Gwen Stefani's Dating History Features 3 (Very Different) Musical Men

Stefani’s first major public relationship was with Kanal, her bandmate from No Doubt. They dated from 1987 until 1994, at which point Kanal ended the relationship – which nearly ended the band, too, according to a 2004 Newsweek article. “I was completely passive, no goals. I was in love with Tony and just happy to be in the band. Then there was three years writing in our garage until [the 1995 album] Tragic Kingdom came out,” Stefani told the magazine.

During their relationship, Stefani told The Guardian, she was less concerned with her career in music and more about the future of their romance. “All I ever did was look at Tony and pray that God would let me have a baby with him.” The band did survive their breakup, and they continued performing together until the band went on hiatus in 2015.

Rossdale, the singer for the band Bush, first met Stefani in 1995. According to Rolling Stone, both No Doubt and Bush were performing at a show for radio station KROQ, and that’s when the future couple first crossed paths. Their relationship continued for several years before they married in 2002.

In 2005, Stefani announced they were expecting their first child in characteristically flashy fashion. People reported that Stefani closed out a concert in Florida by asking the audience to sing along “loud enough so the baby hears it.” She and Rossdale have three sons together: Kingston (born in 2006), Zuma (born in 2008), and Apollo (born in 2014).

After a full two decades, however, the relationship came to an end in 2015. Rolling Stone shared a TMZ report that stated the couple had filed for divorce in August 2015; Stefani cited “irreconcilable differences” as the reason for the split. The divorce was finalized by the following April.

Stefani and Shelton first met on The Voice in 2014, while she was still married to Rossdale and Shelton was still married to his second wife, singer Miranda Lambert. By the end of 2015, however, both their marriages were ending, and E! News reported that they spent a weekend together over Halloween, looking decidedly nonplatonic.

In November, Shelton’s team officially confirmed the relationship to E! News and other outlets. After that announcement, they started appearing together more in public and on social media, as well as later seasons of The Voice. After years of adorable pictures and shared musical performances, Stefani shared news of their engagement on Instagram on Oct. 27, posting a picture of them together with her showing off her ring. “@blakeshelton yes please!” she captioned the photo, complete with an engagement ring emoji.