Known For
Acting
Born
Feb 07, 1962
Place of Birth
Yukon, Oklahoma, USA
Credits
75 titles
Garth Brooks
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
Self
Opry 100: A Live Celebration
Self - Performer
Friends in Low Places
Self
Amazon Music Live with Garth Brooks
Self
A Case for Kindness
Self
Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon
Self
America's National Parks
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Day the Music Died: The Story of Don McLean's "American Pie"
Self
Dolly Parton: A MusiCares Tribute
Self
Garth & Trisha Live! A Holiday Concert Event
Self
Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President
Self
Garth Brooks: A Drive-In Concert Experience
Garth & Trisha Live!
Self
Garth Brooks: The Road I'm On
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
Bluebird
Self
Charley Pride: I'm Just Me
Self
It All Begins with a Song: The Story of the Nashville Songwriter
Self
Garth: Live At Notre Dame!
Disney Parks Magical Christmas Celebration
Self
Disney Parks Presents: A Descendants Magical Holiday Celebration
Garth Brooks: Yankee Stadium Live
Garth Brooks: Country King
Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl
Self
Sinatra 100: An All-Star Grammy Concert
Self
In Their Own Words
Self
Country: Portraits of an American Sound
Self
Country Kings at the BBC
Garth Brooks The Ultimate Hits
Himself
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
Garth Brooks: Live from Las Vegas
Garth Brooks: Blame It All On My Roots: Live At The Wynn
Country at the BBC
Self (archive footage)
Billy Joel - Live at Shea Stadium
Self - Musical Guest
Unanswered Prayers
Executive Producer
Billy Joel - The Last Play at Shea
Self
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
Self
Garth Brooks - All Access
Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self - Musical Guest
Saturday Night Live: 25 Years of Music Vol. 5
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Musical Guest
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell
Self / Various (archive footage)
Call Me Claus
Executive Producer
Austin City Limits: Country
Behind the Life of Chris Gaines
Chris Gaines
The Early Show
Self
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
Self
Hollywood Squares
Self - Panelist
Garth Brooks: Ireland and Back
Garth Brooks Double Live
Himself