Blake Shelton Album Goes Platinum

Blake Shelton's 2011 Album, Red River Blue, has gone platinum.

It is the first platinum album of his career, and it comes six months after one of the hits from the record, 'God Gave Me You' also went platinum, selling 1 million copies.

Other hit singles from Red River Blue include 'Honey Bee', 'Over' and 'Drink On It', and the album also had collaborations with Martina McBride (on 'I'm Sorry') and his wife Miranda Lambert (on the title track). Blake's current album, Based On A True Story..., with features the monster #1 hits 'Sure Be Cool If You Did', 'Boys Round Here', and the new single 'Mine Would Be You', has currently sold 763,000 copies, and it's expected to reach platinum status before long.

Blake Shelton is currently taping season 5 of The Voice, where he is a coach.