"I feel like right now if I've got a single that's
exploding, easily my fastest climber, I don't want to do something like wait
and put (the album) out in the fall. It's when you rally the troops and say,
'Man, we've got to get this thing done.'"
Until Shelton debuted the single during The Academy of
Country Music Awards earlier this month, he was content to finish the album
later this summer and release it in the fall. He's got plenty to do as it is.
His marriage to Miranda Lambert comes May 14 and his stint on NBC's "The
Voice" debuts Tuesday, with live shows in June.
But that ACM awards
performance of "Honey Bee" spurred a sales buzz and the single sold
more than 138,000 digital copies its first week, a record for a country male
solo artist.
