Urban, Whale

Origin

Keith Lionel Urban was born in Fangarei , New Zealand , but later moved and lived with his parents in Caboolture, Queensland , Australia . At six, Urban was already thinking of connecting his life with music. He began to study music at the age of seven, and at eight already won competitions among young performers.

A few years later, he began regular TV appearances on the Reg Lindsay Country Homestead program, the Mike McClellands music program, and various other television programs, performing in a duet with Jenny Wilson and local Brisbane girls with whom he won gold awards at guitar in Tamworth. He also regularly performs on stage in the northern suburbs of Country Music Club [1] near Caboolture.

In 1990, he signed a contract with the EMI record company in Australia and recorded his first self-titled solo album, which ended up fourth in the Australian charts, in New Zealand and Germany. In 1993-1994, Keith toured as a singer with singer Slim Dusty. In the mid-1990s, Dusty and Urban re-recorded Dusty's classic song “Lights on the Hill” in a duet, and Urban first appeared in the Grand Ole Opry show in support of Dusty. ^[2]

In 1992, he moved to Nashville, Tennessee , where he found a job as a guitarist with Brooks & Dunn, hoping for support from Alan Jackson in his music video for Mercury Blues. Urban later brings together The Ranch , a three-member band that records one album in 1997. In 1998, Urban disbanded the originally created The Ranch band to begin a solo career. In 1999, Urban found singer Brett Manning "Vocal Coach to the Stars," and worked with him until 2001.

In Nashville, he became addicted to cocaine. ^[3] After reaching his lowest point in 1998, he decided to give up his habit and settled in Cumberland Heights, Nashville's medical center. After treatment, Urban came out as a renewed person, no longer touched cocaine and his career went up. In 1999, Urban released the self-titled album in America, from which the 5 best hits came out, providing him with the Academy of Country Music's Best Young Country Artist Award in 2001, as well as the 2001 Country Music Association's Horizon Award. Widely known for his guitar skills, he performed as a session musician on Garth Brooks 'Double Live album, Dixie Chicks ' Fly album, and Paul Brandt's 'This Time Around' .

Urban also refereed the 8th annual Independent Music Awards . He also helped in the career of many independent artists around the world. ^{[4] [5]}

Golden Road and Be Here

In 2002, Urban released the album Golden Road, and the success of the song Somebody Like You was the impetus for promoting his career upstairs. Touring with renowned country artists such as Brooks & Dunn, Martina McBride and Kenny Chesney, Urban honed his skills and mastery in practice. Country Music Video Channel CMT has sponsored Urban’s first tour, entitled “ Keith Urban Be Here '04, ” featuring singer Katrina Elam. Urban continued his meteoric rise to fame in 2005 with a very successful Elam tour called " Alive in '05 ." He performed at the Live 8 concert in Philadelphia on July 2, 2005, and was selected by Gap to appear alongside other seven music stars in the Featured Company. In 2005, according to the CMA, he received the title of best male vocal of the year. In late September 2005, he released a DVD entitled “ Livin 'Right Now, ” recorded at the Wiltern Theater in California in December 2004. In 2005, Urban played in front of a European audience for the first time. In May, Urbana supported Bryan Adams on her Irish England tour, which included a visit to London Earls Court, the Scottish Exhibition and Convention Center of Glasgow and Dublin. Only in the UK on June 6 was the album “ Days Go By ” released, containing songs from both the albums “ Be Here ” and “ Golden Road ”.

In October, Urban returns to support the rally and lead the tour with Nerina Pallot and Richard Winsland.

The CMA recently awarded Urban's Better Life song, and the song You'll Think of Me received an award from the American Music Awards . He also performed at the Grammy ceremony with the song “You'll Think of Me” and “The Lucky One” with singer Faith Hill . In 2006, Urban performed “Tonight I Wanna Cry” at the ACM Awards and played guitar in the song “Believe” for the band “Brooks & Dunn”.

