Ropin' the Wind

Ropin' the Wind is the third studio album by country music artist Garth Brooks. It was released on September 2, 1991, and became his first studio album to debut at No. 1 on both the Billboard 200 chart and the Top Country Albums chart. This marked the first time a country singer topped both charts since Kenny Rogers accomplished this just over a decade earlier. The album had four runs at No. 1 between September 28, 1991, and April 3, 1992, spending a total of 18 weeks at the top and ultimately being certified 14× Platinum by the RIAA in 1998. In the UK, it reached the Top 50 pop albums list and maintained the No. 1 position for several months on the country charts. It is the last studio album released under Capitol Records Nashville until the 1995 album Fresh Horses. The track "Shameless" is a cover version of a song by Billy Joel, recorded on his 1989 album Storm Front. According to AllMusic, Ropin' the Wind was the first country album to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.