Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton may be unusual couples, but they have captivated us more than any other celebrity couple. Who would have imagined that a country music king and a punk rock queen and fashionista like the lead singer of No Doubt would fall in love?
Yet their sweet love story started in 2014 on the set of The Voice. Here is a comprehensive timeline of Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton’s relationship, from their first love songs to their most recent engagement (yep, he finally proposed!).
April 29, 2014: Gwen Joins The Voice
Despite being well-known musicians, their worlds converged when Gwen became a coach on season nine of NBC’s The Voice. She sat next to other coaches, Adam Levine, Pharrell Williams, and of course, Blake Shelton.
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July 20, 2015: Blake and Miranda Lambert’s Divorce
August 5, 2015: Gwen and Gavin Rossdale Divorce
October 27, 2015: Late-Night TV Performance
Gwen and Blake, who are both recently single, joined their fellow Voice co-stars on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. There was obvious connection between Gwen and Blake on stage as they sang a duet of Drake’s hit song “Hotline Bling,” leaving viewers to speculate about whether the co-stars were dating.
November 2, 2015: PDA-Filled Halloween
The singers were sighted at a number of celebrity-studded Halloween parties later that weekend, including George Clooney and Jared Leto’s. Although they didn’t arrive to the events together, the couple engaged in intense PDA, and insiders even saw them departing together at the end of the night, according to E! News.
November 4, 2015: Officially Dating
On November 4, 2015, Gwen and Blake confirmed their romance rumors. Blake’s rep said at the time, “Gwen and Blake are longtime friends who have very recently started dating.” The couple later revealed that they initially bonded over their respective divorces, which were occurring simultaneously.
February 28, 2016: Red Carpet Appearance
May 9, 2016: The First Duet
September 23, 2016: When’s the Wedding?
The singer and country musician’s relationship had just been going for a year when engagement rumors started to surface. Gwen was asked about the date of their wedding by Ellen Degeneres, to whom she responded, “I’ll let you know.”
December 4, 2017: A Christmas Duet
Although not a coach on The Voice that year, Gwen made an appearance on the show to perform her holiday duet with Blake, “You Make It Feel Like Christmas.” The song, which was initially written by Stefani, marked their second duet together.
“She was so excited,” Blake recalled to People of Gwen sharing the song with him for the first time. “I love seeing her that happy. She’s so happy when she’s writing and just hearing that in her voice and how into it she was, I just couldn’t stop thinking about (it) so I got my guitar out and thought, ‘I wonder if I could help her in some way?'”
April 10, 2018: More Wedding Rumors
The presenter of The Ellen Degeneres Show naturally bombarded Gwen with questions about engagement and marriage when she came on the show in April 2018 to promote her impending residency in Las Vegas.
Degeneres jokingly said, “I’m just confirming what the newspapers are reporting, which is that y’all are getting married. The singer dismissed the idea, although Gwen did acknowledge that she constantly considers getting married.
November 20, 2018: You Make It Feel Like Christmas
January 21, 2020: Nobody But You
July 24, 2020: They’re Happy Anywhere
Their experience being quarantined together was the basis for their newest duet, “Happy Wherever.” “Even though Gwen and I just had a single out we decided that, under the circumstances, this year…man, there’s never been a better time for ‘Happy Anywhere,'” Blake said in a press release.
“We’ve all been in quarantine and lockdown, and hopefully we’ve been doing that with somebody that we really love and enjoy being around. That’s what happened with Gwen and me this summer—and this entire year.”
October 27, 2020: Finally Engaged
April 2021: We Can Hear the Wedding Bells
There may be a wedding soon for Blake and Gwen. Shelton appeared as a surprise co-host on the April 1 episode of Today With Hoda & Jenna with Hoda Kotb, when he shared that he and Gwen may be getting married this summer.
“It looks like it may be OK, but I don’t know. So, that’s tentatively the plan. We’ll see,” he said. “I’m afraid if she and I wait until next November, then I’m right back into The Voice cycle again. And I really want to be able to have plenty of time before and after.”
The couple’s close friend Adam Levine, who stated he’d be thrilled to play if requested (although he jokingly added that they “can’t afford” him), is among the musicians who may perform at the wedding.
“I’d love to be able to take everybody up on their offer and have this amazing concert wedding,” said Blake. “But we’re just waiting every day, just like everybody else, to see what our summer is going to look like and then go from there.”
He added, “You know, it’s starting to sound like a Coachella lineup here all of a sudden.”
July 2021: It’s Official!
Blake and Gwen have been legally wed. On July 3, 2021, Shelton’s Oklahoma ranch will host a small wedding for the cast members of The Voice. The couple exchanged vows in a modest chapel that Shelton built specifically for the event, according to Page Six.
Last month, when Stefani was spotted with a wedding band on her left hand, speculation about her impending nuptials initially surfaced. After over five years of courtship and numerous passionate duets, the union is now final.
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