Luke Combs Biography

Luke Albert Combs (born March 2, 1990) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Combs has released one album for Columbia Nashville, which has produced four singles: "Hurricane", "When It Rains It Pours", "One Number Away", and "She Got the Best of Me", all four of which have reached the number one position on Country Airplay.

Background

Combs was born in Charlotte, North Carolina and moved to Asheville, North Carolina at the age of 8. He has been performing as a vocalist since his childhood. While attending A. C. Reynolds High School, Combs played football and performed with multiple vocal groups, including performing a solo in the world-renowned Carnegie Hall. Later, he attended Appalachian State University where he played his first country music show at the Parthenon Cafe. With less than a month left of his fourth year of college, he dropped out to pursue his country music career. He later moved to Nashville, Tennessee to pursue a career in music.

Music

Combs released his first EP, The Way She Rides, in February 2014. Later that year, he released his second EP, Can I Get an Outlaw. In 2015, Combs' first single, "Hurricane", sold 15,000 copies in its first week, and debuted at number 46 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. In November 2015, Combs released his third EP, This One's for You. In June 2017, Combs released his major label debut album, also titled This One's for You on Columbia Nashville and River House Artists.

Combs signed a deal with Sony Music Nashville, and the debut single from This One's for You, "Hurricane" was re-released on Columbia Nashville. "Hurricane," reached number one on the country radio airplay charts on May 15, 2017 - holding that spot for two weeks. The album reached number one on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and number five on the US Billboard 200 in its first week. The album's second single, "When It Rains It Pours" was released to country radio on June 19, 2017. It reached number one on the Country Airplay chart in October 2017. The album's third single, "One Number Away" was released to country radio on January 8, 2018. In mid-2018, Combs re-released This One's for You with several bonus tracks, both of which ("She Got the Best of Me" and "Beautiful Crazy") were also issued as singles.

In early 2017, Combs was named one of Sounds Like Nashville's "Artists to Watch".

Personal life

In early 2016, Combs started dating Nicole Hocking, and the two got engaged in November 2018.

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions				Sales	Certifications
		US Country	US	AUS	CAN
This One's for You	Release date: June 2, 2017 Label: Columbia Nashville	1	4	8	10	US: 399,000	RIAA: Platinum MC: Platinum

Extended plays

Title	Details	Peak chart positions			Sales
		US Country	US	US Indie
The Way She Rides	Release date: February 4, 2014 Label: Luke Combs	"?	"?	"?
Can I Get an Outlaw	Release date: July 1, 2014 Label: Luke Combs	"?	"?	"?
This One's for You	Release date: November 27, 2015 Label: River House Artists, Columbia Nashville	24	150	29	US: 15,800
""?" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles

Year	Single	Peak positions					Sales	Certifications	Album
		US Country	US Country Airplay	US	CAN Country	CAN
2016	"Hurricane"	3	1	31	2	62	US: 670,000	RIAA: 3 Platinum MC: 2 Platinum	This One's for You
2017	"When It Rains It Pours"	1	1	33	1	54	US: 459,000	RIAA: 2 Platinum MC: 2 Platinum
2018	"One Number Away"	3	1	34	1	87	US: 316,000	RIAA: Platinum MC: Gold
	"She Got the Best of Me"	2	1	31	1	52	US: 329,000	RIAA: Platinum MC: Gold	This One's for You Too
	"Beautiful Crazy"	4	4	38	16	63	US: 276,000	RIAA: Platinum MC: Gold
""?" denotes releases that did not chart

Other charted songs

Year	Single	Peak chart positions		Sales	Album
		US Hot Country	US
2018	"Must've Never Met You"	14	81	RIAA: Gold US: 34,000	This One's for You Too
	"Houston, We Got a Problem"	22	"?</ref>}}	US: 23,000
	"A Long Way"	33	"?	US: 13,000

Music videos

Year	Title	Director
2016	"Hurricane"	Tyler Adams
2017	"When It Rains It Pours"	Chris Hicky
2018	"One Number Away"	Jim Wright
	"Beautiful Crazy"	Peter Zavadil
	"She Got the Best of Me"	Jim Shea

Awards and nominations

Year	Awards	Category	Recipient/Work	Result	Ref
2017	CMT Music Awards	Breakthrough Video of the Year	"Hurricane"
	Country Music Association Awards	New Artist of the Year	Luke Combs
2018	iHeartRadio Music Awards	Country Song of the Year	"Hurricane"
		New Country Artist of the Year	Luke Combs
	Billboard Music Awards	Top Country Artist	Himself
		Top Country Album	This One's for You
	CMT Music Awards	Video of the Year	"When It Rains It Pours"
	Country Music Association Awards	New Artist of the Year	Luke Combs
		Male Vocalist of the Year
2019	Grammy Awards	Best New Artist	Luke Combs