He mea pena mele kaulana ʻo Luke Combs mai ʻAmelika, ʻo ia ka mea i kaulana no nā mele: Hurricane, Forever After All, Even Though I'm Leaving, etc. Billboard Music Awards ʻekolu manawa.
Nui ka poʻe i ʻike i ke ʻano o Combs ma ke ʻano he hui pū ʻana o nā kumu mele ʻāina kaulana i ka makahiki 1990 me ka hana hou. I kēia lā ʻo ia kekahi o nā mea pena kiʻi kaulana loa a kaulana.
Mai ka manawa i hana ʻia ai ʻo Combs ma nā kaola ʻo Nashville a hiki i nā koho koʻikoʻi, ua hala ʻoi aku ma mua o ʻelua makahiki. ʻO ke kumu o ka holomua wikiwiki o ka mea pena ke manaʻoʻiʻo i ka hui pū ʻana o kēia mau mea: "Ka hana paʻakikī. Mākaukau no ka hoʻolaʻa ponoʻī. Laki. Manawa. E hoʻopuni iāʻoe iho me nā kānaka hilinaʻi. Ke kākau ʻana i nā mele aʻu i makemake ai e lohe ma ka lekiō.
ʻO ka wā kamaliʻi a me ka ʻōpio Luke Combs
Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Luke Albert Combs ma Malaki 2, 1990 ma Charlotte, North Carolina. I ka makahiki 8, ua neʻe ke keikikāne i Asheville me kona mau mākua. Mai ka wā kamaliʻi mai, ua leo ʻo Luke. Mahalo i kēia, ua aloha ʻo ia i ke mele a ua hoʻoholo e hana i kāna hana nui.
ʻOiai e aʻo ana ma ke kula ʻo A.A. Ua hoʻokani ʻo C. Reynolds High School ma Asheville Combs i nā hui leo like ʻole. I kekahi manawa ua loaʻa iā ia ka manawa e hoʻokani solo ai ma ka hale kaulana ʻo Carnegie Hall ma Manhattan (New York). Ma waho aʻe o nā papa hīmeni, ua hele pū ka mea hoʻokani i kahi hui pôpeku ma ke kula waena a me ke kula kiʻekiʻe.
Ma hope o ka puka ʻana, ua koho ka mea hoʻokani i ke Kulanui o Appalachian State ma North Carolina no ke kula kiʻekiʻe. Ua aʻo ʻo ia ma laila no ʻekolu makahiki, a i kāna makahiki 4 ua hoʻoholo ʻo ia e hoʻokumu i ka mele a neʻe i Nashville. ʻOiai ʻo ia e aʻo ana i ke kulanui, ua kākau ʻo Combs i nā mele mua. Ua hana pū ʻo ia me lākou ma kahi hōʻike mele ʻāina ma Parthenon Cafe.
"Ua hele au i nā hui a pāʻani i nā hōʻike, akā ʻaʻole au i loaʻa i ke kālā nui," wahi a Combs, ka mea i haʻalele i ke kula kiʻekiʻe me ka loaʻa ʻole o ke kēkelē i ka hoʻopaʻi hewa. "I ka hopena, manaʻo wau e neʻe wau i Nashville a i ʻole e hoʻōki wale i ka hana ʻana."
Pono ʻo Luke i ke kālā e neʻe ai, no laila pono ʻo ia e hana i ʻelua mau hana. Eia naʻe, ʻoiai ʻo ia hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i kēlā ʻano hana, ʻaʻole i lawa ke kālā iā ia. I ka manawa he $10 kāna uku mele mua, ua kāhāhā a hauʻoli hoʻi ka mea kiʻi kiʻi i ka hiki ke lilo i mea leʻaleʻa i kāna ʻoihana. Ua haʻalele ʻo ia i nā hana ʻelua a hoʻomau i ka hana mele. “He mea ia. Hiki iaʻu ke hana i kēia, "i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Combs i kahi ninaninau me The Tennessean.
Kaulana mua
Ua hoʻomaka ke ala o Luke Combs i ke kahua nui me ka EP The Way She Rides (2014). I kekahi mau mahina ma hope mai, ua hoʻokuʻu ka mea pena kiʻi i ka lua o ka EP Hiki iaʻu ke kiʻi i ke kānāwai, mahalo i loaʻa iā ia kona kaulana mua. No ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ʻelua EP, pono ka mea pena kiʻi e hōʻiliʻili kālā no kekahi manawa.
Ua hoʻopuka pū ʻo ia i nā wikiō o kāna mau hana ma Facebook a me Vine. Mahalo i kēia, ua hōʻiliʻili ka mea pena kiʻi kiʻi i nā tausani o nā mea kākau inoa. Ma muli o ka ʻike maikaʻi ʻia ma ka Pūnaewele, ua hoʻomaka ʻo Luke e kono ʻia e hoʻokani ma nā pā a pau o ka apana. I kekahi manawa ua hele mai kekahi mau haneli kanaka e hoʻolohe i ke mele a Combs.
