U-Luke Combs uyiciko lomculo wezwe elidumile laseMelika, owaziwa ngezingoma ezithi: Hurricane, Forever After All, Even though I'm Leaving, njll. Lo mculi uqokwe kabili kumaGrammy Awards futhi wawina kathathu kumaBillboard Music Awards. izikhathi.
Abaningi baveza isitayela sikaCombs njengenhlanganisela yezithombe zomculo wezwe ezidumile zango-1990 nokukhiqizwa kwesimanje. Namuhla ungomunye wabaculi bezwe abaphumelele futhi abadumile.
Kusukela ngesikhathi amaCombs enza kumabha eNashville kuya ekuqokweni okubucayi, kudlule iminyaka engaphezu kwemibili. Isizathu sokuphumelela ngokushesha komdwebi sikholelwa inhlanganisela yalezi zici ezilandelayo: “Ukusebenza kanzima. Ukulungela ukuzidela. Inhlanhla. Isikhathi. Zizungeze nabantu abathembekile. Ukubhala izingoma engingathanda ukuzizwa ngokwami emsakazweni.
Ubuntwana nobusha uLuka Combs
ULuka Albert Combs wazalwa ngoMashi 2, 1990 eCharlotte, eNorth Carolina. Lapho eneminyaka engu-8, umfana wathuthela e-Asheville nabazali bakhe. Kusukela esemncane, uLuka ubelokhu ekhuluma. Ngenxa yalokhu, waqala ukuthanda umculo futhi wanquma ukuwenza umsebenzi wakhe oyinhloko.
Ngenkathi ngifunda esikoleni A.A. I-C. Reynolds High School e-Asheville Combs iye yacula emaqenjini ahlukene ephimbo. Wake wathola ithuba lokucula yedwa ehholo elidumile iCarnegie Hall eManhattan (New York). Ngaphandle kwamakilasi okucula, lo mdlali uphinde waya ekilabhini yebhola esikoleni esiphakathi nasesikoleni esiphakeme.
Ngemva kokuphothula iziqu, umculi wakhetha i-Appalachian State University eNorth Carolina ukuze athole imfundo ephakeme. Lapho wafunda iminyaka emithathu, futhi ngonyaka wakhe wesine wanquma ukubeka umculo kuqala futhi athuthele eNashville. Kakade ngenkathi efunda enyuvesi, uCombs wabhala izingoma zokuqala. Uze wacula nabo embukisweni womculo wezwe owawuseParthenon Cafe.
“Ngaya emakilabhini futhi ngidlala imidlalo, kodwa angizange ngenze imali eningi,” kusho uCombs, owashiya isikole samabanga aphezulu engenazo iziqu zobulungiswa bobugebengu. "Ekugcineni ngicabange ukuthi kufanele ngithuthele eNashville noma ngiyeke ukukwenza."
ULuka wayedinga imali ukuze athuthe, ngakho kwadingeka asebenze imisebenzi emibili. Nokho, ngisho ngenxa yomsebenzi onjalo akazange ayithole imali eyanele. Lapho iholo lakhe lokuqala lomculo lingu-$10, lo mculi owayesafuna ukucula wamangala futhi wajabulela ukuthi umsebenzi wokuzilibazisa wawungaba umsebenzi wakhe. Wayiyeka yomibili le misebenzi waqhubeka nokwenza umculo. “Kuyinto. Ngingaziphilisa ngokwenza lokhu,” kusho uCombs engxoxweni abe nayo neThe Tennessean.
Ukuduma kokuqala
Indlela kaLuke Combs eya esigabeni esikhulu yaqala nge-EP The Way She Rides (2014). Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa kamuva, lo mculi wakhipha eyesibili i-EP Can I Get an Outlaw, ngenxa yalokho athola ukuthandwa kwakhe kokuqala. Ukuze urekhode ama-EP amabili, umdwebi kwakudingeka aqoqe imali isikhathi esithile.
Uphinde wafaka amavidiyo emidlalo yakhe kuFacebook nakuVine. Ngenxa yalokhu, umculi osafufusa uqoqe izinkulungwane zababhalisile. Ngenxa yokuqashelwa okuhle kakhulu ku-inthanethi, uLuka waqala ukumenywa ukuba azocula kuzo zonke izindawo zobumnandi zesifunda. Kwesinye isikhathi abantu abangamakhulu ambalwa beza bezolalela umculo kaCombs.
