Blake Shelton

Blake Shelton

    Blake Tollison Shelton was born on June 18, 1976. He is 38 years old and is six feet five inches. He was born in Ada, Oklahoma. He is an American country singer. Richard and Dorothy Shelton are his parents.

     His dad was a used car dealer while his mom was a beauty salon owner. Blake  began singing at an early age and by age 12, he was taught how to play the guitar by his uncle. By age 15, he had written his first song. By age 16, he had received a Denbo Diamond Award in his home state. On November 13, 1990, his older brother Richie Shelton (who was 24 at the time) was killed in an automobile accident.

     After graduating from high school at seventeen, he moved to Nashville, Tennessee to pursue a singing career. There he got a job at a music publishing company and, in 1997, he was aided by Bobby Braddock for his career. A few years later Blake got signed to Giant Records in 2001.  In 2001, he released a song called “I Wanna Talk About Me” as a single. Staff at his record label said is was unsuitable for a lead off single, however the song was eventually recorded by Toby Keith, his version was a hit single.

    Instead Giant Records released his song called “Austin” as a hit single.  Shortly after its release, Giant Records was closed, and Shelton was transferred to parent company Warner Bros Records  "Austin" went on to spend five weeks at Number one on the Billboard Hot Country Singles. Blake Shelton received a gold certification from the RIAA for shipments of 500,000 copies on his first album.

    Blakes second album, The Dreamer, was first released on February 4, 2003, on Warner Bros. Records.  Its lead off single, "The Baby", reached number 1 on the country charts, holding that position for three weeks. The second and third singles "Heavy Liftin'" and "Playboys of the Southwestern World", respectively only reached number 32 and number 24, The Dreamer earned a gold certificate as well. On December 18, 2005, several of Blake's songs, including "Nobody but Me", appeared on the TV movie The Christmas Blessing. Blake issued his third album called Bar and Grill released in 2004.

    His fourth album came out in 2007 with many hit singles. With his first three albums, which were produced entirely by Bobby Braddock. Blake worked with Bobby, Brent Rowan, and Paul Worley as producers for this album. Its first two singles "Don't Make Me" and "The More I Drink" were both Top 20 hits on the country charts, reaching number 12 and number 15. His album was re-released in 2008 with three bonus tracks, including a cover of Michael Buble's hit single "Home". This cover, released in early 2008 as the album's third single, became his fourth number one hit in July.

    Blake Shelton released the album Red River Blue on July 12, 2011, led by the single, "Honey Bee". The song received 138,000 downloads in its first week and was certified gold in its seventh week, setting a record for the fastest gold certification by a male country singer. On June 13, 2011, in its tenth chart week, "Honey Bee" went to number one on the billboard Hot Country Songs chart, becoming his ninth number one and his fastest-climbing. The album was expected to debut at number one on the Billboard 200 with around 110,000 copies sold. "God Gave Me You", a cover of a Dave Barnes song, was the album's second single, it also reached Number one "Drink on It", the fifth song on the album, hit number one in April 2012, giving him his 11th number one song.

    Shortly after midnight on New Year's Day 2013, Shelton premiered a new single entitled "Sur Be Cool If You Did",which was released to iTunes on January 8 and reached number one on the Billboard Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay chart in 2013. His eighth studio album,Based on A True Story, was released on March 26, 2013 and debuted at number one on the country chart and number three on the all genre chart by selling a career best nearly 200,000 copies. The album's second single, "Boys Round Here" released to country radio in 2013 and also reached number one on the Billboard Country Airplay chart. The album's third single, "Mine Would Be You", was released to country radio on July 22, 2013 and reached number one on the Country Airplay chart in November 2013. "Mine Would Be You" became Shelton's tenth consecutive number one single, tying him with the record set by Brad Paisley  in 2009. With the release of the album's fourth single, "Doin What She Likes", Shelton achieved his eleventh consecutive number one single, which broke the tie.

    Blake married long time girlfriend Kaynette Gern on November 17, 2003. They divorced in 2006. In 2005, Shelton met fellow country singer Miranda Lambert at the CMT's 100 Greatest Duets Concert. On May 9, 2010, after dating for four years, Blake proposed to Miranda, after seeking and receiving her father's blessing. Shelton and Lambert were married on May 14, 2011, in Texas.. On January 17, 2012, Blake's brother, Richie, died in 1990. Blake and Miranda wrote about Richie in Lambert's song, "Over You". The song was named CMA Song of the Year for 2012. It was also named Single Record and Song of the Year at the 2013 Academy of Country Music awards. In August 2014, Blake announced that his ninth studio album, Bringing Back The Sunshine, would be released on September 30, 2014.

