Luke Bryan

Luke Bryan at the 2010 ACM Awards

Luke Bryan (born July 17, 1976 in Leesburg , Georgia ; real name Thomas Luther Bryan ) is an American country singer.

Career

Luke Bryan got his first guitar at the age of 14 and was soon playing in the clubs around his hometown. He actually wanted to go to Nashville , the country music capital, as soon as possible when his brother died in a car accident, but he decided to study at Georgia Southern University to be closer to his family and the local farm. At the university he continued with music, founded a band and also produced his own album. After graduation, he stayed with the family until his father asked him to try Nashville.

In 2001 Luke Bryan went to "Music City". He worked for a music publisher and also appeared as a singer, where he was eventually discovered and signed by Columbia . In October 2006 he released his first EP with his own name as a title. His debut single All My Friends Say was released in the summer of 2007 and was immediately very successful. It immediately hit the top 5 on the country and official charts. His first album I'll Stay Me soon came in at number 2 on the country albums. The album and single both went gold .

Two years later, the final breakthrough came with the album Doin 'My Thing , which again reached number 2 in the country area and also made it into the top 10 of the album sales charts . The first album single Do I also missed number 1 in the country charts, but both of the following songs, Rain Is a Good Thing and Someone Else Calling You Baby, made it to the top. The first two releases were million sellers. He increased this success again in 2011 with the album Tailgates & Tanlines , which became his first country number one album and sold over two million times. The album also spawned country number one singles three and four. The song Country Girl went double platinum with triple, Drunk on You and I Don't Want This Night to End and for all three placements in the pop charts at number 20.

In 2013 Luke Bryan first released the album Spring Break ... Here to Party , which consists of the songs from the first four Spring Break EPs, which were released between 2009 and 2012, and a bonus song. It earned him the first number one position on the official album charts. The second followed that same year with the release of the fourth studio album, Crash My Party . It even sold two million times within a few months, three songs from it, the title song, That's My Kind of Night and Drink a Beer , were million-sellers, the latter two also number one hits among country songs.

In the following year, he continued the spring break series with another EP, which was the fourth best-seller in the country album charts and with Play It Again brought his seventh best-seller in the country singles and his ninth million seller.

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		CH	UK	US	Country
2007	I'll stay me	-	-	US24 gold (9 weeks)US	Country2 (78 weeks) Country
2009	Doin 'My Thing	-	-	US6th platinum (103 weeks)US	Country2 (78 weeks) Country
2011	Tailgates & Tanlines	-	-	US2 × 4 Quadruple platinum (214 weeks)US	Country1 (147 weeks) Country
2013	Crash My Party	-	-	US1 × 4 Quadruple platinum (211 weeks)US	Country1 (... week) Country
2015	Kill the lights	CH100 (1 week) CH	UK47 (1 week) UK	US1 × 2 Double platinum (119 weeks)US	Country1 (167 weeks) Country
2017	What Makes You Country	CH68 (1 week) CH	-	US1 gold (36 weeks)US	Country1 (87 weeks) Country
2020	Born Here Live Here Die Here	CH14 (... weeks) CH	-	US5 (... weeks) US	-

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		CH	UK	US	Country
2013	Spring Break ... Here to Party	-	-	US1 gold (30 weeks)US	Country1 (67 weeks) Country	Compilation of the first four spring break EPs in one album
	4 album collection	-	-	-	Country33 (16 weeks) Country	4-CD box: contains the first three studio albums and the spring break compilation
2015	Spring Break… The Set List: The Complete Spring Break Collection ZinePak	-	-	-	Country5 (5 weeks) Country	Compilation with 25 songs from the spring break EPs

EPs

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		CH	UK	US	Country
2011	Spring Break 3… It's a Shore Thing	-	-	US23 (2 weeks) US	Country6 (24 weeks) Country
2012	Spring Break 4 ... Suntan City	-	-	US9 (4 weeks) US	Country2 (18 weeks) Country
2014	Spring Break 6… Like We Ain't Ever	-	-	US2 (7 weeks) US	Country1 (14 weeks) Country
2015	Spring Break ... Checkin 'Out	-	-	US3 (23 weeks) US	Country1 (35 weeks) Country	Completion of the 7-part spring break series
2016	Farm Tour ... Here's to the Farmer	-	-	US4 (1 week) US	Country1 (4 weeks) Country