Udumo lukaCombs lwakhula ngesikhathi ekhipha ingoma eyodwa ethi Hurricane ngo-2015. Ushaye wonke ama-parade aphambili ezweni. Ngaphezu kwalokho, uthathe isikhundla sama-46 eshadini lezingoma zeBillboard Hot Country. ULuka ubhale ingoma ngokubambisana noThomas Archer noTaylor Phillips.
Akabonanga lutho oluyisipesheli ngale ngoma, kodwa wayifaka ku-iTunes noma kunjalo. Ukuqamba kuthandwe inani elibalulekile labalaleli. Futhi ngesonto lokuqala kuphela, amakhophi acishe abe ngu-15 XNUMX adayisiwe.
Ngemali etholwe ngenxa yengoma ethi Hurricane, lo mculi waqopha enye i-EP, ethi, This One's for You. Imisebenzi yakhe ihehe amalebula amakhulu. Futhi ekupheleni kuka-2015, wasayina neSony Music Nashville. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ngo-2016, umculi ukhiphe isiqeshana sevidiyo seSiphepho esisodwa, esiqondiswe nguTyler Adams.
U-Luke Combs: Impumelelo eminyakeni yamuva
Izingoma ezithi When It Rains It Pours, One Number Away, She Got the Best of Me nethi Beautiful Crazy zonke zishadiwe. Lo mculi uze wakwazi ukuba yiciko elihamba yedwa kusukela u-Tim McGraw ngo-2000 ukuba namathrekhi amabili ngesikhathi esisodwa kwabayishumi abahamba phambili ku-Billboard Country Airplay.
“Siyakwamukela ekilabhini, mngani,” uTim McGraw ehalalisela uLuka engomeni yakhe ye-Twitter.
NgoJuni 2017, lo mculi wakhipha i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala ebhalwe ngelebula ethi This One's for You. Esikhathini esifushane, ifinyelele inani eliphakeme kunombolo 5 ku-US Billboard 200 kanye nenombolo 1 ku-US Top Country Album. U-Combs wabe eseqokelwa i-Breakthrough Video of the Year kuma-CMT Music Awards ngevidiyo yomculo ye-Hurricane. Uphinde wathola nendondo ye-New Artist of the Year kuma-2017 Country Music Association Awards.
Emiklomelweni ye-Billboard Music Awards ka-2018, u-Luke uqokwe "kwi-Best Country Artist". I-albhamu yakhe ethi This One's for You iwine indondo yeBest Country Album. Ngeshwa imiklomelo inikezwe abanye abaculi. Kodwa-ke, uCombs ukwazile ukuzuza umklomelo Womculi Omusha Wonyaka kuma-Awards we-Country Music Association ka-2018. Ngaphezu kwalokho, uqokwe njengomklomelo weVocalist of the Year.
Ngo-2019, kwakhululwa i-albhamu ethi Okubonayo Yilokho Okutholayo, okuhlanganisa namaculo ayi-17. Umsebenzi isikhathi eside ubambe isikhundla esiphambili kumashadi ase-Australia, eCanada nase-US Billboard ishadi le-200. Futhi kulo nyaka, uLuka uqokwe ngendondo ye-Grammy njenge "Best New Artist", kodwa wehlulwe ku-Dua Lipa.
Ukuphila komuntu siqu
Ngo-2016, uLuke Combs wenza umkhosi eFlorida, lapho ahlangana khona nonkosikazi wakhe wesikhathi esizayo, uNicole Hawking. Babonana esixukwini uNicole wamema uLuke ukuthi ajoyine iqembu labangane bakhe. Kuvele ukuthi le ntombazane ihlala eNashville. Kwathi uma kuphela impelasonto babuyela edolobheni ndawonye.
Ngokusho kukaCombs, ngesikhathi ehlangana noHawking, wayengumculi owayedlula kubo bonke ubunzima balo mkhakha. Imvelo yabantu abasha yayingabaza ukuthi ubuhlobo phakathi kukaLuka noNicole buzokhula. Nokho, lo mbhangqwana waqala ukuthandana. Lo mculi usesho kaningi ukuthi le ntombazane isiphenduke umngani wakhe omkhulu yamgqugquzela ukuthi abhale izingoma zothando.
Ngo-2018, uLuka wahlongoza uNicole ekhishini labo, futhi wavuma. Laba bashadikazi banqume ukungazimemezeli lezi zindaba baze bafika eHawaii futhi bakwazi ukuthatha izithombe ezingcono kakhulu zeposi. UCombs noHawking babethembisene cishe iminyaka emibili. Benza umshado ngo-Agasti 1, 2020 kuphela. Bekuhanjelwe amalungu omndeni kuphela nabasondelene nabasanda kushada.
