Biography for keith urban
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Category: Biography
Author: Jeff Apter
Publisher: Sydney: Allen and Unwin 2021. 312pp.
ISBN 9781761065743 {pbk)
Reviewed by: David Mayocchi
“Keith Urban’s country music success story is remarkable, taking him from Tamworth to Nashville, and then beyond!”
Awards across three decades tell the story of Keith Urban’s success as a country music performer. Start in Tamworth in 1991. He wins a Golden Guitar Award for the Best New Talent. Then shift to Nashville a decade later and Urban wins the 2001 Academy of Country Music Award for New Artist of the Year. And finally to 2011, where Urban wins his fourth Grammy Award in the Best Male Country Vocal Performance category. It’s a sort of success a country music performer at the start of their career might dream about. Urban not only achieved this dream, along the way he married Nicole Kidman, a successful Australian actor at the top of her career in the US, with five Academy Award nominations and a host of awards. Imagine what the display cabinet in their lounge room looks like?
Keith Urban: his amazing journey from daydreamer to superstar tells the story of his success. Urban was born in New Zealand and grew up in Queensland. His father was a country music devotee, with a love of American cars and country m
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Keith Urban
1967-present
Latest News: Keith Urban Releases His New Album, High
Keith Urban released his new album High on September 20. The Grammy-winning country singer first announced the album in June with the release of his party anthem “Wildside,” which was inspired by Joan Cusack’s character in the 20o3 movie School of Rock. Urban has also previewed High with the singles “Messed Up As Me” and “Go Home W U” featuring Lainey Wilson.
The record is his first in four years, following the release of his 2020 album The Speed of Now Part 1. In his June album announcement, the 56-year-old revealed High is about living in the moment and explained the meaning behind the eye-catching title. “What makes you ‘high’ can mean whatever you want it to mean,” Urban said. “It might be physical, spiritual, herbal, meditative, chemical, or musical, but it’s definitely a place of utopia.”
Listen to High on Amazon Music, Apple Music, or Spotify
Who Is Keith Urban?
Since growing up in Australia on American country music, Keith Urban has become one of the genre’s most enduring artists. In 1999, he released a self-titled solo album, setting the table for an impressive career that has produced top-selling albums like Defying Gravity and Fuse as well as numerous Grammy,
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Keith Urban
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