
Cast
Garth Brooks
Acting
Cast
Garth Brooks
Known for
Acting
Born
1962-02-07
From
Yukon, Oklahoma, USA
Also known as Troyal Brooks, Troyal G. 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.

Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
as Self

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

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell
as Self / Various (archive footage)

Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
as Self

Voices That Care
as Self - Lead Vocals

Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President
as Self

Country at the BBC
as Self

Dolly Parton: A MusiCares Tribute
as Self

Disney Parks Presents: A Descendants Magical Holiday Celebration

Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration
as Self (segment "New Way to Walk")

Bluebird
as Self

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

Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl
as Self

Sinatra 100: An All-Star Grammy Concert
as Self

Disney Parks Magical Christmas Celebration
as Self

Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O
as Self

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

The Garth Brooks Video Collection, Vol. 2
as Host

Country Kings at the BBC

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

Opry 100: A Live Celebration
as Self - Performer

A Case for Kindness
as Self

Nashville Beat
as Self

Billy Joel - The Last Play at Shea
as Self

Behind the Life of Chris Gaines
as Chris Gaines

Garth Brooks: Live from Las Vegas

Country: Portraits of an American Sound
as Self

Garth Brooks: A Drive-In Concert Experience

Billy Joel - Live at Shea Stadium
as Self - Musical Guest

Garth Brooks The Ultimate Hits
as Himself

Kenny Rogers: Keep Christmas With You
as Himself

Garth Live from Central Park
as Self - Band

Garth & Trisha Live! A Holiday Concert Event
as Self

Garth: Live At Notre Dame!

Charley Pride: I'm Just Me
as Self

The Garth Brooks Video Collection : Vol. 1
as Host

Garth Brooks: Yankee Stadium Live

Garth Brooks: Ireland and Back

This Is Garth Brooks
as Himself

Garth Brooks: Country King

This Is Garth Brooks, Too!
as Himself

Amazon Music Live with Garth Brooks
as Self

Garth Brooks - All Access
as Self

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

Garth Brooks Double Live
as Himself

Garth Live from Dublin
as Himself

Garth & Trisha Live!
as Self