Garth Brooks Releases Comeback Album Today

Country music legend Garth Brooks releases his new album today, November 11, 2014.

This is a much-anticipated announcement from the "Unanswered Prayers" singer, whose new hit "People Loving People," has been featured on country radio stations lately. Fans may pre-order the album now on garthbrooks.com and ghosttunes.com. The new 25th anniversary edition of 30 live Garth Brooks recordings, 30 videos, a "People Loving People" and "Send 'em on Down the Road" download, as well as all eight of Brooks' albums in a digitally upcated format are all available in a package deal for fans.

In 2000 Brooks was named by the Recording Industry Association of America the No. 1-selling solo artist in U.S. history. With 134 million albums sold to date, Brooks is in the middle of "The Garth Brooks World Tour with Trisha Yearwood," following what originally seemed to be retirement from music.

Among the best-selling recording and concert artists of all time, country superstar Garth Brooks was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. His career took off in 1989 with the release of his self-titled first album. Certified by the RIAA in 2000 as the #1-selling solo artist in U.S. history, Garth Brooks has sold in excess of 134 million albums and has received every accolade the recording industry can bestow on an artist. In 2001, Brooks retired and moved back to Oklahoma to raise his children. In 2008 The President-elect personally requested that Garth headline President Obama's InauguralCelebration at the Lincoln Memorial. That same year Brooks performed 5 concerts in 2 days with the proceeds from 83,000 tickets sold donated to efforts to prevent fire catastrophes. In December 2010, Brooks played 9 sold out concerts in 6 days to raise money for flood relief efforts in Tennessee. Among the many hit singles he has co-written are the Number One songs "If Tomorrow Never Comes," "Unanswered Prayers," "The Thunder Rolls," "She's Every Woman," "Ain't Goin' Down ('Til the Sun Comes Up)," and "That Summer." Brooks has been inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, the Country Music Hall of Fame and is the recipient of two Grammy Awards.

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