Frankie Ballard

Frankie Ballard
Ballard performing at Highline Ballroom, New York, NY, April 24, 2014.
Background information
Birth name	Frank Robert Ballard IV
Born	(1982-12-16) December 16, 1982 (age 34) Battle Creek, Michigan, U.S.
Origin	Nashville, Tennessee
Genres	Country
Occupation(s)	Singer
Instruments	Vocals, electric guitar
Years active	2007–present
Labels	Reprise Nashville, Warner Bros. Nashville
Associated acts	Kenny Chesney

Frank Robert "Frankie" Ballard IV, (born December 16, 1982) is an American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist. He has released two albums each for Reprise Records and Warner Bros. Records, and has charted four singles on the Hot Country Songs charts. He played college baseball at Mott Community College. He then continued to pursue college baseball by playing in the NCAA with Western Michigan University.

In the summer of 2008 he signed up for Kenny Chesney's Next Big Star competition. After winning the competition for Michigan in 2008, Ballard also opened shows for Chesney at Michigan venues.

He signed to Reprise Records Nashville in 2010 and released his debut single "Tell Me You Get Lonely." The song received a four-star review from Kyle Ward of Roughstock, who praised Ballard's voice and called the song "an above average debut effort." "Tell Me You Get Lonely" debuted at Number 59 on the Hot Country Songs charts dated for the week ending June 12, 2010 and peaked at number 33 in early 2011.

On January 7, 2011, Ballard made his debut appearance at the Grand Ole Opry. Ballard released his second single, "A Buncha Girls", in early 2011. This song has also made top 40. Both of his singles are included on his self-titled debut album, which was released in May 2011. Also in 2011, he opened for Lady Antebellum.

In 2013, Ballard moved to Warner Bros. Records and released his third single, "Helluva Life". It is the lead single to his second album, Sunshine & Whiskey. It became his first number 1 single in early 2014. Later in the year, the album's title track also went to number 1. "Young & Crazy", the album's third single, also went to number 1.