Many adults today at one time burned with passion and dreams of becoming one but ending up becoming something else, not because the passion they once held was unattainable, but because they lacked the will to pursue their dream. This is obviously not the case with Luke Combs, who started singing as a child and has now become a singer and songwriter of star country music.
The talented American singer rose to fame in 2015 with his debut single titled Hurricane and has also received a Grammy nomination for Best New Artist.
Born March 2, 1990 in Luke Albert CombsCharlotte, North Carolina, the singer moved to Asheville, North Carolina when he was 8 years old and later moved to Nashville, Tennessee to pursue his music career.
He released his first and second EPs titled The Way She Rides and Can I Get an Outlaw? The following year he released his debut single, Hurricane , which debuted at number 46 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. It was a commercial success, selling over 15,000 copies in its first week. Towards the end of 2015, Luke Combs released his third EP, This is for You .
Two years later, he released his major label debut album, also titled This is for You. He later landed a contract with Sony Music Nashville and Hurricane , his debut single from That’s For You, was re-released. It was number one on the US airplay chart for two weeks and peaked at number one and number five on the Billboard Top Country Albums and Billboard 200, respectively, in its first week.
He debuted his new song, Every little helps on January 1, 2019 after reaching the milestone of 1 million followers on Instagram. The year will be a very busy one for him as he would be performing his first ever Beer Never Broke My Heart tour on January 31, 2019 in Birmingham, Alabama.
His capital
Luke has made quite a bit of money from his music career so far. His singles; Hurricane When It Rains It Pours One Number Away And She ‘s The Best Of Me All reached #1 on US Airplay. The total value of his fortune is currently estimated at around $5 million.
Luke Combs’ wife/girlfriend and family life
The country musician is in a serious relationship with longtime girlfriend Nicole Hocking, who was born and raised in Fort Myers, Florida and graduated from Florida Gulf Coast University.
They met in early 2016, at the time when Luke was just starting out in Nashville and had nothing — no publishing business, no record business, and no booking business. Speaking to PEOPLE in 2018, Combs said everyone believed their relationship wasn’t going to work, but so far, they’ve proved these people wrong.
On November 29, 2018, the couple took their first step towards spending the rest of their lives together by getting engaged. The singer announced on his Instagram page that he popped the big question to Nicole Hocking and that she said yes.
Although the announcement featured a picture of the duo posing against the backdrop of a beautiful sunset. The actual proposal most likely originated in a more humble place. The excited bride-to-be also shared the picture on her Instagram page with the caption, “You’ll stay with me forever!”
Luke Combs’ fiancée has influenced his life in many ways. According to him, she even helped him kick some bad habits, and at the 2018 CMA Awards on November 14, 2018, he praised his sweetheart after receiving the trophy for New Artist of the Year.
Details of the couple’s wedding are yet to be released, but it is expected to take place after Comb’s 2019 Beer Never Broke My Heart which kicks off on January 31, 2019 in Birmingham, Ala.
Luke, his parents’ only child, was raised in a lower-middle-class home. Since childhood, his parents have supported him and are proud of the man he has become. Despite his fame, his relationship with his family – both nuclear and extended – hasn’t changed, except that he doesn’t see them as often as he used to.
Other facts you should know about Luke
1. The country music artist was a student at AC Reynolds High School, where he played soccer and performed with various singing groups. He also played a solo at Carnegie Hall as a high school student. He later transferred to Appalachian State University and it was there that Luke performed his first country music show at the Parthenon Cafe. The gifted young man, unable to contain his desire to pursue his music career, dropped out of college less than a month before graduation.
2. Besides dropping out of school to pursue music, Luke also quit both of his jobs that didn’t bring him enough money. His first paycheck from music was $10,000 and that made him even more convinced that his hobby could be his career.
3. Luke Combs has really had a good time since releasing his single, Hurricane. He won the heart of many and earned a number of awards and nominations. In 2017, his hit single was nominated for the CMT Music Awards while himself was nominated for the Country Music Association Awards. In 2018 he was nominated for two iHeartRadio Music Awards, two Billboard Music Awards, CMT Music Awards and two Country Music Association Awards. He was also nominated for the 2019 Grammy Awards for Best New Artist.