Artist Name: Garth Brooks

Real Name: Troyal Garth Brooks

Birth Date: February 7th, 1962

Birth Place: Tulsa, Oklahoma

Genre(s): Country

Height: 6' 1" (1.85 m)

Education:
Yukon High School in Yukon, Oklahoma.
Oklahoma State University on a javelin throwing scholarship. (Advertising Degree)

Spouse
Trisha Yearwood (10 December 2005 - present)
Sandy Mahl (24 May 1986 - 17 December 2001) (divorced) 3 children

Father:
Ray Brooks worked as a draughtsman for an oil company

Mother:
Country music singer on the Capitol Records label in the 1950s

Nationality: American

Debut Album: Garth Brooks (1989)

Breakthrough Single: "Thunder Rolls" (1990); Gulf war theme "Friends in Low Places" (1990)

Did You Know:
Has three daughters
First wife was his college sweetheart.
Participated in spring training with the San Diego Padres prior to the 1999 Major League Baseball season.
Lives on a farm in Owasso, Oklahoma.
Engaged to Trisha Yearwood in Bakersfield, California on May 25th, 2005.
Selling his music exclusively through Wal*Mart after splitting with Capitol Records back in June 2005

Sales: Estimated at over 115 million albums sold in the United States