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News OK (March 2nd 2010)

Blake Shelton and Trace Adkins teamed up for the song/video 'Hillbilly Bone.' The song just grabbed the coveted No. 1 spot on the country charts, and the video is a hoot, featuring two hillbilly/cowboy types .

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Roughstock (March 1st 2010)

Despite delivering hit after hit, Blake Shelton saw his album sales slide over the last pair of albums.  To combat this problem and address the digital market, the new album will be a 'six pack' EP.  Blake discussed this idea and more.

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Billboard (Feb. 13th 2010)

Blake Shelton is nothing if not a realist. "I can look at SoundScan and want to slit my wrists, not just for me, but for the entire industry," he says. "You can either try something new or you can go with what you already know isn't working. So I'm all about being a guinea pig."

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Music Row (January 2010)

Blake Shelton’s journey to country stardom starts way back in his high school days in Oklahoma, when he was part of the entertainment for an event in hometown Ada honoring acclaimed Nashville songwriter Mae Axton.

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CMA Close-Up (2010)

When country fans talk, artists listen. So when fans kept asking Blake Shelton when he was going to put out a new album, their hopeful refrain kept hammering away at him.

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The Boot (Dec. 22th 2009)

Blake Shelton may be as famous for his wry sense of humor as he is for his music. The constant jokester admits that his outspokenness unnerves a lot of people.

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The Tennessean (Nov. 4th 2009)

The country singer hasn’t seemed particularly wary of offending people, but Shelton says some recent life changes have translated into a more defiant attitude.

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Business Wire (Oct. 13th 2009)

Warner Bros. Records Artist Blake Shelton teams up with his long-time friend Trace Adkins to show we all have a hillbilly side in us with his new single, “Hillbilly Bone.”

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The Foxworthy Countdown (Oct. 8th 2009)

When Jeff Foxworthy interviewed Blake for 'The Foxworthy Countdown' syndicated radio show, the host jokingly pointed out that Blake has changed since he was voted the sexiest man in country music.

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