Person Details

Birthday: 1962-02-07 09:35:26

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Yukon, Oklahoma, U.S.

Homepage:

Movie Involvements: 23

TV Involvements: 7


Most Famous Work

Biography

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 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Garth Brooks, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

Most Famous Work

Austin City Limits
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6

Austin City Limits

(1975) Self
This Is Pop
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5

This Is Pop

(2021) Self (archive footage)
Arena
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7

Arena

(1975) Self
The Early Show
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6

The Early Show

(1999) Self
Dolly Parton: A MusiCares Tribute
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7
Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President
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7
Billy Joel: Live at Shea Stadium
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8

Billy Joel: Live at Shea Stadium

(2011) Self - Musical Guest
America's National Parks
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7

America's National Parks

(2022) Self - Narrator (voice)

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2022 Self - Narrator (voice)
Self
2021 Self
Self (archive footage)
2020 Self
Self
Self
2019 Self
N/A
Self
Self
Self
2018 N/A
2016 Himself
N/A
N/A
N/A
Self
2015 Self
Self
2014 N/A
Himself
N/A
2013 N/A
N/A
2011 Self - Musical Guest
2010 N/A
2009 N/A
2007 Self
2003 Self
2002 Himself / Various (archive footage)
1999 Chris Gaines
Self
Self
1998 N/A
N/A
Himself
1997 Self - Guest
Self - Band
Himself
1996 Self
Himself
1995 Himself
1993 N/A
Self - Musical Guest
Himself
Self
1992 N/A
Self
Himself
1990 Self - Lead Vocals
1989 Self
1984 N/A
1975 Self - Musical Guest
Self - Host & Musical Guest
Self
Self
1974 Self - Musical Guest
N/A
N/A
N/A
Year Character Movie/Tv

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
2022 Executive Producer
2012 Executive Producer
2001 Executive Producer
1999 Executive Producer
1997 Executive Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2013 Writer
Year Role Movie/Tv

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