Kelsea Nicole Ballerini ( born September 12 , 1993 ) is an American country music singer and songwriter . She released her first album '' The First Time '' in 2015 , and her second album '' Unapologetically '' was released on November 3 , 2017 . She received a nomination for Best New Artist at the 2017 Grammy Awards . Ballerini 's two albums have accounted for seven charted songs on the Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay charts . She has four No . 1 singles on the latter , starting with her debut single " Love Me Like You Mean It " , which made her the first female artist to send a debut single to the top of that chart since Carrie Underwood in 2006 . It was followed by " Dibs " and " Peter Pan " , whose peaks also made her the first female country artist to send her first three singles to the top of that chart since Wynonna Judd . Ballerini 's fourth No . 1 single is " Legends "
2017 Grammy Awards
59th Annual Grammy Awards
Kelsea Ballerini