East Tennessee native and country star Kelsea Ballerini headlined at a sold-out Bridgestone Arena on Friday evening.
"You don’t have to be a country artist to make a country record," she shared. "Those don’t have to exist in the same plane.” ...
Kelsea Ballerini defended Beyoncé's country Grammy nods by saying: “You don’t have to be a country artist to make a country record." ...
The 31-year-old Grammy nominee says she doesn’t understand other opinions on the matter: “It’s amazing to have huge, respected artists and other genres come in and celebrate ours.” ...