It starts with talent, drive and star quality - that indefinable but clearly identifiable trait that she possesses in abundance. She combines beauty, wit, humor and guilelessness in a way that attracted fans from her first days in the national spotlight, and has proven over and over again that there is a great deal of substance under the blonde-haired, light-hearted exterior.

Kellie's first two albums quickly established her as both a singer and as a songwriter to be reckoned with by co-writing her hits "Red High Heels," "I Wonder" and the top-ten hit "Best Days Of Your Life." Each album showed groth, not only as an artist but also as a woman.

The video for the lead single, "Tough," draws from Kellie's real-life childhood relationship with her father. About the emotional music video for "Tough," Kellie said, "There was so much healing in shooting this one." "Tough" was penned for Kellie by acclaimed songwriter Leslie Satcher. Regarding Kellie's performance, Music Row magazine's Bob Oermann says, "This rumbling, romping rhythm number has a lyric with real moxie, and she delivers it with just the right amount of sass."

Produced by Frank Liddell (Miranda Lambert, Lee Ann Womack), and Luke Wooten, 100 Proof features a more earthy quality with a less-is-more approach from instrumentation to production.