Garth Brooks is used to topping the country music charts. Now he gets top billing in Forbes magazine’s list of highest-earning country acts.
Forbes reports that Brooks, 53, made $90 million over the past year, and sold more than 2.5 million tickets in his return to touring.
“Together with wife Trisha Yearwood, Brooks has spent much of the past year playing arena shows across the U.S. in his long-awaited return from semi-retirement,” Forbes says. “That pent-up demand has allowed the duo to sell out arenas multiple nights in a row, sometimes while playing back-to-back shows in a single night.”
Yearwood was quoted as saying: “The live show is like something you’ve never seen in your life. But if you just play the music and close your eyes, it’s countrier than anything you’re ever going to hear.”
World’s highest-paid country acts: 1. Garth Brooks 2. Toby Keith 3. Jason Aldean More: http://t.co/qg1ltDmASZ
— Forbes (@Forbes) July 29, 2015
Top #country money makers of 2015 – with a twist at number 9 & a legend at number 1: http://t.co/MtvxXujQck
— Y108 (@Y108Pittsburgh) July 29, 2015
JUST-IN: Garth Brooks adds more shows in DFW. Check it out: http://t.co/jXHJQ4hpLw Do you have your tickets yet? pic.twitter.com/SRP6kJhmeR
— NBC DFW (@NBCDFW) July 24, 2015