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Luke Combs BMI Party Kicks Off CMA Fest 2022

By on June 10, 2022 in Music, Special Events, The Latest

After a 2 year halt, CMA Fest kicked things off with a high energy parking lot show on Music Row at the legendary BMI Nashville headquarters, celebrating the massively successful run of number one songs from Luke Combs.  

Combs wanted to kick off CMA Fest this year with a No. 1 party unlike any before — and all were invited. 

The perennial hitmaker celebrated his eight consecutive chart-topping country radio hits June 8 with a one-night concert from the BMI parking lot in Nashville’s Music Rowneighborhood. The show happened a day before A-list country entertainers take up a four-night residency in downtown Nashville with the return of CMA Fest.

Combs was joined onstage by openers Hailey Whittier’s , Drew Parker and fellow songwriters Randy Montana, James McNair, Dan Isbell, Thomas Archer, Wyatt Durrette, Ray Fulcher, Shane Minor, Tyler Reeve, Jonathan Singleton and Rob Williford. The collaborators performed Combs’ seven chart-toppers from the 2019 “What You See Is What You Get” album: “Beer Never Broke My Heart,” “Even Though I’m Leaving,” “Does to Me,” “Lovin’ on You,” “Better Together,” Forever After All” and “Cold as You,” as well as “Beautiful Crazy” from the deluxe version of his debut album, “This One’s For You Too.”

Proceeds from the BMI Parking Lot Party benefited the BMI Foundation, a nonprofit that supports the creation, performance and study of music through awards, scholarships, grants and commissions.

The event was a huge success, proving that country music supporters desire to connect with one another through live performances and engagement. The future looks bright, not only for CMA Fest, but for all live music events and festivals  rebuilding and reconnecting the listeners and artists, giving hope to an industry and culture that has suffered a huge loss after a long anticipated comeback. 

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Luke Combs Leads All Five Billboard Country Charts This Week

By on March 5, 2019 in In The Press

Luke Combs (Photo credit: Jim Wright)

NASHVILLE, TN. — This week, Luke Combs becomes the second artist ever to top all five Billboard Country charts: Top Country Albums, Hot Country Songs, Country Airplay, Country Streaming Songs and Country Digital Song Sales (all dated March 9).

The success comes on the heels of Combs’ latest single, “Beautiful Crazy,” which remains No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Airplay, Hot Country Songs, Country Streaming Songs and Country Digital Song Sales charts for the second straight week. This is his fastest-rising single to date (16 weeks) and makes Combs the first artist ever to send his first five singles to the top of Billboard’s Country Airplay chart.  “Beautiful Crazy” is also the first country single shipped to radio already platinum-certified since Taylor Swift’s “Red” in 2013 and has more than 270 million on-demand streams. In celebration of these milestones, Combs recently released an acoustic version of the song. Listen/share HERE.

The achievements continue an already monumental year for the breakthrough singer, songwriter and performer, who was recently nominated for two 2019 ACM Awards (Male Artist of the Year and New Male Artist of the Year), won New Artist of the Year at “The 52nd Annual CMA Awards,” was nominated for Best New Artist at the 61st GRAMMY Awards and who recently won a CMA Triple Play Award for writing three No. 1 songs in a 12-month period.

Combs’ platinum-certified debut album, This One’s For You (River House Artists/Columbia Nashville), has spent a total of 27 non-consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart, including 16 weeks 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.

In continued support of the album, Combs is currently in the midst of his sold-out Beer Never Broke My Heart Tour — his first ever headline arena tour. Upcoming stops include Morrison’s Red Rocks Amphitheater, Detroit’s DTE Energy Music Theatre and Charlotte’s PNC Music Pavilion among several others. See below for complete tour details.

