He set another record when his third album, Ropin’ the Wind (1991), became the first country album that debuted first in the pop charts. Meanwhile, his records were selling unimaginably well, the singer drew huge masses to his live concerts putting a landmark in the history of the country music. Backed by the smashing track Friends In Low Places, it remained on the top of the country charts for twenty three weeks and made Brooks a superstar overnight. Feeling he had found the right path, the artist completed his sophomore effort in 1990 and named it No Fences. This long player featured Garth’s first big hit, the single Much Too Young (Too Feel This Damn Old). The record was such an impressive work that, through being a country music piece, it showed up in the pop charts, too. Early in 1989, Garth released his self-titled debut album. In a year, he undertook another effort to establish nice ties with music managers and took his family to Nashville once again.
In 1986, Garth married his long-time girlfriend, Sandy Mahl, he met at his college. Angry and remorseful, he came back to Tulsa with a lot of disappointment in the whole music business. However, it turned out to be much harder than the young man had expected. Enchanted with dreams of a big star, Garth recorded a coupe of demos and went to Nashville where he hoped to find a label. Shortly after finishing his studies, Garth began to perform at bars singing and playing acoustic guitar. However, promoting goods did not attract him as much as music. As a result, he was rewarded with a sports scholarship at the Oklahoma State University that he graduated from in 1984 with major in advertisement. While at school, Brooks was drafted to the American football and baseball teams and did a lot of running.
However, the boy disclosed much more fondness of sports and reached high results in this field. Just like all of his five brother and sisters, Garth was raised by his parents to find himself in music. His father worked at an oil company, while his mother was a prominent country singer signed by a major label called Capitol. Garth Brooks is an iconic figure in the country music who set numerous records as one on of the fastest selling solo artists in the entire industry.