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Garth Brooks returns to Wynn Las Vegas for weekend gigs - Country superstar Garth Brooks will return to Wynn Las Vegas to celebrate his recently-completed three-year residency with two holiday weekends' worth of performances. Read More

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Garth Brooks Biography

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Troyal Garth Brooks (born February 7, 1962) is an American country music artist. His eponymous first album was released in 1989 and peaked at number 2 in the US country album chart while climbing to number 13 on the Billboard 200 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 has enjoyed one of the most successful careers in popular music history, breaking records for both sales and concert attendance throughout the 1990s. He continues to sell well and according to Nielsen Soundscan, his albums sales through May 2013 are at 68,630,000, 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 5 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. 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, including 2 Grammy Awards, 17 American Music Awards (including the "Artist of the '90s") and the RIAA Award as Best selling solo albums artist of the Century in the United States. Troubled by conflicts between career and family, Brooks officially retired from recording and performing from 2001 until 2009. Brooks was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame on October 21, 2012.

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The Ultimate Hits Compilation 2007-11-06 itunes amazon
More Than a Memory Single 2007-08-27 itunes amazon
The Lost Sessions Album 2005-11-25 itunes amazon
Scarecrow Album 2001-11-13 itunes amazon
The Magic of Christmas: Call Me Claus Album 2001-09-25 itunes amazon
Garth Brooks & The Magic of Christmas Album 1999-11-23 itunes amazon
In... the Life of Chris Gaines Album 1999-09-28 itunes amazon
Lost in You Single 1999-08-24 itunes amazon
Double Live Live 1998-11-17 itunes amazon
The Limited Series Compilation 1998-05-05 itunes amazon
Sevens Album 1997-11-25 itunes amazon
Fresh Horses Album 1995-11-21 itunes amazon
Rodeo Live 1995 itunes amazon
She's Every Woman Single 1995 itunes amazon
The Hits Compilation 1994-12 itunes amazon
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