Blake Shelton

Blake Shelton, 2017

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 Double platinum (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 Double platinum (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 Triple platinum (20 weeks)US	Country1 (18 weeks) Country
	God Gave Me You Red River Blue	US22nd × 3 Triple platinum (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 Double platinum (20 weeks)US	Country1 (24 weeks) Country
	Boys' Round Here Based on a True Story ...	US12 × 3 Triple platinum (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 Triple platinum (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

Golden record  Canada 2014: for the single Neon Light 2014: for the album Cheers It's Christmas 2015: for the single Lonely Tonight 2016: for the single Doin 'What She Likes 2016: for the single My Eyes 2016: for the single She's Got A Way With Words 2017: for the single A Guy With A Girl 2017: for the album If I'm Honest 2019: for the single I Lived It 2020: for the album Fully Loaded: God's Country 2020: for the single Hell Right

Platinum record  Canada 2014: for the album Based on a True Story ... 2016: for the single Sure Would Be Cool If You Did 2016: for the single Sangria 2016: for the single Mine Would Be You 2017: for the single Came Here To Forget 2018: for the single I'll Name The Dogs 2019: for the single God's Country 2020: for the single Nobody but You 3 × platinum record  Canada 2016: for the single Boys' Round Here

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

1. ↑ allmusic.com
2. ↑ Jeff Crossan: Bobby Braddock article . In: Songwriter Universe . Retrieved October 3, 2008.
3. ↑ CMN: Divorce with Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton . Retrieved July 26, 2015.
4. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Chart sources: [1]

Web links

Commons : Blake Shelton  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Shelton's website