17 Facts About Luke Combs

In 2017, Combs released his debut album, This One's for You, which reached number four on the Billboard 200.

Luke Combs's music has earned him three Grammy Award nominations, two iHeart Radio music awards, four Academy of Country Music Awards and six Country Music Association Awards, including the 2021 and 2022 Entertainer of the Year award, their highest honor.

Luke Combs was born in Huntersville, North Carolina, the only child of Rhonda and Chester Luke Combs.

Luke Combs attended Appalachian State University, where he worked as a bouncer at a bar before gaining stage time in that same bar.

Luke Combs played his first country music show at the Parthenon Cafe in Boone, North Carolina.

Luke Combs later moved to Nashville, Tennessee for the same reason.

Luke Combs released his first EP, The Way She Rides, in February 2014.

Luke 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.

Luke Combs announced a deluxe version of What You See Is What You Get, titled What You See Ain't Always What You Get, with five new songs; it was released on October 23,2020.

In May 2023 Luke Combs collaborated with English star Ed Sheeran on the single "Life Goes On".

Luke Combs's cover of Tracy Chapman's "Fast Car" was streamed more than 65 million times on Spotify in less than two months after the album was released, making it the most popular song from the album on that platform.

At the 66th Annual Grammy Awards on February 4,2024, Luke Combs performed a duet of the song with Chapman.

Luke Combs counts the song as his first favorite song and having an impact on him since he was a child.

In May 2024, Luke Combs released "Ain't No Love in Oklahoma", the lead single from the Twisters soundtrack.

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

In 2023, Luke Combs obtained a $250,000 SAD Scheme default judgment against Nicol Harness, a fan who had sold $380 worth of tumblers featuring a likeness of Luke Combs.

Luke Combs subsequently issued an apology, sent Harness $11,000, and offered to sell the tumblers through his official merchandise store to assist with Harness's medical bills.