Stefani was raised in Anaheim, California. Shelton was born in Ada, Oklahoma.
Punk Rock Band meet Pure Country
Gwen Stefani sang in the punk rock band, No Doubt. Blake Shelton is a Nashville-bred country music artist.
Wild Style meet Country Chic
Stefani has always put her cutting-edge style on display, sporting signature red lips and platinum hair. Blake Shelton has stuck to his country boy roots with his style.
Stefani’s a parent, Shelton’s got no kids
Stefani has three children, all sons, with her now ex-husband, Gavin Rossdale. Shelton has no children, but has been married twice.
No Doubt writes their own music and lyrics
Gwen Stefani and her band wrote most of their own music and lyrics. In fact, her influence in the songwriting after she joined the group (after her brother Eric Stefani left) is what catapulted them into stardom, with their first album with her as frontwoman, Tragic Kingdom.
Blake mostly collaborates
Shelton, while he collaborated on much of his own music/lyrics, does not do a lot of his own creation solo and hasn’t since he began. He was famously passed over for the single, “I wanna Talk About Me,” right after being signed to his record label, the song was given to Toby Keith, whose version was a number one single.
Haute Couture meet no fuss
Stefani does a lot more than just make music. She has a haute couture clothing line, L.A.M.B. Shelton doesn’t appear to have any aptitude or affinity for fashion.
Their early music lives were totally different.
Gwen Stefani began he career being influenced by old school 2 Tone and ska music, eventually forming the punk rock band No Doubt, which signed with Interscope Record in 1991. Stefani was 17 years old. Shelton learned guitar from his uncle, and moved to Nashville after high school, to cut his teeth and work his way to a record deal, which finally came in 2001 with Giant Records.
They have different religious backgrounds
Gwen was raised Roman Catholic. Although Shelton has released several biblically themes songs and often spared with Christian fanatics the Westboro Baptist Church online, his religious affiliation has never been openly discussed.
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