Garth Brooks

(Troyal Garth Brooks)
country singer
Born: 2/7/1962
Birthplace: Tulsa, Oklahoma

Wildly popularGrammyAward-winning country singer who has attracted scores of rock and pop fans as well as country and western followers. His recordings includeNo Fences(1990),Ropin' the Wind(1991), which sold a record-shattering 11 million copies and was the first album to debut at number 1 on bothBillboard's pop and country charts,In Pieces(1993), andSevens(1997). In 1999 he transformed himself into a pop-R&B star, Chris Gaines, and released the albumIn the Life of Chris Gaines.