Blake Shelton Tickets : Lambert Sang Background Vocals On His Cover Of Michael Buble's Song

Blake Tollison Shelton is an American country music artist. In 2001, he made his debut with the single "Austin". Released as the lead-off single from his self-titled debut album, "Austin" went on to spend five weeks at Number One on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts.

This song was the first single from his gold-certified debut album, which also produced two more Top 20 hits. Although the album was released on Giant Records Nashville, Shelton was transferred to Warner Bros. Records Nashville after Giant closed in late 2001.

Shelton's fourth album, Pure BS, was issued in 2007, and re-issued in 2008 with a cover of Michael Buble's pop hit "Home" as one of the bonus tracks. This cover was also that album's third single. A fifth album, Startin' Fires, was released in November 2008. He is currently a vocal coach on the NBC reality talent show The Voice with Adam Levine, Christina Aguilera, and Cee Lo Green.

Shelton was born in Ada, Oklahoma to Dick, a used car dealer, and Dorothy, a beauty salon owner. He began singing at an early age and by age 12, he learned to play guitar. By age sixteen, Shelton had received a Denbo Diamond Award in his home state. On November 13, 1990, his older stepbrother Richie, who was 24 at the time, died in a car accident. He has an older sister, Endy. At age 17, he moved to Nashville, Tennessee in pursuit of a recording career.

After "I'll Just Hold On" fell off the chart in October 2009, Blake Shelton released a duet with Trace Adkins titled "Hillbilly Bone." It was the lead-off single on Shelton's EP, Hillbilly Bone, released on March 2, 2010 through Reprise Records Nashville.

After "Hillbilly Bone" reached #1 in February, came the August release of "All About Tonight", the lead-off single to his EP of the same name. In September, he released the second single from All About Tonight, "Who Are You When I'm Not Looking", his 18th single release. He released his first greatest hits album, Loaded: The Best of Blake Shelton in November 2010.

Shelton was invited to join the Grand Ole Opry during the September 28, 2010 "Country Comes Home" concert celebrating reopening of the Grand Ole Opry House after the Cumberland River flooded the Opry House in May 2010. The formal invitation was extended on his Twitter account and was announced by Opry star Trace Adkins. He was formally inducted by Adkins at the Saturday, October 23, 2010 Opry performance.

Blake Shelton appeared on the 44th Annual Country Music Awards on November 10, 2010 where he performed "All About Tonight" and won Male Vocalist of the Year.[Shelton will serve as a judge/coach to singers on the 2011 NBC reality television series The Voice.

Blake Shelton will release an as of yet titled album on July 12, 2011, led by the single, "Honey Bee"
Shelton was married to longtime girlfriend Kaynette Williams on November 17, 2003. They were divorced in 2006. As of 2006, he began dating fellow country singer Miranda Lambert, whom he met at the CMT's 100 Greatest Duets Concert. They are now engaged, as he announced on June 9, 2010 at the CMT Video Awards.

Lambert also sang background vocals on his cover of Michael Buble's song, "Home." Shelton's version of the song was a No. 1 single on the Hot Country Songs chart. Blake proposed to Lambert after asking her father for his blessing on May 9, 2010.

He was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry on November 24, 2010. He has family living in the Bay Area, CA. On May 4, 2011 Shelton tweeted "Re-writing my fav (favourite) Shania Twain song..Any man that tries Touching my behind He's gonna be a beaten, bleedin', heaving kind of guy".