Ashley Cooke gets by with a little help from her friends.

While the rising country star has had a banner year since achieving her first No. 1 song on country radio in June 2024 with “your place,” she has also been facing the emotional roller coaster of dealing with a slew of tough diagnoses for both her and her family, noting they’ve had a “crazy, crazy health year.”

“My dad had cancer for the fifth time,” she detailed in an exclusive interview with E! News. “My mom had a heart attack. Both of my grandmothers passed away. My sister had stuff with her thyroid that she’s been posting about, too.”

Meanwhile, the 28-year-old—who also weathered a tough breakup last year—has had something weighing quite literally on her heart.

“I was diagnosed with Brugada syndrome, which a lot of m

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