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What Is Garth Brooks’s Net Worth
Garth Brooks, a prominent figure in American country music, boasts a net worth of $400 million. This figure represents the combined net worth he shares with his wife, Trisha Yearwood, who is also a celebrated country singer. However, the majority of their wealth, estimated between $300 million and $350 million, is attributed to Garth Brooks’s successful career.
Garth Brooks’s Career Highlights and Earnings
Garth Brooks’s success is highlighted by his six albums achieving diamond certification. According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), Garth Brooks is the best-selling solo artist in U.S. history, with 148 million domestic units sold, surpassing Elvis Presley. He is second only to The Beatles in overall album sales. Worldwide, Garth Brooks has sold over 200 million albums, placing him among the best-selling artists globally. In terms of annual income, Garth Brooks has been known to earn up to $90 million in a touring year, occasionally making him the highest-paid celebrity in the world. Between June 2017 and June 2018, his earnings totaled $45 million, while in the subsequent year, from June 2018 to June 2019, he earned $25 million.
Garth Brooks’s journey began in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he was born on February 7, 1962, as Troyal Garth Brooks. He is the youngest child of Troyal Raymond Brooks, an oil company draftsman, and Colleen McElroy Carroll, a country singer who appeared on the television show “Ozark Jubilee” in the 1950s. Garth has four older half-siblings and one older sister from his parents’ previous marriages. Growing up, his family held weekly talent shows where all six children were required to perform. While he enjoyed singing, Garth primarily focused on sports, playing football, baseball, and participating in track and field in high school. He earned a track scholarship to Oklahoma State University, specializing in the javelin. Garth graduated in 1984 with a bachelor’s degree in marketing.
After graduating from college, Garth Brooks started his musical career by playing guitar and singing in local bars and clubs in 1985. An entertainment attorney traveled from Dallas to Stillwater, Oklahoma, to hear him perform and offered to produce his first demo. Following this, Garth Brooks initially went to Nashville to secure a record contract but returned to Oklahoma within 24 hours. The attorney convinced Garth to give Nashville another try, leading him to move there in 1987. His debut album, “Garth Brooks,” was released in 1989 and peaked at number two on the country album charts. It included his first number-one hit, “If Tomorrow Never Comes.” In the same year, Garth Brooks toured as the opening act for Kenny Rogers.
In 1990, Garth Brooks released his second album, “No Fences,” which remained at number one on the country albums charts for 23 weeks. The album featured hit songs like “Friends in Low Places” and “The Thunder Rolls.” “No Fences” is Garth Brooks’s highest-selling album, with four number-one country singles. His third album, “Ropin’ the Wind,” was released in the fall of 1991 and debuted at number one on the main album charts, making Garth Brooks the first country artist to achieve this. He also became the first country artist to have three albums in the top 20 of the Billboard 200 album chart simultaneously. In the fall of 1992, Garth Brooks released his fourth album, “The Chase.”
Garth Brooks released “In Pieces” in 1993, which reached number one on both the country and main charts. That same year, he embarked on his first world tour, selling out Wembley Arena in England, a first for an American country act. Two years later, in 1995, he released “Fresh Horses” and the single “She’s Every Woman.” His second world tour in 1995 played to 5.5 million people and grossed over $105 million. In 1998, Garth Brooks released his first live album, “Double Live.” In October 1999, he released “Garth Brooks in…The Life of Chris Gaines,” the soundtrack to a movie called “The Lamb,” which was not successful. On October 26, 2000, Garth Brooks officially announced his retirement from recording and performing.
In the fall of 2007, Garth Brooks performed nine sold-out concerts called “Garth Brooks: Live in Kansas City.” Initially planned as a single concert, the overwhelming demand led to all nine shows selling out in less than two hours, totaling approximately 140,000 tickets. In January 2008, Garth Brooks played five sold-out shows in Los Angeles over less than 48 hours as a fundraiser for the 2007 wildfires. In the fall of 2009, he briefly came out of retirement for a Las Vegas residency at Steve Wynn’s Encore Las Vegas Hotel and Casino. Wynn provided Garth Brooks with access to a private jet to balance his time with his family in Oklahoma and his performances in Las Vegas.
In 2014, Garth Brooks officially returned from retirement with a new single, “People Loving People,” a new album, “Man Against Machine,” and a world tour. In 2016, he released a compilation album in partnership with Target called “The Ultimate Collection,” along with the album “Gunslinger” and single “Baby, Let’s Lay Down and Dance.” In 2018, the single “All Day Long” from the 2020 album “Fun” was released. That same summer, Garth Brooks announced his Stadium Tour, which included 30 North American stadiums. In 2019, Garth Brooks embarked on the Dive Bar Tour, with stops at seven dive bars across the U.S. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood performed an informal concert that was broadcast to 5.2 million people on Facebook Live. Due to the high volume of viewers, the performance experienced technical issues. The following week, they performed a similar concert on CBS and donated $1 million to pandemic relief causes. The CBS broadcast attracted 5.6 million viewers.
On July 7, Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood returned to Facebook Live for another event, taking song requests from fans. In late June 2020, Garth Brooks performed a concert that was broadcast at 300 drive-in theaters in the U.S. and Canada. In November 2022, he announced the Garth Brooks/Plus ONE Las Vegas residency scheduled for 2023 at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace.
Garth Brooks’s Personal Life and Real Estate
Garth Brooks met his first wife, songwriter Sandy Mahl, while in college, and they married on May 24, 1986. They had three daughters: Taylor, August, and Allie. Garth Brooks and Mahl divorced on December 17, 2001. The divorce resulted in a $125 million settlement paid to Sandy Mahl. On December 10, 2005, Garth Brooks remarried to country singer Trisha Yearwood. In July 2013, Garth Brooks became a grandfather when August had a daughter named Karalynn with Chance Michael Russell.
Garth Brooks owns properties in Tulsa, Oklahoma; Nashville, Tennessee; and Malibu, California. In 2019, there were reports that Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood purchased the Layby Hotel on Holmes Beach on Anna Maria Island, Florida, for $8.825 million. In May 2023, Trisha Yearwood listed their Nashville home for sale at $4.5 million, which sold for $3.34 million in October 2024. They retain ownership of another mansion in Nashville, which they custom-built in 2001. Garth Brooks acquired the 300-acre property in 1990 for $432,000.
