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Through out the 1990's, Garth Brooks tickets were in high demand both here and overseas. He had several sold out overseas tours in the middle and late 90's. He performed concerts in Australia, Brazil, East Asia, New Zealand, Ireland, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the rest of Europe. During this period he continued to break all sales and concert attendance records. On August 7, 1997, he drew the largest crowd ever at New York City's Central Park. He estimated that there were about 900,000 people in and around the sold out arena.
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Today, Garth Brooks was the first artist to be honored with the Academy of Country Music Crystal Milestone Award in Hollywood. The focus was the Record Industry Association of America’s recognition of his 123 million in unit sales (the greatest number of record sales in history). Throughout his career, Brooks has won 18 Academy of Country Music Awards, including Artist of the Decade in 1998.
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Until his recent plans to retire from the music business, Garth Brooks has the well-earned reputation of being one of the hardest working people in showbiz. Since the release of his first album, Brooks has either been in the studio recording new albums or on tour performing for millions of fans.
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According to the Recording Industry Association of America, as of January 2004 Garth Brooks had the fourth highest certified total for US album sales (105 million), outsold only by The Beatles, Elvis Presley and Led Zeppelin. This makes him the best-selling artist in country music and the second best-selling solo artist.
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Garth Brooks has always displayed great musical ability, lyrical originality, and a willingness to stretch artistic boundaries. Though his roots are solidly in country, Brooks has incorporated influences from rock, pop, and gospel, and has recorded a long string of powerfully resonating songs that people from all demographic groups could relate to. Never hesitant about tackling serious issues, Garth Brooks brilliantly articulated concerns about tolerance, war, wildlife protection, blue-collar angst, gay rights, and personal fulfillment. Over the years, he has won many Grammy Awards and was named the Academy of Country Music's "Performer of the Year" for four years in succession. Admired as one of the most generous guys in the business, Brooks has long been a tireless promoter of many charities, raising millions of dollars for a variety of worthy causes.
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Certified by the RIAA as the #1 selling solo artist in US history, Garth Brooks has sold in excess of 123 million albums. He is the only solo artist in RIAA history to have 6 albums top the 10 million mark. This year Garth became the first artist to put out a simultaneous edition of his latest collection for a charitable cause. November 6, 2007 saw the launch of the pink edition of The Ultimate hits available only at the Susan G Komen website. His body of work -- including the groundbreaking No Fences, Ropin' The Wind, The Hits, and Double Live -- propelled country music as a genre to the front pages of newspapers worldwide and the covers of magazines, to the point where Forbes declared on its cover, "Country Conquers Rock" and featured Garth in a major music piece. According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), Garth Brooks is the top-selling solo artist of the 20th century.
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