Ep. 113: Luke Combs

And The Writer Is...with Ross Golan

And The Writer Is

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🗓️ 18 January 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Hailed as “the most promising and influential new country star of the last five years" by The New York Times, he is a multi-platinum, ACM, CMA, CMT, and Billboard Music Award-winning artist from Asheville, NC. His new deluxe album, What You See Ain't Always What You Get, recently debuted at #1 on the all-genre Billboard 200 chart as well as Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart. It also set the new weekly streaming record for a country album with 102.26 million on-demand streams, breaking his own record, which was set last November with the release of his platinum-certified, global #1 album, What You See Is What You Get. The new deluxe album features all 18 tracks from What You See Is What You Get as well as five new songs including “Forever After All,” which debuted at #2 on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100 chart—the highest entrance ever for a male country solo artist. Adding to a series of groundbreaking and historic years, Combs recently made history as the first artist ever to have their first two studio albums spend 25 weeks or more at #1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart—breaking Taylor Swift’s previously held record at 24 weeks. The achievement comes as What You See Is What You Get topped the chart for the 25th time, while his 2017 debut, This One’s For You, has spent 50 non-consecutive weeks at #1—tying the record for the longest reign atop the chart. Moreover, Combs recently won two awards at the 55th ACM Awards, three awards at the 2020 Billboard Music Awards, and two awards at the 54th CMA Awards. Continuing his triumphant run at country radio, Combs’ recent single, “Lovin’ On You,” spent multiple weeks at #1 on both the Mediabase/Country Aircheck chart and the Billboard Country Airplay chart. This is Combs’ ninth-consecutive #1 single—a first on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart—as well as his eighth single to spend multiple weeks at #1. His current single, “Better Together,” is already top 10 at country radio and rising. And The Writer Is… Luke Combs!

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0:00.0	The Beatles, now and then.
0:02.0	The last Beatles, Out now.
0:14.0	Out now. Hey guys, welcome to Anne the Writer is. I'm your host Ross Golan. I've written with hundreds of artists and writers over the years and my favorite part of each session is the first hour when we catch up about life, the industry, politics, composition, whatever.
0:42.0	So this is a journey of learning why people write songs, how people write songs, and most importantly, who the people are who write the songs.
0:51.0	I'm producing this with the Great Joe London, Big Deal Music Publishing,
0:55.5	and Mega House Music Management. If you want to listen to the songs we discuss in this podcast,
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1:06.5	merch, aka that hat I always wear, go to our website, www, and the writer is.com. For a little bit of context we just wanted you to
1:18.0	know that a lot of these were recorded before quarantine and as we, a lot has changed in 2020. So again, please stay safe out there and enjoy the new episodes of And the writer is. is.
1:37.2	Welcome to Anne the writer is. I am your host, Ross Golan.
1:39.4	Today's country star isn't just influencing an entire genre sound but is evolving in
1:45.0	entire genre's listening habits. He's continually setting and breaking his own
1:49.8	sales and streaming records and has won enough awards in the past few years to fill the pews at the Ryman.
1:57.0	But this multi-platinum ACM, CM, ACMT, and Billboard winning artist isn't making a name for himself in the pantheon of Nashville
2:04.7	legends not just because he's selling a river boat load of albums, but because he's sincere
2:11.6	in his compositions and honest in his vocal delivery, which explains why this debut album reined, why his debut album reined,
2:20.6	I screw that, which explains why his debut album Rain, the Billboard Country Charts for
2:26.0	over 50 weeks.
2:28.0	This North Carolinian is a rare international country star, but importantly a dedicated husband and dad and the
2:35.9	writer is Luke Combs.
2:38.8	What up?
2:39.8	I love the fanfare. It feels good.
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