Luke Albert Combs (born March 2, 1990) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Born and raised in North Carolina. Combs is an only child, was born in Charlotte, North Carolina to Rhonda and Chester Combs. He moved to Asheville, North Carolina at the age of 8. He has been performing as a vocalist since childhood. While attending A.C Reynolds Highschool, Combs played football and performed with multiple vocal groups, including performing a solo at Carnegie Hall. Later, he attended Appalachian State University where he worked as a bouncer at a bar before gaining stage time in that same bar. He played his first country music show at the Parthenon Cafe in Boone and within less than a month left in his senior year, he dropped out, moving to Nashville, Tennessee to pursue his country music career. In early 2016, Combs started dating Nicole Hocking, and the two became engaged in November 2018. They married in Florida on August 1, 2020 and On June 19, 2022, their son, Tex Lawrence Combs was born.
Four – Hurricane
“Hurricane” is the debut single of American country music singer Luke Combs. The song was released through Columbia Nashville in 2016 after initially charting in 2015. It garnered over 370M views on its official music video on YouTube. It is included on his debut album “This One’s for You”. The song was written by Combs, along with Thomas Archer and Taylor Phillips. “Hurricane” reached number one on the Billboard Country Airplay chart. It also peaked at numbers 3 and 31 on both the Hot Country Songs and Hot 100 charts respectively. The song received a 3× Platinum-certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and the song has sold 670,000 copies in the United States as of January 2018. It garnered similar chart success in Canada, reaching number 2 on the Canada Country chart and number 62 on the Canadian Hot 100 chart. “Hurricane” reached number one on the country radio airplay chart on May 15, 2017, holding that spot for two weeks. Combs’ first single, “Hurricane”, sold 15,000 copies in its first week, and debuted at number 46 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.
Three – Beautiful Crazy
Garnering over 365m views on its official music video on YouTube, the song “Beautiful Crazy” was released on the 3rd of December, 2018 as a bonus track to his debut album “This one’s for you”. The song was written alongside Wyatt Durrette and Robert Williford. On the Hot Country Songs chart dated May 19, 2018, “Beautiful Crazy” debuted at number 6, Combs’s highest debut on that chart at the time. It reached number one on the Country Airplay chart dated March 2, 2019, making Combs the first artist to send his or her first five singles to number one since the inception of Nielsen SoundScan in January 1990. The song was certified Gold by the RIAA on August 22, 2018, Platinum on January 28, 2019, and double Platinum on March 18, 2019. It has sold 610,000 copies in the United States as of March 2020. The song “Beautiful Crazy” won the award for Song of the Year at the Country Music Association Awards.
DISCOGRAPHY
- This one’s for you (2017)
- What You See Is What You Get (2019)
- Growin’ Up (2022)
- Getting’ Old(2023)
AWARDS AND ACCOLADES
Combs’ music has earned him two Grammy Award nominations, two iHeart Radio music Awards, four Academy of Country Music Awards and sis Country Music Association, including the 2021 & 2022 Entertainer of the Year award, their highest honor.
The song “Beautiful Crazy” won the award for Song of the Year at the Country Music Association Awards.
His 2022 Album “Grow-in’ Up” won the award for Best Album of the Year at the Country Music Association Awards.
Two – The Kind of Love We Make
Garnering over 32M views on YouTube, “The Kind of Love We Make” is a song by American country music singer Luke Combs. It was released in June 2022 as the second single from his third studio album “Growin’ Up”. Combs wrote the song with Jamie Davis, Dan Isbell, and Reid Isbell, and co-produced it with Chip Matthews and Jonathan Singleton.
One – Forever After All
“Forever After All” is a song by American country music singer Luke Combs. It garnered over 63m views on its official music video on YouTube. It was released on October 23, 2020, as part of “What You See Ain’t Always What You Get”, the deluxe edition of his second studio album, “What You See Is What You Get”. Following its release, the song broke Apple Music and Spotify’s streaming records for a country song.
Commercially, the song debuted at number two on the US Billboard Hot 100, behind Ariana Grande’s “Positions”, and number one on the Hot Country Songs chart for the week ending November 7, 2020. It is his highest charting song to date on the Hot 100. The song was first previewed by Combs on August 27, 2020, on the video-sharing app TikTok. “Forever After All” set the record for the biggest first day streams for a country song on Apple Music, reaching number one on the platform’s global chart. It also earned the most first day streams for a country song by a solo artist on Spotify. The song debuted at number one on the Hot Country Songs chart and number two on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
“Forever After All” reached number one on the Billboard Country Airplay chart dated June 5, 2021, making Combs the second artist to score six number one singles from a single album.