Ua piʻi ka kaulana o Combs i kona hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ka Hurricane hoʻokahi ma 2015. Ua paʻi ʻo ia i nā pāʻani kaulana a pau o ka ʻāina. Eia kekahi, ua lawe ʻo ia i ke kūlana 46th ma ka pakuhi ʻo Billboard Hot Country Songs. Ua kākau pū ʻo Luke i kēia mele me Thomas Archer lāua ʻo Taylor Phillips.
ʻAʻole ʻo ia i ʻike i kekahi mea kūikawā e pili ana i ke mele, akā ua kau ʻo ia ma iTunes. Ua makemake nui ʻia ka haku mele e ka poʻe hoʻolohe. A i ka pule mua wale nō, aneane 15 kope i kūʻai ʻia.
Me ke kālā i loaʻa no ke mele ʻo Hurricane, ua hoʻopaʻa ka mea pena i kekahi EP ʻē aʻe, ʻo This One's for You. Ua loaʻa kāna mau hana i nā lepili nui. A i ka hopena o 2015, ua kau inoa ʻo ia me Sony Music Nashville. Eia kekahi, ma 2016, ua hoʻokuʻu ka mea pena i kahi wikiō no ka Hurricane hoʻokahi, i alakaʻi ʻia e Tyler Adams.
Luke Combs: Nā hana i nā makahiki i hala iho nei
ʻO nā mele ʻO ka Ua Ua Pours, One Number Away, Loaʻa iā ia ka Best of Me a me Beautiful Crazy i hoʻopaʻa ʻia. Ua hiki i ka mea pena kiʻi ke lilo i mea pena mele mua loa mai Tim McGraw i 2000 i loaʻa ʻelua mau mele i ka manawa like ma ka 10 kiʻekiʻe ma ka Billboard Country Airplay.
"Welcome to the club, buddy," i hoʻomaikaʻi aku ai ʻo Tim McGraw iā Luke ma kāna pou Twitter.
I Iune 2017, ua hoʻokuʻu ka mea pena i kāna album mua ma ka lepili i kapa ʻia ʻo This One's for You. I loko o kahi manawa pōkole, ua piʻi ʻo ia ma ka helu 5 ma ka US Billboard 200 a me ka helu 1 ma ka US Top Country Album. Ua koho ʻia ʻo Combs no Breakthrough Video of the Year ma ka CMT Music Awards no ka wikiō mele no Hurricane. Ua loaʻa pū ʻo ia i ka makana New Artist of the Year ma ka 2017 Country Music Association Awards.
Ma ka 2018 Billboard Music Awards, ua koho ʻia ʻo Luke no "Best Country Artist". Ua lanakila kāna album ʻO This One's for You i ka makana ʻo ka Best Country Album. ʻO ka mea pōʻino, ua hāʻawi ʻia nā makana i nā mea hana ʻē aʻe. Eia naʻe, ua lanakila ʻo Combs i ka makana New Artist of the Year ma ka 2018 Country Music Association Awards. Eia kekahi, ua koho ʻia ʻo ia no ka Vocalist of the Year award.
I ka makahiki 2019, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka album What You See Is What You Get, nona nā mele he 17. ʻO ka hana no kekahi manawa i noho i kahi kūlana alakaʻi ma nā palapala o Australia, Kanada a me ka palapala ʻAmelika Billboard 200. I kēia makahiki hoʻi, ua koho ʻia ʻo Luke no ka Grammy Award ma ke ʻano he "Best New Artist", akā ua nalowale ʻo ia iā Dua Lipa.
ʻO ke ola pilikino
Ma 2016, hana ʻo Luke Combs i kahi ʻahaʻaina ma Florida, kahi i hui ai ʻo ia me kāna wahine i ka wā e hiki mai ana, ʻo Nicole Hawking. ʻIke lāua i kekahi i loko o ka lehulehu a kono ʻo Nicole iā Luke e hui pū me kāna hui o nā hoaaloha. Ua ʻike ʻia ke noho nei ke kaikamahine ma Nashville. I ka pau ʻana o ka hopena pule, ua hoʻi pū lāua i ke kūlanakauhale.
Wahi a Combs, i ka manawa o ka hui ʻana me Hawking, he mea hoʻokani pila ʻo ia e hele ana i nā pilikia āpau o ka ʻoihana. Ua kānalua ke kaiapuni o ka poʻe ʻōpio i ka ulu ʻana o ka pilina ma waena o Luke a me Nicole. Eia naʻe, ua hoʻomaka ka male. Ua'ōlelo pinepine ka mea hoʻokani ua lilo ke kaikamahine i hoaaloha maikaʻi loa a hoʻoikaika iā ia e kākau i nā mele e pili ana i ke aloha.
I ka makahiki 2018, ua noi ʻo Luke iā Nicole i ko lākou lumi kuke, a ua ʻae ʻo ia. Ua hoʻoholo lāua ʻaʻole e hoʻolaha i ka nūhou a hiki i ko lāua hōʻea ʻana i Hawaiʻi a hiki iā lāua ke kiʻi i nā kiʻi maikaʻi loa no ka pou. Ua pili ʻo Combs a me Hawking no ʻelua makahiki. Ua hana lākou i ka male ma ʻAukake 1, 2020. Ua hele wale ʻia e nā ʻohana a me ka pōʻai pili o nā male hou.
