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Keith Lionel Urban, born 26 October 1967,
is a New Zealander-Australian country music singer.
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Birth name Keith Lionel Urban
Born 26 October 1967
Origin Whangarei, North Island, New Zealand
Genre(s) Country
Instrument(s) Guitar, Piano, Banjo, Drums poke
Years active 1991 - Present
Label(s) Capitol Records
EMI
Website http://www.keithurban.net
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Biography
Keith Lionel Urban was born in Whangarei, North
Island, New Zealand. Before he turned two years old his family moved to
Australia. By age seven, Urban was already thinking about emigrating to America
and making his mark in Nashville. Urban began learning guitar at age six and
began winning talent contests by 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 cocaine[1]
addiction. After reaching a personal nadir 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 which produced three top 5 hits and secured for him the Top New Male
Vocalist Award at the 2001 Academy of Country Music Awards. Urban, widely
regarded for his guitar skills, has performed as a session musician on albums
such as Garth Brooks' Double Live and the Dixie Chicks' Fly.
In a bid for publicity, Keith appeared semi-nude in
photos accompanying an interview for Playgirl magazine and on the cover of the
April 2001 issue. This became the magazine's readers' most requested issue.
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. 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 five singles
released from Be Here, three went No. 1, and two fell just shy of that mark to
land at 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. With a career total
of 13 singles released, seven singles went to No. 1, two went to No.2, two went
to No.3, one went to No. 4, and one went to No.18.
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 a very successful tour with Katrina Elam
called Alive in '05. He performed in the Live 8 Philadelphia concert on July 2,
2005 and had been chosen by The Gap to appear alongside seven other musical
stars in their "Favorites" campaign. Also, he was recently named the 2005 CMA's
Entertainer of the Year. He released a DVD in late September entitled Livin'
Right Now, recorded in California on December 2004. 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."
On Monday, August 21, 2006, Keith made history when
his new single "Once in a Lifetime" became the highest-debuting country single
(#17) in the 62-year history of Billboard's country charts. The record was
formerly held by Garth Brooks "Good Ride Cowboy", which debuted at #18 and Eddie
Rabbitt's "Every Which Way But Loose". "Good Ride Cowboy" was the highest in the
BDS era (1991-present).
On 19 October 2006 Urban checked himself into a
rehabilitation center for alcohol abuse. He issued a press release about
addressing his challenge, noting his gratitude for the "support and the
unwavering strength of my wife, family and friends" and adding that he felt
"calm and optimistic about the future and with finally coming to terms with the
reality of my condition." [2] Due to this fact, he had cancelled his appearances
on Rove Live and the 2006 ARIA Awards.
Personal life
Urban and Nicole Kidman currently reside in
Nashville, TN
In 1992, Urban dated veterinary technician Laura
Sigler. The pair shared an on and off relationship for eight years, and after
proposing to Sigler in 2001, the pair broke up in 2002.
After Urban and Sigler broke up, Urban dated former
supermodel Niki Taylor. The pair dated on and off for three years until they
broke up in 2005.
Urban and Nicole Kidman met in January 2005 and
were later married in Sydney, on June 25th, 2006.
On October 19th 2006, Keith Urban along with his
wife actress Nicole Kidman admitted himself into rehab in Nashville where Keith
and Nicole live. (Already listed above in bio)
Discography
Albums
1991 Keith Urban (1991)
1997 The Ranch (with The Ranch)
1999 keith urban #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 (102 weeks & still counting))
2005 Days Go By (UK) #40 UK
2006 Love, Pain & the whole crazy thing
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 "Your 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 48 - - -
-
2006 "Once In A Lifetime" "Love, Pain and the whole
crazy thing" 72 6 - - - - -
Notes:
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Keith Urban's first four singles
were not released outside of Australia and therefore did not chart on any 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 #2 on
Billboard's Hot Country Recurrents Chart 05-13-06
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"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. It's been on the BB chart for 13 weeks
and counting.
-
"Once In a Lifetime" made history
Monday (Aug. 21, 2006) when it became the highest-debuting country single
(#17) in the 62-year history of Billboard's country charts.
