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Kelsea Ballerini And Kenny Chesney Attend Historic Tennessee Game

It was a big party in Knoxville, Tennesse, on Saturday (10/15) when, after 15 years of losing to No. 3 Alabama, the No. 6 Tennessee Vols football team won with…

Kelsea Ballerini And Kenny Chesney Attend Historic Tennessee Game
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It was a big party in Knoxville, Tennesse, on Saturday (10/15) when, after 15 years of losing to No. 3 Alabama, the No. 6 Tennessee Vols football team won with a score of 52-49. The fans rushed to the field, and at the top of the stadium, there to witness the party, were Knoxville natives Kenny Chesney and Kelsea Ballerini.

Kenny, dressed in a Vols hat and polo, posted a photo on his Instagram, writing, "Great to be back in Rocky Top. What a game!!"

Kelsea reacted to his post, "THE HOMETOWN GOOD LUCK CHARM." Several fans also commented, including one who wrote, "One of the best football games I've ever seen." Another fan, who posted a peach emoji signaling that they are Georgia fans, wrote, "Y'all deserved to win! One of the best games I've seen! Glad u were there, KC."

Kelsea Ballerini posted a black-and-white image of her looking out at the huge 100,000-plus crowd. She captioned the Instagram post, "GBO," surrounded by two orange heart emojis.

One fan commented, "perfect time to play Half of my Hometown!!" Another fan agreed, writing, "Hey Alexa, play half of my hometown by Kelsea Ballerini and Kenny Chesney."

Kelsea also posted a video of the fun on top of the stadium with her, Chesney, and some friends.

Last year , Ballerini and Kenny won the CMA's for "Musical Event of the Year" and "Music Video of the Year" for their duet "Half Of My Hometown." At the time, Chesney took to Twitter to celebrate. He wrote, "Growing up in East TN; it's a deeper kind of home. That's what makes being part of #halfofmyhometown so special. I'm thrilled for Kelsea to have won Musical Event & Music Video of the Year! She couldn't deserve it more & I'm honored to be a part of it. #cmaawards."

It marked the first CMA wins for Ballerini.

Kelsea Ballerini celebrates her 29th birthday today (9/12). While she is currently going through some challenging life changes (she recently filed for divorce from her husband of five years, Morgan Evans), she is also going through an exciting time in her career. She recently made headlines wearing Shania Twain's Grammy dress at the ACM Honors, where she paid tribute to Twain by singing her biggest song, "Man, I Feel Like A Woman."

Also, this month (9/23), she will be releasing a new album called 'Subject To Change' featuring her current hit single, "Heartfirst."

As we celebrate all things, Kelsea today, we look at 12 of her biggest songs that made her the budding country superstar she is today.

12. "Yeah Boy" (2016)

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11. "Legends" (2017)

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10. "I Hate Love Songs" (2018)

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9. "Miss Me More" (2018)

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8. "Homecoming Queen?" (2019)

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7. "Dibs" (2015)

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6. "Love Me Like You Mean It" (2014)

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5. "The Other Girl" (with Halsey) (2020)

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4. "Peter Pan" (2016)

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3. "Heartfirst" (2022)

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2. "Hole in the Bottle" (2020)

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1. "Half of My Hometown" (featuring Kenny Chesney) (2021)

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Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.