American country singer and songwriter. Troyal Garth Brooks is the only artist in music history to have released nine albums that were certified diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America.
Brooks’s integration of pop and rock elements into the country genre has earned him immense popularity, particularly in the United States with success on country music single and album charts, multi-platinum recordings, and record-breaking live performances.
Are Garth Brooks and Brooks Jefferson the same?
Garth Brooks is one of the most successful and influential country music artists of all time, but he is also known by another name (Brooks Jefferson) . This name was given to him by his mother, who was inspired by the names of two of her favorite US presidents, Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson.
Brooks began his professional music career, singing and playing guitar in Oklahoma clubs and bars, most notably Wild Willie’s Saloon in Stillwater. Through his elder siblings, Brooks was exposed to a wide range of music.
As of 2020, according to the RIAA, he is the best-selling solo albums artist in the United States with 156 million domestic units sold, ahead of Elvis Presley, and is second only to the Beatles in total album sales overall.
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