech"	Walker Hayes	Walker Hayes, Nicolle Galyon, Jimmy Robbins	^[67]
2020	"Finish Your Sentences"	Carly Pearce, Michael Ray	Jesse Frasure, Ashley Gorley, Thomas Rhett	^[68]
2021	"Diamondback"	Carly Pearce	Carly Pearce, Tofer Brown, Shane McAnally	^[69]
2022	"boy crazy"	Nicolle Galyon	Nicolle Galyon, Hillary Lindsey	^[70]
2023	"DiCaprio"	Jenna Davis	Ross Copperman, Walker Hayes	^[71]

Notes and References

1. Kelsea Ballerini Is the First Woman to Top Hot Country Songs & Country Airplay Charts at the Same Time. Asker. Jim. Billboard. September 12, 2016. September 12, 2016.
2. Kelsea Ballerini Chart History (Billboard 200). Billboard. February 28, 2023.
3. Kelsea Ballerini Chart History (Top Country Albums). Billboard. February 28, 2023.
4. Kelsea Ballerini Chart History (Independent Albums). Billboard. February 28, 2023.
5. Peaks in Australia:
   • All except noted: Web site: Discography Kelsea Ballerini. australian-charts.com via Hung Medien. January 24, 2018.
   • Subject to Change: The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 3 October 2022. The ARIA Report. Australian Recording Industry Association. 1700. 6. October 3, 2022.
6. Kelsea Ballerini Chart History (Canadian Albums). Billboard. February 28, 2023.
7. Web site: Kelsea Ballerini full Official Chart History. Official Charts Company. January 24, 2018.
8. News: Top 10 Country Albums Sales Chart: October 9, 2017. Matt . Bjorke . October 10, 2017 . Roughstock .
9. Web site: Top 10 Country Albums Sales Chart: October 21, 2019. RoughStock. Matt . Bjorke . October 21, 2019 . October 31, 2019 .
10. Kelsea Ballerini Announces New Album 'Subject to Change': Here's When It Arrives. Billboard. Nicholson. Jessica. July 13, 2022. July 14, 2022.
11. Web site: Kelsea Ballerini's New Album, 'Patterns', Is On Its Way . Liptak, Carena . Taste of Country . August 8, 2024 . August 8, 2024.
12. Web site: Kelsea Ballerini - "kelsea Ballerini" (CD) . . September 18, 2020.
13. Kelsea Ballerini Chart History (Heatseekers Albums). Billboard. December 17, 2019.
14. News: Matt Bjorke . March 18, 2015 . Country Album Chart Report For March 18, 2015 . Roughstock. Sales figure given here https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RjeVcPm35KBlsjEmnHBL9jKO1lGqs78Z6gJgYKG_zoc/edit#gid=0
15. Kelsea Ballerini Chart History (Hot 100). Billboard. July 9, 2024.
16. Kelsea Ballerini Chart History (Hot Country Songs). Billboard. July 9, 2024.
17. Kelsea Ballerini Chart History (Country Airplay). Billboard. June 29, 2024.
18. Kelsea Ballerini Chart History (Country Digital Song Sales). Billboard. July 10, 2024.
19. Kelsea Ballerini Chart History (Adult Top 40 Airplay). Billboard. May 23, 2023.
20. Kelsea Ballerini Chart History (Canadian Hot 100). Billboard. July 9, 2024.
21. Kelsea Ballerini Chart History (Canada Country). Billboard. August 13, 2024.
22. Peak positions on New Zealand Hot Singles chart:
    • "Homecoming Queen?": Web site: NZ Hot Singles Chart. Recorded Music NZ. September 16, 2019. September 14, 2019.
    • "The Other Girl": Web site: NZ Hot Singles Chart. Recorded Music NZ. March 30, 2020. March 28, 2020.
    • "I Quit Drinking": Web site: NZ Hot Singles Chart. Recorded Music NZ. June 21, 2021. June 19, 2021.
    • "Cowboys Cry Too": Web site: NZ Hot Singles Chart. Recorded Music NZ. July 8, 2024. July 5, 2024.