LUKE COMBS’ BEER NEVER BROKE MY HEART TOUR:
March 8—Tupelo, MS—BancorpSouth Arena* (SOLD OUT)
March 9—Orange Beach, AL—Amphitheatre at The Wharf* (SOLD OUT)
March 23—Kissimmee, FL—Country Thunder Florida
March 28—London, ON—Budweiser Garden* (SOLD OUT)
March 29—Oshawa, ON—Tribute Communities Centre* (SOLD OUT)
March 30—Kingston, ON—Leon’s Centre* (SOLD OUT)
April 11—Duluth, MN—AMSOIL Arena* (SOLD OUT)
April 12—Moline, IL—TaxSlayer Center* (SOLD OUT)
April 13—Saginaw, MI—Dow Event Center* (SOLD OUT)
April 25—Green Bay, WI—Resch Center* (SOLD OUT)
April 26—La Crosse, WI—La Crosse Center* (SOLD OUT)
April 27—Indio, CA—Stagecoach
May 4—Austin, TX—Off The Rails Country Music Fest
May 5—Frisco, TX—Off The Rails Country Music Fest
May 10—Tulsa, OK—BOK Center* (SOLD OUT)
May 11—Omaha, NE—CHI Health Center Omaha* (SOLD OUT)
May 12—Morrison, CO—Red Rocks Amphitheater* (SOLD OUT)
May 30—Detroit, MI—DTE Energy Music Theatre‡ (SOLD OUT)
May 31—Columbia, MD—Merriweather Post Pavilion‡ (SOLD OUT)
June 1—Virginia Beach, VA—Patriotic Festival
June 14—Buffalo, NY—WYRK Toyota Taste of Country
June 15—Gilford, NH—Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion# (SOLD OUT)
June 22—Rome, GA—Coosa Valley Fairgrounds
July 11—Charleston, SC—Volvo Cars Stadium‡ (SOLD OUT)
July 12—Alpharetta, GA—Verizon Amphitheater‡ (SOLD OUT)
July 13—Charlotte, NC—PNC Music Pavilion‡ (SOLD OUT)
July 19—Valparaiso, IN—Porter County Fair
July 20—Twin Lakes, WI—Country Thunder Wisconsin
July 26—Yerington, NV—Night In The Country
July 27—Tooele, UT—Country Fan Fest
September 1—Snomass Village, CO—JAS Aspen Snowmass

*with LANCO and Jameson Rodgers
†with Jameson Rodgers
‡with Cody Johnson and Ray Fulcher
#with Ray Fulcher

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Luke Combs’ “Beautiful Crazy” Is #1 At Billboard Country Airplay Chart This Week, First Artist In History To Send First Five Singles To Top Of Chart

By on February 26, 2019 in In The Press

Luke Combs (Photo credit: Jim Wright)

Luke Combs’ historic success continues this week with his latest single, “Beautiful Crazy,” reaching #1 on Billboard’s Country Airplay, Hot Country Songs, Country Streaming Songs and Country Digital Song Sales charts. This is his fastest rising single to date (16 weeks) and makes Combs the first artist ever to send his first five singles to the top of Billboard’s Country Airplay chart. “Beautiful Crazy” is also the first country single shipped to radio already platinum-certified since Taylor Swift’s “Red” in 2013 and has more than 250 million on-demand streams. In celebration of these milestones, Combs recently released an acoustic version of the song. Listen/share HERE.

The achievements continue an already monumental year for the breakthrough singer, songwriter and performer, who was recently nominated for two 2019 ACM Awards (Male Artist of the Year and New Male Artist of the Year), won 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 #1 songs in a 12 month period.

Combs’ platinum-certified debut album, This One’s For You (River House Artists/Columbia Nashville), has spent a total of 26 non-consecutive weeks at #1 on the Billboard Country Albums chart, including 16 weeks 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.

In continued support of the album, Combs is currently in the midst of his sold-out “Beer Never Broke My Heart Tour”—his first ever headline arena tour. Upcoming stops include New York’s Manhattan Center Hammerstein Ballroom, Morrison’s Red Rocks Amphitheater, Detroit’s DTE Energy Music Theatre and Charlotte’s PNC Music Pavilion among several others. See below for complete tour details.

