Garth Brooks

Known for ActingBorn 1962-02-07 (age 64)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.Read more

Movies & web series

A Case for Kindness

Garth Brooks: Country King

Garth Brooks The Ultimate Hits

Garth Brooks - All Access

This Is Garth Brooks

Sinatra 100: An All-Star Grammy Concert

Garth: Live At Notre Dame!

Nashville Beat

CMA Awards

Voices That Care

Garth Live from Central Park

This Is Garth Brooks, Too!

Behind the Life of Chris Gaines

Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl

American Music Awards

Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O

Billy Joel - Live at Shea Stadium

Disney Parks Presents: A Descendants Magical Holiday Celebration

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell

America's National Parks

Country: Portraits of an American Sound

Country at the BBC

Hollywood Squares

Muppets Tonight

Garth Brooks: Live from Las Vegas

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Garth Brooks: The Road I'm On

Garth Brooks: Ireland and Back

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President

Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration

Dolly Parton: A MusiCares Tribute

Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special

Saturday Night Live

Mad About You

Billy Joel - The Last Play at Shea

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Spinal Tap II: The End Continues

Bluebird

Country Kings at the BBC

The Early Show

Top of the Pops

Austin City Limits

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Call Me Claus

The Day the Music Died: The Story of Don McLean's "American Pie"

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Jimmy Kimmel Live!