Rock On The Net: Keith Urban (original) (raw)

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 bandThe 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").

Urban teamed up Nelly Furtado and featured on her single "In God's Hands."

Urban topped the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart with "You Look Good In My Shirt."

# 99Singles Artist of the Year

Urban topped the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart helping out Brad Paisley with "Start A Band" from Paisley's LP Play.

Urban was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals ("Let The Wind Chase You" with Trisha Yearwood). Urban performed at the ceremony.

Urban topped the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart with "Sweet Thing."
Urban released Defying Gravity.

Urban won an Academy of Country Music Award for Vocal Event of the Year ("Start A Band" with Brad Paisley).
Urban topped the Billboard 200 LP chart for the first time, Top Country Albums chart, and Top Digital Albums chart with Defying Gravity. The LP sold over 171,000 copies its first week of release in the US.

Urban topped the Billboard Top Country Songs chart with "Only You Can Love Me This Way."
Defying Gravity was certified gold.

Urban won an Americann Music Awardfor Favorite Country Male Artist.

Urban topped the Billboard 2009 Year-End Chart Toppers as the Top Country Artist - Male (singles & albums), Top Hot Country Songs Artist, and Top Hot Country Songs Artist - Male.

Urban won a People's Choice Award for Favorite Male Artist.
Urban won a Grammy Awardfor Best Country Vocal Performance - Male ("Sweet Thing"), and was nominated for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals ("Start A Band" with Brad Paisley), Best Country Album (Defying Gravity), and Best Music Video, Long Form (Love, Pain & The Whole Crazy World Tour Live).

Defying Gravity was certified platinum.

Keith released Get Closer.

Get Closer was certified gold.

Keith won a Grammy Awardfor Best Country Vocal Performance - Male ("'Til Summer Comes Around").

Keith topped the Billboard Country Singles chart with "Without You."

Keith topped the Billboard Top Country Songs chart with "Long Hot Summer."

Keith underwent throat surgery.

Keith was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song ("For You").

Keith topped the Billboard Top Country Songs chart with "You Gonna Fly."

Keith joined the 12th season of American Idol as a judge.

Keith could be heard on the Tim McGraw LP Two Lanes Of Freedomon the track "Highway Don't Care."

Keith released Fuse.
Keith topped the Billboard 200 LP chart and Country Albums chart with Fuse. The LP sold over 98,000 copies its first week of release in the US.

Keith topped the Billboard Country Songs chart with Miranda Lambert with "We Were Us."

• January 26: Keith was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Country Duo/Group Performance ("Highway Don't Care" with Tim McGraw and Taylor Swift).
• November 10: Fuse was certified gold.
• December 6: Keith topped the Billboard Country Songs chart with "Somewhere In My Car."

• February 8: Keith was nominated for 2 Grammy Awards including Best Country Solo Performance ("Cop Car") and Best Country Duo/Group Performance ("Raise 'Em Up" with Eric Church).
• May 23: Keith topped the Billboard Country Airplay chart with help from Eric Church "Raise 'Em Up."
• June 2: Keith could be heard on the Jason Derulo LP Everything Is 4 on the track "Broke."

• February 15: Keith was nominated for a Grammy Awardfor Best Country Solo Performance ("John Cougar, John Deere, John 3.16").
• March 12: Keith topped the Billboard Country Airplay chart with "Break On Me."
• May 6: Keith released Ripcord.
• May 28: Keith topped the Billboard Country Albums chart with Ripcord.
• July 9: Keith topped the Billboard Country Airplay chart with "Wasted Time."
• November 19: Keith topped the Billboard Country Songs chart with "Blue Ain't Your Color."
• January 7: Keith hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Blue Ain't Your Color."
  from the LP Ripcord
  ARC chart run: 38 - 38 - off
  Year-End Chart Position: # 107
  available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3
• January 14: Keith topped the Billboard Country Airplay chart with "Blue Ain't Your Color."
• February 12: Keith was nominated for 2 Grammy Awardsfor Best Country Solo Performance ("Blue Ain't Your Color") and Best Country Album (Ripcord).
• April 7: Ripcord was certified platinum.
• April 14: Fuseand Greatest Hitswere certified platinum.
• April 17: Get Closer was certified platinum.
• November 19: Keith won 3 American Music AwardsforFavorite Country Male Artist, Favorite Country Album (Ripcord), and Favorite Country Song ("Blue Ain't Your Color").