23. News: Top 30 Digital Country Singles Chart: April 18, 2016. Matt. Bjorke. April 18, 2016 .
24. News: Top 30 Digital Singles Sales Report: March 6, 2017 . Matt . Bjorke . March 6, 2017 . Roughstock .
25. News: Top 30 Digital Country Singles Chart: March 6, 2017 . Matt . Bjorke . March 4, 2017 . Roughstock .
26. News: Country's Top 30 Digital Singles Sales Chart: May 1, 2017 . Matt . Bjorke . May 2, 2017 . Roughstock .
27. News: Top 30 Digital Country Singles Sales Chart: March 13, 2018. Roughstock. Bjorke. Matt. March 13, 2018. May 3, 2018.
28. News: The Top 30 Digital Country Tracks: September 5, 2018. RoughStock. Bjorke. Matt. September 5, 2018. September 6, 2018.
29. News: Top 30 Digital Country Songs: July 21, 2019. Matt . Bjorke . July 26, 2019 . Roughstock . July 27, 2019 .
30. Web site: Bjorke . Matt . Top 30 Country Digital Downloads: February 25, 2020. Rough Stock . February 25, 2020 . February 26, 2020.
31. Web site: Discography Kelsea Ballerini . charts.nz via Hung Medien . October 26, 2018.
32. Web site: Discography Kelsea Ballerini . swedishcharts.com via Hung Medien . October 26, 2018.
33. News: Top 30 Digital Singles: February 20, 2019. RoughStock. Matt . Bjorke . February 20, 2019 . February 27, 2019 .
34. Aniftos . Rania . Kelsea Ballerini Lends a Sweet Verse to John K's Breakout Hit, 'If We Never Met' . January 21, 2020 . . January 17, 2020.
35. Kelsea Ballerini Chart History (Digital Song Sales) . . January 29, 2020.
36. Web site: Kelsea Ballerini Details New Album 'Unapologetically,' Shares Title Track. McKenna. Brittney. Rolling Stone. August 11, 2017. September 21, 2017.
37. Web site: Country Star Kelsea Ballerini on Her Songwriting Breakthrough in 'High School'. Bruner. Raisa. Time. September 21, 2017. September 21, 2017.
38. Aniftos . Rania . Kelsea Ballerini Releases 'Better Luck Next Time' From Recent 'Songland' Episode: Listen . January 29, 2020 . . June 12, 2019.
39. Web site: Kelsea Ballerini Debuts Infectious New Track 'Club' . Tasteofcountry.com . 2019-04-25 . 2019-11-10.
40. News: Casey . Jim . Kelsea Ballerini to Release Third Album, "Kelsea," on March 20 . January 23, 2020 . . January 23, 2020.
41. Web site: Kelsea Ballerini Returns to Her Roots on 'Love Is a Cowboy'. Chua. Jeremy. Taste of Country. July 15, 2022. July 17, 2022.
42. Web site: Kelsea Ballerini Sings the Praises of 'The Little Things' in Breezy New Song. Freeman. Jon. Rolling Stone. August 5, 2022. November 14, 2022.
43. Web site: Kelsea Ballerini Takes Stock of Her Blessings in 'What I Have'. Chua. Jeremy. Taste of Country. September 2, 2022. November 14, 2022.
44. Web site: NZ Hot Singles Chart. Recorded Music NZ. August 21, 2023. August 19, 2023.
45. Web site: They Don't Know by Jason Aldean. iTunes Store (US). Apple Inc. September 9, 2016.
46. Web site: Houghton . Cillea . Hear Morgan Evans' 'Dance With Me,' a Duet With Kelsea Ballerini . Taste of Country . 15 October 2018 . 29 January 2019 . en.
47. Web site: Fisher . Kelly . Kelsea Ballerini Adds Personal Perspective To Fletcher's Breakup Anthem . iHeart . November 23, 2022 . en.
48. Web site: CMT : Videos : Kelsea Ballerini : Love Me Like You Mean It (Acoustic). https://web.archive.org/web/20141203014500/http://www.cmt.com/videos/kelsea-ballerini/1101602/love-me-like-you-mean-it-acoustic.jhtml. dead. December 3, 2014. Country Music Television. December 9, 2014.
49. Web site: CMT : Videos : Kelsea Ballerini : Love Me Like You Mean It. https://web.archive.org/web/20150308153541/http://www.cmt.com/videos/kelsea-ballerini/1175899/love-me-like-you-mean-it.jhtml. dead. March 8, 2015. Country Music Television. March 12, 2015.
