Blake Shelton
Blake Shelton Tollison (* 18th June 1976 in Ada , Oklahoma ) is an American country - singer and songwriter . He had his 14th number 1 hit in the country charts in 2019 with God's Country .
biography
Blake Shelton was born in Oklahoma and began singing in early childhood. At the age of 16 he was honored with the "Denbo Diamond Award", which the state of Oklahoma gives to young entertainers. At 17, he moved to Nashville to become a professional country musician.
In 1998 Shelton got a recording deal 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 at short notice because they did not consider the title to be promising as a debut. The song later became a number 1 hit for Toby Keith . Instead, the ballad became Austin Shelton's debut single, which stayed at number 1 on the country charts for five weeks and reached number 18 on the pop charts. The song came from Shelton's debut album Blake Shelton , from which the tracks All Over Me and Ol 'Red were decoupled, which also reached the top 20 of the country charts.
Shelton's second album The Dreamer was released in February 2003, and the release The Baby stayed at number 1 on the country charts for two weeks. In 2004 Shelton's third studio album Blake Shelton's Barn & Grill was released ; the track Some Beach became his third number 1 single. The next two releases, a cover of Conway Twitty's single Goodbye Time from 1988 and Nobody But Me also made it into the top 10. All three albums were produced by Bobby Braddock and achieved gold status.
Shelton's fourth album, entitled Pure BS , was released in 2007, the Michael Bublé cover Home , which was added and decoupled from a rerelease in 2008 , became Shelton's fourth number 1 single. In the same year, Shelton was on the jury of the casting shows Nashville Star and Clash of the Choirs .
In November 2008, Blake Shelton's fifth album Startin 'Fires was released . With the single She Wouldn't Be Gone , he took the top of the country charts again in February 2009. Hillbilly Bone , a duet with Trace Adkins , for which Shelton received an ACM Award for “Vocal Event of the Year”, followed just as successfully in the same year . In 2010, Shelton had his seventh No. 1 hit with All About Tonight . Shelton's songs almost always made it into the US pop charts . In 2013 he made a guest appearance on the sitcom Malibu Country .
Private life
In 2003 Shelton married longtime girlfriend Kaynette Williams; the marriage was divorced in 2006. In 2011 he married his colleague Miranda Lambert ; In 2015 the couple split. In autumn 2015 it became known that he is in a relationship with the singer Gwen Stefani . In 2017 he was named " Sexiest Man Alive " by People magazine .
Discography
Studio albums
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
---|---|---|---|---|
US | Country | |||
2001 | Blake Shelton |
US45
platinum
(29 weeks)US |
Country3 (99 weeks) Country |
|
2003 | The Dreamer |
US8th
gold
(12 weeks)US |
Country2 (45 weeks) Country |
|
2004 | Blake Shelton's Barn & Grill |
US20th
platinum
(52 weeks)US |
Country3 (90 weeks) Country |
|
2007 | Pure BS |
US8th
gold
(40 weeks)US |
Country2 (78 weeks) Country |
|
2008 | Startin 'Fires |
US34 (18 weeks) US |
Country7 (70 weeks) Country |
|
2011 | Red River Blue |
US1 × 2
(166 weeks)US |
Country1 (78 weeks) Country |
|
2012 | Cheers It's Christmas |
US8th
gold
(44 weeks)US |
