Blake Shelton Height, Weight, Age, Affairs, Wives, Biography & More
Some Lesser Known Facts About Blake Shelton
- Does Blake Shelton smoke?: Not Known
- After graduating from High School at the age of seventeen, he moved to Nashville to pursue a career in singing.
- He learned to play the guitar from his uncle.
- He got a job at a music publishing company and later in 1997, he was promoted by Bobby Braddock (American Songwriter) to acquire a production contract with Sony Music.
- In 2001, he made his debut with the single “Austin” which was at number one for five weeks on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.
- He has been nominated seven times for the Grammy Award.
- His older and stepbrother- Richie Shelton (who was 24) was killed in a fatal automobile accident. He dedicated
- He has been judging different TV singing reality shows- Nashville Star, Clash of the Choirs, and The Voice.
- He married twice but both ended up with a divorce.
- He received a gold certification from the ‘Recording Industry Association of America’ (RIAA) for shipments of 500,000 copies.
- He also appeared in Christina Aguilera’s song “Just a Fool” as a fellow judge of ‘The Voice’.
- Later in 2012, his father died due to lung cancer and he was very devasted after his father’s death. Even St. Anthony Hospital in Shawnee, Oklahoma dedicated a fountain to honor his father- late Richard Shelton.
- In 2016, he lent his vocals to a pig (animated character) in the film-Angry Birds.
- He is the co-owner of the ‘Smithworks’ (American Made Vodka).
- In 2017, he was titled as The Sexiest Man Alive.