• April 27: Keith released Graffiti U.
• May 12: Keith topped the Billboard Country Albums chart with Graffiti U.

• February 10: Keith was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Country Solo Performance ("Parallel Line").
• July 24: Graffiti U was certified gold.

• September 18: Keith released The Speed Of Now Part 1.
• October 3: Keith topped the Billboard Country Albums chart with The Speed Of Now Part 1.

• October 28: Ripcord was certified 2x platinum.

• Keith will release High on September 20th.

	Keith Urban In The RanchReleased: 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"
	Keith UrbanReleased: 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"
iTunes Amazon.mp3	Golden RoadReleased: 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"
	Be HereReleased: 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"
iTunes Amazon.mp3	Love, Pain & The Whole Crazy ThingReleased: 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"
	Greatest HitsReleased: November, 2007 US: Platinum 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"
iTunes Amazon.mp3	Defying GravityReleased: March, 2009 Billboard peak: # 1 US: Platinum Rolling Stone: - Entertainment Weekly: B Tracks: "Kiss A Girl" - "If Ever I Could Love" - "Sweet Thing" - "'Til Summer Comes Around" - "My Heart Is Open" - "Hit The Ground Runnin'" - "Only You Can Love Me This Way" - "Standing Right In Front Of You" - "Why's It Feel So Long" - "I'm In" - "Thank You"
Amazon.mp3	Get CloserReleased: November, 2010 US: Platinum Tracks: "Put You In A Song" - "You Gonna Fly" - "All For You" - "Long Hot Summer" - "Without You" - "Georgia Woods" - "Right On Back To You" - "Shut Out The Lights"
iTunes Amazon.mp3	FuseReleased: September 10, 2013 US: PlatinumBillboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 1 Tracks: "Somewhere In My Car" - "Even The Stars Fall 4 U" - "Cop Car" - "Shame" - "Good Thing" - "We Were Us" - "Love's Poster Child" - "She's My 11" - "Come Back To Me" - "Little Bit Of Everything" - "Raise 'Em Up" (with Eric Church) - "Heart Like Mine"
iTunes Amazon.mp3	RipcordReleased: May 6, 2016 US: 2x PlatinumBillboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 4 Tracks: "Gone Tomorrow (Here Today)" - "John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16: - "Wasted Time" - "Habit Of You" - "Sun Don't Let Me Down" - "Gettin' In The Way" - "Blue Ain't Your Color" - "The Fighter" (featuring Carrie Underwood) - "Break On Me" - "Boy Gets A Truck" - "Your Body" - "That Could Still Be Us" - "Worry 'Bout Nothin'"
iTunes Amazon.mp3	Graffiti UReleased: April 27, 2018 US: GoldBillboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 2 Tracks: "Coming Home" (featuring Julia Michaels) - "Never Comin Down" - "Same Heart" - "My Wave" (Intro) - "My Wave" (featuring Shy Carter) - "Parallel Line" - "Drop Top" (featuring Kassi Ashton) - "Way Too Long" - "Horses" (featuring Lindsay Ell) - "Gemini" - "Texas Time" (Intro) - "Texas Time" - "Love The Way It Hurts (So Good)" - "Female" - "Steal My Thunder"
iTunes Amazon.mp3	The Speed Of Now Part 1Released: Septeber 18, 2020Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 7 Tracks: "Out The Cage" - "One Too Many" - "Live With" - "Superman" - "Change Your Mind" - "Forever" - "Say SOmething" - "Soul Food" - "Ain't It Like A Woman" - "With You" - "Tumbleweed" - "God Whispered Your Name' - "Polaroid" - "Better Than I Am" - "We Were" - We Were" (featuring Eric Church)