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Garth Brooks
Actor, Writer
Born February 7, 1962 (60 years)
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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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Filmography
| 2022 | The Day the Music Died/American Pie · as Self |
| 2021 | This Is Pop (TV Series) · as Self (archive footage) |
| 2021 | The 43rd Annual Kennedy Center Honors · as Self - Honoree |
| 2020 | Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President · as Self |
| 2020 | 2020 Billboard Music Awards · as Self - Performer & Honoree |
| 2019 | Bluebird · as Self |
| 2019 | American Masters: Charley Pride · as Self |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2019 | Country Music (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2019 | Garth Brooks: The Road I'm On (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2017 | 51st Annual CMA Awards · as Self |
| 2016 | Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl · as Self |
| 2016 | The National Christmas Tree Lighting · as Self |
| 2016 | Garth Brooks: The Country King · as Self |
| 2015 | Miracles Out of Nowhere · as Self |
| 2015 | Country: Portraits of an American Sound · as Himself |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2015 | |
| 2015 | 50th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2015 | In Their Own Words (2015) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | Larry King Now (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2012 | Trisha's Southern Kitchen (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | Home & Family (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2010 | The Talk (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2007 | Kids' Favorite Country Songs · as Self |
| 2006 | America's Got Talent (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2006 | |
| 2004 | The Insider (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | CMT: 100 Greatest Music Videos · as Self |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 2002 | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell · as Himself / Various (archive footage) |
| 1999 | Saturday Night Live 25 · as Self |
| 1999 | Sports Illustrated's 20th Century Sports Awards · as Self - Performer |
| 1997 | The View (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | The Donny & Marie Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1997 | Sesame Street: Get Up and Dance · as Self |
| 1996 | Access Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | The Rosie O'Donnell Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | Muppets Tonight (TV Series) · as Himself |
| 1996 | 27th NAACP Image Awards · as Self |
| 1995 | The 22nd Annual American Music Awards · as Self |
| 1994 | This Is Garth Brooks, Too! · as Himself |
| 1994 | Extra (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1993 | Kenny Rogers: Keep Christmas with You · as Himself |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 1993 | Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration · as Self (segment "New Way to Walk") |
| 1993 | |
| 1993 | The 20th Annual American Music Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 1992 | Vicki! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | Later... with Jools Holland (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | Getaway (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1990 | Christmas In Rockefeller Center (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1990 | Intimate Portrait (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1988 | Inside Edition (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Ryan (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1987 | Biography (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1985 | American Masters (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | Good Morning America (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 1975 | Austin City Limits (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | Arena (1975) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1971 | Great Performances (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 1969 | Sesame Street (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1964 | Top of the Pops (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |