{"id":16040,"date":"2019-06-18T14:53:44","date_gmt":"2019-06-18T20:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1808162"},"modified":"2019-06-18T14:53:44","modified_gmt":"2019-06-18T20:53:44","slug":"photos-birthday-boy-blake-shelton-through-the-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/music-news\/photos-birthday-boy-blake-shelton-through-the-years\/","title":{"rendered":"PHOTOS: Birthday Boy Blake Shelton Through the Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:ao:image:cmt.com:676626?width=1200&amp;height=675&amp;.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"byline\">by <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/author\/stephenss\/\" title=\"Posts by Samantha Stephens\" rel=\"author\">Samantha Stephens<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"date\">3m ago<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>Happiest of birthdays to the one and only <a href=\"http:\/\/cmt.com\/artists\/blake-shelton\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Blake Shelton<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Of all the many glowing compliments and attributes we could list about the \u201cGod\u2019s Country\u201d singer (including but not limited to: talent, good looks, charm, kindness, and humor) perhaps our favorite thing about the superstar is, well\u2013with Shelton, what you see is what you get.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years, through every win and loss, Shelton has remained the same, the same old unpredictable jokester we knew from the very beginning, only he just keeps getting better with age.<\/p>\n<p>In his honor, let\u2019s take a look back at some of our favorite moments throughout the years.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"listicle-container\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>With Trace Adkins at the <em>38th Annual Country Music Awards<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>Backstage at the <em>2005 CMT Music Awards<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>with buddy Kyle Busch<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>Backstage at the <em>2007 CMT Music Awards<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>With Jamie Johnson and John Anderson at the <em>2009 BamaJam Music And Arts Festival<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>with Craig Morgan<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>At the <em>42nd Annual Academy Of Country Music Awards<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>with Gary LeVox and Joe Don Rooney at the <em>Home Depot 5th Annual Academy Of Country Music Celebrity Golf Classic<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>with Drew Carey on the \u201cThe Price Is Right\u201d for the <em>45th Annual Academy Of Country Music Awards Special<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>Announcing the nominees for the <em>45th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards<\/em> with Reba<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>Backstage with Keith Anderson at the <em>43rd Annual Academy Of Country Music Awards<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>with Martina McBride at the <em>44th Annual CMA Awards<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>with Trace Adkins at the <em>44th Annual Academy Of Country Music Awards<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>Seeing a sweet trend? The two pals again at the <em>45th Annual Academy Of Country Music Awards<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>Getting an invitation from his BFF to join the <em>Grand Ole Opry<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>Sharing the love, this time with Dierks Bentley at <em>The Troubadour<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>With his biggest fan Hoda Kotb on <em>The TODAY Show<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>Goofing off during the early days of NBC\u2019s <em>The Voice<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>with Luke Bryan at the <em>2014 Billboard Music Awards<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>At the <em>54th Academy Of Country Music Awards<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>At the premiere of his animated film <em>Ugly Dolls<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here\u2019s to a great next year. Happy Birthday, buddy!<\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n<div class=\"description\">Samantha is a country radio insider with a deep love for the music and its stars. She can often be found on a red carpet or at a late-night guitar pull.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1808162\/photos-birthday-boy-blake-shelton-through-the-years\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: CMT News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Samantha Stephens 3m ago Happiest of birthdays to the one and only Blake Shelton! Of all the many glowing compliments and attributes we could list about the \u201cGod\u2019s Country\u201d singer (including but not limited to: talent, good looks, charm, kindness, and humor) perhaps our favorite thing about the superstar is, well\u2013with Shelton, what you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-16040","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-12 06:37:15","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KRKY Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16040\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}