The pop-country star is bringing fans along on her beach getaway, sharing a series of photos of her tropical vacation with husband Morgan Evans and friends on Instagram on Monday.
Surrounded by turquoise waters, Kelsea shared a snap of herself giving a thumbs up as she heads into the ocean for a swim, alongside a photo that shows her husband giving her a piggyback ride on the dock at sunset.
Boatside grilling, fresh-squeezed juice and gorgeous trees covered in orange and pink flowers are also part of the excursion.
Kelsea posted the photos hours before she takes over Kelly Clarkson‘s seat on The Voice. After falling ill, Kelly asked Kelsea to fill in for her during the Battle Rounds. The Voice airs tonight at 8 p.m. ET on NBC.
Warner Music NashvilleBlake Shelton is all about Body Language this spring. That’s the name of the new album the country superstar’s releasing May 21.
Created over the course of two years, Blake’s 12th studio project features a dozen songs, including his chart-topping duet with fiancée Gwen Stefani on “Happy Anywhere” and his current top-20 single, “Minimum Wage.”
Blake also teams up with former The Voice contestants The Swon Brothers, whom he mentored on his team during season four, on the title track.
Body Language is Blake’s first studio album since 2017’s Texoma Shore, which debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and #4 on the all-genre Billboard 200.
“We’ve been working on this album on and off for two years now, and I’m very proud of what we have put together,” says Blake of the album. “We certainly had some unique challenges with the pandemic, but we also had a lot of fun. We explored new sounds while making sure to get in some classic country.”
Blake adds, “I’m also thrilled to have my buddies The Swon Brothers featured on the title track as both co-writers and vocalists. Can’t wait for y’all to hear it!”
Additionally, Blake is releasing a limited edition vinyl of his hit debut single, “Austin,” to celebrate its 20th anniversary. Pre-order begins on April 16.
Here’s the Body Language track listing:
1. “Minimum Wage” 2. “Body Language” (feat. The Swon Brothers) 3. “Happy Anywhere” (feat. Gwen Stefani) 4. “Now I Don’t” 5. “Monday Mornin’ Missin’ You” 6. “Corn” 7. “Makin’ It Up As You Go” 8. “Whatcha Doin’ Tomorrow” 9. “The Girl Can’t Help It” 10. “The Flow” 11. “Neon Time” 12. “Bible Verses”
BBR Music Group Chase Rice and Florida Georgia Line are living the good life in the video for “Drinkin’ Beer. Talkin’ God. Amen.”
Directed by TK McKamy, the video was filmed at a barn on Chase’s Nashville-area property, and captures the three friends as they crack open a beer and talk about life while gathered around a fire.
“Killing time/livin’ life with some down home friends/When the world’s gone crazy, man it all makes sense/Sittin’ here, drinkin beer, talkin’ God, amen,” they sing, while shotgunning cans of beer as the camera spins around them.
“Drinkin’ Beer” is Chase’s current single and marks his first collaboration with the duo since co-writing their smash 2012 hit, “Cruise.”
“It’s a special song in that way because it really is a celebration of what 2020 became for us and a lot of other people — slowing down to enjoy these moments with our loved ones and having deeper, more meaningful conversations with each other,” Chase says of the track.
Following the release of The Album Part I and The Album Part II last year, Chase will release the third installment of the series sometime this year.
Riker BrothersBrett Young strikes lucky #7 with his newest #1 single, “Lady.”
The country crooner tops the Billboard Country Airplay chart this week with “Lady,” making for his seventh consecutive hit. He now joins an elite club that includes Luke Combs, Cole Swindell and Zac Brown Band as the fourth artist in modern country music to send his first seven singles to the top of the charts.
Brett’s previous chart-toppers are: “Sleep Without You,” “In Case You Didn’t Know,” “Like I Loved You,” “Mercy,” “Here Tonight,” and “Catch.”
“There aren’t many words to describe how this one feels. I’m still wrapping my head around seven in a row, then for it to be on a song like ‘Lady,’ is so incredibly special,” Brett says. “I’m forever grateful to the fans, radio and all of our partners for embracing it like they have, making it a soundtrack to their lives and sharing their own stories back with me. Thank you all and can’t wait to share what’s next!”
“Lady” is inspired by Brett’s wife Taylor and one-year-old daughter Presley. The singer announced on The Kelly Clarkson Show last week that he and his wife are expecting another baby girl this summer.
Todd Williamson/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty ImagesGarth Brooks has his sights on 2022 as he plots the end of his Stadium Tour.
Garth is among the many artists anxiously awaiting the green light to begin touring again, but regardless of when stadium-sized shows resume, he says that the Stadium Tour will end next year as originally planned.
“What is happening in the summer of ’22, how we end the Stadium Tour, will not be moved. It will end the summer of ’22,” he confirms on Inside Studio Gbefore teasing, “and how it’s going to end, I have to tell you, but I can’t.”
The “Ask Me How I Know” hitmaker has remained optimistic that live events will resume in the near future, after having to repeatedly postpone stadium shows in such places as North Carolina and Ohio. But he hints that when he does return to the stage, it will be “really exciting.”
“I lived through the ’96-’98 World Tour, the comeback tour starting in ’14. I survived all that, but this stadium run is going to get really exciting, really fun once they give us the green light to go,” Garth says.
The next stop on the Stadium Tour is currently scheduled in Las Vegas on July 10.
ABCKelsea Ballerini is soaking up the sun. 
