Toby Keith Covel (born July 8, 1961), best known as
Toby Keith, is an American
country music singer, songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur 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.