Garth Brooks

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia 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 68513000 which makes him the bestselling 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 bestselling 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 sold6 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 platinumΒ  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 worldwide 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 WalMart 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 Description above from the Wikipedia article Garth Brooks licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia

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D.O.B: 1962-02-07
Place of Birth: Yukon, Oklahoma, USA
Profession: Acting

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