Luke Combs

About

Luke Albert Combs (/koʊmz/; born March 2, 1990) is an American country singer. He was born in North Carolina and grew up there, performing as a child. After leaving college to pursue a career in music, he moved to Nashville and released his debut EP, The Way She Rides, in 2014.
In 2017, Combs released his debut album, This One’s for You, which reached number four on the Billboard 200. His second album, What You See Is What You Get, was released in 2019 and topped the charts in multiple territories, becoming his first to accomplish that. He has received 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.

Combs was born in Huntersville, North Carolina, a suburb of Charlotte on March 2, 1990, as the only child of Rhonda (née Frasure) and Lee Combs. The family moved to Asheville in Western North Carolina. As a child he performed in chorus class, multiple school musicals, and joined his church choir, which had the opportunity to perform at Carnegie Hall.
He attended Appalachian State University, where he…