Kelsea Ballerini Talks Waking Up to Grammy Texts From Maren Morris & Her One-Third Breakup Album
With one final show in Houston, Texas, on Wednesday night, Kelsea Ballerini finished up her very first headlining tour. And it seems like, in the past year or so, the new country wunderkind has achieved a basketful of firsts. In May 2015, she dropped her first major-label album, appropriately titled The First Time. In March '16, she became the first female country act to have three consecutive No. 1's, with "Love Me Like You Mean It," "Dibs" and "Peter Pan." And last week, she earned her first Grammy nomination.
The Nashville native is nominated for Best New Artist, alongside The Chainsmokers, Chance the Rapper, Maren Morris and Anderson .Paak. When Fuse hopped on the phone with Ballerini, we learned that Morris was one of the first people to break the Grammy news to her, while she was still lying in bed. Ballerini also revealed that she'll be taking her mother to the Grammys when they roll around on Feb. 12.
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