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.
Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
2025
Opry 100: A Live Celebration
Self - Performer
2025
Friends in Low Places
Self · (6 episodes)
2024
Amazon Music Live with Garth Brooks
Self
2023
A Case for Kindness
Self
2022
Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon
Self
2022
America's National Parks
Self - Narrator (voice) · (5 episodes)
2022
The Day the Music Died: The Story of Don McLean's "American Pie"
Self
2022
Dolly Parton: A MusiCares Tribute
Self
2021
Garth & Trisha Live! A Holiday Concert Event
Self
2020
Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President
Self
2020
Garth Brooks: A Drive-In Concert Experience
2020
Garth & Trisha Live!
Self
2020
Garth Brooks: The Road I'm On
Self · (2 episodes)
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self · (3 episodes)
2019
Bluebird
Self
2019
Charley Pride: I'm Just Me
Self
2019
It All Begins with a Song: The Story of the Nashville Songwriter
Self
2019
Garth: Live At Notre Dame!
2018
Disney Parks Magical Christmas Celebration
Self
2016
Disney Parks Presents: A Descendants Magical Holiday Celebration
2016
Garth Brooks: Yankee Stadium Live
2016
Garth Brooks: Country King
2016
Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl
Self
2016
Sinatra 100: An All-Star Grammy Concert
Self
2015
In Their Own Words
Self · (1 episode)
2015
Country: Portraits of an American Sound
Self
2015
Country Kings at the BBC
2014
Garth Brooks The Ultimate Hits
Himself
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · (1 episode)
2014
Garth Brooks: Live from Las Vegas
2013
Garth Brooks: Blame It All On My Roots: Live At The Wynn
2013
Billy Joel - Live at Shea Stadium
Self - Musical Guest
2011
Billy Joel - The Last Play at Shea
Self
2010
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
Self
2009
Garth Brooks - All Access
Self
2007
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self · (1 episode)
2003
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell
Self / Various (archive footage)
2002
Behind the Life of Chris Gaines
Chris Gaines
1999
The Early Show
Self · (1 episode)
1999
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
Self
1999
Hollywood Squares
Self - Panelist · (5 episodes)
1998
Hollywood Squares
(5 episodes)
1998
Garth Brooks: Ireland and Back
1998
Garth Brooks Double Live
Himself
1998
The View
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
1997
Garth Live from Central Park
Self - Band
1997
Garth Live from Dublin
Himself
1997
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self · (2 episodes)
1996
The Garth Brooks Video Collection, Vol. 2
Host
1996
Muppets Tonight
Self · (2 episodes)
1996
Kenny Rogers: Keep Christmas With You
Himself
1995
Music City Tonight
(1 episode)
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Musical Guest · (1 episode)
1993
This Is Garth Brooks, Too!
Himself
1993
Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O
Self
1993
Mad About You
Garth Brooks · (1 episode)
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self · (2 episodes)
1992
This Is Garth Brooks
Himself
1992
Voices That Care
Self - Lead Vocals
1991
The Garth Brooks Video Collection : Vol. 1
Host
1991
Nashville Beat
Self
1989
Church Street Station
(1 episode)
1984
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host & Musical Guest · (2 episodes)
1975
Saturday Night Live
Self - Musical Guest · (1 episode)
1975
Austin City Limits
Self · (2 episodes)
1975
American Music Awards
Self - Musical Guest · (1 episode)
1974
Top of the Pops
Self · (2 episodes)
1964