‘Change’ Leads To Familiar Success

Kelsea Ballerini (above) earns her fifth top 10 on Top Country Albums as Subject To Change debuts at No. 3. Released Sept. 23, it earned 19,000 equivalent album units (with 10,000 in album sales) in the week ending Sept. 29, according to Luminate.

Ballerini co-produced the studio set — which features Kelly Clarkson and Carly Pearce on the track “You’re Drunk, Go Home” — and is credited as a writer on all 15 of its songs. It follows Ballerini, which arrived at its No. 9 best in September 2020, and Kelsea, which debuted at its No. 2 peak that April. Before that, the singersongwriter released Unapologetically (No. 3, 2017) and The First Time (No. 4, 2015).

The new album’s lead single, “Heartfirst,” ranks at No. 24 on Country Airplay with 5.4 million impressions. On the multimetric Hot Country Songs chart, it pushes 3833, bolstered by 3 million official U.S. streams (up 12%).