LUKE COMBS’ “BEER NEVER BROKE MY HEART TOUR”

February 28—New York, NY—Manhattan Center Hammerstein Ballroom† (SOLD OUT)

March 1—Bangor, ME—Cross Insurance Center* (SOLD OUT)

March 2—Worcester, MA—DCU Center* (SOLD OUT)

March 8—Tupelo, MS—BancorpSouth Arena* (SOLD OUT)

March 9—Orange Beach, AL—Amphitheatre at The Wharf* (SOLD OUT)

March 23—Kissimmee, FL—Country Thunder Florida

March 28—London, ON—Budweiser Garden* (SOLD OUT)

March 29—Oshawa, ON—Tribute Communities Centre* (SOLD OUT)

March 30—Kingston, ON—Leon’s Centre* (SOLD OUT)

April 11—Duluth, MN—AMSOIL Arena* (SOLD OUT)

April 12—Moline, IL—TaxSlayer Center* (SOLD OUT)

April 13—Saginaw, MI—Dow Event Center* (SOLD OUT)

April 25—Green Bay, WI—Resch Center* (SOLD OUT)

April 26—La Crosse, WI—La Crosse Center* (SOLD OUT)

April 27—Indio, CA—Stagecoach

May 4—Austin, TX—Off The Rails Country Music Fest

May 5—Frisco, TX—Off The Rails Country Music Fest

May 10—Tulsa, OK—BOK Center* (SOLD OUT)

May 11—Omaha, NE—CHI Health Center Omaha* (SOLD OUT)

May 12—Morrison, CO—Red Rocks Amphitheater* (SOLD OUT)

May 30—Detroit, MI—DTE Energy Music Theatre‡ (SOLD OUT)
May 31—Columbia, MD—Merriweather Post Pavilion‡ (SOLD OUT)

June 1—Virginia Beach, VA—Patriotic Festival

June 14—Buffalo, NY—WYRK Toyota Taste of Country
June 15—Gilford, NH—Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion# (SOLD OUT)

June 22—Rome, GA—Coosa Valley Fairgrounds
July 11—Charleston, SC—Volvo Cars Stadium‡ (SOLD OUT)
July 12—Alpharetta, GA—Verizon Amphitheater‡ (SOLD OUT)
July 13—Charlotte, NC—PNC Music Pavilion‡ (SOLD OUT)

July 19—Valparaiso, IN—Porter County Fair

July 20—Twin Lakes, WI—Country Thunder Wisconsin

July 26—Yerington, NV—Night In The Country

July 27—Tooele, UT—Country Fan Fest

September 1—Snomass Village, CO—JAS Aspen Snowmass

*with LANCO and Jameson Rodgers

†with Jameson Rodgers

‡with Cody Johnson and Ray Fulcher

#with Ray Fulcher

www.LukeCombs.com

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Luke Combs Celebrates Third Consecutive No. 1 With BMI, ASCAP And SESAC

By on August 24, 2018 in In The Press

(L-R): Sony Music Nashville’s Steve Hodges, Sony Music Nashville’s Shane Allen, MakeWake’s Zebb Luster, Big Machine’s Mike Molinar, River House’s Lynn Oliver-Cline, BMI songwriter Robert Williford, 50 Egg’s Jonathan Singleton, Luke Combs, ASCAP’s Beth Brinker, ASCAP songwriter/producer Steven Battey, SESAC songwriter Sammy Mitchell, SESAC’s ET Brown, Concord Music Publishing’s Brad Kennard, and BMI’s Leslie Roberts

Earlier this week, friends, family, and industry tastemakers gathered below The Sutler in the future home of the Rambler Bar to celebrate Columbia Nashville artist and BMI songwriter Luke Combs and his number one hit, “One Number Away.” Co-written with ASCAP songwriter Steven Battey, BMI songwriter Robert Williford, and SESAC songwriter Sammy Mitchell, the hit marks the third consecutive number one for Luke Combs as an artist and the first number one in the country market for the other three co-writers. BMI Executive Director Leslie Roberts served as the party’s emcee with remarks from ASCAP’s Beth Brinker and SESAC’s ET Brown. Publisher presentations were made on behalf of the writers by Big Machine’s Mike Molinar, Concord Music’s Brad Kennard, and River House Artists’ Lynn Oliver-Cline. Combs is currently on Jason Aldean’s High Noon Neon Tour.

