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Luke Combs Takes Down Rudolph And Breaks Another Record!

Luke Combs sophomore album, What You See Is What You Get, is shining brightly on top of the country and all genre charts! But what’s more impressive is the latest…

(Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images)

(Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images)

Luke Combs sophomore album, What You See Is What You Get,

is shining brightly on top of the country and all genre charts!

But what's more impressive is the latest record broken for country's "every man." He has taken down Rudolph to claim the most streamed album! Songs from the album were streamed more than 74 million times! That is the most by any country album! The album Luke took down was from an artist who's been gone for over 20 years, Gene Autry! Autry's Rudolph The Red Nosed Reineer and Other Christmas Classics previously held the title of most streamed "country album," racking up 44 million by late last year.

Apparently, we country fans have been slow to adapt to the streaming game.  In fact, according to a music tracking service (Alpha Data), only 8.7 % of country songs consumed were streamed last year. That is waaaay behind hip-hop at 26.9% and pop at 19.4%.

Leave it to Luke to be a game changer.

Born and raised at Country 1025. Carolyn is a concert-lovin’ country music fan. Plus, an avid New England sports fan. Count Kruser in for standup comedy, movies, and cosmos, but family is #1 for her. Wife, mother of 2- plus Zoey the dog, unpaid cook, cleaner and organizer of chaos. Kruser likes to write about country music, New England lifestyle and trending topics.