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Keith Urban

Name in Native Language: "Keith Lionel Urban" (English/EN)
Pianist / Guitarist / Songwriter / Composer | * 10/26/1967 (56) | Whangarei, North Island (New Zealand)
Keith Lionel Urban (born Urbahn; 26 October 1967) is an Australian and American singer, guitarist, and songwriter known for his work in country music. Recognised with four Grammy Awards, Urban also received fifteen Academy of Country Music Awards, including the Jim Reeves International Award, thirteen CMA Awards, and six ARIA Music Awards. Urban wrote and performed the song "For You" from the film Act of Valor, which earned him nominations at both the 70th Golden Globe Awards and at the 18th Critics' Choice Awards in the respective Best Original Song categories. Urban has released 11 studio albums (one of which was released only in Australia), as well as one album with the Ranch. He has charted 37 singles on the US Hot Country Songs chart, 18 of which went to number one, counting a duet with Brad Paisley ("Start a Band") and the 2008 single "You Look Good in My Shirt". Urban also worked with numerous artists from different music genres, such as Pink, Nelly Furtado, Jason Derulo, Julia Michaels, and country artists like Dolly Parton, The Chicks, Carrie Underwood, Martina McBride, Eric Church, and Reba McEntire. In 1991, he released a self-titled debut album, charting four singles in Australia before moving to the United States the following year. He started a band known as The ... ()
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Keith Lionel Urban (born October 26, 1967) is a New Zealand-born Australian, country music singer, songwriter and guitarist whose commercial success has been mainly in the United States and Australia. Urban was born in New Zealand and began his career in Australia at an early age. In 1991, he released a self-titled debut album, and charted four singles in Australia before moving to the United States in 1992. Eventually, Urban found work as a session guitarist before starting a band known as The Ranch, which recorded one studio album on Capitol Records and charted two singles on the Billboard country charts.Still signed to Capitol, he made his solo American debut in 1999 with the album Keith Urban. Certified platinum in the U.S., it also produced his first American Number One in "But for the Grace of God". His breakthrough hit was the Number One "Somebody Like You", from his second Capitol album Golden Road (2002). This album also earned Urban his first Grammy Award win for "You'll Think of Me", its fourth single and the fourth Billboard Number One of his career. 2004's Be Here, his third American album, produced three more Number Ones, and became his highest-selling album, earning 4× Multi-Platinum certification. Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing was released in 2006, producing the record-setting #17 country chart debut of "Once in a Lifetime", as well as Urban's second Grammy for the song "Stupid Boy", while a Greatest Hits package entitled Greatest Hits: 18 Kids followed in late 2007. This album was re-released a year later as Greatest Hits: 19 Kids with one track added: the number one "You Look Good in My Shirt", which he had previously recorded on Golden Road. Additional albums Defying Gravity and Get Closer were released on March 31, 2009 and November 16, 2010, respectively.Urban has released a total of nine studio albums (one of which was released only in the United Kingdom), as well as one album in The Ranch. He has charted more than fifteen singles on the U.S. country charts, including ten Number Ones. Urban plays acoustic and electric guitar, as well as ganjo, bass guitar, mandolin, piano, sitar, bouzouki and drums.

Most frequent genres for this person: Music | Talk-Shows | Comedies

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Awards & Nominations for Keith Urban

Officer of The Order of Australia 2x Country Music Assocation Award for International Achievement
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Movies with Keith Urban as Actor(15)

TV Shows/Series with Keith Urban as Actor(17)

as himself2022 Take 5 with Zan Rowe
as himself2015 Jay Leno's Garage
as himself2012 The Voice
as Self - Coach2012 The Voice
as himself2007 The Graham Norton Show
as himself2004 Tout le monde en parle
as Self - Musical Guest2004 Miley's New Year's Eve Party
as himself2002 CMT Crossroads
as Self - Judge2002 American Idol
as Self - Musical Guest1975 Saturday Night Live

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Full Name: Keith Urban
Citizenships: Australia, New Zealand
Born: Thursday, 10/26 1967 (October) in Whangarei, North Island (New Zealand) (current age: 56 years + 154 days)
Zodiac sign: Scorpio (Chinese zodiac sign: Goat)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Caboolture State High School
Record Label: Capitol Records, Capitol Records Nashville
Spouses (current/former): Nicole Kidman
Children: Sunday Urban, Faith Urban
Other names for Keith Urban (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Keith Lionel Urban"
Keith Urban frequently works together with these people:
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:97290, Added: 05/27/2018, Last updated: 02/28/2024