Up for FOUR Awards, the Country Superstar Is Also CO-HOSTING the RADIO DISNEY MUSIC AWARDS on April 30
First UK Concert Sells Out in Under an Hour; Current Single “Yeah Boy” Top 10 At Country Radio
Nashville, Tenn. – Black River Entertainment’s KELSEA BALLERINI has earned yet another round of award show accolades, continuing a meteoric rise to country stardom as she scores FOUR nominations for the upcoming RADIO DISNEY MUSIC AWARDS.
Nominated in the categories of The Buzz – Breakout Artist of the Year, XOXO – Best Crush Song (for “Yeah Boy”), Play It Again! – Radio Disney Country Favorite Song (for “Peter Pan”), and The Bestest! – Radio Disney Country Favorite Artist, Ballerini will also CO-HOST the show, which takes place in Los Angeles on April 29 and airs the following night (4/30) at 7 p.m. ET on the Disney Channel and other Disney platforms.
Fan voting is open now until April 9 at Disney.com/RDMA, the Radio Disney App, Google OneBox, and via Radio Disney’s Facebook and Twitter pages.
Ballerini was also nominated for Best New Artist at the 2017 iHeartRadio Music Awards and won the show’s Best New Country Artist trophy on March 5. Likewise, she’s up for two honors at the 52nd ACM Awards – Female Vocalist of the Year and Video of the Year (for “Peter Pan”). The 52nd ACM Awards air live from Las Vegas April 2 at 8 p.m. ET on CBS.
Meanwhile, Ballerini’s first show in the United Kingdom (5/11) has completely SOLD OUT. Showing incredible international appeal, tickets to her concert at London’s Under the Bridge were eagerly snatched up under an hour of going on sale. The singer-songwriter is currently touring with Thomas Rhett on his HOME TEAM TOUR, and will join Lady Antebellum’s YOU LOOK GOOD WORLD TOUR when it kicks offMay 26 in Bakersfield, California.
Monday (3/6), Ballerini appeared as a guest co-host on CBS’ The Talk, on hand to swap stories and share laughs with hosts Julie Chen, Sara Gilbert, Sharon Osbourne, Aisha Tyler and Sheryl Underwood.
“Yeah Boy,” the latest single from her debut album, THE FIRST TIME, has launched into the Top 10 at Country radio this week. Her first three, “Love Me Like You Mean It,” “Dibs” and “Peter Pan,” all reached #1, a history-making feat for females in country music.