Defying Gravity

Keith recently announced that the single for its upcoming fifth studio album will be called "Sweet Thing." This song became the first single of the album. The song was co-written with Monty Powell, who wrote some of Keith's past hits, as well as with his long-time producer Dann Huff . Defying Gravity was released March 31, 2009 via Capitol Records. His second single, "Kiss a Girl" ^[6] , debuted in March 2009. Keith performed the song on American Idol during the season 8 finale in a duet with winner Kris Allen. His third single, “Only You Can Love Me This Way”, is another hit song on the charts, co-written by Steve McEwan and John Reid. [2] Defying Gravity debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200. It was Urban's first CD album with such success. His last two albums debuted in 3rd place.

Keith Urban received four nominations for four consecutive years from the CMA Awards, including "Entertainer Of The Year" and "Male Vocalist Of The Year" in 2009. He also received the album title of the year for Defying Gravity and, sharing a place with Brad Paisley , in the nomination Music Video Of The Year and Start A Band. The premiere video for the song “Hit The Ground Runnin '” took place on October 2 on CMT and CMT.com.

Keith Urban was on a tour called Escape Together in 2009. He discovered many great talents, including the name Taylor Swift, Sugarland and Jason Aldean. On June 27, Keith shot a video for his new song “Only You Can Love Me This Way” at the Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa. On May 5, 2010, during a CNN flood show in Nashville, Keith announced that he was about to start recording a new album, but all of his guitars are currently under water. The 2010 summer tour of the summer lovin tour, which Keith was going to, consisted mainly of festival shows.

Get Closer

In May 2010, Kit sits in the studio to begin work on a new album. ^[7] The recording process was recorded on the blog on its official website. In early September, it was announced that the album would be called “Get Closer” and will be released on November 16. At the same time, the first single, “Put You in a Song,” was released, which was released digitally and on radio on September 13th. ^[8]

On November 10, 2010, Keith Urban appeared at the 44th Annual Country Music Awards. ^[9]

To promote the new album, Keith played surprise concerts at the Penn Station in New York, as well as the Philadelphia train station. Improvised concerts included a set list of 4 mixed songs of new and old hits.

Married to an American actress of Australian descent Nicole Kidman (who was Tom Cruise's second wife in 1990-2001). The wedding took place on June 25, 2006. Nicole and Keith met for the first time in Los Angeles in January 2005 at an evening organized in honor of famous immigrants from Australia. Nicole was fascinated by Kit and left him her phone number, but he called only a few months later, because shortly before meeting, he had parted with model Nicky Taylor and wanted to figure out himself. July 7, 2008 they had a daughter, Sunday Rose Kidman-Urban. December 28, 2010 the couple had a second daughter - Faith Margaret Kidman-Urban, the girl was born and was born a surrogate mother, but she is also the biological daughter of Kidman and Urban ^[10] .

In October 2013, the marriage of Kidman and Urban, as well as her marriage to Tom Cruise, was also on the verge of a divorce. Keith himself reported about the difficulties in the family when he was a star guest on the show of the famous TV presenter Ellen DeGeneres. According to the artist, his work began to negatively affect their marriage with Nicole. However, the couple managed to survive the crisis.

Main article in English: [3]

Studio Albums

1. 1991 ^A - Keith Urban
2. 1999 - Keith Urban
3. 2002 - Golden Road
4. 2004 - Be Here
5. 2006 - Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing / Love, Pain and the Crazy Thing.
6. 2009 - Defying Gravity / Overcoming Gravity
7. 2010 - Get Closer / Approach
8. 2013 - Fuse / Wick
9. 2016 - Ripcord
10. 2018 - Graffiti U

Collections

• Keith Urban in The Ranch (1997)
• Days Go By (2005)
• Greatest Hits: 18 Kids (2007) ^B

Singles

• " But for the Grace of God "
• " Somebody Like You "
• " Who Wouldn't Wanna Be Me "
• " You'll Think of Me "
• "Days Go By"
• “ You're My Better Half ” ^C
• " Making Memories of Us "
• " Better Life "
• “ Once in a Lifetime ” ^C
• Stupid Boy ^C
• “ I Told You So ” ^C
• " You Look Good in My Shirt "
• " Start a Band " (with Brad Paisley )
• Sweet Thing
• Kiss a Girl ^C
• " Only You Can Love Me This Way "

^A Released only in Australia, but later re-released independently in 2005.
^B Re-released in 2008 as Greatest Hits: 19 Kids , with one song added.
^C Number one song in Canada.