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Troyal Garth Brooks (born February 7, 1962), best known as Garth Brooks, is an American country music artist who helped make country music a worldwide phenomenon. His eponymous first album was released in 1989 and peaked at #2 in the US country album chart while climbing to #13 on the Billboard 200 pop album chart. Brooks' integration of rock elements into his recordings and live performances has earned him immense popularity. This progressive approach allowed him to dominate the country single and album charts while quickly crossing over into the mainstream pop arena, exposing country music to a larger audience.
Brooks, with the assistance of Don Rowley and Britt Jones, and Marc Silver has enjoyed one of the most successful careers in popular music history, breaking records for both sales and concert attendance throughout the 1990s. Garth Brooks still continues to sell well and according to Nielsen Soundscan, his albums sales through end 2010 are at 68,513,000, which makes him the best-selling albums artist in the United States in the SoundScan era (since 1991), a title held since 1991, well over 6 million ahead of his nearest rival, The Beatles. Furthermore, according to RIAA he is the second best-selling solo albums artist in the United States of all time behind Elvis Presley (overall is third to the Beatles and Elvis Presley) with 128 million units sold. Brooks has released six albums that achieved diamond status in the United States, those being: Garth Brooks (10× platinum), No Fences (17× platinum), Ropin' the Wind (14× platinum), The Hits (10× platinum), Sevens (10× platinum) and Double Live (21× platinum). Since 1989, Brooks has released 19 records in all, which include; 9 studio albums, 1 live album, 4 compilation albums, 3 Christmas albums and 2 box sets, along with 77 singles. He won several important awards in his career as 2 Grammy Awards, 16 American Music Awards (not including the poll of "Artist of the '90s") and the RIAA Award as Best selling solo albums artist of the Century in the United States. As of 2010, Brooks' world-wide sales now exceed 200 million.
Troubled by conflicts between career and family, Brooks officially retired from recording and performing from 2001 until 2009. During this time he sold millions of albums through an exclusive distribution deal with Wal-Mart and has sporadically released new singles. In 2005, Brooks started a partial comeback, and has since given several performances and released two compilation albums.
On October 15, 2009, Garth Brooks announced the end of his retirement. In December 2009, he began a 5 year concert deal with the Encore Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip.
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Filmography
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Friends in Low Places (2024)
Facing the Laughter: Minnie Pearl (2023)
Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon (2022)
America's National Parks (2022)
The Day the Music Died: The Story of Don McLean's "American Pie" (2022)
Dolly Parton: A MusiCares Tribute (2021)
Garth & Trisha Live! A Holiday Concert Event (2020)
Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President (2020)
Garth & Trisha Live! (2020)
Garth Brooks: The Road I'm On (2019)
The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019)
Bluebird (2019)
Charley Pride: I'm Just Me (2019)
It All Begins with a Song: The Story of the Nashville Songwriter (2019)
Garth: Live At Notre Dame! (2018)
95th Annual National Christmas Tree Lighting (2017)
Disney Parks Magical Christmas Celebration (2016)
Disney Parks Presents: A Descendants Magical Holiday Celebration (2016)
Garth Brooks: Yankee Stadium Live (2016)
Garth Brooks: Country King (2016)
Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl (2016)
Sinatra 100: An All-Star Grammy Concert (2015)
Country: Portraits of an American Sound (2015)
Country Kings at the BBC (2014)
Bob Harris: My Nashville (2014)
Garth Brooks The Ultimate Hits (2014)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
Garth Brooks: Live from Las Vegas (2013)
Garth Brooks: Blame It All On My Roots: Live At The Wynn (2013)
Trisha's Southern Kitchen (2012)
Unanswered Prayers (2012)
Billy Joel: Live at Shea Stadium (2011)
Billy Joel - The Last Play at Shea (2010)
We Are One With President-Elect Barack Obama (2009)
Garth Brooks - All Access (2007)
Sesame Street: Kids' Favorite Country Songs (2007)
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Tom Hanks (2004)
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Tracy Morgan (2004)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003)
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell (2002)
Call Me Claus (2001)
Behind the Life of Chris Gaines (1999)
The Early Show (1999)
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special (1999)
Hollywood Squares (1998)
Garth Brooks: Ireland and Back (1998)
Garth Brooks Double Live (1998)
The View (1997)
Garth Live from Central Park (1997)
Garth Live from Dublin (1997)
The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996)
Muppets Tonight (1996)
Kenny Rogers: Keep Christmas With You (1995)
Music City Tonight (1993)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993)
This Is Garth Brooks, Too! (1993)
Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O (1993)
Mad About You (1992)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
This Is Garth Brooks (1992)
Voices That Care (1990)
Nashville Beat (1989)
Church Street Station (1984)
Saturday Night Live (1975)
Arena (1975)
Austin City Limits (1975)
American Music Awards (1974)
Spinal Tap II
A Case For Kindness
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GenderMale
Birthday1962-02-07 (62 years old)
Birth NameTroyal Garth Brooks
Birth PlaceTulsa, United States of America
RelationshipsSandy Mahl (1986-01-01 - 2001-01-01)
SpouseTrisha Yearwood
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
ResidencesOklahoma · Tulsa, United States of America
AwardsGershwin Prize, Kennedy Center Honors, Favorite Country Male Artist, American Music Award for Favorite Country Album, Country Music Association Award for Entertainer of the Year, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Juno Award for International Entertainer of the Year, Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance, Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals, American Music Award of Merit, Favorite Country Single, American Music Award for Artist of the Year
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