First Name Basis with Kelsea Ballerini

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Country star Kelsea Ballerini plays the latest sounds from Nashville and beyond.

Country star Kelsea Ballerini plays the latest sounds from Nashville and beyond with weekly mood-boosting, inspirational mixtapes

First Name Basis with Kelsea Ballerini: C2C and Kelsea's touring memories

C2C and Kelsea's touring memories

BBC Radio 2 - First Name Basis with Kelsea Ballerini, C2C and Kelsea's touring memories

Feel-good tunes from the stars of C2C plus stories of Ed Sheeran, Kip Moore and others.

Kelsea shares feel-good tunes from the stars of C2C 2018 and her own festival and touring memories including eating out with Ed Sheeran and fighting snakes with Kip Moore!

In her first mixtape for Radio 2 and BBC Sounds, Country star Kelsea Ballerini looks back to her debut at the C2C Festival of 2018 sharing favourite songs from the other acts on the bill, including Luke Combs, Kacey Musgraves, Ashley McBryde and Midland.

Kelsea lets you in on the secrets of life as a country star, from dinner with Ed Sheeran to fighting snakes in the Australian outback with Kip Moore, and from meeting your heroes to road testing Little Big Town's wine line.

Kelsea Ballerini is recognised as one of the most influential women in country music today, and she joins Radio 2 and BBC Sounds fresh off the back of her sixth No. 1 single in the US.

Kelsea released two acclaimed albums in lockdown last year and has consistently made history since the start of her career. Following the release of her debut album, she became the only female country artist to hit No. 1 with the first three consecutive singles from a debut album. She has platinum and gold album certifications, a career total of 12 gold and platinum singles certifications and has accumulated total streams exceeding two billion to date.

Kelsea has garnered two Grammy Award nominations, won two ACM Awards and has received multiple career nominations from the ACM Awards, American Music Awards, CMA Awards, CMT Awards and the People’s Choice Awards. She has also been welcomed as the Grand Ole Opry's youngest current member. Kelsea additionally collaborated with the Chainsmokers to produce the huge dancefloor hit, This Feeling, and also appeared at Radio 2’s Festival In A Day in Hyde Park and the C2C Festival in London, Glasgow and Dublin.

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