BMI songwriter Robert Williford, Luke Combs, SESAC songwriter Sammy Mitchell, and ASCAP songwriter Steven Battey

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Luke Combs Celebrates His Recent Platinum Status For His Debut Album

By on August 16, 2018 in Music, Special Events, The Latest

Back Row: Larry McCoy, Joe Costa, James McNair, Jonathan Singleton, Channing Wilson, Thomas Archer, Rob Snyder
Front Row: Erin Ashley O’Keefe, Pat Cooper, Robert Williford, Luke Combs, Ray Fulcher, Drew Parker

Luke Combs has a lot to celebrate these days, and this past Monday, he did just that. At an event held at the Greenbrier Distillery, friends, family, songwriters, and fellow musicians joined the “Hurricane” singer as he was recognized for the success of his debut album, THIS ONE’S FOR YOU.

The party was low key and laid back just like Luke, with simple décor including whiskey barrel tables and vintage string lights. Drinks including: “Don’t Tempt Me With A Good Wine,” “This Marg’s For You Too,” and “Whiskey Got The Best Of Me,” were served in glasses donning Luke’s name. Guests were allowed to keep the glasses as well as take home a few custom Luke Combs coasters. Luke’s name could also be found seared on the Angus burger buns. Extra crispy tater tots and homemade chips with French onion dip accompanied the sliders; all of which are Luke’s favorite snacks.

After a few short speeches by supporting management, Luke took the stage to thank everyone for helping him reach the success he has attained in country music. He went on to announce that his hit single, “One Number Away”, officially went platinum.

 

“I just want you guys to know if you’re here tonight, you’re here for a reason and that’s because I love you and I appreciate you and everything that you’ve allowed me and this team to do together. I love you guys,” Combs stated.

 

After his speech, Luke took a few photos next to plaques dedicated to his #1 singles: “Hurricane”(certified 3x platinum), “When It Rains It Pours” (certified 2x platinum), “One Number Away”(platinum), and “Beautiful Crazy” (certified gold). Luke, always humble and down to earth, then mingled with guests and expressed his gratitude to each person individually.

 

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Luke Combs And Co-Writers Celebrate “Hurricane”

By on July 13, 2017 in In The Press

L-R: Chris Kappy, MAKE/WAKE Management, Bradley Collins – BMI, Scott Borcheta – Big Machine Music Publishing, Jonathan Singleton – 50 Egg Music Publishing, Chris Ogelsby – BMG Music Publishing, Mike Molinar – Big Machine Music Publishing, Jeff Catton – InTune Entertainment, Will Overton –Warner Chappell, Lynn Oliver-Cline – River House Artists, Randy Goodman – SonyMusic Nashville. (Photo by Steve Lowry.)

Luke Combs joined his BMI co-writers Thomas Archer and Taylor Phillips at downtown Nashville’s ACME Feed and Seed to celebrate their two-week No. 1 PLATINUM-certified hit. Yesterday’s celebration was an especially momentous occasion as the single marks the first No.1 for Combs, Archer and Thomas. Friends, family and Nashville industry gathered to commemorate the success of “Hurricane” as the first debut artist single to top the chart for multiple weeks since Florida Georgia Line’s “Cruise” and the first debut solo male to accomplish the task since Darius Rucker in 2008.

