Combs makes history

Tuesday, July 14, 2020 – Luke Combs makes history this week as the first artist ever to have their first two studio albums spend 25 weeks or more at the top of Billboard's Top Country Albums chart.

Combs broke Taylor Swift's previously held record at 24 weeks. The achievement comes as his acclaimed number one record, "What You See Is What You Get," once again tops the chart this week, while his 2017 debut, "This One's For You , "has spent 50 non-consecutive weeks at number one, tying the record for the longest reign atop the chart with Shania Twain's "Come On Over" in 1997.

Combs returns to "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" this Thursday, July 16 performing his current single, "Lovin' On You."

"What You See Is What You Get" debuted atop the all-genre Billboard 200 chart as well as Billboard's Top Country Albums chart this past November with 172,000 equivalent units sold and also enjoyed the largest streaming week ever for a country album with 74 million on-demand streams.

Combs last single, "Does To Me" featuring Eric Church, recently spent two weeks at number one on both the Billboard Country Airplay and Mediabase Country Aircheck charts making it his eighth-consecutive chart topping single, a first on Billboard's Country Airplay chart.

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The Prequel EP

The saying, 'Strike while the iron's hot,' applies to many situations, but especially to the music business. The scene moves so fast these days that this last year's star could be this year's 'Where are they now?' Luke Combs moved quickly up the country music popularity ladder, so he's smart to put out this five-song EP between full-lengths. First single, "Beer Never Broke My Heart," is a throwaway tune, built upon a solidly thumping, Waylon Jennings-like groove. »»»

This One's For You Too

Luke Combs has gotten a lot of life out of his album "This One's for You," which includes his breakthrough hit "Hurricane," as well as the popular single "When It Rains It Pours." This deluxe edition includes five new tracks, many of which are just as strong as the original 12. "Houston, We Got a Problem" includes a smart lyric highlighting specific details about that big Texas city. Even though it has all these famous landmarks, it doesn't have »»»

This One's For You

Five years ago, when beer-drinking, truck-driving-in-the-country country songs were en vogue, Luke Combs' full-length debut would have fit right in. In 2017, when pop music rules the country market and male singers are more likely to wear a stylish jacket instead of a flannel shirt, Combs is positively refreshing. "Hurricane," the first single and first top five hit of Combs' career, sounds like a typical Jason Aldean ballad at the onset, but then builds into something more »»»

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