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Kelsea Ballerini Renews Deal With Black River Entertainment Ahead of 2024 Album Release (EXCLUSIVE)


Country star Kelsea Ballerini, manager Jason Owen and Black River head Gordon Kerr are celebrating her reupping with the indie label after 10 years.

Kelsea Ballerini continues to go places, but she won’t be going anywhere when it comes to her label home, as the country star has reupped her deal with Black River Entertainment after a successful 10-year run with the independent imprint. Ballerini, Owen and Black River Entertainment president-CEO Gordon Kerr got on a Zoom with Variety to discuss their decision to keep the team together, which everyone involved described as coming together without much in the way of outside distractions from bigger label groups. Owen has his clients well spread out across different labels, with a management roster that includes Dan + Shay, Little Big Town, Midland, Kacey Musgraves and Kate Hudson (the last two of whom also have albums imminent).

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