Editing Garth Brooks (section)

==Awards and records==
[[File:Garth Brooks.jpg|thumb|Brooks receiving the "Grammy on the Hill Award" in the Oval Office in 2010]]
{{Main|List of awards and nominations received by Garth Brooks}}
Brooks has won a record 22 [[Academy of Country Music Awards]] and received a total of 47 overall nominations. His 13 [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nominations have resulted in 2 awards won, along with [[Billboard Music Awards]], [[Country Music Association Awards]], and many others. Brooks' work has earned awards and nominations in television and film as well, including the [[Primetime Emmy Awards]] and [[Golden Globe Awards]]. He was inducted into the [[Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum|Country Music Hall of Fame]] in 2012. In 2010, he was inducted into the [[Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum|Cheyenne Frontier Days Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Cheyenne Frontier Days Hall of Fame Inductees |url=https://www.cfdrodeo.com/cfd-old-west-museum/our-story/history/cheyenne-frontier-days-hall-of-fame-inductees |website=Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum |access-date=October 2, 2018}}</ref> He has also been inducted into the [[Songwriters Hall of Fame]],<ref name="songwriters hall of fame"/> and the [[Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum]].<ref name="musician hall of fame">{{cite news |url=https://eu.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2016/10/26/garth-brooks-ricky-skaggs-among-musicians-hall-fame-inductees/91953666/ |title=Garth Brooks, Ricky Skaggs among Musicians Hall of Fame inductees |first=Dave |last=Paulson|work=Tennessean|date= October 26, 2016 }}</ref>

In 2020, Brooks was awarded the [[Library of Congress]] [[Gershwin Prize|Gershwin Prize for Popular Song]]. Age 57 at the time he was named as the Gershwin honoree, he is the youngest recipient of the award.<ref name=gershiwn /> Also in 2020, [[Cher]] presented Brooks with the [[Billboard Icon Award]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/bbma/9466052/garth-brooks-2020-billboard-music-awards-icon/|title = Icon Garth Brooks Delivers a Rousing Medley of Hits at 2020 Billboard Music Awards| magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] }}</ref>

In 2021, Brooks was named a recipient for the 43rd Annual [[Kennedy Center Honors]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/honors/2020-honorees/|title=The 43rd Kennedy Center Honorees Are...|website=Kennedy-center.org|access-date=August 4, 2021}}</ref>

===Records===
According to the [[Recording Industry Association of America]], Brooks was the best-selling solo artist of the 20th century in America.<ref name="riaa1999">
{{cite web |title = The American Recording Industry Announces its Artists of the Century | publisher = RIAA | date = November 10, 1999 | url =https://www.riaa.com/news/newsletter/press1999/111099.asp | access-date = March 16, 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070311085033/http://www.riaa.com/news/newsletter/press1999/111099.asp |archive-date = March 11, 2007}}</ref> This conclusion drew criticism from the press and many music fans who were convinced that [[Elvis Presley]] had sold more records, but had been short-changed in the rankings due to faulty RIAA certification methods during his lifetime.<ref name="elvis1"/><ref name="quinn">{{cite web | last = Quinn | first = Brian | title = Elvis' American Record Sales A Request for Action | publisher = Elvis World-Japan | url =http://www.biwa.ne.jp/~presley/elnews-ElvisRecordSales.htm | access-date = March 16, 2007}}</ref> Brooks, while proud of his sales accomplishments, stated that he too believed that Presley must have sold more.<ref name="elvis1">{{cite web | title = Is Elvis the Biggest Selling Recording Artist? |publisher = Elvis Information Network| url =http://www.elvisinfonet.com/elvisvsbeatlespart1.html | access-date = March 16, 2007}}</ref>

