Conversation so far:
who was chris gaines?
", a fictitious rock and roll musician and character for an upcoming film, The Lamb.
did he release any music as Chris Gaines?
In October 1999, the films pre-release soundtrack, Garth Brooks in ...
The Life of Chris Gaines (also dubbed Gaines' Greatest Hits), was released.
how did his fans feel about Gaines?
released to much public criticism.
Did he win any awards for work as Gaines?
the failure of the Gaines project evident mere weeks after the album was released.
did he ever say anything publicly about this?
CANNOTANSWER.
What was the holiday album?
his second holiday album, Garth Brooks and the Magic of Christmas.
how did it do?
The album peaked at No.
7 on Billboard's Top 200 and No.
1 on the Top Country Albums, making it Brooks' 10th number-one album.
what songs were on the album?
CANNOTANSWER.

Question: Anything else interesting around this time?
Self-contained rewrite: Anything else interesting about Garth Brooks around 1999 other than the Christmas album?