With more than 148 million in certified album sales, Garth Brooks is the No. 1 selling solo artist in United States history — ahead of Elvis Presley and second overall only to The Beatles. He has received countless accolades, including induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame, the International Songwriters Hall of Fame, the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame and, most recently, the Musicians Hall of Fame.
Brooks grew up in Yukon, Oklahoma in the 1960s and ‘70s, the youngest of six children. His mother, Colleen, had appeared on the Ozark Jubilee in the 1950s and recorded briefly for Capitol Records. He attended Oklahoma State University on a track scholarship. At nights, he worked as a bouncer at a local bar and formed his own band, Santa Fe, learning to play whatever the college audience wanted.
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