''Growin' Up'' is the third studio album by American

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. It was released on June 24, 2022, through

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Nashville and River House Records. The album includes the singles "

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", " 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

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Content

Combs confirmed the album's track listing on May 17, 2022. The album consists of twelve tracks, including lead single "

" which went to number one on ''

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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

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on "Outrunnin' Your Memory". Combs wrote the album's songs over a two-year period, and worked with Chip Matthews and Jonathan Singleton as producers.

Commercial performance

''Growin' Up'' debuted at number two on the US ''Billboard'' 200 with 74,000

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s, 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.

Track listing

Personnel

*Jim "Moose" Brown – keyboards *

– lead vocals, acoustic guitar on "Going, Going, Gone" *Jon Conley – acoustic guitar *Billy Justineau – keyboards *

– duet vocals on "Outrunnin' Your Memory" *

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– bass guitar *Chip Matthews – electric guitar, keyboards, percussion, programming, background vocals *Rob McNelley – electric guitar *

Greg Morrow Greg Morrow is an American drummer, percussionist, session musician, mixing engineer, and vocalist. Biography Morrow was born in Ripley, Tennessee and raised in Memphis. At age 11, Morrow and his band performed on a local TV show, and he par ...

– drums *Gary Morse –

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*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 *

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– electric guitar

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

{{CMA Album of the Year 2022 albums Albums produced by Jonathan Singleton Albums produced by Luke Combs Columbia Records albums Luke Combs albums