Blake SheltonSocial Media and an American Musician

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Blake Shelton came onto the Country music scene in 2001 with his single, Austin, which was Number One on the Billboard Hot Country Songs list for five weeks straight. He has put out six albums since then, including some re-releases and extended versions.

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Blake Shelton so far has accomplished:

17 singles on the country charts› 11 number one hits› 3 singles in the top ten

Recording a cover of Footloose used in the film’s remake

Won 10 awards› 3 CMT Music Awards› 2 Academy of Country Music

Awards› 1 CMT Teddy Award› 1 American Music Award› 3 Country Music Association Awards

A spot as a judge on NBC’s The Voice› Won runner-up judge in Season 1› Won first place judge in Season 2

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E Blake Shetlon is active on Facebook as one form of social media. He uses it to promote his music, connect with fans and beg for award nominations/votes.

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in comparison to Facebook.

Facebook vs. Twitter

Blake Shelton’s Facebook contains mostly promotional material for new songs, videos and albums.

It focuses on promoting Blake Shelton as a rising Country music star.

Twitter seems to be Blake Shelton’s choice of social media.

It includes some promotional material, but mostly is many random thoughts, comments and jokes posted by Blake himself.

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BLE Twitter, and social media in general, can have negative side effects even when used

by a celebrity figure. Blake Shelton is currently feeling pressure based on some of his jokes and personal comments he has made recently on his Twitter account.

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While celebrities hope to use their social media outlets for promoting their brand, it can turn negative quickly; especially when other celebrities choose to get involved. Blake Shelton attempted to stay in good spirits about all of the “turtle joke drama” and eventually issued an apology to his social media audience via Twitter.

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E Blake Shelton not only uses the two more popular forms of social media, but keeps his Myspace page updated with all of his music and videos. However, instead of managing this page constantly he syncs posts with his tweets from his Twitter page.

Social Media and the Country Artist Blake Shelton has had

a successful career since 2001 and it is only getting started. His TV show is a success, he recently married country star Miranda Lambert, he has hit singles coming out off his latest album and many more achievements in the works.

He promotes his career, and personality, through several social media outlets. These include Facebook, Twitter, Myspace and YouTube. All of which include his music videos and photos. Facebook contains most of his promotional material whereas Twitter (and subsequently Myspace) feature his personal messages to the public.

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http://www.blakeshelton.com/ https://twitter.com/blakeshelton http://www.facebook.com/blakeshelton http://www.myspace.com/blakeshelton http://

www.youtube.com/user/blakeshelton https://twitter.com/TheEllenShow http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blake_Shelt

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