Garth Brooks sold more albums than any other artist from the Nineties, but he was bored by the end of the decade and decided to do something radical: he created a musical alter-ego named Chris Gaines. This new persona sang pop music and had a whole fabricated backstory that Brooks planned on turning into a movie called The Lamb. Unfortunately, fans hated everything about Gaines and the whole thing dealt an incredible blow to Brooks' career.