While Garth Brooks has been topping the charts in America
for more than a decade, the superstar has never hit the Number
One spot in the U.K. That is all about to change, as Brooks
now has a Number One song in the U.K. as a songwriter. Brooks's
self-penned "If Tomorrow Never Comes," which was
his first Number One song on Billboard's Hot Country Singles
& Tracks chart in 1989, was recently covered by former
Boyzone lead singer Ronan Keating.
According to Billboard, Keating's cover of Brooks's song
is already Number 13 in Australia and Number Two in Norway
on Billboard's Hits Of The World chart. Based on midweek sales
information, the single debuted at Number One in the U.K.
on Sunday (May 19).
Brooks's 1989 hit didn't chart on the British singles tally
at all. In fact, the singer made his first appearance on that
list in 1992 with "Shameless," which peaked at Number
71. As an artist, Brooks's biggest U.K. hit is the double-sided
"The Red Strokes"/"Ain't Going Down,"
which peaked at Number 13 in 1994. |
