Garth Brooks is an American country music artist who was born Troyal Garth Brooks on February 7, 1962 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In high school he played football and baseball and ran track. He received a track scholarship to Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, where he competed in the javelin. Garth Brooks graduated in 1984 with a degree in advertising. Later that year, Brooks began his professional music career, singing and playing guitar in Oklahoma clubs and bars. In 1985, noted entertainment attorney Rod Phelps drove from Dallas to listen to Garth Brooks play. Phelps liked what he heard and offered to produce Garth’s first demo. In 1989 Garth Brooks would release his self titled debut album. It peaked at #2 in the U.S. Country chart and made #13 on the Billboard 200. It went on to sell close to 10 million copies worldwide. Garth Brooks has since gone on to release eight more studio albums, four compilation albums, one live album and fifty three singles. He has also released twenty three music videos. The RIAA have certified Garth Brooks’ albums at one hundred and twenty eight times Multi-Platinum. Six of his albums have achieved Diamond status in the U.S.. His total world-wide sales are estimated at 140 million.
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