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 - #6 on OK! Magazine's Hollywood's Hottest
Bachelor list
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.
2006 - ASCAP'S Most-Performed Country Songs of 2006
"Better Life" written by Richard Marx and Keith Urban, "Tonight I Wanna Cry"
written by Monty Powell and Keith Urban and "Making Memories of Us" written by
Rodney Crowell (3 out of 56)
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 & 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/Videos Urban has performed on
Anne Kirkpatrick - Out of the Blue - (ABC
Australia)(1991): Vocals (bckgr)
INXS - Live Baby Live (1991): Vocals (bckgr)
Alan Jackson - "Mercury Blues" music video (1993):
Solo Guitarist
Cameron Daddo - Long Goodbye - (Massive
Australia)(1993): Guitar and vocals
Slim Dusty - Natural High (EMI Australia) (1994):
Guitar
All Australian Line Dance - Various Artists (1995):
Guitar on "Lights on the Hill"
Paul Jefferson - Paul Jefferson (1996): Guitar
(Electric)
Various Artists Twang!: A Tribute to Hank Marvin &
(1996): Guitar, Performer
The Ranch - The Ranch (1997): Ganjo, Guitar,
Keyboards, Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
Garth Brooks - Double Live (1998): Guitar
(Electric)
Charlie Daniels - Fiddle Fire: 25 Years of the
Charlie Daniels Band (1998): Guitar
John Mohead - Mary's Porch (1998): Guitar
(Acoustic), Guitar (Electric)
Various Artists - Not So Dusty (1998): Producer,
Mixing
Warner Music Aus/Country Sampler Vol 2 (1998):
"Freedom's Finally Mine" The Ranch
Charlie Daniels - Tailgate Party (1999): Guitar
Dixie Chicks - Fly (1999): Guitar (Electric),
Vocals (bckgr) "Some Days You Gotta Dance"
Julie Reeves - It's About Time (1998): Guitar
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 (Somebody Like You)
Neal McCoy - Luckiest Man in the World (2003):
Guitar (Electric)
Glen Campbell - Legacy 1961-2002 (2003): Author
Various Artists Kids' Country Hits (2003): Guitar
CMT Presents Most Wanted Vol. 1 (2003): "Where The
Blacktop Ends"
Amazing Grace Vol. III - Salute to Gospel (2003):
Vocals "I'll Fly Away"
Clay Walker - A Few Questions (2003): Guitar
Katrina Elam - Katrina Elam (2004): Ganjo and
Guitar on "No End In Sight"
Richard Marx - My Own Best Enemy (2004): Guitar on
"One Thing Left" & Guitar & bckgr vocals on "When You're Gone"
Carolyn Dawn Johnson - Dress Rehearsal (2004):
Acoustic Guitar, bckgr Vocals on "Die of a Broken Heart"
Charlie Daniels - The Essential Super Hits of the
Charlie Daniels Band (2004): Guitar
Slim Dusty - Columbia Lane: The Last Sessions
(2004): Guitar (Electric)
Various Artists - Now That's What I Call Music #12
(2004): #12 "Somebody Like You"
Various Artists - Now That's What I Call Music #17
(2004): "Days Go By"
Various Artists - Now That's What I Call Music #18
(2005): "You're My Better Half"
Various Artists - Now That's What I Call Music #19
(2005): "Making Memories of Us"
Various Artists - Now That's What I Call Music #20
(2005): "You'll Think of Me"
Paul Brandt - This Time Around (2004): Guitar on
"Leavin"
Dolly Parton - Those Were the Days (2005) - Duet on
"Twelfth of Never"
LeAnn Rimes - This Woman (2005): Guitar on "The
Weight Of Love"
Olivia Newton-John - Doubleplays (2005): Guitar
Slim Dusty - Travellin Still/Columbia Lane (2005):
Guitar
Gap Commercial (2005) - "Most People I Know Think
I'm Crazy"
Cletus Judd - Tribute to Ray Stevens (2005): Guitar
and duet with Heidi Newfield on "Gitarzan"
A Musicares Person of the Year Tribute to James
Taylor (10/03/2006): Country Road
Keith Urban (1991) (Import): guitarist, writer,
co-producer.
