Yesterday, the RIAA honored Garth Brooks as the best selling solo artist of all-time. Brooks surpassed Elvis by selling 123 million albums. Of course, they're counting Chris Gaines albums for that number, which is total bullshit. Maybe I'm just a sales chart purist, but I think if you're going to release an album under an alias, the alias should get credit for all the sales.
Brooks received the award at a ceremony which took place next to his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He said:
I'm very proud for the music, the writers, and the players.
Bill Bellamy just called in, and he says he appreciates the shout out.
Garth Brooks has earned this award with lengthy career and a lot of highly-respected work. But isn't it a little weird that this guy has sold 123 million albums, and still a lot of people only know him for one song? You could argue that Garth Brooks is the biggest cult act ever. He's in a great situation; a ton of people love him, and the rest don't know much about him, so he doesn't have to deal with these "haters" that are so prevalent nowadays. He's pretty much got it all. Now, the only thing Garth has left to accomplish is winning the coveted award for "Most Popular Last Call Sing-Along." I won't lie, it's gonna be tough to beat out Neil Diamond, but if anyone can do it, it's Garth Brooks.
