This One's for You (Luke Combs album)

This One's for You is the debut studio album by American country music singer Luke Combs. It was released on June 2, 2017, through Columbia Nashville. It was No. 1 on the Top Country Albums chart for 50 weeks, a record for a male artist on this chart. The album includes the singles "Hurricane", "When It Rains It Pours", and "One Number Away". A deluxe reissue titled This One's for You Too was released June 1, 2018, and featured five new tracks to commemorate the album's first anniversary. Two of these tracks, "She Got the Best of Me" and "Beautiful Crazy", were also issued as singles.[4]

This One's for You
Studio album by Luke Combs
Released	June 2, 2017
Recorded	March 2016[1]
Genre	Country[2] country pop[2]
Length	42:59
Label	River House Artists Columbia Nashville
Producer	Steven Battey Sammy Mitchell Scott Moffatt
Luke Combs chronology
This One's for You (2015) This One's for You (2017) What You See Is What You Get (2019)
Singles from This One's for You
"Hurricane" Released: October 3, 2016 "When It Rains It Pours" Released: June 19, 2017 "One Number Away" Released: January 8, 2018 "She Got the Best of Me" Released: July 9, 2018[3] "Beautiful Crazy" Released: December 3, 2018

History

The album's lead single was "Hurricane", which reached No. 1 on Country Airplay.[1] Combs co-wrote all twelve songs on the album. He told Nash Country Daily that he considered it "a good synopsis of who I am" and "I don't think there’s one track that sounds the same as another."[1]

Critical reception

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic rated the album 3.5 out of 5 stars, praising the ballads and noting that "The tension between Combs' traditional side and modern inclinations is what gives This One's for You some freshness and it surfaces often."[2] Chuck Dauphin of Sounds Like Nashville wrote that "vocals are one thing that Combs has in his favor. You get the feeling that no producer had to coach him to be country", while also praising Combs's songwriting.[5]

Commercial performance

This One's for You debuted at number five on the US Billboard 200 on its release in June 2017, selling 43,000 album-equivalent units of which 35,000 copies were pure album sales in its first week.[6] It also debuted at number one on the US Top Country Albums chart.[7] In its second week, the album dropped to number 33 selling an additional 8,700 units.[8] In June 2018, the deluxe version of the LP was released, and it had its biggest sales week and returned to number one on Top Country Albums with 55,000 equivalent album units (23,000 in traditional album sales) consumed.[9] In August 2019, it became the longest reigning album on the Top Country Albums in the chart history for a male artist at 46 weeks.[10] By the chart dated November 2, 2019, the album had spent 50 weeks at No. 1 on Top Country Albums, equaling the record of Shania Twain's Come On Over.[11]

On March 8, 2019, the album was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for combined sales and album-equivalent units of over two million units.[12] The album has sold 573,900 copies in the United States as of March 2020,[13] with 2,694,000 units consumed in total.[14]

Upon release of This One's for You Too, the album reached a new peak of number four on the Billboard 200 in June 2018.[15]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Out There"	Luke Combs Jacob Bryant Ray Fulcher James McNair	3:23
2.	"Memories Are Made Of"	Combs Fulcher Cody Webb	3:36
3.	"Lonely One"	Combs Erin O'Keefe Drew Parker	3:26
4.	"Beer Can"	Combs Fulcher McNair	3:30
5.	"Hurricane"	Combs Thomas Archer Taylor Phillips	3:43
6.	"One Number Away"	Combs Sammy Mitchell Steven Andre Battey Robert Williford	3:42
7.	"Don't Tempt Me"	Combs Joseph Costa Williford	3:31
8.	"When It Rains It Pours"	Combs Fulcher Jordan Walker	4:02
9.	"This One's for You"	Combs Fulcher Pat Cooper	3:51
10.	"Be Careful What You Wish For"	Combs Fulcher Rob Crosby	2:55
11.	"I Got Away with You"	Combs Fulcher Tyler Reeve	3:50
12.	"Honky Tonk Highway"	Combs Crosby Fulcher	3:30
Total length:			42:59

This One's for You Too (bonus tracks)[4][16]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"Houston, We Got a Problem"	Combs Randy Montana Jonathan Singleton	3:12
14.	"Must've Never Met You"	Combs Singleton Robert Williford	3:19
15.	"Beautiful Crazy"	Combs Wyatt Durrette Williford	3:13
16.	"A Long Way"	Combs Sam Grayson Larry McCoy	3:37
17.	"She Got the Best of Me"	Combs Rob Snyder Channing Wilson	3:03
Total length:			59:16

Personnel

Adapted from liner notes.[17]

