Toby Keith Covel (July 8, 1961 – February 5, 2024) was an American country music singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, and businessman. He used the stage name Toby Keith throughout his career. Keith achieved early success with his debut single "Should've Been a Cowboy" in 1993. During the 1990s, he released his first four studio albums, all of which received at least gold certification. His breakthrough came with the single "How Do You Like Me Now?!", the title track of the 1999 album "How...
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Toby Keith Covel (July 8, 1961 – February 5, 2024) was an American country music singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, and businessman. He used the stage name Toby Keith throughout his career. Keith achieved early success with his debut single "Should've Been a Cowboy" in 1993. During the 1990s, he released his first four studio albums, all of which received at least gold certification. His breakthrough came with the single "How Do You Like Me Now?!", the title track of the 1999 album "How Do You Like Me Now?!". The single became the number one country song of 2000. Keith’s next three albums each achieved 4× platinum certification, and each produced three number one singles. In 2005 he founded the record label Show Dog Nashville, which later became Show Dog-Universal Music. He made his acting debut in the movie "Broken Bridges" in 2006 and co-starred with Rodney Carrington in the 2008 film "Beer for My Horses", which was based on his song "Beer for My Horses". Over the course of his career, Keith released 19 studio albums, two Christmas albums, and five compilation albums, with worldwide sales exceeding 40 million records. He charted 61 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, including 20 number one hits and 22 additional top-ten entries. His longest-lasting number one singles were "Beer for My Horses" (a 2003 duet with Willie Nelson) and "As Good as I Once Was" (2005). He was nominated for seven Grammy Awards. Keith received the National Medal of Arts in a private ceremony on January 13, 2021. Keith died on February 5, 2024, from stomach cancer. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2024, having been elected only hours after his death. Full Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toby_Keith Studio albums Toby Keith (1993) Boomtown (1994) Blue Moon (1996) Dream Walkin' (1997) How Do You Like Me Now?! (1999) Pull My Chain (2001) Unleashed (2002) Shock'n Y'all (2003) Honkytonk University (2005) White Trash with Money (2006) Big Dog Daddy (2007) That Don't Make Me a Bad Guy (2008) American Ride (2009) Bullets in the Gun (2010) Clancy's Tavern (2011) Hope on the Rocks (2012) Drinks After Work (2013) 35 MPH Town (2015) Peso in My Pocket (2021)
