Keith Urban
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.
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- 2024 · 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony as Self
- 2022 · Coal Miner's Daughter: A Celebration of the Life and Music of Loretta Lynn as Self
- 2022 · Take 5 with Zan Rowe as Self
- 2022 · The Voice: Generations as
- 2021 · Back to the Outback as Doug (voice)
- 2021 · 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony as Self
- 2020 · The Sound as Self - Co-Host
- 2020 · One World: Together at Home as Self
- 2020 · ACM Presents: Our Country as
- 2019 · Garth Brooks: The Road I'm On as Self
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as
- 2017 · GRAMMYS' Greatest Stories: A 60th Anniversary Special as Self
- 2017 · Stayin' Alive: A Grammy Salute to the Music of the Bee Gees as Self - Performer
- 2015 · Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live as Self
- 2015 · Jay Leno's Garage as Self
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 2015 · CMA Music Festival - Country's Night to Rock 2015 as Self
- 2014 · John Mayer: Someday I'll Fly as Self
- 2014 · Keith Urban - Live at iTunes Festival - SXSW as Self
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2014 · The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles as Self
- 2013 · Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013 as Self
- 2013 · ACM Presents: Tim McGraw's Superstar Summer Night as Self
- 2012 · The Voice as Self - Coach
- 2012 · The Voice as
- 2012 · The Voice as Keith Urban
- 2011 · A MusiCares Tribute to Neil Young as Self
- 2011 · The Voice as Self - Mega Mentor
- 2010 · Hope for Haiti Now as Self
- 2008 · Keith Urban: Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy World Tour as Singer
- 2008 · The Book Lady as Self
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2005 · Live 8 as Self
- 2005 · Keith Urban: Livin' Right Now as Himself
- 2004 · Miley's New Year's Eve Party as Self - Musical Guest
- 2004 · Tout le monde en parle as Self
- 2003 · The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- 2002 · American Idol as Self - Judge
- 2002 · CMT Crossroads as Self
- 1981 · Entertainment Tonight as Self
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Musical Guest
- 1966 · Academy of Country Music Awards as Self - Co-Host & Performer
- Future · Player as Self
- Future · Keith Urban: Invitation Only as