More EPs

• 2006: Luke Bryan EP
• 2009: Spring Break with All My Friends
• 2010: Spring Break 2 ... Hangover Edition

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		CH	UK	US	Country
2007	All My Friends Say I'll Stay Me	-	-	US59 (13 weeks) US	Country5 (37 weeks) Country
	We Rode in Trucks I'll Stay Me	-	-	US- gold US	Country33 (19 weeks) Country
2008	Country Man I'll Stay Me	-	-	US74 (9 weeks) US	Country10 (34 weeks) Country
2009	Do I Doin 'My Thing	-	-	US34 × 3 Triple platinum (20 weeks)US	Country2 (38 weeks) Country
2010	Rain Is a Good Thing Doin 'My Thing	-	-	US37 platinum (20 weeks)US	Country1 (31 weeks) Country
	Someone Else Calling You Baby Doin 'My Thing	-	-	US56 platinum (20 weeks)US	Country1 (31 weeks) Country
2011	Country Girl (Shake It for Me) Tailgates & Tanlines	-	-	US22nd × 6 Six-fold platinum (20 weeks)US	Country4 (23 weeks) Country
	I Don't Want This Night to End Tailgates & Tanlines	-	-	US22nd × 5 Quintuple platinum (23 weeks)US	Country1 (26 weeks) Country
2012	Drunk on You Tailgates & Tanlines	-	-	US16 × 5 Quintuple platinum (24 weeks)US	Country1 (23 weeks) Country
	Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye Tailgates & Tanlines	-	-	US29 × 2 Double platinum (20 weeks)US	Country3 (30 weeks) Country
2013	Crash My Party Crash My Party	-	-	US18th × 4 Quadruple platinum (21 weeks)US	Country2 (30 weeks) Country
	That's My Kind of Night Crash My Party	-	-	US15th × 5 Quintuple platinum (21 weeks)US	Country1 (26 weeks) Country
	Drink a Beer Crash My Party	-	-	US31 × 3 Triple platinum (20 weeks)US	Country1 (25 weeks) Country
2014	Play It Again Crash My Party	-	-	US14th × 6 Six-fold platinum (20 weeks)US	Country1 (40 weeks) Country
	Roller Coaster Crash My Party	-	-	US43 × 2 Double platinum (20 weeks)US	Country5 (25 weeks) Country
	I See You Crash My Party	-	-	US41 platinum (19 weeks)US	Country1 (26 weeks) Country
2015	Kick the Dust Up Kill the Lights	-	-	US26th × 3 Triple platinum (20 weeks)US	Country1 (19 weeks) Country
	Strip It Down Kill the Lights	-	-	US30th × 2 Double platinum (20 weeks)US	Country1 (26 weeks) Country
	Home Alone Tonight Kill the Lights	-	-	US38 platinum (19 weeks)US	Country3 (26 weeks) Country	feat. Karen Fairchild
2016	Huntin ', Fishin' and Lovin 'Every Day Kill the Lights	-	-	US37 × 2 Double platinum (20 weeks)US	Country2 (26 weeks) Country
	Move kill the lights	-	-	US50 platinum (14 weeks)US	Country9 (22 weeks) Country
	Fast kill the lights	-	-	US58 gold (13 weeks)US	Country5 (23 weeks) Country
2017	Light It Up What Makes You Country	-	-	US57 platinum (19 weeks)US	Country4 (22 weeks) Country
2018	Most People Are Good What Makes You Country	-	-	US43 platinum (18 weeks)US	Country4 (28 weeks) Country
	Sunrise, Sunburn, Sunset What Makes You Country	-	-	US35 platinum (16 weeks)US	Country4 (26 weeks) Country
	What Makes You Country What Makes You Country	-	-	US54 (11 weeks) US	Country7 (26 weeks) Country
2019	Knockin 'boots	-	-	US31 platinum (22 weeks)US	Country2 (27 weeks) Country
	What She Wants Tonight	-	-	US46 gold (17 weeks)US	Country6 (26 weeks) Country
2020	One margarita	-	-	US19th gold (… Where.)US	Country2 (... weeks) Country
	Down to one	-	-	-	Country34 (1 week) Country
The following songs did not appear as single, but were made available for download and streaming through the album and were thus able to achieve a placement:
2013	In Love with the Girl Spring Break… Here to Party	-	-	-	Country40 (2 weeks) Country
	Suntan City Spring Break… Here to Party	-	-	-	Country43 (3 weeks) Country
	Buzzkill Spring Break… Here to Party	-	-	US74 (2 weeks) US	Country20 (13 weeks) Country
	Just a Sip Spring Break ... Here to Party	-	-	-	Country37 (1 week) Country
	If You Ain't Here to Party Spring Break… Here to Party	-	-	-	Country44 (1 week) Country
	Take My Drunk Ass Home Spring Break… Here to Party	-	-	-	Country49 (1 week) Country
	Dirt Road Diary Crash My Party	-	-	-	Country32 (2 weeks) Country
	Beer in the Headlights Crash My Party	-	-	-	Country45 (3 weeks) Country
2014	Good Lookin 'Girl Spring Break 6… Like We Ain't Ever	-	-	-	Country31 (2 weeks) Country
	She Get Me High Spring Break 6… Like We Ain't Ever	-	-	-	Country33 (9 weeks) Country
	Like We Ain't Ever Spring Break 6… Like We Ain't Ever	-	-	-	Country37 (1 week) Country
2015	Games Spring Break ... Checkin 'Out	-	-	US92 gold (5 weeks)US	Country21 (20 weeks) Country
	Spring Breakdown Spring Break… Checkin 'Out	-	-	-	Country33 (6 weeks) Country
	You and the Beach Spring Break… Checkin 'Out	-	-	-	Country39 (1 week) Country
	My Ol 'Bronco Spring Break ... Checkin' Out	-	-	-	Country44 (1 week) Country
	Kill The Lights Kill The Lights	-	-	-	Country35 (3 weeks) Country
	To The Moon And Back Kill The Lights	-	-	-	Country37 (1 week) Country
	Way Way Back Kill The Lights	-	-	-	Country42 (1 week) Country
2016	Here's To The Farmer Farm Tour… Here's to the Farmer	-	-	-	Country33 (1 week) Country
	Love Me In A Field Farm Tour… Here's to the Farmer	-	-	-	Country41 (1 week) Country
2020	Build Me a Daddy	-	-	-	Country35 (1 week) Country