Country2 (30 weeks) Country |
|
2013 | Based on a true story ... |
US3 × 2
(130 weeks)US |
Country1 (86 weeks) Country |
|
2014 | Bringing Back the Sunshine |
US1
platinum
(56 weeks)US |
Country1 (65 weeks) Country |
|
2016 | If I'm honest |
US3
gold
(62 weeks)US |
Country1 (72 weeks) Country |
|
2017 | Texoma Shore |
US4th
gold
(29 weeks)US |
Country1 (38 weeks) Country |
Compilations
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
---|---|---|---|---|
US | Country | |||
2010 | Loaded: The Best of Blake Shelton |
US18th
platinum
(174 weeks)US |
Country4 (78 weeks) Country |
|
2012 | Original album series | - |
Country50 (4 weeks) Country |
|
2015 | Reloaded: 20 # 1 hits |
US5 (196 weeks) US |
Country2 (... weeks) Country |
|
2019 | Fully Loaded: God's Country |
US2
gold
(… Where.)US |
Country1 (... week) Country |
EPs
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
---|---|---|---|---|
US | Country | |||
2008 | Blake Shelton: Collector's Edition |
US157 (2 weeks) US |
Country27 (12 weeks) Country |
|
2010 | Hillbilly Bone |
US3 (18 weeks) US |
Country2 (68 weeks) Country |
|
All About Tonight |
US6 (21 weeks) US |
Country1 (50 weeks) Country |
Singles
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
---|---|---|---|---|
US | Country | |||
2001 | Austin Blake Shelton |
US18th
platinum
(20 weeks)US |
Country1 (27 weeks) Country |
|
All Over Me Blake Shelton |
- |
Country18 (21 weeks) Country |
||
2002 | Ol 'Red Blake Shelton |
US-
platinum
US
|
Country14 (26 weeks) Country |
|
The Baby The Dreamer |
US28 (20 weeks) US |
Country1 (24 weeks) Country |
||
2003 | Heavy Liftin ' The Dreamer |
- |
Country32 (13 weeks) Country |
|
Playboys of the Southwestern World The Dreamer |
- |
Country24 (20 weeks) Country |
||
2004 | When Somebody Knows You That Well Blake Shelton's Barn & Grill |
- |
Country37 (12 weeks) Country |
|
Some Beach Blake Shelton's Barn & Grill |
US28
gold
(20 weeks)US |
Country1 (30 weeks) Country |
||
2005 | Goodbye Time Blake Shelton's Barn & Grill |
US73 (9 weeks) US |
Country10 (27 weeks) Country |
|
Nobody but Me Blake Shelton's Barn & Grill |
US60 (15 weeks) US |
Country4 (36 weeks) Country |
||
2006 | Don't Make Me Pure BS |
US79 (6 weeks) US |
Country12 (31 weeks) Country |
|
2007 | The More I Drink Pure BS |
- |
Country19 (27 weeks) Country |
|
2008 | Home Pure BS |
US41
gold
(20 weeks)US |
Country1 (28 weeks) Country |
|
She Wouldn't Be Gone Startin 'Fires |
US43
gold
(20 weeks)US |
Country1 (29 weeks) Country |
||
2009 | I'll just hold on startin 'fires |
US76 (14 weeks) US |
Country8 (32 weeks) Country |
|
Hillbilly Bone Hillbilly Bone |
US40
platinum
(20 weeks)US |
Country1 (25 weeks) Country |
feat. Trace Adkins
|
|
2010 | All About Tonight All About Tonight |
US37 (19 weeks) US |
Country1 (25 weeks) Country |
|
Who Are You When I'm Not Looking All About Tonight |
US46
platinum
(20 weeks)US |
Country1 (27 weeks) Country |
||
2011 | Honey Bee Red River Blue |
US13 × 3
(20 weeks)US |
Country1 (18 weeks) Country |
|
God Gave Me You Red River Blue |
US22nd × 3
(25 weeks)US |
Country1 (22 weeks) Country |
||
2012 | Drink on It Red River Blue |
US39
platinum
(19 weeks)US |
Country1 (19 weeks) Country |
|
Over Red River Blue |
US43
platinum
(18 weeks)US |
Country1 (19 weeks) Country |
||
2013 | Sure Be Cool If You Did Based on a True Story ... |
US24 × 2
(20 weeks)US |
