Editing Garth Brooks (section)

===1991–1993: ''Ropin' the Wind'', ''The Chase'', and ''Beyond the Season''===
Brooks' third album, ''[[Ropin' the Wind]]'', was released in September 1991. It had advance orders of 4&nbsp;million copies and entered the ''Billboard'' 200 at No. 1, a first for a country artist.<ref name="mcgraw"/> The album's musical content was a melange of [[country pop]] and [[Honky-tonk#Music|honky-tonk]]; singles included "[[The River (Garth Brooks song)|The River]]", "[[What She's Doing Now]]", and a cover of Billy Joel's "[[Shameless (Billy Joel song)|Shameless]]". It would become Brooks' second-best selling album, after ''No Fences''. The success of ''Ropin' the Wind'' further propelled the sales of Brooks' first two albums, enabling Brooks to become the first country artist with three albums listed in the ''Billboard'' 200's top 20 in one week.<ref name="phillipsJan1992">{{Citation | last =Phillips | first =Chuck | title =Garth Brooks Gets a Rope Around Prime-Time TV | newspaper =Los Angeles Times | date =January 29, 1992 | url =http://www.planetgarth.com/news/article.php?cid=00205 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20150414165026/http://www.planetgarth.com/news/article.php?cid=00205 | url-status=dead | archive-date =April 14, 2015 | access-date =May 29, 2007 }}. Archived from [http://www.planetgarth.com/news/article.php?cid=00205 the original] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120621045653/http://www.planetgarth.com/news/article.php?cid=00205 |date=June 21, 2012 }} on March 21, 2017.</ref>

After spending time in Los Angeles during the [[1992 Los Angeles riots|1992 riots]], Brooks co-wrote a gospel-country-rock hybrid single, "[[We Shall Be Free]]", to express his desire for tolerance.<ref>"Hunter, James. [https://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/11/archives/recordings-view-garth-brooks-takes-a-cue-from-rock.html "Garth Brooks Takes a Cue from Rock,"] ''New York Times.'' October 11, 1992.</ref> The song became the first single off his fourth album ''[[The Chase (Garth Brooks album)|The Chase]]''. The single only reached No. 12 on the ''Billboard'' Top Country Singles chart, Brooks' first song in three years to fail to make the top 10.<ref name="latimes1993"/><ref name="gray">{{citation | last = Gray | first = Timothy M. | title = That was the year that was: A wrap song for '92 | newspaper = Variety | date = December 10, 1992 | url=https://variety.com/1992/voices/columns/that-was-the-year-that-was-a-wrap-song-for-92-102012/ | access-date = 2007-04-03}}</ref> Nonetheless, "We Shall Be Free" peaked at No. 22 on the ''Billboard'' Christian Songs charts through a marketing deal with Rick Hendrix Company, and earned Brooks a 1993 [[GLAAD Media Award]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gaytoday.badpuppy.com/garchive/entertain/040599en.htm|title=Gay Today: Entertainment|website=Gaytoday.badpuppy.com|access-date=26 April 2015|archive-date=March 19, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319004118/http://gaytoday.badpuppy.com/garchive/entertain/040599en.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="phillips1992">{{Citation | last =Phillips | first =Chuck | title =Cut To The Chase, Garth Brooks Stands Alone at No.&nbsp;1 | newspaper =Los Angeles Times | date =September 30, 1992 | url =http://www.planetgarth.com/news/article.php?cid=00221 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20150402094308/http://www.planetgarth.com/news/article.php?cid=00221 | url-status=dead | archive-date =April 2, 2015 | access-date =2007-05-29 }}. Archived from [http://www.planetgarth.com/news/article.php?cid=00221 the original] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120621045606/http://www.planetgarth.com/news/article.php?cid=00221 |date=2012-06-21 }} on 21 March 2017.</ref> The next single released from ''The Chase'' was "[[Somewhere Other Than the Night]]", followed by "[[Learning to Live Again]]", which peaked at numbers one and two on the Hot Country Songs chart, respectively. The album's final single, "[[That Summer (song)|That Summer]]", would go on to be the most successful single from the album, reaching No. 1 in July 1993.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.therightcountry.com/FeatureArtist/GarthBrooks.html|title=This Weeks Feature Artists|website=www.therightcountry.com|access-date=June 17, 2019}}</ref>

Brooks released his first Christmas album, ''[[Beyond the Season]]'' on August 25, 1992. The album included classics such as "White Christmas" and "Silent Night", as well as an original tune, "The Old Man's Back in Town". "Beyond the Season" was the best-selling Christmas album in 1992, peaking at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 chart.<ref>Paul Grein (October 29, 2013). "Chart Watch Extra: What Will Be This Year's Top Christmas Album?". Chart Watch. Yahoo.</ref>