{"id":189794,"date":"2025-09-29T12:19:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T12:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/189794\/"},"modified":"2025-09-29T12:19:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T12:19:09","slug":"on-this-day-in-1991-garth-brooks-went-where-no-country-artist-had-ever-gone-before","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/189794\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day in 1991, Garth Brooks Went Where No Country Artist Had Ever Gone Before"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arriving in 1989 with his self-titled debut album, Garth Brooks quickly became synonymous with the \u201990s country movement. His second single, \u201cIf Tomorrow Never Comes,\u201d became his first No. 1 hit<\/a> the same year. Effortlessly blending country and pop music, Brooks\u2019 fanbase grew quickly. Two years after his debut, on this day in 1991, Brooks achieved both a personal and cultural milestone with his third studio album, Ropin\u2019 the Wind.<\/p>\n

Including hits like \u201cRodeo\u201d and \u201c\u2018What She\u2019s Doing Now,\u201d Ropin\u2019 the Wind debuted atop not only Billboard\u2019s Top Country Albums chart, but also the all-genre Billboard200. This marked the first time a country singer topped both charts since\u00a0Kenny Rogers\u00a0did so more than a decade earlier. According to AllMusic<\/a>, Ropin\u2019 the Wind\u00a0was also the first country album to debut at No. 1 on the\u00a0Billboard\u00a0200.<\/p>\n

This was just the album\u2019s first time at No. 1. It would reach that spot three more times between Sept. 28, 1991, and April 3, 1992, spending a total of 18 weeks at the top and ultimately being certified 14\u00d7 Platinum by the RIAA in 1998.<\/p>\n

[RELATED: On This Day in 2007, Garth Brooks\u2019 51st Single Set an \u201cAlmost Impossible\u201d Billboard Country Record]<\/a><\/p>\n

Garth Brooks Called \u2018Ropin\u2019 the Wind\u2019 The Son of This Album<\/p>\n

Speaking about Ropin\u2019 the Wind, Garth Brooks said he considered it the \u201cson\u201d<\/a> of its predecessor, No Fences, since he wrote it between tour stops while promoting his sophomore album.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis album became a lot bigger than I ever thought it could possibly be,\u201d Brooks said. \u201cWhen I listen to the singles off of it like \u2018Rodeo,\u2019 \u2018What She\u2019s Doing Now,\u2019 \u2018The River,\u2019 \u2018Papa Loved Mama,\u2019 and \u2018Shameless,\u2019 I look at it and stand very proud. And when I also look at the cuts, \u2018Against the Grain\u2019 and \u2018Cold Shoulder,\u2019 these songs I am equally proud of.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a book written to accompany his musical box set,\u00a0Garth Brooks: The Anthology Part I, the country music hitmaker explained that he wanted the project to sound like a live show.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt can\u2019t be all ballads, can\u2019t be all story songs, can\u2019t be all up-tempo swing kind of stuff, just like it can\u2019t be all humor \u2013 but you damn sure need all that stuff in its moment,\u201d he wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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