b'Just the FactsSponsored by Cowtown BootsPhoenixTempeTucson BLAKE SHELTON Blake Shelton was born on June 18,Lambert, Chris Young, and96.3 Real Country welcomes Blake Shelton 1976, in Ada, Oklahoma, to Dorothy,Kacey Musgraves. and his Friends & Heroes 2020 Tour toa beauty salon owner, and RichardHe was also a coach on aGila River Arena on March 5th featuring Shelton, a used car salesman. similar show called Clash of theLauren Alaina, Trace Adkins, John AndersonHe started singing at an early age andChoirs, creating a singing teamand the Bellamy Brothers.by the age of 12 he learned how to playthat went up against choirs the guitar. led by Michael Bolton, PattiWhen Blake was 14 he lost his olderLaBelle, Nick Lachey, and Kelly brother Richie in a car accident onRowland. Team Lachey took In 2015, Forbes estimated Sheltons annual income at November 13, 1990. Richie was 24home the grand prize, with$28.5 million. The New York Times described Blake years old. Shelton co-wrote Over YouShelton\'s crew placing third. Shelton as the most important and visible ambassador with his ex-wife Miranda Lambert forOn May 9, 2010, after datingfrom Nashville to the American mainstream and Richie. While he doesnt often speak of the death, infor four years, Blake proposed to Miranda Lambert,Rolling Stone referred to him as one of country November 2015 he tweeted Wow25 years ago todayafter seeking (and receiving) her fathers blessing.musics biggest stars over the past decade.we lost my brother Richie Shelton. Hes still my heroShelton and Lambert were married on May 14, 2011, Blake sang Friends for the Angry Birds movie going strong. Wish everyone couldve known him. in Boerne, Texas. soundtrack, and was the voice of Earl the Pig in 2016;His older sister Endy is a jewelry designer.Shelton was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of FameBlake celebrated his Blake Shelton: Based on a TrueWhen he was 15, he managed to write his first songin 2014 and made a member of the Grand Ole Opry Story exhibit at the called That Girl Made a Fool Out of Me. He toldin 2010. He was invited to join the Grand OleCountry Music Country Weekly in 2001 that the girl didnt care muchOpry via Twitter receiving a short messageHall of Fame and for him, and the song is in the Top 10 of worst songsstating, You are invited to join the Grand OleMuseum that same ever written in the history of the earth. Opry. See you on 10/23/10! during the Countryyear. At the age of 16, he received a Denbo Diamond AwardComes Home Grand Ole Opry show. Shelton In March 2017, in his home state. received the message after he finished performingSheltons wax figureWhen Shelton met Mae Boren Axton at a local Opryonstage with friend Trace Adkins. As he beganwas unveiled for show, he needed no more encouragement to taketo exit, Adkins called him back and told himMadame Tussauds - the leap than the famous artist telling him hed havesomeone sent him a message on Twitter. After theNashville.a shot if he moved to Nashville. Two weeks after hismessage popped up on the big screen and Shelton He was named high school graduation, Shelton moved out. His firstcalmed down from the surprise he joked, I knowSexiest Man Alive Nashville job was not performing on stagebuta lot of guys who want this as bad as I do. butby People magazine painting Axtons house. The aspiring artist was firedforget about them. on November from his other job in the city making tape copies for a In July 2015, Shelton and Lambert announced14, 2017, and publishing company because he was constantly tryingtheir divorce. The couple released a statement,made history by to talk to songwriters instead of doing his job. "This is not the future we envisioned and itbecoming the first is with a heavy heart that we move forwardcountry artist separately. We are real people, with real lives,ever to grace the In 2001, he made his debut with the singlewith real family, friends, andmagazines cover Austin. The lead-off single from his debutcolleagues. Therefore, weissue.album Austin, spent five weeks at number kindly ask for privacy andIn 2018, the one on the Billboard Hot Country Songs compassion concerning thiscountry singer established a cancer research program chart. Although hisvery personal matter." Theirat Oklahoma Childrens Hospital in honor of his infant album was releaseddivorce was finalized latercousin, Aspen, who underwent treatment for cancer at on Giant Records Nashville, he wasthat same day.the hospitals childrens center.transferred to Warner He has been on The Voice Blake has had over 25 number one singles. He setBros. Recordssince its inception, andthe record for the most consecutive #1 songs onNashville after Giantin six of sixteen seasons,the Country music charts in 2014 with Doin Whatclosed in late 2001. a member of his teamShe Likes and beginning with Hillbilly Bone inhas won. In September 2015, it was announced that2009. Shelton had started dating his colleague from TheShelton marriedVoice, Gwen Stefani.longtime girlfriend Kaynette Gern on November He is a seven-time Grammy Award nominee. Shelton 17, 2003. They divorced in 2006. has been the recipient of nine Country MusicHe owned a pet turkey named Turkey.In 2003, heAssociation Awards, five Academy of Country Music told CMT he hoped to bring Turkey to the next countryAwards, one CMT Artist of the Year award, and awards show because he felt a responsibility to exposeseven CMT Music Awards. He has also received eight him to some different things in the world. Shelton onceAmerican Country Awards, three Peoples Choice accidentally fed Turkey turkey scraps on Thanksgiving.Awards, two American Music Awards, and one Unfortunately, the pet never attended an award showBillboard Music Award among others.before he died of a heat stroke later in 2003. Blake loves playing the guitar. Shelton owns a franchise of restaurants andShelton designed and drew his own deer tracksentertainment complexes called Ole Red. The tattoo, which, according to the singer, has often beenfirst Ole Red opened in Sheltons hometown of mistaken for a trail of ladybugs. Tishomingo, Oklahoma, in September 2017. ABefore he was a host on NBCs The Voice, Blake was a judge on the fifth season of the country-themedNashville location opened in May 2018. A third competition show, Nashville Star in 2007, a series thatlocation in Gatlinburg opened in March of this year.jump-started the singing careers of ex-wife, Miranda ArizonaRealCountry.com December 2019 55'