Thomas Luther "Luke" Bryan (born July 17, 1976) is an American country music singer and songwriter. He is one of the world's best-selling music artists, with over 75 million records sold, and is a five-time "Entertainer of the Year", being awarded by both the Academy of Country Music Awards and the Country Music Association. In 2019, his 2013 album Crash My Party received the first Album of the Decade award from the Academy of Country Music. Since 2018, Bryan has been a judge on the singing competition television show American Idol. Bryan's first ten albums – I'll Stay Me (2007), Doin' My Thing (2009), Tailgates & Tanlines (2011), Crash My Party (2013), Spring Break...Here to Party (2013), Spring Break...Checkin' Out (2015), Kill the Lights (2015), Farm Tour... Here's to the Farmer (2016), What Makes You Country (2017), and Born Here Live Here Die Here (2020) – have included 30 number-one hits. Bryan often co-writes with Jeff Stevens.