Combs exhibit at Country Music HOF opens, plays show

Combs was joined by four of his songwriting collaborators — Ray Fulcher, James McNair, Drew Parker and Rob Williford — where they shared the stories behind and performed some of the songs they have written together.

The program was filmed and will premiere this fall, as part of the museum's Live at the Hall digital programs series, available to stream on the museum's website.

Luke Combs: The Man I Am traces Combs' story from singing with his school choirs in North Carolina to headlining stadiums around the world. The exhibit, which opened today, will run until June 2025 and is included with museum admission. The exhibit includes stage wear, tour memorabilia, manuscripts, set lists, instruments, photographs, posters and childhood memorabilia.

Combs visited Nashville in January 2014 to record his debut EP, "The Way She Rides," and permanently moved to the area that September at age 24. He signed with a booking agent within a year and played throughout the Southeast. After independently releasing three EPs, Combs signed a record deal with River House Artists and Sony Music Nashville in October 2016, two years after moving to Nashville.

The song "Hurricane" earned Combs his first country radio number one in May 2017. His debut album from the same year, "This One's for You," which included "Hurricane," spent 50 weeks atop the country albums chart, tying Shania Twain's record for most weeks at number one. In 2019, Combs became the first artist to top the Billboard Country Airplay chart with his first five singles — and then extended the record to 13 consecutive n umber one songs.