Plenty of other country stars scored big pop crossover hits prior to Garth Brooks, but the phrase “crossover” itself illustrates what Brooks did differently. Prior to Garth, country singers became ...

Thirty-four years ago today, Garth Brooks was in the middle of a monumental multi-album months-long run at No. 1.

Garth Brooks isn’t a stranger to shattering records. He’s packed stadiums, earned more Diamond-certified albums than any artist in history, and walked away with just about every major country award ...

(In 2018, the Billboard staff released a list project of its choices for the Greatest Pop Star of every year, going back to 1981 - along with a handful of sidebar columns and lists on other important ...