Growin' Up (Luke Combs album)

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Growin' Up
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Studio album by
ReleasedJune 24, 2022 (2022-06-24)
Genre Country
Length41:23
Label
Producer
Luke Combs chronology
What You See Is What You Get
(2019)
Growin' Up
(2022)
Gettin' Old
(2023)
Singles from Growin' Up
  1. "Doin' This"
    Released: November 10, 2021
  2. "The Kind of Love We Make"
    Released: June 17, 2022
  3. "Going, Going, Gone"
    Released: October 24, 2022

Growin' Up is the third studio album by American country music artist Luke Combs. It was released on June 24, 2022, through Columbia Records Nashville and River House Records. The album includes the singles "Doin' This", "The Kind of Love We Make" and "Going, Going, Gone" which impacted country radio on October 24. Growin' Up was nominated for Best Country Album at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards.

Contents

Content

Combs confirmed the album's track listing on May 17, 2022. The album consists of twelve tracks, including lead single "Doin' This" which went to number one on Billboard Country Airplay earlier in 2022. The second single "The Kind of Love We Make" was released in June 2022, and reached a peak of number 2 on the Country Airplay chart, becoming Combs' first single to miss number one on that chart. The album also features a duet with Miranda Lambert on "Outrunnin' Your Memory". [1] Combs wrote the album's songs over a two-year period, and worked with Chip Matthews and Jonathan Singleton as producers. [2]

Commercial performance

Growin' Up debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 with 74,000 album-equivalent units, of which 28,000 were pure album sales. It is Combs' fourth top-five album in the US, and the highest debut for a country album in 2022. [3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Luke Combs, with additional co-writers as noted

Growin' Up track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Doin' This"
  • Drew Parker
  • Robert Williford
4:14
2."Any Given Friday Night"3:13
3."The Kind of Love We Make"
  • Jamie Davis
  • Dan Isbell
  • Reid Isbell
3:44
4."On the Other Line"
  • Thomas Archer
  • D. Isbell
  • James McNair
  • Montana
2:55
5."Outrunnin' Your Memory" (with Miranda Lambert)
  • Miranda Lambert
  • D. Isbell
4:14
6."Used to Wish I Was"
2:58
7."Better Back When"
  • Ray Fulcher
  • D. Isbell
  • Montana
3:23
8."Tomorrow Me"
3:28
9."Ain't Far from It"
  • Fulcher
  • D. Isbell
  • R. Isbell
3:37
10."Call Me"
3:20
11."Middle of Somewhere"
  • Montana
  • Singleton
3:20
12."Going, Going, Gone"
  • Fulcher
  • McNair
2:57

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

Certifications and sales for Growin' Up
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [23] Gold35,000
New Zealand (RMNZ) [24] Gold7,500
United Kingdom (BPI) [25] Silver60,000
United States (RIAA) [26] Platinum1,000,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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