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Luke Combs Debut Album On Columbia Released Today

By on June 2, 2017 in In The Press

“If anybody has what it takes to build a big, broad, generation-spanning audience, it’s Combs.” – NPR MUSIC

River House Artists / Columbia Nashville singer/songwriter Luke Combs releases his highly-anticipated debut album This One’s For You today, June 2. The album, which Combs co-wrote all twelve tracks on, produced the North Carolina native’s PLATINUM-certified two-week No. 1 hit single, “Hurricane”- the first for a debut solo country male artist in 9 years – and debuts today at No. 1 atop the iTunes Country Albums chart and No. 2 on iTunes Overall Albums Chart. Remarking on the album, NPR Music heralds Combs for “demonstrating current pop fluency and a connection with the sturdy contributions of previous generations of country performers” and Entertainment Weekly calls This One’s For You a “dynamic debut album.”  Listen to This One’s For You HERE.

For the release of This One’s For You, Combs kicks off a week of back-to-back appearances and special performances for fans in New York City where he will make his national TV debut on NBC’s Today (Monday, June 5) performing in both the 8am and 10am hours.

On Wednesday June 7, Combs teams with Rolling Stone Country for “Luke Combs: Live & Loud from Nashville”, an intimate performance & conversation live stream from Aurora Nashville. The livestream concert event will be broadcast globally across Rolling Stone and Rolling Stone Country digital platforms at 12:00p CT / 1:00p ET. Fans can catch Combs on the CMT Music Awards later that evening where he is nominated for BREAKTHROUGH VIDEO OF THE YEAR for his first-ever music video for “Hurricane” which was shot in his home state of North Carolina and has garnered over 33 million views.

True to form as the artist who “earned his newfound success by tirelessly delivering the goods on the road” (Rolling Stone), Combs continues his whirlwind release week taking his trademark rowdy live shows on the road for fans with performances at the 2017 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in Manchester (June 8), the Carolina Country Music Fest in Myrtle Beach (June 9) and the 2017 CMA Music Festival (June 10 & 11.)

In addition to his performances, fans can catch Combs alongside fellow country peers including Sam Hunt, Margo Price, Shooter Jennings and more for Noisey’s feature documentary series “Under The Influence: How Outlaw Country Keeps The Renegade Independent Spirit Alive”, out today on Noisey.com. 

Forecast as the “artist to watch in 2017”, Combs stormed into the Country music format earlier this year being selected by iHeart Media’s Bobby Bones for his “Class Of 2017”, featured in Billboard’s 2017 Predictions Issue as one of four all-genre artists anticipated to breakthrough this year and topped “Watch Lists” curated by Huffington Post (Top 10 Country Artists To Watch In 2017), Pandora (Artists To Watch in 2017) and Rolling Stone (2017 Country Music Preview: Most Anticipated Albums, Tours, Festivals).

 

This One’s For You Track Listing

 

1. Out There

Luke Combs, James McNair, Ray Fulcher, Jacob Bryant

2.  Memories Are Made Of

Luke Combs, Ray Fulcher, Cody Webb

3. Lonely One

Luke Combs, Drew Parker, Erin Ashley O’Keefe

4. Beer Can

Luke Combs, James McNair, Ray Fulcher

5. Hurricane

Luke Combs, Thomas Archer, Taylor Phillips

6. One Number Away*

Luke Combs, Robert Williford, Sammy Mitchell, Steven Andre Battey

7. Don’t Tempt Me

Luke Combs, Robert Williford, Joseph Michael Costa

8. When It Rains It Pours

Luke Combs, Ray Fulcher, Jordan Walker

9. This One’s For You

Luke Comb, Ray Fulcher, Pat Cooper

10.  Be Careful What You Wish For

            Luke Combs, Rob Crosby, Ray Fulcher

11. I Got Away With You

Luke Combs, Ray Fulcher, Tyler Reeve

12. Honky Tonk Highway

Luke Combs, Ray Fulcher, Rob Crosby

 

This One’s For You is produced by Scott Moffatt

*Produced by Sammy Mitchell & Jackie Boyz

 

 

For more on Luke Combs visit, LukeCombs.com.

 

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