--- description: There's No Doubt the singer will make a fine replacement for Shakira on the talent show title: Gwen Stefani Joining 'The Voice' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte09a7266e0fec815/69868d2406f2c1247232eaaa/gwen-stefani1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Gwen Stefani Confirms She’ll Join NBC's _The Voice_ by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 30, 2014 2:59 PM CUT  Gwen Stefani attends the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts Inaugural Gala presented by Salvatore Ferragamo on Oct. 17, 2013 in Beverly Hills, Calif. Gwen Stefani attends the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts Inaugural Gala presented by Salvatore Ferragamo on Oct. 17, 2013 in Beverly Hills, Calif.Donato Sardella—Getty Images by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 30, 2014 2:59 PM CUT Shakira is out and Gwen Stefani is in as coach on NBC’s hit reality singing show _The Voice_. Stefani will join veterans Adam Levine and Blake Shelton along with other newcomer Pharrell Williams, who is stepping in for Usher. Former coach Christina Aguilera broke the news on Twitter, welcoming Stefani to her “crazy fam.” Aguilera left the show to give birth to her first child with husband Matthew Rutler. The new coaches will break in their spinning chairs this fall on the show’s seventh season. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/82535/gwen-stefani-confirms-shell-join-nbcs-the-voice/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/82535/gwen-stefani-confirms-shell-join-nbcs-the-voice/"},"headline":"Gwen Stefani Confirms She’ll Join NBC's The Voice","datePublished":"2014-04-30T14:59:42.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:34:51.023Z","description":"There's No Doubt the singer will make a fine replacement for Shakira on the talent show","url":"https://time.com/82535/gwen-stefani-confirms-shell-join-nbcs-the-voice/","keywords":["Television","adam levine","Pharrell Williams","The Voice","gwen stefani","Christina Aguilera"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte09a7266e0fec815/69868d2406f2c1247232eaaa/gwen-stefani1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte09a7266e0fec815/69868d2406f2c1247232eaaa/gwen-stefani1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Gwen Stefani attends the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts Inaugural Gala presented by Salvatore Ferragamo on Oct. 17, 2013 in Beverly Hills, Calif.","caption":"Gwen Stefani attends the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts Inaugural Gala presented by Salvatore Ferragamo on Oct. 17, 2013 in Beverly Hills, Calif.","creditText":"Donato Sardella—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/82535/gwen-stefani-confirms-shell-join-nbcs-the-voice/","name":"Gwen Stefani Confirms She’ll Join NBC's The Voice"}}]}] ```