LUKE COMBS releases new 5-track EP The Prequel & invited to be a Grand Ole Opry member!

Award-Winning Country Music megastar LUKE COMBS releases new 5-track EP!

The release of THE PREQUEL adds to an already monumental year for Combs, who just won the CMT Performance of the Year (“Beautiful Crazy” from CMT Crossroads with Leon Bridges).

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Produced by Scott Moffatt, the EP features five new songs co-written by Combs including lead single, "Beer Never Broke My Heart," which set the record for the best first week of streaming EVER for a country song.

"Beer Never Broke My Heart" made the highest debut on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart by any artist since September 2012 and set a new record for most adds on Country Radio with 149 stations.

Luke Combs performs a cover of "Ramblin' Man" by The Allman Brothers Band while backstage in The Tonight Show music room.

Published May 8, 2019 “Beer Never Broke My Heart” 9.0 million views

The release of The Prequel adds to an already monumental year for Combs, who was nominated for two awards at the

2019 CMT Music Awards: Video of the Year (“She Got The Best of Me”) and CMT Performance of the Year (“Beautiful Crazy” from CMT Crossroads with Leon Bridges).

He recently made history as the first artist to simultaneously top all five Billboard country charts for multiple weeks:

Top Country Albums, Hot Country Songs, Country Airplay, Country Streaming Songs and Country Digital Song Sales.

The Prequel is Combs’ first release following his double Platinum certified debut album, This One’s For You, which was released in 2017 and has spent a total of 35 non-consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart—the longest reign for a solo male artist in over 25 years. The album also spent 16 weeks at No. 1 in 2018—making it the highest selling country album last year with 1.1 million equivalent album units sold and the only country album to surpass 1 million album units. It’s also the most-streamed country album of 2019 so far and Combs has amassed 2 billion on-demand audio and video streams to date.

Additionally, Combs was awarded Top Country Artist, Top Country Male Artist, and Top Country Album at the 2019 Billboard Music Awards, New Male Artist of the Year at the 2019 ACM Awards, Country Artist of the Year at the 2019 iHeartRadio Music Awards, New Artist of the Year at the 52nd Annual CMA Awards, was nominated for Best New Artist at the 61st GRAMMY Awards and was the recipient of a CMA Triple Play Award for writing three No. 1 songs in a 12 month period.

Almost all of the dates on Combs’ current, extensive US tourhave sold out with more dates added to meet demand.

One of the biggest US country stars worldwide, Combs was praised as a stand-out performer on his UK live debut at C2C(Country To Country) Festival in March 2018

and returned for a sold out, 8 date headline tour last October.

He is the first ever country artist to sell out two nights at Shepherd’s Bush Empire on his first solo visit.

THE PREQUEL TRACK LIST

1. Beer Never Broke My Heart (written by Luke Combs, Randy Montana, Jonathan Singleton)

2. Refrigerator Door (written by Luke Combs, Jordan Brooker)

3. Even Though I’m Leaving (written by Luke Combs, Wyatt B. Durrette III, Ray Fulcher)

4. Lovin’ On You (written by Luke Combs, Thomas Archer, Ray Fulcher, James McNair)

5. Moon Over Mexico (written by Luke Combs, Ray Fulcher, Dan Isbell, Jonathan Singleton)

** BREAKING NEWS **

Here Never Broke My Heart: 
Luke Combs invited to be a Grand Ole Opry Member by Craig Morgan, Chris Janson and John Conlee at the Grand Ole Opry on June 11, 2019 with an invitation to become its newest member. Combs will be inducted later this year! “Since making his Opry debut a little less than three years ago, Luke has become a favorite of fans and fellow artists here at the Opry while simultaneously becoming a chart-topping bona fide country music superstar,” said Opry GM Sally Williams. “Luke’s heart is filled with love and genuine appreciation for the Opry, and we are excited this will be his musical home throughout what will no doubt be a long and rewarding career full of great music.” 

