Luke Bryan Biography

Fast Facts

• Hosts an annual Farm Tour to raise scholarship money for children from farming families
• Received the 2017 Nashville Songwriters Association International Award for Artist of the Year
• Named Entertainer of the Year at the 2013 Academy of Country Music Awards
• Has certified platinum albums, including "Doin' My Thing," "Tailgates & Tanlines" and "Crash My Party․"
• Met future wife Caroline Boyer while the two were attending Georgia Southern University
• Joined a publishing house shortly after deciding to pursue a music career in Nashville, Tenn
• Quote: "The day I moved to Nashville and every day since then has been the best day of my life․"
• Quote: "[on getting a recording contract] "It's all your dreams and everything you ever wanted coming together right there at that moment․""
• Recorded hit singles, such as "Drink a Beer" and "That's My Kind of Night․"
• Got hit by a car when he was in the second grade
• Loves movie popcorn
• Featured as an up-and-coming country star on a makeover episode of "Celebrity Apprentice․"
• Performed at the Grand Ole Opry for the first time in 2007, where about half of his hometown was in attendance
• Got his first job at the age of 12 as a produce stocker at a grocery store