Blake Shelton spent most of a recent Saturday shooting video scenes for “The Baby” which is the first release from The Dreamer, Shelton’s second Warner Bros. album, which will be released Feb. 4.

Both seem to be on the cusp of stardom, but both acts also realize they’ve got a few more dues to pay and are happy to be playing anywhere.

Blake Shelton reflects on lessons learned about the cost of fame.

As the old saying goes, sometimes you get the bear; sometimes the bear gets you. It looked like the latter scenario might be played out for country singer Blake Shelton, who enjoyed a face-to-face encounter with a bruin while on a recent five-day Colorado elk bow-hunting trip.

Blake Shelton has come home, packing a hit album, hit singles and a future that looks as bright as the one he dreamed about as a boy.

Blake gives some stats to Country Weekly - hair color, eye color, and just as importantly, his earliest public performance.

In the country music world, the first hit is the important one. That's the one that gets people listening. You'll be able to tell that tonight at the annual Common Ground festival.

Blake Shelton plays a captivating role in his made-in-prison music video, “Ol’ Red.” Incarcerated at the former Tennessee State Prison in Nashville, Shelton sheds his cowboy hat, dresses in inmate garb and sports a scraggly beard.

"Austin" singer Blake Shelton never expected to find himself plotting his escape from prison. But here he is, decked out in convict garb as he shoots the video for his new single, "Ol' Red."

And did he really moon Jamie O'Neal while she was on stage?  Blake will tell us the truth this week on Country Countdown USA.

It took Blake Shelton seven years to become an overnight success.

Shelton was signed in 1998 by Giant Records and was buried in its artist protection program until last year. Then, just when it seemed all was right with his career, Shelton received some bad news.

Blake Shelton is "all over" country music these days, even though a year ago few had heard of the singer.

New-country crooner Blake Shelton saw his debut single, "Austin," zip to No. 1 on Billboard's country singles chart, but chances are the Oklahoma native won't let success go to his head.

He has scored a No. 1 hit with his debut single Austin, but Nashville newcomer Blake Shelton isn't optimistic that one of his most fiery songs will ever be heard on country radio.

Ahhh, that old adage about doing business made a big dent in Blake Shelton's life: It's not necessarily what you do - it's who you know.

Country newcomer Blake Shelton may have ripped up the country music charts last year with the hit ballad “Austin,” but there was a time not so long ago when he was just another kid who had packed up his hopes and his guitar and moved to Nashville. 

His story is cliche -- old hat, you could say. So old that, given the climate in Nashville these days, it's nearly a wonder that he has a hit on the country charts.

Blake has always stood out in the crowd, and not just because he’s 6’5" tall, with long brown hair and blue eyes. He’s truly humble, sweet, and has been working hard on his career since he was a little kid.

Sometimes, Blake Shelton says, he misses the old days. Those were the times, not so long ago, when he was barely employed as a Nashville, Tennessee, demo singer, bumming around the city's music clubs and hoping for a big break.