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Troyal Garth Brooks (born February 7, 1962 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is an
American singer, songwriter, actor, and charity director who performs
country music.
Brooks was a phenomenal musical force in the 1990s. He appeared, apparently
from nowhere, without the tall and lanky physical appearance typical of some
male country stars, the year before the decade began and was an immediate
commercial success, integrating pop and rock elements into his recordings
and live performances.
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He soon began to dominate the country singles and the country albums charts
and quickly crossed over into the mainstream pop arena, selling records like
no one else in country music ever had and exposing country music to a larger
audience than previously thought possible.
Brooks enjoyed one of the most successful careers in popular music history,
with over 70 hit singles and 15 charted albums to his credit and over 100
million albums sold in the U.S. alone. Brooks broke records for both sales
and concert attendance throughout the 1990s. Possibly dissatisfied and
looking to expand his career boundaries, he then attempted an artistically
ambitious, but uncompleted, multi-media project involving a fictitious alter
ego.
Troubled by the conflicts between career and family, the year after the
decade ended Garth Brooks announced his retirement from recording and
performing, thereby disappearing from the music world as suddenly as he had
come. To his many fans the world over he remains a legend. |
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Angelina Jolie
Jessica Alba
Paris Hilton
Scarlett Johansson
Jessica Simpson
Britney Spears
Christina Aguilera
Lindsay Lohan
Shakira
Beyonce
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Rihanna
Hayden Panettiere
Miranda Cosgrove
Selena Gomez
Demi Lovato
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