Blake Shelton on the set of GAC Nights with host Suzanne Alexander.
Feb. 2, 2009 — It’s good to be in Blake Shelton’s shoes these days. For the first time in his career, he’s earned back-to-back No. 1 hits with "Home" and "She Wouldn’t Be Gone," which is currently at the top of the USA Today Mediabase country singles list.
Blake’s been to No. 1 before, but to show consistency as he’s doing now is taking him to a new level in his career. His girlfriend, Miranda Lambert, didn’t know quite what to make of it.
"We’re freakin’ out," he told the national radio show GAC Nights: Live From Nashville. "It’s funny, because [last] Monday I got the call and they said the song had gone No. 1, and I was jumpin’ around high-fivin’ everybody, and Miranda stood off to the side and all of a sudden she goes, ‘Why does everybody like you all of a sudden?’ That was her response to me havin’ a No. 1 reord. I couldn’t believe it."
It feels like a bit of role reversal in the relationship. Miranda’s Crazy Ex-Girlfriend took the Academy of Country Music award for Album of the Year last May. Both the album and her single "Gunpowder & Lead" have been certified gold.
"I know my career must be doin’ good when she starts to get a little bit jealous, ‘cause she’s always winnin’ awards and platinum albums," he laughed. "When I saw that little bit of jealousy — ‘Yeah, things are goin’ good!’"
The Mediabase chart isn’t the only place where Blake’s hit No. 1. He’s also in the lead position on GAC’s Top 20 Country Countdown.
"That is unbelievable to me," he said, of owning both charts. "I wish I could take this, freeze this moment forever. I’m really not kiddin’. It’s unbelievable."
The next question, of course, is whether he can hang on another week on both charts. The next Mediabase list will be printed in Tuesday’s edition of USA Today. The next Top 20 Country Countdown debuts on GAC Friday at 8 p.m. ET.
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