The Washington D.C. event included an intimate performance by Brooks of his songs and others that inspired his record-breaking career.
Garth Brooks runs through songs that inspired him alongside his own hits at RIAA Honors, June 3, 2026.
Ben Krebs/Courtesy RIAA
Garth Brooks, who famously sang about “Friends in Low Places,” hit another career highlight on Wednesday (June 3) when the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) presented him with the artist of a lifetime award for being the only artist in history with 10 diamond albums (for equivalent sales of 10 million units each).
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