Combs will join 2019’s recent inductees Mark Wills and Kelsea Ballerini when he officially becomes a member later this year Source The Tennessean

BREAKING: @lukecombs has just been invited by @cmorganmusic, @janson_chris, and John Conlee to become the newest member of the Grand Ole #Opry! pic.twitter.com/ua8FSTMPBD

— Grand Ole Opry (@opry) June 12, 2019

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ABOUT Luke Combs

With gritty, grizzled vocals, brazen songwriting talent and a dynamic live show, River House Artists/Columbia Nashville singer-songwriter Luke Combs stormed onto the country music landscape as “one of the format’s burliest and brightest stars (Vulture).” The Asheville, North Carolina, native released his GOLD-certified critically- acclaimed debut album THIS ONE’S FOR YOU in 2017, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Country Albums chart. As of April 2019, it had sold 448,300 copies in the US and has now logged its 37th week at No.1 on Top Country Albums claiming a solo share of the fourth-longest reign in the chart’s 55-year history. The only albums with more weeks on top than This One’s for You: Shania Twain’s Come On Over (50 weeks, starting in 1997), Randy Travis’ Always & Forever (43 weeks, 1987) and Garth Brooks’ No Fences (41 weeks, 1990).

Combs’ debut 2X PLATINUM-certified smash radio single “Hurricane” set country radio history topping both the Billboard Country Airplay chart and Mediabase chart for two consecutive weeks – rendering Combs the first debut country artist to hold a multi-week No. 1 since Florida Georgia Line’s “Cruise” and the first new solo Country male artist to accomplish the feat since Blake Shelton with “Austin” in 2001.

Combs made history once more when “When It Rains It Pours,” the PLATINUM-certified second single off his debut project, landed at No. 1 for two-weeks at Country radio; the last debut male to achieve back-to-back chart toppers off a debut album was Sam Hunt.

Published on Aug 15, 2017 When It Rains It Pours (150,2 YouTube million views)

Released on Jan 8, 2018 "One Number Away" the third single from Combs’ debut project peaked at #1 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart (dated 6.9.2018).

“She Got The Best Of Me” (released July 9, 2018) peaked at #1 on Billboard Country Airplay (chart dated Oct 27, 2018) and topped the summit for 4 weeks. It also reached #2 on Hot Country Songs.

Released on Dec 3, 2018, “Beautiful Crazy” (River House/Columbia Nashville) ruled Billboard Country Airplay for seven weeks to tie for the second-longest rule in the history of Country Airplay, which launched in 1990. 
It matches Tim McGraw’s “Live Like You Were Dying” (2004), Kenny Chesney’s “There Goes My Life” (2003-04), Darryl Worley’s “Have You Forgotten?” (2003) and Chesney’s “The Good Stuff” (2002). Additionally, it has topped Hot County Songs  for 11 weeks.

Released May 8, 2019 "Beer Never Broke My Heart" marks Combs's sixth single release to country radio, and the first from a slated forthcoming second album on Columbia Records Nashville. 
It recently set the record for most adds on the Country Aircheck/Mediabase chart. With 149 first week ADDS “Beer” surpassed the 145 adds Arista secured for Carrie Underwood’s “Smoke Break” in August of 2015.

In just 5 chart frames it has so far peaked at No.10 on Billboard Country Airplay (chart June 15, 2019).

Luke packaged his latest hit single “Beer” as part of a new five-song EP. Titled THE PREQUEL, the project released June 7th and includes all-new material from the breakout country singer. It’s the first extended release by the North Carolina songwriter since his deluxe edition of This One’s for You Too last summer.

A CMA, CMT, iHeartRadio and ACM Award-nominated artist, Combs has performed on NBC’s Today and ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! and received critical praise from NPR, American Songwriter, Washington Post, Billboard, Variety and more. After college at Appalachian State, Combs, a true road warrior, built his avid fan base by developing his trademark through delivering rowdy, hold-nothing-back shows. 

By 2014, when Combs followed his calling to Nashville, Tennessee, he had an army of fans behind him, three self-released EPs and a set list full of songs that are true, authentic and demonstrate his signature modern throwback sound. Combs sold-out first headlining Don’t Tempt Me with a Good Time Tour, has performed on all-star lineups for CMA Music Fest, Bonnaroo & Austin City Limits and joined Jason Aldean on his nationwide tour beginning May 2018.

On Saturday 10TH MARCH 2018 he played the mainstage at the 2018 C2C Country To Country Festival joining headliners Kacey Musgraves, Kip Moore and Ashley Campbell.