Garth Brooks Breaks His Own Record - Today In Country Music History

November 25, 1998

Garth Brooks’ album Double Live became the first album by any artist ever to sell 1 million copies in its first week of release. It has been certified 21× Platinum by the RIAA (10.5 million shipped as it a double album); it is the seventh most shipped album in the U.S. The album was originally released November 17, 1998 with a commemorative cover. In each of the next six weeks, another commemorative cover was released, each themed with one of Brooks' live performances.

The album was re-released on September 5, 2014.

1999
LeAnn Rimes performed at The Vatican in Rome for the Pope.
1997
Garth Brooks’ album Sevens set a record for the best first-week sales by a country artist when it sold 897,000 copies.
The album featured the singles "Longneck Bottle" (#1), "She's Gonna Make It" (#2), "Two Pina Coladas" (#1), "Do What You Gotta Do" (#13), "You Move Me" (#3) and "In Another's Eyes" (#2 - duet with Tricia Yearwood), won the Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals at the Grammy Awards of 1998.
777,777 copies of Sevens were marked as First Editions. These albums have a gold seal on the CD booklet and a similar mark on the CD itself. Canadian versions of the albums have a maple leaf shaped seal on the cover. First Editions were not released outside of North America.
#1 On This Date
SINGLES
2006 – Carrie Underwood – “Before He Cheats”
2000 – Phil Vassar – “Just Another Day In Paradise”
1995 – George Strait – “Check Yes Or No”
1989 – Dolly Parton – “Yellow Roses”
1978 – The Kendalls – “Sweet Desire/Old Fashioned Love”
1972 – Charley Pride – “She’s Too Good To Be True”
1967 – Sonny James – “It’s The Little Things”
1957 – The Everly Bros. – “Wake Up, Little Susie”
1950 – Hank Snow – “I’m Movin’ On”
1944 – Red Foley – “Smoke On The Water”

ALBUMS
2006 – Keith Urban – Love, Pain & The Whole Crazy Thing
2000 – Alan Jackson – When Somebody Loves You
1995 – Alan Jackson – The Greatest Hits Collection
1989 – Randy Travis – No Holdin’ Back
1978 – Waylon Jennings – I’ve Always Been Crazy
1972 – Merle Haggard – The Best Of
1967 – Eddy Arnold – Turn The World Around
Birthdays
Singer Amy Grant is 54.

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