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Also known as Toby Keith Covel

American country music singer and actor (1961–2024)

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Toby Keith was an American male country music artist whose professional career spanned from 1993 to 2024. Born on July 8, 1961, he passed away on February 5, 2024. His musical output is categorized under contemporary country and pop genres. He maintained an official website and had a social media following of 1,250,503.

Keith’s discography includes works such as *American Soldier*, *Toby Keith Guitar Collection (Songbook)*, *Selections from Toby Keith 35 Biggest Hits*, and *The Best of Toby Keith*. Open Library records nine works associated with his name, while Crossref lists five. On Last.fm, his music has been played 19,248,813 times by 1,101,057 listeners. His profile is referenced by 1,327 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 22 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Key facts

Born
Toby Keith Covel , ( 1961-07-08 ) July 8, 1961, Clinton, Oklahoma , U.S.
Died
February 5, 2024 (2024-02-05) (aged 62), Oklahoma, U.S.
Occupations
Singer songwriter actor record producer businessman
Years active
1993–2024
Political party
Independent (from 2008)
Other political affiliations
Democratic (until 2008)
Spouse
Tricia Lucus ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1984 ) ​
Children
3, including Krystal
Genres
Country
Instruments
Vocals guitar
Labels
Mercury Nashville Polydor A&M DreamWorks Nashville Show Dog-Universal Music (formerly Show Dog Nashville)
Website
tobykeith .com

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Toby
Family name
Keith
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Clinton
Place of death
Oklahoma
Occupation
guitarist
Political party
independent politician
Languages spoken
English language
Field of work
country music
Instrument
guitar
Official website
www.tobykeith.com
Image
Toby Keith DA-SD-07-31207 (cropped).jpg
Voice type
baritone
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Commons category
Toby Keith
date of birth
1961-07-08
Commons gallery
Toby Keith
topic has template
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name in native language
Toby Keith
start of work period
1993-00-00
social media followers
1235665
writing language
English language
date of death
2024-02-05
end of work period
2024-00-00
cause of death
stomach cancer
manner of death
natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview

Toby Keith Covel (July 8, 1961 – February 5, 2024) was an American country music singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, and businessman. He began using the stage name Toby Keith early in his music career.

Keith released his chart-topping debut single, "Should've Been a Cowboy", in 1993. During the 1990s, Keith released his first four studio albums, each of which earned gold or higher certification. Keith's breakthrough single, "How Do You Like Me Now?!", was the title track to his 1999 album How Do You Like Me Now?! The single was the number one country song of 2000. Keith's next three albums were certified 4× Platinum, and each album produced three number one singles. In 2005, Keith founded the label Show Dog Nashville, which later became Show Dog-Universal Music. Keith also made his acting debut in 2006, starring in the film Broken Bridges. He co-starred with comedian Rodney Carrington in the 2008 film Beer for My Horses, inspired by his song "Beer for My Horses".

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Toby Keith” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.