Growin' Up (Luke Combs album)

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.

Growin' Up
Studio album by Luke Combs
Released	June 24, 2022 (2022-06-24)
Genre	Country
Length	41:23
Label	Columbia River House
Producer	Luke Combs Chip Matthews Jonathan Singleton
Luke Combs chronology
What You See Is What You Get (2019) Growin' Up (2022) Gettin' Old (2023)
Singles from Growin' Up
"Doin' This" Released: November 10, 2021 "The Kind of Love We Make" Released: June 17, 2022 "Going, Going, Gone" Released: October 24, 2022

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]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Entertainment Focus	[4]
Holler	7/10[5]
Rolling Stone	[6]

The album received generally positive reviews.^[7]

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.^[8]

Track listing

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

Growin' Up track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Doin' This"	Drew Parker Robert Williford	4:14
2.	"Any Given Friday Night"	Randy Montana Jonathan Singleton	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"	Deric Ruttan Singleton	2:58
7.	"Better Back When"	Ray Fulcher D. Isbell Montana	3:23
8.	"Tomorrow Me"	Dean Dillon Fulcher	3:28
9.	"Ain't Far from It"	Fulcher D. Isbell R. Isbell	3:37
10.	"Call Me"	Shane Minor Singleton	3:20
11.	"Middle of Somewhere"	Montana Singleton	3:20
12.	"Going, Going, Gone"	Fulcher McNair	2:57

Personnel

• Jim "Moose" Brown – keyboards
• Luke Combs – lead vocals, acoustic guitar on "Going, Going, Gone"^[9]
• Jon Conley – acoustic guitar
• Billy Justineau – keyboards
• Miranda Lambert – duet vocals on "Outrunnin' Your Memory"
• Steve Mackey – bass guitar
• Chip Matthews – electric guitar, keyboards, percussion, programming, background vocals
• Rob McNelley – electric guitar
• Greg Morrow – drums
• Gary Morse – pedal steel guitar
• Sol Philcox-Littlefield – electric guitar
• Jerry Roe – drums
• Scotty Sanders – pedal steel guitar
• Adam Shoenfeld – electric guitar
• Jonathan Singleton – bass guitar, electric guitar, background vocals
• Travis Toy – pedal steel guitar
• Mike Waldron – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Charlie Worsham – acoustic guitar
• Derek Wells – electric guitar

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for Growin' Up Chart (2022) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[10] 2 Australian Country Albums (ARIA)[11] 1 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[12] 2 Irish Albums (OCC)[13] 36 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[14] 9 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[15] 33 Scottish Albums (OCC)[16] 5 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[17] 53 UK Albums (OCC)[18] 9 UK Country Albums (OCC)[19] 1 US Billboard 200[20] 2 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[21] 1

Year-end charts 2022 year-end chart performance for Growin' Up Chart (2022) Position Australian Albums (ARIA)[22] 32 US Billboard 200[23] 118 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[24] 12 2023 year-end chart performance for Growin' Up Chart (2023) Position Australian Albums (ARIA)[25] 53 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[26] 25 US Billboard 200[27] 46 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[28] 11 2024 year-end chart performance for Growin' Up Chart (2024) Position Australian Country Albums (ARIA)[29] 19 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[30] 35

Certifications

Certifications and sales for Growin' Up

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[31]	Gold	35,000‡
Canada (Music Canada)[32]	2× Platinum	160,000‡
New Zealand (RMNZ)[33]	Gold	7,500‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[34]	Silver	60,000‡
United States (RIAA)[35]	Platinum	1,000,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.