Keith Urban (2000): vocals, guitarist, writer and
co-producer.
Keith Urban - Golden Road (2002): vocals,
guitarist, ganjo, cardboard box, writer, and co-producer.
Keith Urban - Be Here (2002): vocals, guitarist,
writer, and co-producer.
Keith Urban - Days Go By (2005)(Import): vocals,
guitarist, writer, and co-producer.
Keith Urban - Love, Pain & the whole crazy thing
(2006): vocals, guitarist, writer and co-producer.
Songs
Urban has written or co-written
Got It Bad – Keith Urban and Heather Field
Without You – Keith Urban
Yesterday – Keith Urban and G.M. Holden
Don't Go - Keith Urban and G.M. Holden
Hold On To Your Dreams - Keith Urban and G.M.
Holden
Lovin' On The Side - Keith Urban and G.M. Holden
Future Plans – Keith Urban
Love We Got Goin' – Keith Urban
Clutterbilly - Keith Urban, G.M. Holden and Peter
Clarke
The River - Keith Urban
What Love Is That Way – G. Burr and Keith Urban
I Never Work On A Sunday - Keith Urban
Walkin' The Country – Vernon Rust and Keith Urban
Homespun Love – Vernon Rust and Keith Urban
My Last Name – Vernon Rust and Keith Urban
Desiree – Vernon Rust and Keith Urban
Freedom's Finally Mine – Vernon Rust and Keith
Urban
Hank Don't Fail Me Now – Vernon Rust and Keith
Urban
Tangled Up In Love – Vernon Rust and Keith Urban
Ghost In His Guitar – Vernon Rust and Keith Urban
Billy – Gary Burr, Monty Powell and Keith Urban
It's A Love Thing - Monty Powell and Keith Urban
But For The Grace Of God – Charlotte Caffrey, Jane
Giedlin and Keith Urban (#1 BB Country chart)
I Wanna Be Your Man (Forever) – Keith Urban
You're The Only One – Michael Weinstein, Stevie
Jordan and Keith Urban
If You Wanna Stay – Keith Urban
Don't Shut Me Out – Keith Urban
Out On My Own - Vernon Rust and Keith Urban
Roller Coaster – Keith Urban and Matt Rollings
I Thought You Knew – Matt Rollings, Skip Ewing and
Keith Urban
Somebody Like You – John Shanks and Keith Urban (#1
BB Country chart)
Who Wouldn't Want To Be Me – Monty Powell and Keith
Urban (#1 BB Country chart)
Whenever I Run – Shelly Peiken, John Shanks and
Keith Urban
What About Me – Keith Urban and Rodney Crowell
You're Not Alone Tonight – Keith Urban
You Won - Rodney Crowell and Keith Urban
Song For Dad – Keith Urban
You're Not My God – Paul Jefferson and Keith Urban
One Chord Song – Keith Urban
Days Go By – Monty Powell and Keith Urban (#1 BB
Country chart)
Better Life – Richard Marx and Keith Urban (#1 BB
Country chart)
God's Been Good To Me – Keith Urban
You're My Better Half – John Shanks and Keith Urban
I Could Fly – John Shanks and Keith Urban
Tonight I Wanna Cry – Monty Powell and Keith Urban
She's Gotta Be – Monty Powell and Keith Urban
Live to Love Another Day – Darrell Brown and Keith
Urban
These Are The Days – Monty Powell and Keith Urban
Once In A Lifetime - John Shanks and Keith Urban
Shine – Monty Powell and Keith Urban
I Told You So – Keith Urban
Won’t Let You Down – Keith Urban
Faster Car – Keith Urban
Used To The Pain – Darrell Brown and Keith Urban
Raise The Barn (Featuring Ronnie Dunn) – Monty
Powell and Keith Urban
Tu Compañia – Monty Powell and Keith Urban
Everybody – Richard Marx and Keith Urban
Got It Right This Time – Keith Urban
Sometimes Angels Don’t Fly – Keith Urban
I Made It Through The Day – Keith Urban
Kiss The Rain Goodbye – Keith Urban
Another One of a Kind – Charles Harmon Jones and
Keith Urban
At the Mercy of the Sea – Charles Harmon Jones and
Keith Urban
Breakin Me – Tia M. Sillers and Keith Urban
Coming Back Again – Gordon Scott Kennedy, Wayne
Kirkpatrick and Keith Urban
Day Like Today – Keith Urban and Troy Verges
Don’t Know What I’m Running From – Chas Sanford,
Thomas J. Schuyler and Keith Urban
Everything Means Nothing – Dean M. Grakal and Keith
Urban
Everything Reminds Me of You – Kostas and Keith
Urban
Finally on Our Way – Kostas and Keith Urban
Going Home Again – Kostas and Keith Urban
Greenest Grass – Vernon Rust and Keith Urban
It’s All Right – Marcus Hummon and Keith Urban
Jesus Gets Jealous of Santa Claus – Vernon Rust and
Keith Urban
Kill the Man – Jerry Flowers, Jody Alan Sweet and
Keith Urban
Love – Austin Tyler Meade and Keith Urban
Make Your Move – Dean M. Grakal, Steven A. Jordan
and Keith Urban
Never Too Far Gone – Robert E. Economou, Robert D.
