Keith urban

Keith Urban Keith Lionel Urban (born 26 October 1967) is a New Zealand-Australian pop music singer, prominent in both countries as well as in North America. Contents 1 Biography 2 Personal life 3 Discography 3.1 Albums 3.2 Singles 4 Awards and achievements 4.1 Awards 4.2 Gold/Platinum singles, videos and albums 4.3 Albums Urban has performed on 5 References 6 External links Biography Keith Urban was born in Whangarei, North Island, New Zealand, before moving to Australia and then relocating to Nashville, Tennessee. By age seven, Urban was already thinking about emigrating to America and making his mark in Nashville. Urban began to learn the guitar at age six and began winning talent contests at age eight. By twelve he was booking his band in local clubs, and at fifteen he quit school to hit the road. In 1990, Urban signed with EMI in Australia and recorded his first solo album, which charted four No. 1 country hits in Australia. In 1992, he moved to Nashville to pursue the largest country music market in the world. Originally the front man for The Ranch, a three-piece group that released one album in 1997 to critical acclaim, Urban disbanded the group to pursue a solo career. In the late 90's Urban battled an addiction to cocaine. [1]. After reaching a personal rock bottom in 1998, he became determined to give up the habit and checked into Cumberland Heights, a treatment center in Nashville. After cleaning up, Urban released his self-titled American debut in 2000, achieving three top 5 hits and securing the title of Top New Male Vocalist Award at the 2001 Academy of Country Music Awards. Urban, openly regarded as a modern day guitar virtuoso, has performed as a session musician on albums such as Garth Brooks' Double Live and the Dixie Chicks' Fly. Urban released Golden Road in 2002, and the success of the single "Somebody Like You" sent his career into high gear. The single spent eight consecutive weeks at the top of the charts, remaining at No. 1 longer than any other country artist in 2002. Three other singles were released, two went to No. 1 and the third was No. 3, again while he battled cocaine addiction and his long term relationship broke up. The album went platinum in every country where it has been released and is triple platinum in the United States. In 2004 Be Here was released and nominated for best country album at the Grammy Awards and at the Academy of Country Music Awards. Out of the four singles released from Be Here, three went to No. 1 and the fourth was No. 2. In 2006 the album went triple platinum in the U.S. Urban has also released Days Go By, a greatest hits collection, in Europe. His second single "It's a Love Thing" off his self-titled debut only went to No. 18 on the charts 2000. Since then, 11 singles have been released and everyone of them has made it into the top 4. With a career total of 13 singles released, seven singles went to No. 1, one went to No. 18, one went to No. 4, two went to No. 3 and two went to No. 2. Touring as a supporting act for renowned country acts Brooks & Dunn and Kenny Chesney honed Urban's skills and stage-craft. Country video channel CMT signed on as the title sponsor of Keith Urban's first headlining arena tour titled Keith Urban Be Here '04. Urban continued his meteoric rise to fame in 2005 with the very successful Alive in '05 tour. He performed in the Live 8 Philadelphia concert on July 2, 2005 and has been chosen by The Gap to appear alongside seven other bright musical stars in their "Favorites" campaign. Also, he was recently named CMA's Entertainer of the Year. He released a DVD in late September entitled Livin' Right Now, recorded in California. Urban has recently performed "Better Life" on the CMA Awards and "You'll Think of Me" on the American Music Awards. He also performed at the Grammys playing "You'll Think of Me" and "The Lucky One" with Faith Hill. At the 2006 ACM Awards Urban gave two performances when he performed "Tonight I Wanna Cry" and played guitar for Brooks & Dunn's song "Believe." Personal life On arriving in Nashville, Tennessee in 1992, Urban quickly fell for veterinary technician, Laura Sigler. The pair shared an on-off relationship from 1992, and lived together between 1998 and 2002. Sigler went to Canada after they first broke up due to Urban's drug habit, and fear of losing her license. Urban paid tribute to Sigler in the sleeve notes to his self-titled