Blake Shelton
Blake Shelton
Blake Tollison Shelton is an American country music singer, songwriter and television personality. In 2001, he made his debut with the single "Austin". The lead-off single from his self-titled debut album, "Austin" spent five weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. The gold-certified debut album also produced two more top 20 hits. Although the album was released on Giant Records Nashville, he was transferred to Warner Bros. Records Nashville after Giant closed in late 2001...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCountry Singer
Date of Birth18 June 1976
CityAda, OK
CountryUnited States of America
I've spent a lifetime in love with country music.
Jason Aldean is actually probably a really good rapper. He sounds like it to me.
Learning to not be selfish is what has changed in me the most since being married.
My fans, country radio, friends, family, you name it - they know I love to perform.
My favorite songs to sing have always been songs about regret. I don't know why that is, but to me, that's country music.
Not everybody in the country-music community is like me - I just happen to be one of the guys that is stereotypical.
One of my all-time favorite country singers is a guy named Conway Twitty.
What I do is what I like; if I'm not as famous as I'd like to be, I've done it to myself.
When you start dating another country star, the first question is, 'When are y'all gonna do a duet?' And what sucks about that is people expect you to do it whether you want to or not.
I've burned the trash a few times and it got away from me. I've caught the yard on fire. I've burnt up some acreage and had to call the fire department a couple of times.
People are scrambling to figure out how they can prolong the life of an album. But as long as the shelf space continues to shrink at retail, there's just no room for them anymore... which is fine with me! I would love to be the next person in country to just release digital singles, but I think we're probably a little ways from that.
Standing center stage in the six foot circle of wood cut from the stage of the Ryman is something I never take for granted. The history and legacy of that circle is awe-inspiring.
The thing that got me started on Twitter was just basically pressure from management and the record company saying, 'Hey, this is what all the other artists are doing. You need to be doing it also.' I didn't really have a clue what is was.
Because of Twitter, I think people know most every single thing about me. I don't know if there's anything that would surprise people about me.