Blake Shelton has added to his impressive tally of number one songs with ‘Texas', which has become the star's 30th career number one.
The lead single from his upcoming album ‘For Recreational Use Only‘, which is released this Friday (9th May 2025), has also enjoyed eight weeks at No. 1 in the U.K. and a two-week run at No. 1 in Canada. Listen to ‘Texas' below:
“It’s been a few years since I’ve had a solo No. 1 single, and I’m super fired up about this one,” said Shelton. “I had no idea if ‘Texas’ would be a number one song, but the first time I heard it, I knew that it was something different and it sounded like nothing else I'd ever done before.”
Produced by Shelton’s longtime collaborator Scott Hendricks, ‘Texas' was written by Johnny Clawson, Kyle Sturrock, Josh Dorr and Lalo Guzman. The track marks the first No. 1 single for Clawson, Sturrock and Dorr, and the second for Guzman.
“I'm excited for these songwriters,” Shelton continued. “I know it's some of these guys' first number one song, and anytime you have a situation where someone's getting their big break and you can be a little tiny part of it, it makes it extra special.”
The achievement means that Shelton is among a small number of Country artists to have 30 or more number one singles. He's in good company with the likes of George Strait, Kenny Chesney and Ronnie Milsap.
‘For Recreational Use Only' is Shelton's first studio album in four years and his first for BBR Music Group/BMG Nashville.