50. News: Wuokko. Staci. Watch Kelsea Ballerini Travel Cross Country in 'Dibs' Music Video. October 24, 2015. radio.com. October 22, 2015.
51. News: Schillaci. Sophie. EXCLUSIVE: Kelsea Ballerini Debuts 'Dream Video' for 'Peter Pan' – With a Very Hunky Co-Star!. April 2, 2016. Entertainment Tonight. March 31, 2016.
52. Web site: CMT : Videos : Kelsea Ballerini : Yeah Boy. https://web.archive.org/web/20161221201132/http://www.cmt.com/videos/kelsea-ballerini/1607762/yeah-boy.jhtml#id=. dead. December 21, 2016. Country Music Television. December 28, 2016.
53. Web site: Legends - Kelsea Ballerini . Vevo. July 5, 2017.
54. Web site: Kelsea Ballerini - club (Official Music Video) . YouTube. March 4, 2020.
55. Web site: Kelsea Ballerini - la (Official Music Video) . YouTube. March 4, 2020.
56. News: Parton . Chris . Kelsea Ballerini Presents a 'Drunken Daydream' in 'Hole in the Bottle' Video . September 18, 2020 . Sounds Like Nashville . August 31, 2020.
57. News: Taylor . Blake . Kelsea Ballerini Drops New Music Video For Reimagined Version Of 'Club' . September 18, 2020 . . September 18, 2020.
58. News: Collins . Robyn . Kelsea Ballerini Goes Back Home for 'Half of My Hometown' Video . July 5, 2021 . . May 14, 2021.
59. News: Nicholson . Jessica . Premiere: Kelsea Ballerini, LANY's Paul Klein Reveal Rain-Soaked "I Quit Drinking" Video . https://web.archive.org/web/20210616194205/http://www.cmt.com/news/1835047/premiere-kelsea-ballerini-lany-reveal-rain-soaked-i-quit-drinking-video/ . dead . June 16, 2021 . June 5, 2021 . . June 15, 2021.
60. Web site: Kelsea Ballerini – What I Have . YouTube . September 28, 2022.
61. Web site: Kelsea Ballerini - If You Go Down (I'm Goin' Down Too). YouTube. September 15, 2022. September 28, 2022.
62. Web site: 2016-06-05 . Gracia Harrison Celebrates Boys In a Beach Town. 2024-03-01 . Idol Chatter.
63. Web site: 2017-09-05 . [Listen] Lindsay Ell Got A Kickass Breakup Song From Kelsea Ballerini ]. 2023-01-28 . One Country . en-US.
64. Web site: 2017-02-02 . Christie Lamb releases new album "Loaded" featuring 2 songs published by new DHM imprint DHM Endeavor!!. 2023-04-06 . Dan Hodges Music . en-US.
65. Web site: 2018-01-19 . Missy Lancaster - When I Think About You (Song). Swedish Music Charts.
66. Web site: Liptak . Carena. Story Behind the Song: Abby Anderson, 'Dance Away My Broken Heart' . 2023-01-28 . The Boot . 20 September 2018 . en.
67. Web site: Kelsea Ballerini Joins Walker Hayes for "Acceptance Speech" . https://web.archive.org/web/20221001054812/https://www.cmt.com/news/tyy7dc/kelsea-ballerini-joins-walker-hayes-for-acceptance-speech . dead . October 1, 2022 . 2023-01-28 . . en.
68. Web site: Stefano . Angela. Kelsea Ballerini + Thomas Rhett Wrote Carly Pearce + Michael Ray's New Duet . 2023-01-28 . The Boot . 6 December 2019 . en.
69. Web site: [e-mail] @ThePennIUP . Rachel Kovach . Media Reviews: Carly Pearce sings through her heartbreak with "29: Written In Stone" . 2023-01-28 . The Penn . 23 January 2023 . en.
70. Web site: christina75121 . 2022-06-24 . Nicolle Galyon "boy crazy" Song Review . 2023-01-28 . The Nash News . en.
71. Web site: Cantrell . L. B. . 2023-08-09 . BREAKING: SMACK Launches SMACKRecords With Flagship Artist Jenna Davis [Exclusive] ]. 2023-08-10 . MusicRow.com . en-US.