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Garth Brooks Biography |
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In his illustrious career, Garth Brooks has arguably become the highest-selling artist in modern American music, releasing over 70 hit singles, charted 15 albums, and sold over 123 million records.
Brooks grew up in Oklahoma, and graduated from Oklahoma State University in 1984 after attending on a track scholarship. The singer knew he was interested in country music as soon as he graduated, and made a failed attempt in Nashville to find a record contract - instead, he remained around the Tulsa area to perform in clubs and bars. Brooks got married and moved to Nashville with his family in 1987, and he began making moves in the music industry.
Brooks scored a recording contract with Capitol Records in 1989, and he released his self-titled debut album the following year. The album was a traditional country collection, and it was very popular, including the hits "The Dance" and "If Tomorrow Never Comes." The singer was becoming a huge country success - he released albums covering pop-country, gospel and honky-tonk over the next few years, all with extreme success on both the country and pop charts. His signature song, "Friends in Low Places" is a honky-tonk anthem for everyone that has ever heard it.
One important element of his career that he developed early was a dynamic onstage presence. Brooks had always said that operatic rock from the '70s was very influential to him, and he always tried to keep his performances high-energy like artists such as Billy Joel and Bruce Springsteen. He used a wireless headset microphone during shows so that he could run around the stage, adding energy to his sets. His showmanship was clear on August 7, 1997 when he packed in almost 1 million fans into New York Citys Central Park for a free concert, plus 14.6 million additional viewers that watched the event on an HBO special.
As Brooks continued to dominate the charts in the U.S., he also began to gain popularity in the UK - he even held a massive tour throughout the area in 1994 after releasing "In Pieces" - this propelled him to worldwide success. Later that year, he acknowledged his appreciation for hard rock by appearing on "Kiss My Ass: Classic Kiss Regrooved," a collection of Kiss songs. He recorded a country version of "Hard Luck Woman" as a country song.
In 1999, Brooks created a rock star alter-ego, Chris Gaines, with plans to make a movie on the character. The pre-soundtrack to the film, "Garth Brooks in…The Life of Chris Gaines," wasnt very well received by fans, while it was lauded by critics as an innovative move in the music industry. While the Gaines effort didnt do much for Brooks career, it did score him is only US Top 40 single, "Lost in You."
After some family strife, Brooks announced that he was retiring in 2000. Since then, he has released a number of career-spanning collections, including a boxed set deal with Wal-Mart and the release of "The Ultimate Hits" in the summer of 2007. The collection included three discs chocked full of 30 hits, a DVD of music videos and four new tracks.
In 2005, Brooks married fellow country star Trisha Yearwood, and they have been complimenting each other on tracks ever since, becoming the original King and Queen of modern country, with Faith Hill and Tim McGraw later taking the reigns.
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