American Country music veteran and singer-songwriter, Garth Brooks, has recently topped Forbes' annual list of the highest-paid country artists which was released on Wednesday, July 29. The estimated value of his earnings was equivalent to $90 million from last year's tally, according to reports.
The 53-year-old musician, whose real name is Troyal Garth Brooks, has just resumed touring last year after more than a decade of not hitting the road.
Besides topping the list of richest artists in the country music, Brooks has also been recognized as the artist with the biggest payday in a year for a country music act, recorded by Forbes.
The Grammy-award winning musician, seems to be really enjoying his big comeback after a long break as he has been performing in arenas around the United States, selling out more than 2.5 million tickets.
Following Brooks, Toby Keith, who's best known with his popular hits 'How Do You Like Me Now?!' and 'Red Solo Cup', ranked as the second richest in the list with an estimated value of earnings equivalent to $53 million. Jason Aldean and Luke Bryan are next to Keith, with Aldean's estimated earnings of $43.5 million and Bryan with $42.5 million.
The record-breaking artist has been known for always hitting both the sales and concert attendees all throughout the 1990s.
As of 2013, Brooks' albums has remained well-patronized. In fact, he was able to reach one of the highest recorded album sales in a year with 68,630,000 units sold, making him the best-selling album artist in the U.S. since 1991.
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has also held Brooks as the second best-selling solo album artist of all time, following the 'Beatles', with a total of 135 million units sold.
The way Forbes finalize the latest release of the rankings, they looked at the estimated earnings of an artist from the month of June last year until June 2015, which included the artist's income from concert tickets, recorded music and publishing, merchandise sales, endorsements and business undertakings of the artist.
Garth Brook's current net worth is reportedly at $150 million, apart from his wife, American singer and actress, Trisha Yearwood's earnings. The couple's joint net worth is currently at $365 million, making them two of the richest artists in the country music.