More singles

• 2009: Drinkin 'Beer & Wasting Bullets (US: gold)

Guest Posts

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		CH	UK	US	Country
2012	The Only Way I Know Night Train	-	-	US40 platinum (20 weeks)US	Country5 (22 weeks) Country	Jason Aldean feat. Luke Bryan & Eric Church
2014	This Is How We Roll Here’s to the Good Times ... This Is How We Roll	-	-	US16 × 3 Triple platinum (28 weeks)US	Country1 (38 weeks) Country	Florida Georgia Line feat. Luke Bryan
2016	Forever Country	-	-	US21st gold (4 weeks)US	Country1 (18 weeks) Country	as part of Artists of Then, Now & Forever

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Canada 2012: for the single Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye 2013: for the single Rain Is a Good Thing 2014: for the single Play It Again 2014: for the single Drink a Beer 2016: for the single Move 2016: for the single Home Alone Tonight 2016: for the single Strip It Down 2016: for the album Kill the Lights 2020: for the album What Makes You Country 2020: for the album Born Here Live Here Die Here

Platinum record  Canada 2012: for the album Tailgates & Tanlines 2013: for the single I Don't Want This Night to End 2013: for the single Crash My Party 2014: for the single That's My Kind of Night 2016: for the single Huntin ', Fishin' and Lovin 'Every Day 2018: for the single Light It Up 2020: for the single Sunrise, Sunburn, Sunset 2020: for the single Most People Are Good 2 × platinum record  Canada 2013: for the single Country Girl (Shake It for Me) 2013: for the single Drunk of You 2016: for the album Crash My Party 2020: for the single knockin 'boots

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Canada (MC)	10 × gold10	16 × platinum16	1,680,000	musiccanada.com
United States (RIAA)	10 × gold10	72 × platinum72	77,000,000	riaa.com
All in all	20 × gold20th	88 × platinum88

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1. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: US UK CH
2. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: USA

Web links

• official website (English)
• official MySpace page (English)
• Luke Bryan at Allmusic (English)