McTaggart and Keith Urban
Shelby County Jail – Vernon Rust and Keith Urban
Sunburned Country (or Sunburnt Country) – Olivia
Newton-John and Keith Urban
That was Him This is Now – Vernon Rust and Keith
Urban
Two By Four – Donald Pat Mac, Vernon Rust and Keith
Urban
Under the Influence of Love – Harley Allen and
Keith Urban
Whatever Happened to the Good – Jean Marc Charron
and Keith Urban
Wicked Heart – Kostas and Keith Urban
Yeah She Does – Hugh Scott Murray and Keith Urban
You Oughta Know – William Sherwood Crain and Keith
Urban
Someday Soon - Keith Urban
She Does - Hughie and Keith Urban
Coming Back Again - Keith Urban and ????
tracks 1 – 12 found on “Keith Urban” (1991) Import
tracks 13 – 21 found on “The Ranch”
tracks 14, 17 & 19 can also be found on “All That I
Am” by Daniel Lee Martin
tracks 22 – 30 found on “Keith Urban” by Keith
Urban
tracks 31 – 39 found on “Golden Road” by Keith
Urban
tracks 40 – 48 found on “Be Here” by Keith Urban
tracks 49 - 58 found on "Love, Pain & the whole
crazy thing" by Keith Urban (release date of 11/07/06)
track 59 can be found on “All That I Am” by Daniel
Lee Martin
track 74 can be found on “Christmas to Christmas”
by Toby Keith
track 75 can be found in the 1999 movie “Kill the
Man”
track 80 can be found on “Olivia (2) – The Duets
Album” by Olivia Newton-John
track 81 can be found on "Black Label" by Black
Label (http://www.myspace.com/blacklabelbandsc)
track 88 can be found on "Right About Now" by Ty
Herndon (release date of 10/24/06)
track 89 can be found on
www.myspace.com/hughieonline.com
track 90 can be found on "A Few Questions" by Clay
Walker
Keith
Urban Music Videos
I Never Work on a Sunday (1991)
Only You (1991)
Alan Jackson's "Mercury Blues" (1993) Keith playing
guitar
Clutterbilly (1997)
Walking In the Country (1997)
It's a Love Thing (2000)
Your Everything (2000)
But for the Grace of God (2001)
Where The Blacktop Ends (2001)
Somebody Like You (2002)
Raining on Sunday (2002)
Who Wouldn't Wanna Be Me (2003)
You'll Think of Me (2004)
Days Go By (2004)
You're My Better Half (2004)
Making Memories of Us (2005)
Better Life (DVD version) (2005)
Better Life (2005)
Kenny Chesney's "Live Those Songs- Live"
You'll Think of Me (European version) (2006)
Tonight I Wanna Cry (2006)
Once in a Lifetime (2006)
Notes
1 "Up from Down Under" by Stephanie Mansfield, USA
WEEKEND, November 4, 2001
2 http://wcbstv.com/entertainment/entertainment_story_293182715.html
Keith Urban Enters Rehab - October 20, 2006
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