first hit album, and dedicated love song "You're The Only One" to Sigler, writing "For Laura" at the bottom of the lyrics. The song includes the lines: "I know it's gonna take some time, for you to trust this love of mine." And it ends: "You're the only one, you make me shine like the sun." After proposing to Sigler in 2001, the pair broke up in 2002. [2] Urban met actress Nicole Kidman at an event in Hollywood in January of 2005. They started dating shortly after and in May of 2006, Urban and Kidman announced their engagement and their plans to wed in Australia. They married just after sundown on 25 June 2006 at the Cardinal Cerretti Memorial Chapel in the grounds of St Patrick's Estate, Manly, Sydney. Guests reportedly included were: Russell Crowe, Hugh Jackman, Naomi Watts and Rupert Murdoch, as well as Urban's brother, Shane, serving as best man, with Urban's good friend, Marlon Holden, also in attendance. A guest told People, "But when Nicole and Keith looked at each other it was like they were the only two people in the room. They are so deeply in love. It was the most incredible wedding." Instead of gifts, guests were asked to donate to the Sydney Children's Hospital and at the "passion"-themed and red-schemed reception, both Jackman and Crowded House's Neil Finn performed. Later that night, Kidman and Urban stated that, "We just want to thank everyone in Australia and around the world who have sent us their warm wishes."[1] Discography Albums 1991 Keith Urban (1991) 1997 The Ranch (with The Ranch) 1999 Keith Urban (1999) #145 US (Billboard 200) - #17 US BB Top Country Albums 2002 Golden Road #11 US (BB 200) - #2 US BB Top County Albums (108 wks on chart) 2004 In the Ranch (reissue) #34 US BB Top Country Albums 2004 Be Here #3 US (Billboard 200) - #1 US Billboard Top Country Albums (90 wks and still counting) 2005 Days Go By (UK) #40 UK Singles Year Single Album US US Country US AC US Pop US Dig AUS Country AUS 1991 "I Never Work on a Sunday" Keith Urban (1991) - - - - - #1 - 1991 "Only You" Keith Urban (1991) - - - - - #1 - 1991 "The River" Keith Urban (1991) - - - - - #1 - 1991 "Got it Bad" Keith Urban (1991) - - - - - #1 - 2000 "You're Everything" Keith Urban 51 4 - - - - - 2000 "It's A Love Thing" Keith Urban - 18 - - - - - 2001 "Where The Blacktop Ends" Keith Urban 35 3 - - - - - 2001 "But For The Grace Of God" Keith Urban 37 #1 - - - - - 2002 "Somebody Like You" Golden Road 23 #1 - - - - - 2003 "Raining On Sunday" Golden Road 38 3 - - - - - 2003 "Who Wouldn't Wanna Be Me" Golden Road 30 #1 - - - - - 2004 "You'll Think Of Me" Golden Road 24 #1 2 41 48 - - 2004 "You Look Good In My Shirt" Golden Road - 60 - - - - - 2004 "Days Go By" Be Here 31 #1 - - - - - 2005 "You're My Better Half" Be Here 33 2 - - - - 34 2005 "Making Memories Of Us" Be Here 34 #1 5 60 47 - - 2005 "Better Life" Be Here 44 #1 - 92 - - - 2006 "Tonight I Wanna Cry" Be Here 36 2 - 49 36 - - 2006 "Live to Love Another Day" Be Here 53 - - - - Notes: Keith Urban's first four singles were not released outside of Australia and therefore did not chart on an US charts. "Somebody Like You" was #1 on the US Country Chart for 8 weeks. "You Look Good In My Shirt" wasn't officially released as a single, but received enough radio airplay to chart. "Days Go By" was #1 on the US Country Chart for 6 weeks. "Making Memories of Us" was #1 on the US Country Chart for 5 weeks. "Making Memories of Us" didn't chart on the US Adult Contemporary chart until 2006. "You'll Think of Me" was #1 on the US Country Chart for 4 weeks. "Better Life" was #1 on the US Country Chart for 6 weeks. "Tonight I Wanna Cry" was #1 on Billboard's Hot Country Recurrents Chart 05-13-06 "Live to Love Another Day" like "You Look Good In My Shirt" wasn't officially released as a single, but is receiving enough airplay to chart. Awards and achievements Awards 1983 - CCMA Junior Male Vocalist 1990 - CMAA Star Maker Award 1991 - CMAA Golden Guitar/Best New Talent 1992 - CMAA Golden Guitar Male Vocalist 1992 - CMAA Golden Guitar Instrumentalist 1997 - CMAA Golden Guitar Instrumentalist 1998 - CMAA Golden Guitar Instrumentalist 2001 - CMAA Golden Guitar Instrumentalist 2001 - ACM Top New Male Vocalist 2001 - CMA Horizon Award (first non-American) 2001 - ARIA Outstanding Achievement Award 2001 - VMA Male Vocalist Award 2001 - Mo Australian Show Business Ambassador of the Year 2003 - ARIA Country Album of the Year (Golden