Garth Brooks
Acting • Born 1962-02-07
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.
Filmography
70 credits
Billy Joel - Live at Shea Stadium
Movie • 2011
Self - Musical Guest
Garth Live from Central Park
Movie • 1997
Self - Band
Voices That Care
Movie • 1991
Self - Lead Vocals
Billy Joel - The Last Play at Shea
Movie • 2010
Self
Garth Brooks - All Access
Movie • 2007
Self
This Is Garth Brooks, Too!
Movie • 1993
Himself
Bluebird
Movie • 2019
Self
Garth Brooks: Live from Las Vegas
Movie • 2013
The Day the Music Died: The Story of Don McLean's "American Pie"
Movie • 2022
Self
This Is Garth Brooks
Movie • 1992
Himself
Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
Movie • 2025
Self
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell
Movie • 2002
Self / Various (archive footage)
A Case for Kindness
Movie • 2022
Self
Garth Brooks Double Live
Movie • 1998
Himself
Garth Live from Dublin
Movie • 1997
Himself
Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon
Movie • 2022
Self
Sinatra 100: An All-Star Grammy Concert
Movie • 2015
Self
Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl
Movie • 2016
Self
Garth Brooks The Ultimate Hits
Movie • 2014
Himself
The Garth Brooks Video Collection : Vol. 1
Movie • 1991
Host
The Garth Brooks Video Collection, Vol. 2
Movie • 1996
Host
Country: Portraits of an American Sound
Movie • 2015
Self
Kenny Rogers: Keep Christmas With You
Movie • 1992
Himself
Disney Parks Presents: A Descendants Magical Holiday Celebration
Movie • 2016
Garth: Live At Notre Dame!
Movie • 2018
Charley Pride: I'm Just Me
Movie • 2019
Self
Disney Parks Magical Christmas Celebration
Movie • 2016
Self
Garth Brooks: Yankee Stadium Live
Movie • 2016
Garth Brooks: Blame It All On My Roots: Live At The Wynn
Movie • 2013
Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President
Movie • 2020
Self
Garth & Trisha Live!
Movie • 2020
Self
Nashville Beat
Movie • 1989
Self
Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O
Movie • 1993
Self
Garth Brooks: Ireland and Back
Movie • 1998
Behind the Life of Chris Gaines
Movie • 1999
Chris Gaines
Garth Brooks: Country King
Movie • 2016
Garth & Trisha Live! A Holiday Concert Event
Movie • 2020
Self
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
Movie • 1999
Self
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
Movie • 2009
Self
Dolly Parton: A MusiCares Tribute
Movie • 2021
Self
Country Kings at the BBC
Movie • 2014
It All Begins with a Song: The Story of the Nashville Songwriter
Movie • 2019
Self
Garth Brooks: A Drive-In Concert Experience
Movie • 2020
Amazon Music Live with Garth Brooks
Movie • 2023
Self
Opry 100: A Live Celebration
Movie • 2025
Self - Performer
Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration
Movie • 1993
Self (segment "New Way to Walk")
Mad About You
TV • 1992
Garth Brooks
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
TV • 1996
Self
The Early Show
TV • 1999
Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV • 1992
Self
Muppets Tonight
TV • 1996
Self
Austin City Limits
TV • 1975
Self
Garth Brooks: The Road I'm On
TV • 2019
Self
Music City Tonight
TV • 1993
Church Street Station
TV • 1984
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Host & Musical Guest
American Music Awards
TV • 1974
Self - Musical Guest
Hollywood Squares
TV • 1998
Self - Panelist
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self - Musical Guest
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Musical Guest
America's National Parks
TV • 2022
Self - Narrator (voice)
Friends in Low Places
TV • 2024
Self
The View
TV • 1997
Self - Guest
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV • 2003
Self - Musical Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self
Top of the Pops
TV • 1964
Self
In Their Own Words
TV • 2015
Self
CMA Awards
TV • 1967
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Musical Guest