Garth Brooks Inks Exclusive Deal With Wal-Mart

Billboard is reporting a first in the music business:

Garth Brooks has signed a multi-year, exclusive pact with Wal-Mart, making the retailer and its Sam's Clubs and Walmart.com outlets the only places where his music will be commercially available.

The deal with Brooks marks the first time an artist -- and certainly a superstar -- has aligned himself and his entire catalog with one chain. (A number of other retailers have started labels, but they were never exclusive to the retailer and most have shut down).

No word yet on whether the Teacher's Unions will call for a boycott of Garth Brooks.