The RIAA has since reexamined their methods for counting certifications. Under their revised methods, Presley became the best-selling solo artist in U.S. history, making Brooks the number-two solo artist, ranking third overall, as [[the Beatles]] have sold more albums than either he or Presley.<ref name="riaatopartists">{{cite web | title = Top Artists | publisher = RIAA | date = July 31, 2006 | url =https://www.riaa.com/gp/bestsellers/topartists.asp | access-date = March 16, 2007|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070304033156/http://www.riaa.com/gp/bestsellers/topartists.asp |archive-date = March 4, 2007}}</ref> The revision brought more criticism of the accuracy of the RIAA's figures, this time from Brooks' followers. On November 5, 2007, Brooks was again named the best selling solo artist in US history, surpassing Presley after audited sales of 123&nbsp;million were announced.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/11/06/garth-brooks-dethrones-elvis-as-best-seller-clapton-and-winwood-team-up-nirvana-music-secured-for-biopic/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071108224812/http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/11/06/garth-brooks-dethrones-elvis-as-best-seller-clapton-and-winwood-team-up-nirvana-music-secured-for-biopic/|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 8, 2007|title=Garth Brooks Dethrones Elvis as Best-Seller, Clapton and Winwood Team Up, Nirvana Music Secured for Biopic|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=June 27, 2009}}</ref> In December 2010, several more of Presley's albums received certifications from the RIAA. As a result, Elvis again surpassed Brooks.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://riaa.org/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS |title=RIAA certifications for Elvis Presley |publisher=RIAA |access-date=February 3, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100820142502/http://riaa.org/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS |archive-date=August 20, 2010}}</ref> {{as of|2014|October}}, the RIAA lists Presley's total sales at 134.5&nbsp;million and Brooks' at 134&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinum.php?content_selector=top-selling-artists |title=RIAA Top Selling Artists|website=Riaa.com |access-date=October 5, 2014}}</ref> Subsequently, ''Man Against Machine'' has been certified by the RIAA as Platinum and listing Brooks sales as exceeding 136&nbsp;million, placing Brooks again as the number 1 selling solo artist.

In 2012, Brooks officially passed the Beatles as the top-selling act of the past 20 years, moving 68.5&nbsp;million units worldwide, almost 5&nbsp;million more than the Beatles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theboot.com/2012/01/23/garth-brooks-top-selling-soundscan-beatles/|title=Garth Brooks Bests Beatles as Top-Selling Act of Last 20 Years|work=The Boot|date=January 23, 2012 |access-date=April 26, 2015}}</ref> In May 2014, Brooks' total album sales reached 69,544,000 copies, which makes him the best-selling album artist in the U.S., ahead of the Beatles (65,730,000), [[Metallica]] (54,365,000), [[Mariah Carey]] (54,280,000) and [[Celine Dion]] (52,234,000).<ref>{{cite web|title=Chart Watch: Mariah...The Disappointed Chanteuse|date=May 29, 2014 |url=https://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/chart-watch-mariah-disappointed-chanteuse-220501848.html|publisher=Paul Grein|access-date= May 30, 2014}}</ref>

In September 2016, Brooks became the first and only artist in music history to achieve seven career [[RIAA certification|Diamond Award]] albums, according to the RIAA (surpassing the previous tied record of six next to The Beatles).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/|title=Gold & Platinum|website=RIAA|access-date=August 4, 2021}}</ref>

On June 16, 2021, Brooks won the ''[[Pollstar]]'' award as the "country touring artist of the decade" (2010s). Brooks thanked his band for the companionship during all those years.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Willman |first1=Chris |title=Pollstar Awards Laud Beyonce, Lady Gaga, Garth Brooks and Others as Touring Artists of the Decade |url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/pollstar-awards-touring-artists-decade-beyonce-1234998873/ |access-date=June 17, 2021 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=June 16, 2021}}</ref>

===Other===
In 2014, Brooks was awarded the [[Arkansas Traveler (honorary title)|Arkansas Traveler]] certificate.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2014/dec/11/garth-brooks-promises-guaranteed-good-time-lr-show/?f=entertainment-music|title=Garth Brooks promises 'guaranteed good time' at NLR shows|date=December 11, 2014}}</ref>