1962-02-07 ( 63 years old ) in Yukon, Oklahoma, USA
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.[6] 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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Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
2025-09-12
Opry 100: A Live Celebration
2025-02-19
Amazon Music Live with Garth Brooks
2023-12-18
A Case for Kindness
2022-10-19
Dolly Parton: A MusiCares Tribute
2021-04-07
Garth & Trisha Live! A Holiday Concert Event
2020-12-20
Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President
2020-09-09
Garth Brooks: A Drive-In Concert Experience
2020-06-27
Garth & Trisha Live!
2020-04-01
Bluebird
2019-03-14
Charley Pride: I'm Just Me
2019-02-22
Garth: Live At Notre Dame!
2018-11-19
Disney Parks Magical Christmas Celebration
2016-12-25
Garth Brooks: Yankee Stadium Live
2016-11-10
Garth Brooks: Country King
2016-05-10
Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl
2016-03-04
Sinatra 100: An All-Star Grammy Concert
2015-12-06
Country: Portraits of an American Sound
2015-04-22
Country Kings at the BBC
2014-11-21
Garth Brooks The Ultimate Hits
2014-09-16
Garth Brooks: Live from Las Vegas
2013-11-30
Billy Joel: Live at Shea Stadium
2011-02-28
Billy Joel - The Last Play at Shea
2010-04-25
Garth Brooks - All Access
2007-11-07
Behind the Life of Chris Gaines
1999-11-24
Garth Brooks: Ireland and Back
1998-03-03
Garth Brooks Double Live
1998-01-01
Garth Live from Central Park
1997-08-07
Garth Live from Dublin
1997-05-16
The Garth Brooks Video Collection, Vol. 2
1996-04-02
Kenny Rogers: Keep Christmas With You
1995-12-01
This Is Garth Brooks, Too!
1993-06-12
Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O
1993-05-22
This Is Garth Brooks
1992-01-17
Voices That Care
1991-02-28
The Garth Brooks Video Collection : Vol. 1
1991-01-01
Nashville Beat
1989-10-21
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