Acting · Yukon, Oklahoma, USA · Born February 7, 1962
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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2025
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2025
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TVFriends in Low Places
2024
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MovieAmazon Music Live with Garth Brooks
2023
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MovieA Case for Kindness
2022
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TVAmerica's National Parks
2022
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2022
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MovieDolly Parton: A MusiCares Tribute
2021
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2020
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2020
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Garth Brooks: A Drive-In Concert Experience
2020
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2020
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TVGarth Brooks: The Road I'm On
2019
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2019
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MovieBluebird
2019
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2019
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2019
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MovieGarth: Live At Notre Dame!
2018
MovieDisney Parks Magical Christmas Celebration
2016
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MovieDisney Parks Presents: A Descendants Magical Holiday Celebration
2016
MovieGarth Brooks: Yankee Stadium Live
2016
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2016
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2016
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MovieSinatra 100: An All-Star Grammy Concert
2015
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TVIn Their Own Words
2015
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MovieCountry: Portraits of an American Sound
2015
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MovieCountry Kings at the BBC
2014
MovieGarth Brooks The Ultimate Hits
2014
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TVThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
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MovieGarth Brooks: Live from Las Vegas
2013
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2013
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2011
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MovieBilly Joel - Live at Shea Stadium
2011
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MovieBilly Joel - The Last Play at Shea
2010
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MovieWe Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
2009
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MovieGarth Brooks - All Access
2007
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TVThe Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
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MovieSaturday Night Live: 25 Years of Music Vol. 5
2003
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TVJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
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MovieSaturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell
2002
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TVAustin City Limits: Country
2001
MovieBehind the Life of Chris Gaines
1999
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TVThe Early Show
1999
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MovieSaturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
1999
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TVHollywood Squares
1998
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MovieGarth Brooks: Ireland and Back
1998
MovieGarth Brooks Double Live
1998
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TVThe View
1997
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MovieGarth Live from Central Park
1997
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1997
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TVThe Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
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MovieThe Garth Brooks Video Collection, Vol. 2
1996
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TVMuppets Tonight
1996
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1993
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Music City Tonight
1993
TVLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
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MovieThis Is Garth Brooks, Too!
1993
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MovieWillie Nelson: The Big Six-O
1993
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MovieKenny Rogers: Keep Christmas With You
1992
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TVMad About You
1992
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TVThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
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MovieThis Is Garth Brooks
1992
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MovieVoices That Care
1991
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MovieThe Garth Brooks Video Collection : Vol. 1
1991
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1989
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Church Street Station
1984
TVSaturday Night Live
1975
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TVAustin City Limits
1975
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TVAmerican Music Awards
1974
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TVCMA Awards
1967
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TVTop of the Pops
1964
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TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
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