Blake Tollison Shelton (born June 18, 1976, in Ada, Oklahoma) is an American country music artist. In 2001, he made his debut with the single "Austin (Austin (song))". Released as the lead-off single from his self-titled debut album (Blake Shelton (album)), "Austin" went on to spend five weeks at Number One on the Billboard (Billboard (magazine)) Hot Country Songs charts. This song was the first single from his gold (gold album)-certified debut album (Blake Shelton (album)), which also produced two more Top 20 hits. Although the album was released on Giant Records (Giant Records (Warner Bros. subsidiary label)) Nashville, Shelton was transferred to Warner Bros. Records Nashville after Giant closed in late 2001.

His second and third albums, 2003s The Dreamer (The Dreamer (Blake Shelton album)) (his first for Warner Bros. proper) and 2004s Blake Sheltons Barn & Grill, were each certified gold as well. Sheltons fourth album, Pure BS, was issued in 2007, and re-issued in 2008 with a cover of Michael Bubl�s pop hit "Home (Home (Michael Bubl� song))" as one of the bonus tracks. This cover was also that albums third single. A fifth album, Startin Fires, was released in November 2008.

Overall, Shelton has charted seventeen singles on the country charts, including six Number One hits: "Austin" (2001), "The Baby" (2003), "Some Beach" (2004-2005), "Home" (2008), "She Wouldnt Be Gone" (2009) and "Hillbilly Bone (Hillbilly Bone (song))" (2010), a duet with Trace Adkins. Besides these, three more of his singles have reached Top Ten: a cover version of Conway Twittys "Goodbye Time", "Nobody but Me (Nobody but Me (Blake Shelton song))" and "Ill Just Hold On".