Blake Shelton is an American country star. He was born in Oklahoma in 1977, and moved to Nashville, Tennessee aged 17 to pursue a music career. His first release from his debut album entitled Austin, rocketed to the top of the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, and stayed there for five weeks. Blake Shelton has had 26 number ones, and has released five studio albums. He is one of the most popular country singers of all time. He is well known in the entertainment industry, and has been a judge on several singing competitions including The Voice.