{"id":7385,"date":"2025-05-27T16:20:41","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T16:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freedby.com\/?p=7385"},"modified":"2025-05-27T16:20:41","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T16:20:41","slug":"blake-sheltons-unforgettable-ama-2025-performance-a-tribute-that-stopped-the-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freedby.com\/?p=7385","title":{"rendered":"Blake Shelton\u2019s Unforgettable AMA 2025 Performance: A Tribute That Stopped the Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, May 26, Blake Shelton performed at the American Music Awards for the very first time. This year\u2019s show took place at Fontainebleau Las Vegas. Hosted by Jennifer Lopez, the show was a star-studded affair that included performances from Gwen Stefani, Gloria Estefan, Rene\u00e9 Rapp, Benson Boone, Lainey Wilson, and, for the first time, Blake Shelton.<\/p>\n<p>Stefani is celebrating the 20th anniversary of her album Love.Angel.Music.Baby performed a medley of her hits from that album, including \u201cHollaback Girl,\u201d and a brand-new song from her latest album, Bouquet.<\/p>\n<p>helton has won three AMAs throughout his career, but has never performed at the show. In 2011 and 2016, he won the award for Favorite Male Artist \u2013 Country, and in 2020, he won Favorite Country Album for Fully Loaded: God\u2019s Country. Not only did Shelton perform, but he also presented at the show.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-7387 aligncenter\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 447 252'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/freedby.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/hq720-3-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"447\" height=\"252\" \/><\/p>\n<p>He performed \u201cStay Country Or Die Tryin\u2019,\u201d a song from his latest album, For Recreational Use Only, which he released on May 9th. The song was officially released as a single on May 19th, following the massive success of \u201cTexas,\u201d his first single off the album, which eventually became his 30th #1 hit on the charts.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-7388 aligncenter\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 449 398'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/freedby.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/232-300x266.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"449\" height=\"398\" \/><br \/>\nHe ended the performance with a salute and pointed to the ribbon, reminding us all what the day is all about, remembering the fallen servicemen and women.<br \/>\nPrior to his performance he shared a message on social media, writing, \u201cNever forget the brave men and women who sacrificed everything for our country and our freedom. Remembering our heroes extra today. #MemorialDay\u201d<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-7389 aligncenter\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 262 391'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/freedby.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/3423-201x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"262\" height=\"391\" \/><br \/>\nWe love the Blake took time to recognize what Memorial Day is all about. Watch his performance below.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I6F6NSqlBJU?si=aGzXhFua8pDEMjkt\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, May 26, Blake Shelton performed at the American Music Awards for the very first time. This year\u2019s show took place at Fontainebleau Las Vegas. Hosted by Jennifer Lopez, the show was a star-studded affair that included performances from Gwen Stefani, Gloria Estefan, Rene\u00e9 Rapp, Benson Boone, Lainey Wilson, and, for the first time, [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/freedby.com\/?p=7385\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7386,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1165],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7385","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news"},"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/freedby.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/freedby.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/freedby.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freedby.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freedby.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7385"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/freedby.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7385\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7390,"href":"https:\/\/freedby.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7385\/revisions\/7390"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freedby.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/freedby.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freedby.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freedby.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7385"},{"taxonomy":"adace-sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freedby.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fadace-sponsor&post=7385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}