Born Here Live Here Die Here is the seventh studio album by American country music artist Luke Bryan. It was released on August 7, 2020 by Capitol Records Nashville. The album includes the singles "Knockin' Boots", "What She Wants Tonight", "One Margarita", and "Down to One". A deluxe edition with six extra songs, including the album's fifth single "Waves" and its sixth single, "Up", was released on April 9, 2021.
The album debuted at number five on the US Billboard 200 and number one on the US Top Country Albums charts, earning 65,000 album-equivalent units (of which 48,000 were pure album sales) in its first week.
Background "Knockin' Boots" was released on April 8, 2019 as the debut single from Bryan's seventh studio album. "What She Wants Tonight" was released on October 24, 2019 as the second single. In January 2020 during an Instagram Live video, Bryan announced the name of the album would be Born Here Live Here Die Here. In February 2020, Bryan released the title track, the album's track listing and announced it would be released on April 24, 2020. On March 13, 2020, "One Margarita" was released, and it would later be sent to country radio on April 13, 2020, after Capitol Nashville and Bryan postponed the album's release to August 7, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On June 12, 2020, Bryan released the track "Build Me a Daddy" along with a music video for the song.
Commercial performance Born Here Live Here Die Here debuted at number five on the US Billboard 200 chart, earning 65,000 album-equivalent units (of which 48,000 were pure album sales) in its first week. This became Bryan's eleventh US top-ten album. The album also debuted at number one on the US Top Country Albums chart, becoming Bryan's ninth number one album on this chart.
Track listing
Personnel Credits adapted from Tidal.
Musicians
Luke Bryan – vocals David Dorn – keyboards Jody Stevens – programming , acoustic guitar , electric guitar , banjo , bass Charlie Judge – keyboards , Hammond B3 organ , Wurlitzer electric piano Kyle Fishman – programming Adam Shoenfeld – electric guitar Rob McNelley – electric guitar John Willis – acoustic guitar , mandolin Ilya Toshinskiy – acoustic guitar , banjo J. T. Corenflos – electric guitar Derek Wells – electric guitar Jake Mitchell – electric guitar Justin Ostrander – electric guitar Eddy Dunlap – pedal steel guitar , dobro Mark Hill – bass Greg Morrow – drums Evan Hutchings – drums , percussion Kirk "Jellyroll" Johnson – harmonica Perry Coleman – backing vocals Matt Rogers – backing vocals Chancie Neal – backing vocals
Production and Technical Brian Wright – A&R Jeff Stevens – producer Jody Stevens – producer Derek Bason – recording, mixing Chris Small – recording assistant, digital editing, mix assistant Adam Ayan – mastering at Gateway Mastering (Portland, Maine) Scott Johnson – production coordinator Sarah Marie Burke – A&R production Karen Naff – art direction Wendy Stamberger – art direction, design Jim Wright – photography Kera Jackson – art production Lee Moore – wardrobe stylist Paula Turner – grooming Kerri Edwards with KPentertainment and Red Light Management – management
Charts
Weekly charts + Weekly chart performance for Born Here Live Here Die Here Chart (2020) Peakposition Australian Country Albums (ARIA) 1
Year-end charts +2020 year-end chart performance for Born Here Live Here Die Here Chart (2020) Position Australian Top Country Albums (ARIA) 10 US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 39
+2021 year-end chart performance for Born Here Live Here Die Here Chart (2021) Position US Billboard 200 139 US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 9
+2022 year-end chart performance for Born Here Live Here Die Here Chart (2022) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 52
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