This One's for You is the debut studio album by American country music artist Luke Combs. It was released on June 2, 2017 through River House Artist and 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.[3]
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 receptionedit
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."[4] 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 performanceedit
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 listingedit
All tracks are written by Luke Combs, with additional co-writers as noted
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
Referencesedit
^ abcCasey, Jim (June 2, 2017). "After the Success of Debut Single, 'Hurricane,' Luke Combs Unleashes New Album, 'This One's For You'". Nash Country Daily. Retrieved June 3, 2017.
^"Single Releases : MusicRow". MusicRow. 4 January 2013. Archived from the original on June 26, 2018. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
^ abNicholson, Jessica (April 9, 2018). "Luke Combs To Release Deluxe Album In June". MusicRow. Retrieved May 30, 2018.
^Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "This One's for You". AllMusic. Retrieved June 3, 2017.
^Dauphin, Chuck (May 31, 2017). "Album Review: Luke Combs' 'This One's For You'". Sounds Like Nashville. Retrieved June 3, 2017.
^Caulfield, Keith (June 11, 2017). "Halsey Earns First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Hopeless Fountain Kingdom'". Billboard. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
^ ab"Billboard Country Update" (PDF). Billboard. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
^Bjorke, Matt (June 19, 2017). "Top 10 Country Albums Sales Chart: June 19, 2017". Roughstock.
^Asker, Jim (June 12, 2018). "Can We Get an 'Amen'? Dierks Bentley Rules Country Airplay; FGL Makes History With 3 in Hot Country Songs Top 10". Billboard.
^McIntyre, Hugh (August 8, 2019). "Luke Combs' Debut Album Is Now The Second-Longest-Running No. 1 In Country Music History". Forbes. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
^Asker, Jim (October 28, 2019). "Luke Combs' 'This One's For You' Ties Shania Twain's 'Come On Over' For Longest Top Country Albums Reign". Billboard.
^Bjorke, Matt (March 10, 2020). "Top 10 Country Albums Pure Sales Chart: March 9, 2020". RoughStock. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
^ abBjorke, Matt (March 9, 2020). "Country Music's Most-Consumed Albums Chart: March 9, 2020". Roughstock. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
^ abCaulfield, Keith (June 10, 2018). "Kanye West Earns Eighth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Ye'". Billboard. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
^This One's for You (CD booklet). Luke Combs. River House Artists/Columbia Records. 2017. 88985-38883-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^This One's for You Too (CD booklet). Luke Combs. River House Artists/Columbia Records. 2018. 19075-82928-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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^"Luke Combs Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
^"Canadian album certifications – Luke Combs – This One's for You". Music Canada. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
^"New Zealand album certifications – Luke Combs – This One's for You". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved November 16, 2023.
^"Norwegian album certifications – Luke Combs – This One's for You" (in Norwegian). IFPI Norway. Retrieved August 14, 2023.
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