Luke Combs Just Became The Second Best-Selling Country Artist In History – Behind Only Garth Brooks

One of the biggest artists in country music – ever.

Luke Combs has had a seemingly meteoric rise over the past few years. The first time I saw him was in January 2017 at Iron City in Birmingham, a venue that holds just over 1,000 people. Muscadine Bloodline was opening for him, and it was just a couple of months after his debut single “Hurricane” had been released.

That was obviously one of the last shows of that size that Luke was able to play, because it seems like it was no time at all before he was headlining arenas, and now stadiums. Since “Hurricane” topped the charts in 2017, Luke has scored an insane 19 #1 hits, four Platinum albums, and two wins for Entertainer of the Year at the CMA Awards.

Just an insane run that he’s on right now.

Well Luke was recently awarded with some more hardware from the RIAA, picking up 34 new certifications that push him into the second best-selling country artist of ALL time, behind only Garth Brooks, and one of the top 15 best-selling artists of all time in ANY genre.

Among the RIAA milestones, Luke picked up a Diamond certification for “She Got The Best Of Me,” making him the only country artist in history to have four Diamond-certified singles. (A Diamond certification signals 10 million units, with a unit being either one digital download or 150 streams).

He also picked up new Platinum certifications for his 2023 album Gettin’ Old, which is now 2x Platinum, as well as his 2017 debut album This One’s For You, which is now 7x Platinum.

The new certifications put Luke at 155.5 million units, with Garth Brooks being in 9th all time, just ahead of Luke at 162.5 million. The best-selling artist of all time is currently Drake with 298.5 million units, while Taylor Swift is in 6th with 194.5 million units and country newcomer Post Malone is 11th all-time with 157 million units.

There’s no doubt in my mind that Luke will pass Garth at some point relatively soon to become the best-selling country artist of all time. The only question is just how far up the chart he can get, and whether he’ll eventually end his career as the best-selling artist of ANY genre.

Right now, I don’t see what – or who – is going to stop him.

NEW RIAA CERTIFICATIONS

SINGLES:

“Beautiful Crazy” – 14x Platinum
“When It Rains It Pours” – 12x Platinum
“Hurricane” – 11x Platinum
“Forever After All” – 8x Platinum
“Beer Never Broke My Heart” – 8x Platinum
“Fast Car” – 7x Platinum
“The Kind of Love We Make” – 6x Platinum
“One Number Away” – 6x Platinum
“Better Together” – 5x Platinum
“Even Though I’m Leaving” – 4x Platinum
“Where The Wild Things Are” – 4x Platinum
“Going, Going, Gone” – 3x Platinum
“Love You Anyway” – 3x Platinum
“Must’ve Never Met You” – 3x Platinum
“Does To Me” – 3x Platinum
“Lovin’ On You” – 3x Platinum
“1, 2 Many” – 2x Platinum
“Cold As You” – 2x Platinum
“Growin’ Up & Gettin’ Old” – Platinum
“Nothing Like You” – Platinum
“5 Leaf Clover” – Platinum
“Beer Can” – Platinum
“I Got Away With You” – Platinum
“Tomorrow Me” – Platinum
“What You See Is What You Get” – Platinum
“Remember Him That Way” – Gold
“The Man He Sees In Me” – Gold
“Outrunnin’ Your Memory” – Gold
“Every Little Bit Helps” – gold
“New Every Day” – Gold
“The Other Guy” – gold

ALBUMS:

Gettin’ Old – 2x Platinum
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