Luke Bryan Biography

Luke Bryan was born Thomas Luther Bryan in 1976 in Leesburg, Georgia. He started playing guitar when he was fourteen and began forming bands and performing around the local area. After attending Georgia Southern University, he moved to Nashville in 2001 and began writing music with a publishing house. Some of his earliest songs were written for such notables as Travis Tritt and Billy Currington, but within a short period of time Luke was recognized for his own talents as a performer and he signed a recording contract with Capital Records.

Luke Bryan’s debut single, “All My Friends Say,” was released in 2007 and rose into the top ten on the country charts. Bryan’s debut album, I’ll Stay Me, followed, and spawned the additional hits “We Rode in Trucks” and “Country Man.” The albums Doin’ My Thing (2009) and Tailgates & Tanlines (2011) followed, spawning the singles: “Do I,” “Rain is a Good Thing,” “Someone Else Calling You Baby,” “Country Girl (Shake it For Me),” “I Don’t Want this Night To End,” “Drunk on You,” and “ Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye,” most of which either hit the number one spot on the country charts or at least rose into the top five.

For his talents, even this early in his career, Luke Bryan has been recognized with multiple awards and nominations, including: Top New Solo Vocalist and Top New Artist from the Academy of Country Music Awards; New Artist of the Year and Album of the Year from the Country Music Association Awards; Male Artist of the Year from the American Country Awards; Favorite Male Country Artist and Favorite Country Album from the American Music Awards; and Top Country Artist, Top Country Album, and Top Country Song form the Billboard Music Awards. Most recently, Luke Bryan launched a tour running from late 2012 into early 2013, and released the next single off his soon-to-be released album, “Crash My Party.”