Blake Shelton

Blake Tollison Shelton ( born June 18, 1976 in Ada, Oklahoma) is an American country music singer and songwriter. He had in 2012 with Sure Be Cool If You Did his 13th No. 1 hit on the country charts.

Biography

Blake Shelton was born in Oklahoma and began singing in early childhood. At the age of 16, he was awarded the " Denbo Diamond Award", which is assigned by the state of Oklahoma to young entertainers. At 17, he moved to Nashville to become a professional country musician.

1998 Shelton received a recording contract with Warner Brothers. 2001 was initially planned to release the song I Wanna Talk About Me as Shelton's first single; However, the record company decided to short term because they did not hold the title as the debut for promising. The song later became a number - one hit for Toby Keith. Instead, the ballad Austin Shelton's debut single, which stayed five weeks at No. 1 on the country charts and reached number 18 on the pop charts was. The song came from Shelton's debut album, Blake Shelton, from which the title All Over Me and Ol ' Red were released, which also reached the Top 20 on the country charts.

Shelton's second album, The Dreamer appeared in February 2003, and the outcoupling The baby could hold two weeks at No. 1 on the country charts. In November 2003, Shelton married his longtime girlfriend Kaynette Williams; They were divorced in 2006.

Was published in 2004 Shelton third studio album Blake Shelton 's Barn & Grill; the title Some Beach was his third number - one single. The next two extractions, a cover of Conway Twittys single Goodbye Time from 1988 and Nobody But Me were also able to place in the top 10. All three albums were produced by Bobby Braddock and reached gold status.

Shelton's fourth album, Pure BS was released in 2007, the 2008 is a rerelease added and tapped Michael Bublé Cover Home was Shelton's fourth number - one single. That same year, Shelton was on the jury of the casting shows Nashville Star and Clash of the Choirs.

In November 2008, Blake Shelton released fifth album, Startin ' Fires. With the single release She Would not Be Gone he took in February 2009, again the top of the country charts. In the same year also followed successfully Hillbilly Bone, a duet with Trace Adkins, for the Shelton with an ACM Award for " Vocal Event of the Year" Award. 2010 had Shelton All About Tonight his seventh No. 1 hit. Almost always Shelton's songs were able to place in the U.S. pop charts.

On May 14, 2011, he married his colleague in Texas Miranda Lambert. In the sitcom Malibu Country 2013 he had a guest appearance.