{"id":48573,"date":"2026-04-18T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/?p=48573"},"modified":"2026-04-16T09:24:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T13:24:40","slug":"luke-combs-named-to-times-100-most-influential-people-of-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/blogs\/country-music-news\/2026\/04\/luke-combs-named-to-times-100-most-influential-people-of-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Luke Combs Named To TIME\u2019s 100 Most Influential People Of 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ed Sheeran wrote the tribute for\u00a0<strong>Luke Combs<\/strong>\u00a0in TIME&#8217;s 100 Most Influential People of 2026 list, highlighting the country star&#8217;s remarkable achievements. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The singer-songwriter emphasized how his longtime friend has maintained his authentic, relatable persona despite reaching superstar status. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s scaled the highest heights of music. He\u2019s an incredible writer, singer, and performer. I love his commitment to his family and how that reflects in his music. My favorite album of his is\u00a0<em>Fathers &amp; Sons<\/em>\u00a0&#8211; it\u2019s a perfect snapshot for any parent of how life is in the moment. I\u2019m looking forward to whatever is next, because really, it can be anything.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the full article at <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/collection\/100-most-influential-people\/2026\/luke-combs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/time.com\/collection\/100-most-influential-people\/2026\/luke-combs\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"insta-iframe\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/tvtHC5cDTNw\/embed\/captioned\" width=\"auto\" height=\"auto\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display:inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height:0;\"  class=\"mce_SELRES_start\"><\/span><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ed Sheeran wrote the tribute for\u00a0Luke Combs\u00a0in TIME&#8217;s 100 Most Influential People of 2026 list, highlighting the country star&#8217;s remarkable achievements. The singer-songwriter emphasized how his longtime friend has maintained his authentic, relatable persona despite reaching superstar status. &#8220;He&#8217;s scaled the highest heights of music. He\u2019s an incredible writer, singer, and performer. I love his","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":47151,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_img_display":"Yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[266,101,2688,7232],"class_list":["post-48573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-country-music-news","tag-ed-sheeran","tag-luke-combs","tag-time","tag-times-100-most-influential-people-of-2026"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-25 11:01:49","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"react_link":"https:\/\/country929.com\/blogs\/country-music-news\/2026\/04\/luke-combs-named-to-times-100-most-influential-people-of-2026\/","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48573"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48573\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48574,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48573\/revisions\/48574"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}