  Keith Lionel Urban was born
October 26, 1967 in Australia. Urban's music
interest came early with success in local
singing contests and forming a band in his
early teens. At 15, Urban dropped out of
school to pursue his music. By the early
1990s, Urban had signed with EMI in Australia
and topped the Australian country charts with
4 singles. By the mid 1990s, Urban had moved
to the US to find success and formed the band
The Ranch after doing guitar
work for Brooks & Dunn.
By 1998, Urban decided to go solo and after
getting treatment for a cocaine problem he
began the journey toward topping the US
country charts.
 Urban released Keith
Urban.
Urban hit the US Country charts
with "It's A Love Thing."
Urban hit the US Country charts
with "Your Everything" which became
his first Top 10 country hit.
Urban was
nominated for an American Music
Award for Favorite Country New Artist.
Urban topped
the Billboard Hot Country Singles &
Tracks chart with "But For The Grace Of
God."
Urban hit the Top 10 country
charts with "Where The Blacktop
Ends."
Urban could be seen in Playgirl.
Keith
Urban was certified gold.
Urban topped
the Billboard Hot Country Singles &
Tracks chart with "Somebody Like
You."
 Urban released Golden
Road.
 # 163
Singles Artist of the Year
Urban hit the
Top 10 country charts with "Raining On
Sunday."
Golden
Road was certified platinum.
 Urban topped the Billboard Hot
Country Singles & Tracks chart with
"Who Wouldn't Wanna Be Me."
Urban topped the Billboard
Year-End Charts as the Top Hot Country
Singles & Tracks Artist and Top Hot
Country Singles & Tracks Artist - Male.
Keith
Urban was certified platinum.
 Keith
Urban In The Ranch was reissued.
Urban topped the Billboard Hot
Country Singles & Tracks chart with
"You'll Think Of Me."
Urban released Be
Here.
 Urban topped the Billboard Top
Country Albums chart with Be
Here.
Urban topped the Billboard Hot
Country Singles & Tracks chart with
"Days Go By."
Be
Here was certified platinum.
Urban won a Country Music
Association Award for Male Vocalist of the
Year
 # 103
Singles Artist of the Year
 Urban hit the Top 10 country
charts with "You're My Better
Half."
Urban was
nominated for 2 Grammy Awards for Best Country Vocal
Performance - Male ("You'll Think Of Me") and Best Country Album (Be
Here).
 Urban won 2 Academy of Country
Music Awards for Top Male Vocalist and Album
of the Year (Be
Here).
Urban topped the Billboard Hot
Country Singles & Tracks chart with
"Making Memories Of Us."
 Urban topped the Billboard Hot
Country Singles & Tracks chart with
"Better Life."
Urban hit the Top 10 country
chart with "Tonight I Wanna Cry."
The single "You'll Think Of Me" was certified
gold.
 The single "Making Memories
Of Us" was certified gold.
On July 2nd, Urban performed in
London, England, as part of the worldwide Live
8 concerts. The mission of the
concerts was to raise awareness of the
on-going poverty in Africa and to pressure
the G8 leaders to take action by doubling
aid, canceling debt, and delivering trade
justice for Africa.
The single "Days Go
By" was certified gold.
 Urban hit the Top 40 with "You'll Think Of Me."
Urban topped the Billboard
Year-End Charts as the Top Hot Country
Songs Artist - Male.
Urban hit the Top 10 country
chart with "Once In A Lifetime."
 Urban won a Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal
Performance - Male ("You'll Think Of Me").
Urban married actress Nicole
Kidman.
Urban entered the Betty Ford
Center in California to deal with his alcohol
abuse.
 Urban released Love,
Pain & The Whole Crazy Thing.
Urban was
nominated for an American Music
Award for Favorite Country Male Artist.
Urban topped the Billboard Top
Country Albums chart with Love,
Pain & The Whole Crazy Thing.
Love,
Pain & The Whole Crazy Thing was certified
platinum.
Urban hit the Top 10 country
chart with "Stupid Boy."
Urban finished his rehab program
at the Betty Ford Center.
Urban was
nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal
Performance - Male ("Once In A
Lifetime").
Urban hit the Top 10 country
chart with "I Told You So."
 On July 7th, Urban performed at
the Live
Earth
concert in the US. The 7-continent concert
organized by Al Gore brought together over
100 artists to perform and raise the world's
awareness about the climate crisis and how to
make a difference to help the environment and
the world.
Urban released Greatest
Hits.
Greatest
Hits was certified gold.
Urban won a Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal
Performance - Male ("Stupid Boy").
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Keith Urban In The Ranch
Released: 1997 / February,
2004 (re-issue)
Tracks: "Walkin' The
Country" - "Homespun Love"
- "Just Some Love" - "Some
Days You Gotta Dance" - "My
Last Name" - "Desiree" -
"Freedom's Finally Mine" -
"Hank Don't Fail Me Now" -
"Tangled Up In Love" -
"Clutterbilly" - "Man Of
The House" - "Ghost In His
Guitar" - "Stuck In The
Middle" - "No One Ever
Asked" |
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Keith Urban
Released: October, 1999
US: 4x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 145
Tracks: "It's A Love
Thing" - "Where The Blacktop
Ends" - "But For The Grace Of
God" - "Your Everything" -
"I Wanna Be Your Man (Forever)"
- "A Little Luck Of Our Own" -
"You're The Only One" -
"If You Wanna Stay" -
"Don't Shut Me Out" - "Out
On My Own" -
"Rollercoaster" - "I
Thought You Knew" |
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Golden Road
Released: October, 2002
US: 3x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 11
Tracks: "Somebody
Like You" - "Who Wouldn't Want
To Be Me" - "Whenever I
Run" - "What About Me" -
"You'll Think Of Me" -
"Jeans On" - "You Look
Good In My Shirt" - "You're Not
Alone Tonight" - "You Won"
- "Song For Dad" -
"Rainin' On Sunday" -
"You're Not My Got" |
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Be Here
Released: September, 2004
US: 4x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 3
Rolling Stone: 
Tracks: "Days Go
By" - "Better Life" -
"Making Memories Of Us" -
"God's Been Good To Me" -
"The Hard Way" - "You're
My Better Half" - "I Could
Fly" - "Tonight I Wanna
Cry" - "She's Gotta Be" -
"Nobody Drinks Alone" -
"Country Comfort" - "Live
To Love Another Day" - "These
Are The Days" |
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Love, Pain & The
Whole Crazy Thing
Released: November, 2006
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 3
Rolling Stone: 
Tracks: "Once In A
Lifetime" - "Shine" -
"I Told You So" - "I Can't
Stop Loving You" - "Won't Let
You Down" - "Faster Car" -
"Stupid Boy" - "Used To
The Pain" - "Raise The
Barn" - "God Made Woman" -
"Tu Compania" -
"Everybody" - "Got It
Right This Time" |
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Greatest Hits
Released: November, 2007
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 11
Tracks: "Romeo's
Tune" - "Got It Right This Time
(The Celebration)" - "I Told
You So" - "Stupid Boy" -
"Better Life" - "Making
Memories Of Us" - "Once In A
Lifetime" - "Tonight I Wanna
Cry" - "You're My Better
Half" - "Days Go By" -
"But For The Grace Of God" -
"you'll Thin Of Me" - "Who
Wouldn't Wanna Be Me" -
"Raining On Sunday" -
"Where The Blacktop Ends" -
"Your Everything" -
"Somebody Like You" -
"Everybody" |
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