Music
Combs released his first EP, The Way She Rides, in February 2014. Later that year, he released his second EP, Can I Get an Outlaw. In 2015, Combs's first single, "Hurricane", sold 15,000 copies in its first week, and debuted at number 46 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart In November 2015, Combs released his third EP, This One's for You. In late 2016, Combs was named one of Sounds Like Nashville's "Artists to Watch". 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. "Hurricane" reached number one on the country radio airplay chart on May 15, 2017, holding that spot for two weeks. In June 2017, Combs released his major label debut album, also titled This One's for You on Columbia Nashville and River House Artists. The album reached number one on Billboard Top Country Albums and number five on the US Billboard 200 in its first week. The album's second single, "When It Rains It Pours" was released to country radio on June 19, 2017. It reached number one on the Country Airplay chart in October 2017. The album's third single, "One Number Away" was released to country radio on January 8, 2018. In mid-2018, Combs re-released This One's for You with several bonus tracks, two of which ("She Got the Best of Me" and "Beautiful Crazy") were also issued as singles. "Beautiful Crazy" reached number one on Country Airplay in February 2019, giving Combs five number ones on the Billboard country chart with his first five singles. The song reached number one on three additional country charts – Hot Country Songs, Country Streaming Songs, and Country Digital Song Sales. On June 11, 2019 he was invited to become the newest member of the Grand Ole Opry. In August 2019, This One's for You spent its 44th week at number one on Top Country Albums, setting the record for the longest reign at the top of that chart by a male artist. His second album What You See Is What You Get was released on November 8, 2019. Within the first week, the album landed first all-genre #1 album, and set a record for biggest streaming week ever by a country album.
Awards
In 2017 when Luke first made his way onto the music scene, Luke got nominated for a CMT Music Award and a CMA Award, but didn't win. 2018, Luke finally won his first award from the iHeartRadio Music Awards, claiming the New Country Artist of the Year award. Later that year he also won a CMA award for New Artist of the Year. In 2019, Luke got nominated for the Best New Artist at the Grammys but unfortunately didn't win. In 2019, Luke won seven awards total, including the most recent CMA's for Male Vocalist of the Year and Song of the Year. To quote Luke on the Male Vocalist of the Year award, "This is pretty unbelievable stuff. I remember sitting on my parents' porch when I was a little kid and watching Vince Gill come up here and whin this same award." For his Song of the year speech, "First off, I want to thank these guys for writing an incredible song with me. And my beautiful fiancee for being the inspiration behind this song." The day after the award show, Luke sent out an email to his fans stating this: "I don't know where to start. I'm so thankful to have had my parents, fiance, friends, team, and crew with me last night. It was a dream come true; something I never thought would happen to a guy like me. To my beautiful fiance Nicole, thank you for being the inspiration behind "Beautiful Crazy." This is something we'll be able to have together forever. When I first posted the song in 2016, it took on a life of it's own and that was because of y'all- the best fans in the world. I also wanted this for Rob and Wyatt, two great people and friends. I get to be on stage and talk and be heard all of the time, but the people who help me do that don't necessarily always get the credit I feel like they deserve. Country music means everthing to me and last ngiht was a moemnt I'll never forever. Thank you guys so much. -Luke."