Garth Brooks And Trisha Yearwood to be Inducted

The Nashville Convention and Visitors Corp in Tennessee announced August 11 that award-winning recording artists Trisha Yearwood and Garth Brooks will receive the 64th and 65th stars on the Music City Walk of Fame in an induction ceremony on September 10 at 2PM.

“Trisha and Garth are two great artists who represent what makes Nashville special,” Nashville Mayor Karl Dean said in a press release. “They are musicians. They are entrepreneurs. And they are generous community advocates. The way they care about Nashville is as inspiring as their music. Garth stood strong with the city during the 2010 flood recovery, and we will never forget that. The city of Nashville is proud to recognize their accomplishments as individuals through inducting them into the Walk of Fame, and we are thrilled they will be our first husband-wife team to receive this honor.”

Yearwood has sold more than 12 million albums and is a platinum-selling, multiple Grammy, CMA and ACM award-winning recording artist. Her number one hits include “She’s In Love With The Boy,” “XXX’s and OOO’s (An American Girl),” and “How Do I Live.” Since 2007, the superstar, whom Entertainment Tonight dubbed the newest "lifestyle maven," has written three New York Times bestselling cookbooks, hosted six seasons of her Emmy award-winning Food Network show, Trisha’s Southern Kitchen, and more.

Brooks is the number one selling solo artist in US history with more than 136 million albums sold. His worldwide critical acclaim includes being named the best-selling artist of the last two decades by Billboard, Nielson and SoundScan. He has received an abundance of industry accolades and awards in his career, including multiple Grammy, CMA and ACM awards and being inducted into the International Songwriters Hall of Fame, the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Country Music Hall of Fame. His many number one hits include “Friends in Low Places,” “The Thunder Rolls” and “The Dance.” Brooks has assisted in many humanitarian efforts, including performing five concerts in two days in 2008 to assist fire relief efforts in California, and performing nine sold-out concerts in six days in 2010 to raise money for Nashville’s flood relief efforts.

(Source:Allison Duke/PR Nashville Convention and Visitors Corp.)