Garth Brooks

American country music singer and songwriter

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Garth Brooks is an American singer-songwriter and male vocalist who began his professional career in 1985. He has also performed under the pseudonym Chris Gaines. His musical output includes albums such as *No Fences*, *Not That Fancy*, and *In Pieces*. Additionally, he is credited with works including *100 Great American Parks* and *Trisha’s Kitchen*.

Brooks has been recognized in the Hollywood Walk Of Fame collection. His music is frequently categorized with tags such as country, 90s, and singer-songwriter. He maintains an official website and has a social media following of 731,166.

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Born: Troyal Garth Brooks , ( 1962-02-07 ) February 7, 1962 (age 64) , Tulsa, Oklahoma , U.S.
Other name: Chris Gaines
Alma mater: Oklahoma State University
Occupations: Singer songwriter
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Genres: Country country pop country rock
Instruments: Vocals guitar piano
Works: Garth Brooks discography
Years active: 1985–2001 2005–present
Labels: Capitol Nashville Liberty Pearl Lyric Street Big Machine RCA Nashville
Website: garthbrooks .com

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Family name: Brooks
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Tulsa
Spouse: Trisha Yearwood
Occupation: actor
Educated at: Oklahoma State University
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: English language
Award: Kennedy Center Honors
Genre: country pop
Instrument: voice
Official website: garthbrooks.com
Image: Garth Brooks 2019 By Glenn Francis.jpg
Work location: Nashville
Residence: Tulsa

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birth name: Troyal Garth Brooks
nominated for: Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance
Commons category: Garth Brooks
date of birth: 1962-02-07
influenced by: Merle Haggard
start of work period: 1985-00-00
pseudonym: Chris Gaines
social media followers: 731166
writing language: English language

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Encyclopedic overview

Troyal Garth Brooks (born February 7, 1962) is an American country singer and songwriter. His musical style blends traditional country with pop and rock elements, which has earned him his immense popularity, particularly in the United States, with success on the country music single and album charts, multi-platinum recordings and record-breaking live performances, while also crossing over into the mainstream pop arena.

Brooks is the only artist in music history to have released nine albums that were certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (surpassing The Beatles' former record of six); those albums are Garth Brooks (diamond), No Fences (17× platinum), Ropin' the Wind (14× platinum), The Chase (diamond), In Pieces (diamond), The Hits (diamond), Sevens (diamond), Double Live (21× platinum), and The Ultimate Hits (diamond). Since 1989, Brooks has released 37 records in all, which include 14 studio albums, two live albums, four compilation albums, three Christmas albums and 13 box sets, along with 63 singles. He has won several awards in his career, including two Grammy Awards, 17 American Music Awards (including "Artist of the '90s") and the RIAA Award for best-selling solo albums artist of the century in the U.S.

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