Comments on: Blake Shelton, Superstar?

By: Zack

Zack — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 17:12:02 +0000

on second thought, Dolly Parton would be a more suitable recommendation than Reba.

By: Martin in NY

Martin in NY — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 12:04:49 +0000

I think he is on the verge of becoming a superstar. I know that my folks back home have been singing his praises since his debut album. He seems to have a grassroots fan base, which has been building for quite some time. I also think that his humor and charisma work very well on TV. We need more country stars like him. It’s good to have people like him representing country music. Also, there are other entertaining people like (and I know people don’t love her music) Kellie Pickler. She has a great sense of humor and reminds me of the old Opry and television country stars. Blake reminds me of those old stars too. The music may not always be great. But it is somewhat earnest and fun and has a lot of heart. It’s okay to have such people have a strong presence. It doesn’t only have to be Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley and Reba all the time. I think Shelton is great.

By: Matt B

Matt B — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 23:22:54 +0000

Leeann,

That happened to me too. My moment of recognition was last summer when he garnered thousands of people wanting to just take his picture at a booth at CMA Music Fest (which was right next to my booth and not on an end of the aisle where the crowd could be accommodated better.

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 22:46:49 +0000

…wake me up to tweet to the world that blake shelton is a superstar, when he finally can come up with full size albums that top the billboard 200 charts upon release date.

nevertheless, he’s been developing nicely lately – kinda john-michael montgomery class in the nineties.

By: Leeann Ward

Leeann Ward — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 21:54:23 +0000

Jason Aldean being a superstar sure has snuck up on me.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 20:50:05 +0000

This is a rather iffy title to give to Blake. Yes he’s had great success at country radio with three consecutive number one singles, but his sales have yet to back up the success, which is rather weird. I would think that if you’re a mainstay at country radio, your sales would be skyrocketing. However, his sales aren’t impressive. I think his win at the CMA’s last fall was a direct result of his radio success rather than his sales.

If I was going to call anyone a superstar who has been around for a while, it would be Jason Aldean. Jason has the radio success and the sales to back up that success. I think he’s the perfect example of a male artist who just find of flew under the radar for most of his career until now when he’s finally broken through. Now he’s nominated for the ACM Entertainer of the Year and is no doubt about to become country’s next superstar (even though I would say he’s already reached that level).

I’m sure Blake will get there eventually but I wouldn’t say he’s ready for that label just yet.

By: Leeann Ward

Leeann Ward — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 18:09:46 +0000

I tend to agree with Ocasional Hope’s explanation. He’s a star, but I think he’s got some good publicity behind him these days that makes a star look like a superstar.

By: Matt B

Matt B — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 17:05:08 +0000

We cannot overlook how singles sales with iTunes have changed thigns and that his single sales are very strong and if we were to add the sales of the two EPs together, then we would have a Gold 12 track album. So in reality he’s doing what he’s always done in sales terms and when you consider that nobody in rock genres sells gold if they weren’t around a decade ago. Seriously, tell me the last true rock band that scored a platinum album that wasn’t around a decade ago (Kings of Leon was around, as were Linkin Park, etc.).

Blake Shelton is a star with a profile that’s growing stronger every month. Twitter has helped expand his profile to a non-country audience while his singles have now placed him in the ‘instant add’ category at radio.

By: Zack

Zack — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 16:50:51 +0000

And to be fair, his co-panelists aren’t exactly “Superstars” themselves (except maybe Aguilera, public intoxication, national anthem screw up, and all). -Devin

I do agree on the part that Aguilera is probably the only real superstar on the panel, but she has made a name for herself before all the ‘bad’ publicity, winning the BNA award at the Grammys (beating out highly sensationalized Britney Spears) and earning multiple chart hits with different kinds of music.

And I third Occasional Hope’s comments about over-exaggerating the subject in press-releases.

By: J.R. Journey

J.R. Journey — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 16:41:00 +0000

Like most everybody else, I like Blake Shelton a lot – his vocals are often better than his material, I agree.

That said, I can’t help but attribute this, and other high-profile gigs like Blake Shelton co-hosting the ACM Awards, to his management team. It’s no big coincidence that a fellow Starstruck client is going to share the stage with Reba in Las Vegas this year.

And Occasional Hope is correct that press releases promoting a new TV show are bound to be exaggerated, and over-flattering, to their subject.