As one of the most successful country artists today, Blake Shelton has sold over 10 million records, 30 million singles and generated a total of 1.7 billion streams worldwide. Shelton continues to have a tremendous impact on the country music industry and is the recipient of countless awards including nine CMA awards, five ACM awards and eight CMT Awards including Artist of the Year. He has appeared as a judge on NBC’s hit show The Voice since its inception and recently made People Magazine history when he became the first country artist to grace the cover issue of People’s Sexiest Man Alive. Blake made his first splash in 2001 with the chart-topping single “Austin,” which spent five weeks at number one. “All Over Me” and “Ol’ Red” followed in 2002, pushing Shelton’s accompanying debut album to gold status The Dreamer appeared in February 2003, hot on the heels of another number one single titled “The Baby.” Three years later, Shelton scored his fourth consecutive gold album with Pure BS, which featured a guest appearance by then girlfriend Miranda Lambert. Shelton issued a pair of well-received EPs — Hillbilly Bone and All About Tonight — that same year. The EPs yielded three number one hits, followed in 2011 by another chart-topper, “Honey Bee,” which doubled as the lead single from his sixth album, Red River Blue. More recently, Shelton released If I’m Honest in 2016. Shelton will embark on a Friends and Heroes Tour in 2019.
