Editing Toby Keith (section)

===1993–1995: ''Toby Keith'' and ''Boomtown''===
Keith's debut single, "[[Should've Been a Cowboy]]", went to number one<ref name="chart">{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/toby-keith/chart-history/csi/ |title=Toby Keith Chart History: Hot Country Songs |publisher=Billboard |access-date=February 17, 2024}}</ref> on the U.S. [[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']] [[Hot Country Songs]] chart in 1993, and it reached number 93 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]].<ref name="whitburn"/> This song led off his [[Toby Keith (album)|self-titled debut album]]. Certified platinum by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA) for shipments of one million copies, the album produced three more Top 5 hits on the country charts with "[[He Ain't Worth Missing]]" (at #5),<ref name="chart"/> "[[A Little Less Talk and a Lot More Action]]" (originally the [[B-side]] of "Should've Been a Cowboy"), and "[[Wish I Didn't Know Now]]" (both at #2).<ref name="whitburn">{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|year=2008|pages=219–220|isbn=978-0-89820-177-2}}</ref> [[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] of [[AllMusic]] wrote of the album, "It is given a production that's a bit too big, clean, glossy and cavernous for Keith's good—it fits the outsized sound of early-'90s radio, but not his outsized talent—but beneath that sheen the songs are very strong." He also thought that it showed the signs of the style that Keith would develop on subsequent albums.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/toby-keith-mw0000095272|title=''Toby Keith'' review|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|work=AllMusic|access-date=July 9, 2013}}</ref> The album's success led to Keith touring with then-labelmates [[Shania Twain]] and [[John Brannen (singer)|John Brannen]].<ref name="waddell"/> Keith and Twain also appeared in [[Tracy Lawrence]]'s music video for "[[My Second Home]]" in 1993.

Keith then signed with [[Polydor Records]] Nashville and released his second album, ''[[Boomtown (Toby Keith album)|Boomtown]]'', in September 1994. Also certified platinum, this album was led off by the number one single "[[Who's That Man]]". After it, "[[Upstairs Downtown]]" and "[[You Ain't Much Fun]]" both made the Top 10, while "[[Big Ol' Truck]]" peaked at number 15. By late-1995, he released his first Christmas album, ''[[Christmas to Christmas]]'', via Mercury. Composed entirely of original songs, the album produced one chart entry in "Santa I'm Right Here", which reached as high as number 50 based on Christmas airplay.<ref name="whitburn"/>