Country Pop Bites: Garth Brooks – May 22

Did you know that on this day in Country Music History in 2000 Garth Brooks' "Double Live" set a new record for country concert albums?

It’s true! It was certified for shipments of 13 million units.

Check out the video of Garth Performing live back in the day!

Here are 5 little known truths about Garth Brooks.

• He was working as a bouncer at the Tumbleweed Ballroom, in Stillwater, Okla., when he met Sandy Mahl, who would eventually become his first wife and mother to his three daughters.
• In 1994, when he played Dublin, Ireland, he drew the biggest crowds there since a 1979 visit from the pope.
• In November 1995, a copy of Garth's 'The Hits' journeyed 3.4 million miles, when Colonel Bill MacArthur, a space shuttle mission specialist, took it with him as he visited the Russian Mir space station in orbit.
• Garth and his first wife, Sandy, announced plans to divorce in 2000 and did so in 2001. Garth married Trisha Yearwood in December 2005.
• In 2000, Garth attempted to donate part of his liver for a transplant for ailing Chris LeDoux but he was deemed incompatible. Chris died of complications from liver cancer in 2005.