Blake Shelton turns 48: a look back (25 images)

By Wade Sheridan

Country music star and TV personality Blake Shelton, best known for his hit songs "God's Country," "Boy 'Round Here," "Sangria" and for appearing on NBC's "The Voice," turns 48 on Tuesday. Here's a look back at his career through the years.

Blake Shelton appears at the 2005 Radio Music Awards in Las Vegas on December 19, 2005. Photo by Roger Williams/UPI

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Shelton (R) and Miranda Lambert arrive at the Country Music Association Awards in Nashville on November 7, 2007. Shelton and Lambert got married in May 2011. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI

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Shelton (L) and Trace Adkins (R) pose together at the Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas on April 18, 2010. Adkins and Shelton won Vocal Event of the Year. Photo by Alexis C. Glenn/UPI

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Shelton (R) and Adkins hold their Collaborative Video of the Year award as they speak to the press at the Country Music Television Awards in Nashville on June 9, 2010. Photo by Terry Wyatt/UPI

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