Country1 (24 weeks) Country |
|
Boys' Round Here Based on a True Story ... |
US12 × 3
(21 weeks)US |
Country2 (31 weeks) Country |
feat. Pistol Annies and Friends
|
|
Mine Would Be You Based on a True Story ... |
US28
platinum
(20 weeks)US |
Country2 (26 weeks) Country |
||
2014 | Doin 'What She Likes Based on a True Story ... |
US35
platinum
(17 weeks)US |
Country3 (22 weeks) Country |
|
My Eyes Based on a True Story ... |
US39
gold
(16 weeks)US |
Country4 (20 weeks) Country |
feat. Gwen Sebastian
|
|
Neon Light Bringing Back the Sunshine |
US43
gold
(20 weeks)US |
Country3 (22 weeks) Country |
||
Lonely Tonight Bringing Back the Sunshine |
US47
gold
(17 weeks)US |
Country2 (23 weeks) Country |
feat. Ashley Monroe
|
|
2015 | Sangria Based on a True Story ... |
US38
platinum
(20 weeks)US |
Country3 (26 weeks) Country |
|
Gonna Based on a True Story ... |
US54
gold
(18 weeks)US |
Country4 (26 weeks) Country |
||
2016 | Came Here to Forget If I'm Honest |
US36
platinum
(19 weeks)US |
Country2 (23 weeks) Country |
|
Savior's Shadow If I'm Honest |
- |
Country50 (1 week) Country |
||
She's Got a Way with Words If I'm Honest |
US61
platinum
(12 weeks)US |
Country8 (20 weeks) Country |
||
A Guy with a Girl If I'm Honest |
US42
platinum
(17 weeks)US |
Country3 (27 weeks) Country |
||
2017 | Every Time I Hear That Song If I'm Honest |
US56
gold
(11 weeks)US |
Country8 (26 weeks) Country |
|
I'll Name the Dogs Texoma Shore |
US56
platinum
(20 weeks)US |
Country6 (25 weeks) Country |
||
2018 | I Lived It Texoma Shore |
US63
gold
(18 weeks)US |
Country8 (24 weeks) Country |
|
Turnin 'Me On Texoma Shore |
- |
Country14 (20 weeks) Country |
||
2019 | God's Country Fully Loaded: God's Country |
US17th × 3
(23 weeks)US |
Country1 (26 weeks) Country |
|
Hell Right Fully Loaded: God's Country |
US99
gold
(1 week)US |
Country14 (20 weeks) Country |
feat. Trace Adkins
|
|
2020 | Nobody but You Fully Loaded: God's Country |
US18th
platinum
(25 weeks)US |
Country2 (... weeks) Country |
feat. Gwen Stefani
|
Happy Anywhere |
US56 (... weeks) US |
Country10 (... wk.) Country |
feat. Gwen Stefani
|
|
The following songs did not appear as single, but were made available for download and streaming through the album and were thus able to achieve a placement: | ||||
2011 | I won't back down |
US57 (1 week) US |
- |
with Dia Frampton
|
Footloose Footloose (OST) |
US63
gold
(2 weeks)US |
Country53 (6 weeks) Country |
||
2012 | Jingle Bell Rock Cheers, It's Christmas |
- |
Country37 (1 week) Country |
feat. Miranda Lambert
|
Home Cheers, It's Christmas |
- |
Country36 (2 weeks) Country |
with Michael Bublé
|
|
2013 | Steve McQueen The Complete Season 3 Collection |
- |
Country42 (1 week) Country |
with Cassadee Pope
|
Dude (looks like a lady) |
- |
Country43 (1 week) Country |
with Terry McDermott
|
|
Ten Times Crazier Based on a True Story ... |
- |
Country36 (1 week) Country |
||
Do You Remember Based on a True Story ... |
- |
Country42 (1 week) Country |
||
Country on the Radio Based on a True Story ... |
- |
Country49 (1 week) Country |
||
Home (Live From Healing In The Heartland) |
- |
Country36 (1 week) Country |
with Usher
|
|
Timber, I'm Falling in Love The Complete Season 4 Collection |
- |
Country30 (1 week) Country |
with Danielle Bradbery
|
|
Celebrity The Complete Season 4 Collection |
- |
Country47 (1 week) Country |
with The Swon Brothers
|
|
