60 Facts About Blake Shelton

Blake Tollison Shelton was born on June 18,1976 and is an American country music singer and television personality.

Blake Shelton has been a judge on the televised singing competitions Nashville Star, Clash of the Choirs, and a coach on NBC's The Voice.

Blake Shelton has been on The Voice since its inception, and, so far, in nine of twenty-two seasons, a member of his team has won.

Blake Shelton began singing at an early age and by the age of 12, he was taught how to play the guitar by his uncle.

On November 13,1990, his older brother, Richie Blake Shelton was killed in an automobile accident at 24.

Shortly after that song was released, Giant Records was closed, and Blake Shelton was transferred to parent company Warner Bros.

Warner released Blake Shelton's self-titled debut album, which was produced by songwriter Bobby Braddock.

The album received a positive review from Maria Konicki Dinoia of Allmusic, who called "Austin" "tremendously imaginative" and praised Blake Shelton for including songs written by Braddock and Conley.

Blake Shelton had a small role at the end of the movie, playing himself at a benefit concert, singing "Nobody But Me".

Blake Shelton released his fourth studio album, Pure BS, in early 2007.

Unlike with his first three albums, which were produced entirely by Bobby Braddock, Blake Shelton worked with Braddock, Brent Rowan, and Paul Worley as producers for this album.

Also in late 2007, Blake Shelton made appearances on television shows: first as a judge on the talent competition Nashville Star, and later on Clash of the Choirs.

Blake Shelton released his first greatest hits album, Loaded: The Best of Blake Shelton in November 2010.

Blake Shelton was invited to join the Grand Ole Opry during the September 28,2010, "Country Comes Home" concert celebrating reopening of the Grand Ole Opry House after the Cumberland River flooded the Opry House in May 2010.

Blake Shelton was formally inducted by Adkins at the October 23,2010, Opry performance.

Blake Shelton recorded the title track for the remake of Footloose released on October 14,2011.

Blake Shelton appeared on the 44th Annual Country Music Awards on November 10,2010, where he performed "All About Tonight" and won Male Vocalist of the Year.

Blake Shelton released the album Red River Blue on July 12,2011, led by the single, "Honey Bee".

Blake Shelton is a coach on the NBC show The Voice.

Frampton recorded a track with Blake Shelton titled "I Will" on her album Red, released December 6,2011.

Blake Shelton returned for a second season of the show with his finalist Jermaine Paul as the champion.

Blake Shelton took the stage with Miranda Lambert at Super Bowl XLVI in February 2012 to open the event, singing a duet version of "America the Beautiful".

Blake Shelton appears on fellow "Voice" coach Christina Aguilera's album Lotus on the song "Just a Fool".

Shortly after midnight on New Year's Day 2013, Blake Shelton premiered a new single entitled "Sure Be Cool If You Did", which was released to iTunes on January 8 and reached No 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay chart in 2013.

Blake Shelton received the Gene Weed Special Achievement Award for his role as a coach on The Voice at the 48th Academy of Country Music Awards in 2013.

On November 13,2014, Blake Shelton was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame for his achievements in the music industry and for the generous work he has done for his home state.

Blake Shelton recorded a cover of Bob Dylan's 1974 hit "Forever Young" for the soundtrack of Max, which was released in the US on June 26,2015.

On November 9,2015, Nickelodeon announced that Blake Shelton would be the host of the 2016 Kids' Choice Awards.

In June 2016, Blake Shelton released "She's Got a Way with Words" as the album's third overall single and second promoted country single.

In June 2016, Blake Shelton celebrated the grand opening of his exhibit at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.

The exhibit, titled "Blake Shelton: Based on a True Story", traces Shelton's career path and achievements, encompassing his humble beginnings in Oklahoma, his Nashville origins, and his eventual path toward mainstream success and recognition through his role as a coach on The Voice.

On September 11,2017, Blake Shelton released "I'll Name the Dogs" as the lead-off single from his eleventh studio album.

In 2019, Blake Shelton released a compilation album titled Fully Loaded: God's Country.

On September 7,2022, Blake Shelton announced his 18-date Back to the Honky Tonk Tour.

Blake Shelton is a partner, along with Ryman Hospitality Properties, in a small chain of restaurants and entertainment complexes called Ole Red.

Blake Shelton was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in 2014, and made a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 2010.

Blake Shelton has been the recipient of 10 Country Music Association Awards, six Academy of Country Music Awards, one CMT Artist of the Year award, and 10 CMT Music Awards.

Blake Shelton has received eight American Country Awards, seven People's Choice Awards, three American Music Awards, one Billboard Music Award, and one iHeartRadio Music Award, among others.

Blake Shelton was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in 2010, for his many accomplishments in country music, and into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in 2014, attaining the highest honor one can receive from the state.

Blake Shelton has garnered nine Grammy nominations throughout his career, including nominations for Best Country Album, Best Country Solo Performance, and Best Music Film.

Blake Shelton has amassed a tremendous commercial impact on the country music industry.

Blake Shelton charted on Billboard's list of "Greatest of All Time Country Albums" and "Greatest of All Time Country Songs" with Based on a True Story.

Blake Shelton charted on Billboard's decade-end list of "Top Billboard 200 Albums" with Based on a True Story.

Blake Shelton ended 2019 on the Hot Country Songs chart with 52 entries, the most of any country artist this decade.

Blake Shelton married long time girlfriend Kaynette Gern on November 17,2003.

In 2005, Blake Shelton met singer Miranda Lambert at the CMT's 100 Greatest Duets Concert.

On May 9,2010, after dating for four years, Blake Shelton proposed to Lambert.

Shelton's brother, Richie, died in 1990 as a result of a car crash when Blake was 14 years old.

In late 2015, it was announced that Blake Shelton had started dating his colleague from The Voice, singer Gwen Stefani.

Stefani and Blake Shelton have collaborated on music numerous times since becoming a couple.

The couple later shared more details, including that Blake Shelton proposed to Stefani in front of her three children and other family members at a chapel on his property in Oklahoma.

Blake Shelton's embraced his role as a stepfather to Stefani's three sons.

On October 12,2019, Blake Shelton officiated at the wedding of Trace Adkins and Canadian actress Victoria Pratt in New Orleans, Louisiana.

In October 2013, Blake Shelton donated $20,000 to the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation following a concert in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Blake Shelton created the Blake Shelton Cancer Research Program at that same hospital.

In February 2018, Blake Shelton donated $50,000 to his home town of Tishomingo, Oklahoma.

Blake Shelton raised the money from ticket sales at his restaurant Ole Red.

Blake Shelton earned $29,214 from ticket sales and, along with $25,000 from Ryman Hospitality Properties, donated the sum of $54,214 to the Gatlinburg-Pittman High School's music programs.

Blake Shelton has been a coach on NBC's The Voice since its inception in 2011.

Blake Shelton had been the most successful coach, having brought at least one artist from his team to the finale in almost every season, nine of which went on to win the season.