Her critically acclaimed sophomore album Unapologetically (Black River Entertainment) marked her second Top 5 debut on the Billboard Top 200. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Each will portray a completely different approach from the singer who calls the new album “the other side of the same story.” Her most personal effort yet, the album was met with critical praise including by NPR who said, “Kelsea Ballerini is definitely one of the most influential women in country right now… she’s defining the sound of the genre.” The debut single from the album, “homecoming queen?”, recently was certified platinum, marking her fastest single to achieve this milestone yet. This is not to discredit Ballerini — the songs themselves have infectious melodies juxtaposed with relaxing, somewhat typical pop-country guitar work sprinkled throughout. ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARD WINNER KELSEA BALLERINI The acoustic, stripped album also adds a sense of being grounded to reality alongside Ballerini’s anxious and slightly world-weary storytelling. Executive producers are Henry Muñoz for Momento Latino; Eva Longoria and Ben Spector for UnbeliEVAble Entertainment; Maggie Neilson for Global Philanthropy; and Mike Farah, Joe Farrell, Jim Ziegler, Moira Noriega, Gloria Medel Solomons and R.A. Clark for Funny Or Die. ESSENTIAL HEROES: A MOMENTO LATINO EVENT will celebrate America's diversity with a focus on Latinx culture, bringing joy, awareness and aid to the Latinx community that has been deeply affected by and played an essential role in fighting COVID-19. "ESSENTIAL HEROES: A MOMENTO LATINO EVENT," She carefully deconstructed each song and re-recorded everything with minimal accompaniment and co-produced this new album with friend and collaborator Jimmy Robbins. Global Philanthropy Group advises the world's leading philanthropists. Informed by our breadth of experience and data-driven approach, we work with individuals, charitable foundations and corporations to design and implement highly-leveraged philanthropic strategies. Added as a Presenter, Hosted by Gloria Estefan, Eva Longoria and Ricky Martin. — are somewhat basic tropes that are hard to expand upon, it is once again Ballerini’s charisma that saves songs like “half of my hometown.”. GRAMMY(R) Award winners Juanes and Pitbull, Latin GRAMMY Award winner Luis Fonsi and Academy of Country Music Award winner Kelsea Ballerini have been announced to perform on ESSENTIAL HEROES: A MOMENTO LATINO EVENT, a celebration of Latinx culture in America, produced and hosted by Eva Longoria, Gloria Estefan and Ricky Martin. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. A CELEBRATION OF LATINX CULTURE IN AMERICA, Although simplified compared to “kelsea,” the stripped-back production on “ballerini” adds some much-needed depth to the juxtaposition of most of the songs. Pulitzer Prize winner and 2018 Kennedy Center honoree Lin-Manuel Miranda has been added as a presenter, and co-host Gloria Estefan will also perform on the special, to be broadcast Monday, Oct. 26 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. The album ballerini is the result of the wonder and gets down to the heart of it. Bringing you interviews, songs and tour dates from UK & US Country artists, KELSEA BALLERINI RELEASES NEW ALBUM “ballerini”, OUT TODAY LISTEN TO ballerini HERE Kelsea to Appear on “The Late Late Show With James Corden” 9/14 & CBS This Morning 9/16 And Will Be Performing at the ACM Awards airing September 16th. 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This adds the air of individuality needed to flip the song from a conventional pop country song about uplifting a man into a song about knowing who her boyfriend is while maintaining her own sense of self. This ultimately gives Kelsea’s songwriting — unchanged from the original album — a slightly more compelling tone that helps listeners better empathize with her struggles in life after leaving her hometown. The delicate sonics highlight the lyrical power of the record as she has stripped all of the songs down to the bare essentials. Founded in 2005 by actor, producer, director, and activist Eva Longoria who partnered with producer Ben Spector in 2015, UnbeliEVAble Entertainment produces film, television and documentaries. Ballerini confirmed on January 20, 2020 that the album is self-titled (Kelsea) and was released March 20, 2020. Both “kelsea” and “ballerini” are decently-crafted artistic expressions of typical Generation Z ennui: the standard empty feeling that college-aged adults express about their pasts and their futures, with some yearning and nostalgia woven in. Kelsea Ballerini's third studio album kelsea was specifically designed to launch a huge tour, where fans of the country star would pack into concert venues and belt out all of the new, upbeat songs. The album follows the singer’s March 2020 release, kelsea. Last week, Kelsea unveiled the first song off of ballerini,  “club (ballerini album version)”, and her current single “hole in the bottle” is climbing at Country Radio. Through musical performances, comedy pieces, docu-shorts and star-studded appearances, the special will explore the Latinx experience as told by Latinx voices. Between the two versions, there are only minor lyrical differences: for instance, one of the sole lyrical changes between the two albums happens on “overshare,” where Ballerini takes the lyric “Never date a guy whose name starts with A” and switches the letter to a “J.”. Ballerini has garnered two GRAMMY® Award nominations, won two ACM Awards, and took home the iHeartRadio Music Awards honor for “Best New Artist.” In 2019, Ballerini received a CMA nomination for “Female Vocalist of the Year” and an American Music Award nomination for “Female Artist Country.” Most recently, she received an ACM nomination for “Female Artist of the Year.” In addition to touring alongside everyone from Kelly Clarkson to Keith Urban, she ascended to the status of arena headliner with her 2019 the Miss Me More Tour.