Until the End of Time

                                                      Until the End of Time

         When I was little my mom said I was always clumsy,  grouchy and bossy. She said if I didn't get what I wanted I would've  cried or threw a tantrum and as I got older it got better. I was learning manners and not being so bossy and so rude .  

         When I was five I was living in Missouri Valley,  Iowa with my dad. I was outside playing one day and met the girls across the street and ever since then they have been my best friends. I met Kylie Wilson and her sister Kimberly Wilson. Then that whole day we were at her house right across the street from mine jumping on her trampoline and playing with her cats and her dogs. We had so much fun.

           At the age of six I started ice skating, and I was doing ice skating until I was 12. I advanced in classes so fast that by the age of 10 I started figure skating. I  went to competitions and my mom was at almost all of my lessons. I was on level seven with 10 year olds when I was only eight. Ever since then I go skating all the time and it’s so much fun. Every now and then I have my friends come with me and they like it too.

          When I was seven my two friends Kylie and Kimberly, and I were sitting in their mother's car and Kimberly accidently hit something in the car and it started rolling backwards down the hill. We were just little and didn't know what to do so we were just sitting there screaming. We didn't know what was going to happen. The car made its way down the hill and smashed into a fence and a few other cars. Thank goodness we were okay but then Kylie and Kim's mother came running down the hill freaking out. She was just happy that we were okay.

         Then when I was eight  I started volleyball. Volleyball is my favorite sport. I played volleyball until the age of 14 and I hope to still play it into high school and maybe collage. I’d do anything to play volleyball the rest of my life. My friends and I love playing that sport, we always have fun with it and so do other people.  

         When I was nine, my family came for Christmas at our house. My grandma Beth flew to Bellevue, Nebraska, where we lived, from South Carolina . My Aunt Kelly and Cousin Jessica flew in from Tennessee. My Aunt Angie was there too. Then my Aunt Kristie and Uncle Ted and their 2 kids came from Chicago. I thought it was the best Christmas ever. We all had so much fun and played games and stuff after, we opened presents.

       At the age of 10, I was still doing volleyball and ice skating, but that’s when I started cheerleading. My friends dared me to do it, I didn't think I would like it but I ended up liking it. It was so much fun so I asked my friends to try out next year and they did, so I had three of my friends with me. We cheered at halftime for all the football games and basketball games. It was so much fun.  We all enjoyed it a lot but, then my friends had to move away so they didn't do cheerleading anymore so neither did I but I'm thinking about doing it again in high school.  

         When I was 11, I went to South Carolina to see my grandma, I had a lot of fun. My grandma Beth has horses and she has barrel races too. She taught me how to barrel race and ever since then I have loved horses. Even being around them makes me happy. Beth took me to her barrel racing competition and I raced too. I had so much fun. Ever since then when I'm on a horse thats what I do I either go barrel racing or on a trail ride.  

        At the age of 12 I went on a family vacation with my mom and my sister to Adventure Land. Me and my sister had a lot of fun. We went on every ride and did just about everything that there was to do there I had a lot of fun. My mom even had fun too. Most of all my sister loved the water rides the most. I liked the other ones better. We liked it so much we didn't want to leave. I’m glad I went though because that’s the first time we had gone on a vacation together and my sister and I actually got along with each other.

        When I was 13 my two friends Shannon and Nina asked me to go to Worlds and Oceans of Fun with them. Which I did go there and when I first got there they said the first ride we are going on is The Patriot which looked scary but when I went on it I wanted to go on it several more times and I did. It was the second day that we were there and by then it was getting night time and I heard someone yell my name. I turned around and it’s my friend Brandon!  I haven't seen him in forever, then it turns out hes right there. Then the four of us went and rode The Patriot at night with us in the front, we all had so much fun. But then he had to leave and we left the next morning.

         Now that I'm 14 every weekend that I'm in Missouri Valley with my dad. I went to my friends house right outside of Magnolia, Iowa. When they come to get me we go get our other friends in Logan, Iowa and there's five or six of us sometimes there's like 15 of us ,and we go mudding while we are listening to country music and we all have the windows down so the mud is hitting us. Sometimes we use our four-wheelers, other times we use the side by side, or the truck. After we are down with that we go to a bonfire and go swimming and have lots of fun and we go and joke around at McDonalds and Taco Johns where some of our friends work. They always enjoy our company. Then there was this one time when our friend Cameron put his girlfriend’s truck in a ditch and she didn't have a seat belt of so she hit the dashboard and the windshield and Cameron started pointing at her and laughing. I mean it was rude to do that, but it was funny because his girlfriend is really mean. So she went to work and we spent all day getting it out for her. We went and got it out for her and she started getting all mad at us because her mom was yelling at her because she wasn't home yet. She was at work and she got mad at him and tried to hit him so he punched the truck and left a big dent in it. After that she got really mad and sped away when it was her fault. I always have a good time when I go to Missouri Valley.