Blake Shelton

Blake Tollison Shelton (born June 18, 1976) is an American country music artist. In 2001, he made his debut with the single Austin. Released as the lead-off single from his self-titled debut album, Austin went on to spend five weeks at Number One on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. This song was the first single from his gold-certified debut album, which also produced two more Top 20 hits. Although the album was released on Giant Records Nashville, Shelton was transferred to Warner Bros. Records Nashville after Giant closed in late 2001. His second and third albums, 2003's The Dreamer (his first for Warner Bros. proper) and 2004's Blake Shelton's Barn amp; Grill, were each certified gold as well. Shelton's fourth album, Pure BS, was issued in 2007, and re-issued in 2008 with a cover of Michael Bublé's pop hit Home as one of the bonus tracks. This cover was also that album's third single. A fifth album, Startin' Fires, was released in November 2008. It was followed by the extended plays Hillbilly Bone and All About Tonight in 2010, and the album Red River Blue in 2011. He is currently a vocal coach on the NBC reality talent show The Voice with Adam Levine, Christina Aguilera, and Cee Lo Green. Overall, Shelton has charted 22 singles on the country charts, including twelve Number One hits: Austin (2001), The Baby (2003), Some Beach (2004–2005), Home (2008), She Wouldn't Be Gone (2009), Hillbilly Bone (2010), a duet with Trace Adkins, All About Tonight (2010), Who Are You When I'm Not Looking (2011), Honey Bee (2011), God Gave Me You (2011), Drink on It (2012), and Over (2012). Additionally, three more of his singles have reached Top Ten: a cover version of Conway Twitty's Goodbye Time, Nobody but Me, and I'll Just Hold On. He also covered Footloose for the movie remake in 2011.