Road) 2003 - Country Weekly Fan Favorite Award for Favorite New Artist 2003 - BMI Song of the Year Category for "Somebody Like You" 2003 - TCMA Video Clip of the Year - "Somebody Like You" 2004 - CMA Male Vocalist of the Year (first non-American) 2004 - FCMA Best Foreign Music 2005 - Voted Country Music's Hottest Bachelor by Country Weekly 2005 - CMT Music Awards Video of the Year - "Days Go By" 2005 - ACM Album of the Year - "Be Here" 2005 - ACM Top Male Vocalist 2005 - French Association of County Music Artist of the Year 2005 - ARIA Country Album of the Year (Be Here) 2005 - CMA International Artist of the Year! 2005 - CMA Male Vocalist of the Year (Second year in a row) 2005 - CMA Entertainer of the Year (first non-American male. First non-American was Shania Twain in 1999) 2005 - XM Country Artist of the Year 2005 - XM "So You Wanna Be a Movie Star?" Artists We'd Like to See Crossover to Films 2005 - Radio Music Awards Artist of the Year 2005 - Billboard Music Award: Top-selling Pop Catalog Album of the Year "Golden Road" 2006 - Grammy for Best Male Country Vocal Performance for "You'll Think Of Me" 2006 - CMT Music Awards Video of The Year - "Better Life" 2006 - ACM Top Male Vocalist of the Year (Second year in a row) 2006 - Voted Country Music's Sexiest Man by Country Weekly. Gold/Platinum singles, videos and albums 1999 - Self-Titled Keith Urban 1999 certified Platinum in 2003 2002 - Golden Road certified Triple Platinum in 2005 2002 - Somebody Like You certified Gold in 2005. 2004 - Be Here certified Triple Platinum in U.S., Double Platinum in Canada & Platinum in Australia in 2006. 2004 - You'll Think of Me certified Platinum in 2005. 2005 - Days Go By (Import) certified Gold (Ireland) 2005 - Video Hits DVD certified Platinum 2005 - Livin' Right Now DVD certified Platinum in U.S. and Australia 2005 - Making Memories of Us certified Gold in 2005. 2005 - Days Go By certified Gold in 2005. Albums Urban has performed on INXS Live Baby Live (1991) Vocals (bckgr) Paul Jefferson Paul Jefferson (1996) Guitar (Electric) Various Artists Twang!: A Tribute to Hank Marvin & (1996) Guitar, Performer Ranch (1997) Ganjo, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Vocals (bckgr) Garth Brooks Double Live (1998) Guitar (Electric) Charlie Daniels Fiddle Fire: 25 Years of the... (1998) Guitar John Mohead Mary's Porch (1998) Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric) Various Artists Not So Dusty (1998) Producer, Mixing Charlie Daniels Tailgate Party (1999) Guitar Dixie Chicks Fly (1999) Guitar (Electric), Vocals (bckgr) "Some Days You Gotta Dance" Tim Wilson Gettin' My Mind Right (1999) Guitar Sons of the Desert Change (2000) Ganjo Various Artists New Country, Vol. 7 (2000) Performer Various Artists Country Goes Raffi (2001) Multi Instruments, Producer Various Artists Totally Country (2002) Performer Various Artists Totally Country, Vol. 2 (2002) Producer INXS Definitive INXS (2002) Vocals (bckgr) Olivia Newton-John 2 (2002) Guitar - co-wrote and sang "Sunburned Country" Original Soundtrack How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003) Producer Neal McCoy Luckiest Man in the World (2003) Guitar (Electric) Glen Campbell Legacy 1961-2002 (2003) Author Various Artists Kids' Country Hits (2003) Guitar Amazing Grace Vol. III - Salute to Gospel (2003) Vocals "I'll Fly Away" Carolyn Dawn Johnson Dress Rehearsal (2004) Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals (bckgr), Soloist Dolly Parton - Those Were the Days (2005) - Duet on "Twelfth of Never" 1991 Keith Urban (Import): guitarist, writer, co-producer 1999 Keith Urban: guitarist, writer and co-producer. 2002 Golden Road: guitarist, cardboard box, writer, and co-producer. 2004 Be Here: guitarist, writer, and co-producer. 2005 Days Go By (Import): guitariest, writer, and co-producer. References "Up from Down Under", from USAweekend.com "Kidman, Urban in Sydney for Wedding", from AP.com External links Official site Keith Urban at the Internet Movie Database Keith Urban lyrics Search Term: "Keith_Urban" Categories: New Zealand-Australians | 1967 births | Australian pop singers | Australian country singers | Australian male singers | Australian musicians | Pop musicians | Australian guitarists | New Zealand musicians | Australian songwriters | Australian expatriates | Vocalists | Living people | Grammy Award winners

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