The life of Blake Shelton

Born from Ada, Oklahoma in June 18, 1976 Blake Tollison Shelton at the age of 8 was heard by her mother when he was singing in his bedroom. She made him participate in various talent shows and several years later, he has already mastered playing the guitar at the age of 12. He had won awards in his hometown like the Denbo Diamond Award (highest award for young Oklahoma performers) He took a giant step for his dream when he moved to Nashville after his high school graduation to start up his singing career. This was after his older brother died from a car accident.  In 1998, He has signed his first contract with the Giant Records and in the year 2001; he recorded “Austin” which topped number one for five weeks in the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks. Giant Records then underwent dissolution and Shelton was transferred to the Warner Bros, company. His next singles "All Over Me" and "Ol' Red" still gained recognition from the listeners. In 2003, his single “the baby” from his third album placed number one in the billboard country music charts for 3 weeks.

In November 17, 2003, Blake married his long time girlfriend Kaynette Williams but they were later divorced in 2006. Then Shelton met Miranda Lambert (fellow country music singer) in their first duet at a show of country music television and made her his girlfriend. Miranda has served a guest appearance with Shelton’s fourth album Pure BS which led to fans and media attraction. She had made another appearance on his 2008 album “Startin’ fires” in which they had a duet from the single entitled “Bare skin rug”. After dating for four years, Blake proposed to Miranda in 2010. His albums Hillybilly bone and All about tonight has contained three singles which topped the charts. In November, Blake Shelton released his first greatest hits album and was awarded as the Male Vocalist of the year by the 44th Annual Country Music Awards.  His single “Honey bee” placed number one in the Billboard hot country songs chart.  In May, Shelton married Lambert in Boerne, Texas. Several weeks later, he joined NBC’s singing competition “The Voice” as a judge/ coach. His single “Honey bee” from the album “Red river blue has been one of the top country songs 2011.  Recently (2012) , his song “Drink on it” has belonged to the top ten country songs of billboard.com.