The album broke the
first-week sales record at the time, previously held by
Pearl Jam's Vs., when it sold 1,085,000 copies.[4] It became the first new best-selling live album in the US since
Eric Clapton'sUnplugged in 1992, later becoming the best-selling live album in
United States music history. It has been certified 23× Platinum by the RIAA (11.5 million shipped as it is a double album), and is the seventh most shipped album in the US.[5] By 2012, it had sold 6,017,000 copies.[6]
Double Live was re-released on September 5, 2014, as Double Live: 25th Anniversary Edition, exclusive to
GhostTunes.[7]
Double Live was again re-released on November 20, 2018, as part of the Garth Brooks Anthology Part III: Live book.
Content
The song "Tearin' It Up (And Burnin' It Down)" was originally slated for Brooks's 1997 album Sevens, and "Wild as the Wind" was intended for a duets album with
Trisha Yearwood.[8]
The album was originally released November 17, 1998, with a commemorative cover. In each of the next six weeks, another commemorative cover was released, each themed with one of Brooks' live performances.
Variations released since the original issue include a First Edition cover, Reunion Arena '91, Texas Stadium '93, World Tour I, World Tour II, Central Park '97, Dublin '98, USS Enterprise '01, The Last Show, Off-Stage and, in 2014, the 25th Anniversary Edition was released including a new cover, additional bonus tracks and a DVD to promote the digital remaster and release of Brook's digital music via
GhostTunes.[7]
Chart performance
Double Live debuted at number 1 on the US
Billboard 200, becoming Brooks' seventh, and number 1 on the
Top Country Albums, Brooks' ninth number one Country album. In November 2023, Double Live was certified 23× Platinum by the
RIAA.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
Singles
"It's Your Song" was re-recorded in the studio and released as a single, peaking at #9 in late 1998. Two of the album's other tracks charted on the Billboard charts in 1998 from unsolicited airplay.
^Double Live (CD Booklet). Garth Brooks. Capitol Records. 1998. 7243 4 97424 2 0.{{
cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (
link)
The album broke the
first-week sales record at the time, previously held by
Pearl Jam's Vs., when it sold 1,085,000 copies.[4] It became the first new best-selling live album in the US since
Eric Clapton'sUnplugged in 1992, later becoming the best-selling live album in
United States music history. It has been certified 23× Platinum by the RIAA (11.5 million shipped as it is a double album), and is the seventh most shipped album in the US.[5] By 2012, it had sold 6,017,000 copies.[6]
Double Live was re-released on September 5, 2014, as Double Live: 25th Anniversary Edition, exclusive to
GhostTunes.[7]
Double Live was again re-released on November 20, 2018, as part of the Garth Brooks Anthology Part III: Live book.
Content
The song "Tearin' It Up (And Burnin' It Down)" was originally slated for Brooks's 1997 album Sevens, and "Wild as the Wind" was intended for a duets album with
Trisha Yearwood.[8]
The album was originally released November 17, 1998, with a commemorative cover. In each of the next six weeks, another commemorative cover was released, each themed with one of Brooks' live performances.
Variations released since the original issue include a First Edition cover, Reunion Arena '91, Texas Stadium '93, World Tour I, World Tour II, Central Park '97, Dublin '98, USS Enterprise '01, The Last Show, Off-Stage and, in 2014, the 25th Anniversary Edition was released including a new cover, additional bonus tracks and a DVD to promote the digital remaster and release of Brook's digital music via
GhostTunes.[7]
Chart performance
Double Live debuted at number 1 on the US
Billboard 200, becoming Brooks' seventh, and number 1 on the
Top Country Albums, Brooks' ninth number one Country album. In November 2023, Double Live was certified 23× Platinum by the
RIAA.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
Singles
"It's Your Song" was re-recorded in the studio and released as a single, peaking at #9 in late 1998. Two of the album's other tracks charted on the Billboard charts in 1998 from unsolicited airplay.
^Double Live (CD Booklet). Garth Brooks. Capitol Records. 1998. 7243 4 97424 2 0.{{
cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (
link)