
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.
Acting (42 movies)

Billy Joel - Live at Shea Stadium
2011

Garth Live from Central Park
1997

Voices That Care
1991

Billy Joel - The Last Play at Shea
2010

Garth Brooks - All Access
2007

This Is Garth Brooks, Too!
1993

Bluebird
2019

Garth Brooks: Live from Las Vegas
2013

The Day the Music Died: The Story of Don McLean's "American Pie"
2022

This Is Garth Brooks
1992

Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
2025

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell
2002

Garth Live from Dublin
1997

Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon
2022

Sinatra 100: An All-Star Grammy Concert
2015

Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl
2016

Garth Brooks The Ultimate Hits
2014

The Garth Brooks Video Collection : Vol. 1
1991

The Garth Brooks Video Collection, Vol. 2
1996

Country: Portraits of an American Sound
2015

Kenny Rogers: Keep Christmas With You
1992

Disney Parks Presents: A Descendants Magical Holiday Celebration
2016

Garth: Live At Notre Dame!
2018

Charley Pride: I'm Just Me
2019

Disney Parks Magical Christmas Celebration
2016

Garth Brooks: Blame It All On My Roots: Live At The Wynn
2013

Garth Brooks: Yankee Stadium Live
2016

Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President
2020

Garth & Trisha Live!
2020

Nashville Beat
1989

Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O
1993

Garth Brooks: Ireland and Back
1998

Behind the Life of Chris Gaines
1999

Garth Brooks: Country King
2016

Garth & Trisha Live! A Holiday Concert Event
2020

Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
1999

We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
2009

Dolly Parton: A MusiCares Tribute
2021

Country Kings at the BBC
2014

It All Begins with a Song: The Story of the Nashville Songwriter
2019

Amazon Music Live with Garth Brooks
2023

Opry 100: A Live Celebration
2025
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Garth Live from Central Park | 1997 | Executive Producer |
| Behind the Life of Chris Gaines | 1999 | Executive Producer |
| Call Me Claus | 2001 | Executive Producer |
| Unanswered Prayers | 2012 | Executive Producer |
| Garth Brooks: Live from Las Vegas | 2013 | Writer |