Adding to the week’s excitement, she will play her first headline show in New York City Thursday night (7/16) at the Gramercy Theatre. This summer, Ballerini will continue hitting the road playing shows nationwide including major festivals, headline club dates and select stops on Lady Antebellum’s WHEELS UP Tour.

Praised by ROLLING STONE as one of the “10 Artists You Need To Know” from all genres and CMT’s Next Women of Country, Ballerini is on the rise with her #1, breakout debut "Love Me Like You Mean It" (Kelsea Ballerini, Forest Glen Whitehead, Josh Kerr and Lance Carpenter). The talented singer/songwriter is the first solo female artist in nine years to hit #1 with her debut country single and one of only eleven women to have ever hit the top of the country charts with a debut. Produced by Forest Glen Whitehead and Jason Massey, THE FIRST TIME debuted Top 5 on the Billboard Country Albums Chart.

Ballerini has been abuzz with shout-outs from superstars Taylor Swift, Little Big Town, Kristian Bush and TODAY’s Hoda Kotb and has landed on several 2015 “Ones to Watch” lists, including Billboard, Country Weekly, Rolling Stone Country, The Huffington Post, Radio.com, and Spotify.

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ABOUT BLACK RIVER ENTERTAINMENT: Black River Entertainment is home to country music entertainers Craig Morgan, Kellie Pickler, John King, Kelsea Ballerini and comedy duo The Raging Idiots. Part of the Pegula Sports and Entertainment family (Including: NFL’s Buffalo Bills, NHL’s Buffalo Sabres, AHL’s The Rochester Americans, NLL’s Buffalo Bandits, HARBORCENTER, First Niagara Center, IMPACT Sports Performance), Black River Entertainment also owns and operates the premiere recording studios Sound Stage and Ronnie's Place, as well as Black River Records, Passport Records, Black River Publishing and Thrive Management. For more information about Black River Entertainment, please visit www.blackriverent.com.

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