Garth Brooks is an American country music
singer-songwriter. Successfully integrating rock elements into his
recordings and live performances, Brooks soon began to dominate the country
singles and country album charts and quickly crossed over into the
mainstream pop arena, exposing country music to a larger audience than
previously thought possible.
Brooks has enjoyed one of the
most successful careers in popular music history, with over 70 hit singles
and 15 charted albums to his credit and over 123 million albums sold in the
United States alone. Throughout the 1990s he broke records for both sales
and concert attendance. Troubled by the conflicts between career and
family, in 2001 Brooks officially retired from recording and
performing.
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