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Garth Brooks previously announced one-off show in Los Angeles quickly became a five-show run on Saturday (12/1) as pent-up demand for the officially "retired" artist burned through available tickets in record time. According to an announcement at the Staples Center website, venue officials noted that Brooks sold over 85,000 tickets in just 59 minutes, setting a venue sales record as the first artist to sell out five shows in one day.
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On November 1, 2006, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. announced that Garth Brooks made history as the company's top selling music artist of all time. With nearly 20 million discs sold at Wal-Mart in the first year of his exclusive relationship with the retailer, Brooks has been able to transcend his retirement and continue his history-making performances.
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BENTONVILLE, Ark., Nov. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. announced today that preorders for Garth Brooks: The Limited Series at Walmart.com (http://www.walmart.com/ ) have reached record-breaking results on the site. Brooks, named the Recording Industry's Artist of the Century before retiring from performing in 2001, unveiled the boxed set on "the Tonight Show with Jay Leno" on Nov. 10th and presale orders have skyrocketed since the announcement.
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