Toby Keith

Country, Musical Artist

1961 – 2024

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Who was Toby Keith?

Toby Keith Covel, best known as Toby Keith, was an American country music singer-songwriter, record producer, and actor. Keith released his first four studio albums—1993's Toby Keith, 1994's Boomtown, 1996's Blue Moon and 1997's Dream Walkin', plus a Greatest Hits package for various divisions of Mercury Records before leaving Mercury in 1998. These albums all earned gold or higher certification, and produced several chart singles, including his debut "Should've Been a Cowboy", which topped the country charts and was the most played country song of the 1990s. The song has received three million spins since its release, according to Broadcast Music Incorporated.

Signed to Nashville DreamWorks in 1998, Keith released his breakthrough single "How Do You Like Me Now?!" that year. This song, the title track to his 1999 album of the same name, was the Number One country song of 2000, and one of several chart-toppers during his tenure on DreamWorks Nashville. His next three albums, Pull My Chain, Unleashed, and Shock'n Y'all, produced three more Number Ones each, and all of the albums were certified multi-platinum. A second Greatest Hits package followed in 2004, and after that, he released Honkytonk University.

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Born
Jul 8, 1961
Clinton
Also known as
  • Toby Keith Covel
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Education
  • Highland West Junior High School
  • Moore High School
  • Villanova University
Lived in
  • Moore
  • Arkansas
Died
Feb 5, 2024

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on July 23, 2013

Modified by JokerGem
on February 10, 2024

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