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Blake Shelton
A country crooner with smooth charm and Southern persona, Blake Shelton became a
mainstream star with a string of hit albums. Born June 18, 1976 in Ada,
Oklahoma, Shelton began writing songs at the age of 15 and won a Denbo Diamond
Award for being the state's top young entertainer before moving to Nashville.
After years of selling songs to local publishing houses, his big break came in
2001 when he was signed to Giant Records for his debut single “Austin” which
topped the US Country Charts. The label went bust as the track was taking off,
but Shelton's blue-collar storytelling an...
