2019 was the year of Luke Combs in the country music world and the music world in general.
Combs’ first album, This One’s For You was released in 2017 at it was No. 1 on the Top Country Albums Chart for 50 weeks, tying Shania Twain’s Come on Over, which set the record for the longest reign on the chart in 1997. Although this album was a huge success in the country music world, Combs’ 2019 album, She Is What You Get not only broke the record for the biggest streaming week for a country album, but it went on to become his first No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.
The country singer’s success didn’t stop there, he was also named the male vocalist of the year at the 2019 CMAs and his first seven singles reached No. 1 on the Country Airplay chart.
Prior to his show this past Thursday, Combs, Billboard’s Top Country Artist of 2019, reminisced about his amazing year and said, “I’ve tried so many things in my life. So many different hobbies and interests and jobs. Singing was the first thing where I was like, ‘Oh man, I think I could get a lot better at this.’ But I think there’s a lot of people that don’t ever find the thing that they feel they’re good at. When you find that thing, it’s really important to expand on your affinity towards whatever it may be.”
