Frankie Ballard has released four albums has charted eight singles on the Hot Country Songs charts. A former baseball player, things started to move for Frankie 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 and released his debut single "Tell Me You Get Lonely." The song debuted at Number 59 on the Hot Country Songs charts and peaked at number 33 in early 2011. In January 2011, Ballard made his debut at the Grand Ole Opry.  He released his second single, "A Buncha Girls", in early 2011. This song also made the top 40. Both of his singles are included on his self-titled debut album, released in May 2011. Also in 2011, he opened for Lady Antebellum. In 2013, Ballard released his third single, "Helluva Life". This was the lead single to his second album, Sunshine & Whiskey. It became his first number 1 single. Later in the year, the album's title track went to number 1. "Young & Crazy", the album's third single, also went to number 1. The first single from Ballard's third album, "It All Started with a Beer", was released to country radio on November 16, 2015. The album, El Rio, was released on June 10, 2016. The album's second single, "Cigarette", released to country radio on August 8, 2016. Ballard co-wrote "I Came to Git Down" on Big & Rich's 2014 album Gravity.