2014 | A Country Boy Can Survive The Complete Season 6 Collection |
- |
Country27 (1 week) Country |
Jake Worthington & Blake Shelton
|
Buzzin ' Bringing Back the Sunshine |
- |
Country44 (1 week) Country |
feat. RaeLynn
|
|
2015 | Boots On The Complete Season 7 Collection |
- |
Country33 (1 week) Country |
Craig Wayne Boyd & Blake Shelton
|
Islands in the Stream The Complete Season 9 Collection |
- |
Country19 (1 week) Country |
Emily Ann Roberts & Blake Shelton
|
|
2016 | Rhinestone Cowboy The Complete Season 9 Collection |
- |
Country40 (1 week) Country |
Barrett Baber & Blake Shelton
|
Go Ahead and Break My Heart If I'm Honest |
US70 (1 week) US |
Country13 (4 weeks) Country |
feat. Gwen Stefani
|
|
Straight Outta Cold Beer If I'm Honest |
- |
Country36 (1 week) Country |
||
Treat Her Right The Complete Season 11 Collection |
- |
Country24 (1 week) Country |
Sundance Head & Blake Shelton
|
|
Bet You Still Think About Me |
- |
Country44 (1 week) Country |
||
2017 | There's a Tear in My Beer The Complete Season 12 Collection |
- |
Country46 (1 week) Country |
Lauren Duski & Blake Shelton
|
At the House Texoma Shore |
- |
Country49 (1 week) Country |
||
2019 | Jesus Got a Tight Grip Fully Loaded: God's Country |
- |
Country38 (1 week) Country |
Guest Posts
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DE | AT | CH | UK | US | Country | |||
2012 | Just a Fool Lotus |
- | - | - | - |
US71 (2 weeks) US |
- |
Christina Aguilera feat. Blake Shelton
|
2016 | Forever Country |
- | - | - | - |
US21 (4 weeks) US |
Country1 (18 weeks) Country |
as part of "Artists of Then, Now & Forever"
|
2017 | You Make It Feel Like Christmas You Make It Feel Like Christmas |
DE53 (3 weeks) DE |
AT63 (2 weeks) AT |
CH62 (3 weeks) CH |
UK71 (5 weeks) UK |
- | - |
Gwen Stefani feat. Blake Shelton
|
You got it |
- | - | - | - | - |
Country70 (1 week) Country |
Chloe Kohanski & Blake Shelton
|
|
2018 | You Look So Good in Love | - | - | - | - | - |
Country47 (1 week) Country |
Kirk Jay & Blake Shelton
|
2019 | Dive bar | - | - | - | - |
US78 (5 weeks) US |
Country17 (35 weeks) Country |
Garth Brooks feat. Blake Shelton
|
Further guest contributions
- 2010: Kiss My Country Ass (US:gold)
Video albums
- 2005: Blake Shelton's Barn and Grill (US:gold)
Awards for music sales
|
|
Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.
Country / Region | gold | platinum | Sales | swell |
---|---|---|---|---|
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources) |
||||
Canada (MC) | 11 × gold11 | 11 × platinum11 | 1,320,000 | musiccanada.com |
United States (RIAA) | 19 × gold19th | 36 × platinum36 | 45,050,000 | riaa.com |
All in all | 30 × gold30th | 47 × platinum47 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ allmusic.com
- ↑ Jeff Crossan: Bobby Braddock article . In: Songwriter Universe . Retrieved October 3, 2008.
- ↑ CMN: Divorce with Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton . Retrieved July 26, 2015.
- ↑ a b c d e Chart sources: [1]
Web links
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Shelton, Blake |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Shelton, Blake Tollison (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American country singer and songwriter |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 18, 1976 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Ada , Oklahoma , USA |