Toby Keith, the nation singer who scored the style’s most-played music of the ’90s with “Ought to’ve Been a Cowboy,” died on Monday evening of abdomen most cancers. He was 62.

The information was introduced on Keith’s official web site in addition to his social media channels. “Toby Keith handed peacefully final evening on Feb. 5, surrounded by his household,” the assertion reads. “He fought his combat with grace and braveness. Please respect the privateness of his household presently.”

In June 2022, Keith revealed that he had been identified with abdomen most cancers. “I’ve spent the final 6 months receiving chemo, radiation and surgical procedure,” Keith wrote on the time. “To this point, so good. I would like time to breathe, recuperate and chill out.”

Born in Clinton, Okla. on July 8, 1961, Keith began his profession in music on the age of 20 by forming the Simple Cash Band together with his pals. Within the mid-’80s, the group started enjoying at honky-tonks in Oklahoma and Texas, and by the ’90s Keith was husking in Nashville in hopes of getting a file deal. His large break lastly got here when a flight attendant gave his demo tape to Mercury Information exec Harold Shedd, who had labored with Shania Twain and Billy Ray Cyrus. Shedd signed Keith and launched his 1993 debut single, “Ought to’ve Been a Cowboy,” which reached No. 1 on Billboard’s nation songs chart. The music would go on to develop into the most-played nation music of the last decade.

The success of “Ought to’ve Been a Cowboy” continued with Keith’s self-titled debut album, which was licensed platinum and produced three extra hits: “He Ain’t Price Lacking,” “A Little Much less Discuss and a Lot Extra Motion” and “Want I Didn’t Know Now.”

Keith signed with Polydor Information to launch his second album, “Boomtown,” in 1994. Its lead single, “Who’s That Man,” reached No. 1 on the nation charts and the album was licensed platinum. In 1995, Keith launched his first Christmas album, “Christmas to Christmas.” Keith’s third album “Blue Moon” adopted in 1996, reaching platinum standing with single “Does That Blue Moon Ever Shine on You” peaking at No. 2. He returned to Mercury in 1997 and put out his fourth album “Dream Walkin’,” which scored two No. 2 songs, “We Have been in Love” and a canopy of Sting’s “I’m So Completely happy I Can’t Cease Crying,” on which Sting supplied vocals and bass guitar. Keith ended his tenure at Mercury with 1998’s “Biggest Hits Quantity One.”

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