Musicians

• Luke Combs – lead vocals (1–12)
• Jon Conley – electric guitar (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9)
• Howard Duck – organ (1, 2, 4, 5, 9), piano (2, 4, 5, 9), synthesizer (5, 9)
• Dave Francis – bass guitar (1–5, 7–12)
• Wil Houchens – piano (3, 12), organ (7, 8, 10, 12)
• Tyler King – background vocals (6)
• Brent Mason – electric guitar (10), acoustic guitar (11)
• Justin Meeks – drums (10, 11), percussion (11)
• Sammy Mitchell – electric guitar (6), acoustic guitar (6), bass guitar (6), background vocals (6)
• James McNair – background vocals (2)
• Scott Moffatt – synthesizer (1, 7, 8), programming (1–5, 7–12), electric guitar (2, 3, 4, 8–12), acoustic guitar (3, 8, 10), percussion (10, 12), bass guitar (10), background vocals (1–5, 7–12)
• Gary Morse – pedal steel guitar (3, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12), lap steel guitar (7, 8), banjo (7, 10, 11)
• Kurt Ozan – Dobro (2, 9), pedal steel guitar (6, 9)
• Rob Pennington – background vocals (2)
• Sol Philcox-Littlefield – electric guitar (3, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12)
• Brian Pruitt – drums (1, 2, 4, 5, 9), percussion (5), programming (5)
• Jerry Roe – drums (3, 7, 8, 12)
• Grady Saxman – drums (6), percussion (6)
• Bobby Terry – acoustic guitar (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9)
• Grace Anne Waller – background vocals (6)
• Rob Williford – acoustic guitar (6), background vocals (6)

Technical

• Jim Cooley – mixing (except 4, 9, 11, 12)
• Ben Cowherd – mixing (9)
• Alex Gilson – engineering
• Gold Cassette – studio
• Erik Hellerman – mixing (4, 11)
• The Jackie Boyz – producer (6)
• Andrew Mendelson – mastering
• Sammy Mitchell – producer (6)
• Scott Moffatt – producer, mixing (12)
• Kenny Royster – engineering

This One's for You Too credits

Credits for This One's for You Too tracks (13–17) adapted from liner notes.[18]

Musicians

• Dave Cohen – keyboards (13, 17)
• Luke Combs – lead vocals (13–17)
• Jon Conley – acoustic guitar (13), electric guitar (13, 17)
• Dave Francis – bass guitar (16)
• Doug Fraser – drums (13), percussion (13)
• Aubrey Haynie – fiddle (13, 15)
• Wil Houchens – keyboards (14, 15), piano (16), organ (16)
• Ben Jordan – bass guitar (13)
• Tim Marks – bass guitar (17)
• Brent Mason – electric guitar (16)
• Justin Meeks – drums (16)
• Carl Miner – acoustic guitar (14, 15)
• Scott Moffatt – background vocals (13–17), electric guitar (13–17), acoustic guitar (17), programming (13, 17), percussion (13, 14, 16), synthesizer (16)
• Gary Morse – pedal steel guitar (13–17)
• Sol Philcox-Littlefield – electric guitar (14, 15)
• Jerry Roe – drums (14, 15, 17), percussion (15, 17)
• Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass guitar (14, 15)
• Ilya Toshinsky – acoustic guitar (17), mandolin (17), banjo (17)

Technical

• Chris Lord-Alge – mixing (13)
• Jim Cooley – mixing (14, 16, 17)
• Alex Gilson – engineering
• Andrew Mendelson – mastering
• Scott Moffatt – producer (13–17), mixing (15)

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2017–2020) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[19] 7 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[20] 10 New Zealand Heatseeker Albums (RMNZ)[21] 7 Scottish Albums (OCC)[22] 98 UK Digital Albums (OCC)[23] 63 US Billboard 200[15] 4 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[7] 1 This One's for You Too Chart (2018—2019) Peak position Scottish Albums (OCC)[24] 74 UK Digital Albums (OCC)[25] 77 UK Country Albums (OCC)[26] 5

Year-end charts Chart (2017) Position US Billboard 200[27] 109 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[28] 14 Chart (2018) Position Australian Albums (ARIA)[29] 42 Australian Country Albums (ARIA)[30] 3 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[31] 36 US Billboard 200[32] 20 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[33] 1 Chart (2019) Position Australian Albums (ARIA)[34] 19 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[35] 18 US Billboard 200[36] 11 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[37] 1 Chart (2020) Position Australian Albums (ARIA)[38] 17 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[39] 19 US Billboard 200[40] 22 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[41] 2 Decade-end charts Chart (2010–2019) Position US Billboard 200[42] 60

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[19]	Gold	35,000
Canada (Music Canada)[43]	Platinum	80,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[44]	Silver	200,000
United States (RIAA)[12]	2× Platinum	2,694,000[14] / 573,900[13]
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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