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When she arrived in the city around 2007 at the age of 14, country music executives dismissed her

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He felt that Taylor Swift already filled the genre's quota of blonde teenage female singer

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Six years later, she landed a record deal and has been charting her course to stardom ever since

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Became the first female country artist to have the first three singles from a debut record on country radio

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He earned millions in music sales and sold out headlining concerts around the world

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Yet Ballerini has always seemed on the verge of passing into a country music bubble

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Collaborated with pop artists from the Chainsmokers to Halsey to Kelly Clarkson

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