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Luke Combs Celebrates 1st Number One Song He Wrote For Someone Else

Luke Combs was excited with the number one chart status of the Carly Pearce and Lee Brice duet “I Hope You’re Happy Now,” which he co-wrote with Pearce. Luke posted…

Luke Combs Celebrates 1st Songwriter Number One
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Luke Combs was excited with the number one chart status of the Carly Pearce and Lee Brice duet "I Hope You're Happy Now," which he co-wrote with Pearce.

Luke posted a video of him singing the song to Instagram. He wrote, "Songwriting is one of the things that made me fall in love with country music, so I'm pumped to have written this song ("I Hope You're Happy Now") with @carlypearce and it be my first No. 1 as just a songwriter. Huge congrats to her & @leebrice for it being the No. 1 song this week!"

Carly herself posted to Instagram, "Because THIS Monday is allll the celebration #ihopeyourehappynow."

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