{"id":3054,"date":"2015-02-01T20:00:10","date_gmt":"2015-02-02T02:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/?p=3054"},"modified":"2015-01-29T01:27:50","modified_gmt":"2015-01-29T07:27:50","slug":"is-blake-shelton-the-new-face-of-country-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/2015\/02\/01\/is-blake-shelton-the-new-face-of-country-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Blake Shelton the New Face of Country Music?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The Washington Post released an article on January 24, 2015 called, \u201cHow Blake Shelton replaced Taylor Swift as the face of country music.\u201d This article was prompted after Blake Shelton hosted \u201cSaturday Night Live.\u201d The article goes on to explain that Blake Shelton \u201cis the first country singer to host the famed late-night sketch show since Taylor Swift, who took the stage in November 2009, way back when she was decidedly still a country star.\u201d<\/p>\n

This isn\u2019t Blake\u2019s first television debut and rumors have been confirmed that it won\u2019t be his last. Blake Shelton is one of the main coaches on today\u2019s most popular singing competition, \u201cThe Voice,\u201d and the \u201cRolling Stone\u201d announced on January 27th<\/sup> that Blake Shelton would kick off his acting career in Adam Sandler\u2019s new \u2018Ridiculous 6\u2019 movie.<\/p>\n

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Blake Shelton\u2019s country music career started after he debuted his first hit single \u201cAustin\u201d in 2001 and it remained number on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for five weeks. Since then Blake Shelton has broken the Country Airplay record with 11 consecutive No. 1 singles, and is currently the reigning CMA male vocalist of the year.<\/p>\n

I myself attended one Blake\u2019s concerts last year and that is when I became a huge fan. I think that Blake Shelton is an incredibly humble performer and would make a great face for country music. Blake Shelton has made if very clear that he will remain loyal to country music and his own beliefs. He seems to thrive in the spot light and so far has made country music proud. Pop culture named Taylor Swift the face of country music and I do believe that they have now voted on Blake Shelton. Many fans criticize that Taylor Swift was never country, but \u201cCMT All-Time top 40\u201d placed her at No. 16. It is undeniable how many pop fans Taylor Swift has opened up to country music in her career, so I believe that is unfair to write her out of country music all together.<\/p>\n

Blake Shelton has over 10.2 million followers on twitter and is married to country superstar Miranda Lambert. I don\u2019t know how todays country artists feel about Blake Shelton being announced \u201cthe face of country music,\u201d but I honestly can\u2019t think of a better candidate, who has the opportunity in today\u2019s media to bring in more country fans. I am studying TexasMedia advertising at The University of Texas at Austin and I personally believe he does a brilliant job of connecting with his fans and evolving with technology. I would have to agree that Blake Shelton is the new face of country music whether the country fans like it or not.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Washington Post released an article on January 24, 2015 called, \u201cHow Blake Shelton replaced Taylor Swift as the face of country music.\u201d This article was prompted after Blake Shelton hosted \u201cSaturday Night Live.\u201d The article goes on to explain … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,62,11,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-live-music","category-movies-tv","category-new-country","category-reflection"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3054"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3054\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3193,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3054\/revisions\/3193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}