1. GARTH BROOKS
BY JULIE STINSON

2. TROYAL GARTH BROOKS BORN FEBRUARY 7, 1962
YOUNGEST SON OF TROYAL RAYMOND BROOKS, JR AND COLLEEN MCELROY CARROLL
50’S ERA COUNTRY SINGER WITH CAPITOL RECORDS, appeared on “Ozark jubilee”
FAMILY WEEKLY TALENT NIGHTS
LEARNED TO PLAY GUITAR AND BANJO

3. EARLY LIFE MARRIED SANDY MAHL IN 1986, 3 daughters
DISCOVERED BY PRODUCER ROD PHELPS
Divorced in 2000, married fellow star trisha Yearwood in 2005
FOCUSED ON ATHLETICS AS A KID: FOOTBALL, BASEBALL, TRACK & FIELD
TRACK SCHOLARSHIP TO OSU- STILLWATER, COMPETED IN JAVELIN
1984 GRADUATED WITH AN MBA IN ADVERTISING

4. influences Listened to country music such as George jones
Was more drawn to rock, such as james taylor, dan fogleberg, & towns vanzandt.
1981 George strait’s “Unwound” was the song that made him decide to become a country star

5. Straight to stardom
“much too young (too feel this damn old)” from his debut album garth brooks was a critical and chart success, peaking at #13 in the billboard 200.
Released 20 records, six that achieved diamond status in the u.s.
Garth brooks (10x platinum)
no fences (17x platinum)
Ropin’ the wind (14x platinum)
the hits (10x platinum)
Sevens (10x platinum)
Double live (21x platinum)

6. Number one
Garth brooks was names riaa’s top selling solo artist of the century with 134,000,000 albums
He has spent more weeks at #1 on the album sales charts than any other artist since the inception of soundscan.
He has had 25 #1 singles
He has sold more records than elvis and the beatles

7. Garth brooks: world tour ‘96-’98
Performed 350 concerts in over 100 cities, selling 5.3 million tickets
The 1996 tour sold more than 1.8 million tickets, easily making it the top country music tour of all time.
In 1997, he performed in central park and it was also an hbo special event
Largest crowd ever to attend a show in central park
14.6 million people watched his cable special that year
Program was nominated for 6 primetime emmys
Broke venue records of elvis, paul mccartney, u2, and billy joel

8. awards
2 grammys
17 American music awards, including artist of the decade (90’s)
Riaa award for best selling solo albums artist of the century
People’s choice award
Naacp image award
Artist of the decade, ama’s in 2000
Artist of the decade, acma 1999
Artist achievement award, billboard music awards 1997
Inducted into:
the songwriters hall of fame in 2011
Nashville songwriters hall of fame 2011
Country music hall of fame 2012

9. His own fashion

10. Who is chris gaines?
Fictional Australian rock star used by brooks to explore rock as an alter ego in 1999
The lamb, a film of chris gaines, a rockstar with an emotionally conflicted life
brooks released garth brooks in… the life of chris gaines as a prequel soundtrack to gain hype for the movie
Listeners were confused, unreceptive to garth brooks being anything but a country singer, the album failed and the project was scrapped in 2001

11. Teammates for kids started in 1999
Foundation has worked with more than 3,000 pro athletes to generate funds for kids charities, focusing on kids health, education, inner city outreach, building child life zones, supporting youth athletic programs, and funding life-saving surgeries.
Today they have donated more than $80 million in cash, gifts in kind, and scholarships, helping kids in north America and more than 60 countries

12. Still going strong
Man against the machine, released November 2014, was his first new album since coming out of retirement
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13. sources Wikipedia.org: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garth_Brooks
Garth brooks’ website: