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About Keith Urban

Keith Lionel Urban was born in 1968 in the country of New Zealand. Keith is an Australian country music singer-songwriter and musician.

Keith was born in Whangarei, New Zealand, though later moved with his parents to Australia. By age 7, Urban was already thinking about getting into the music business and making his mark in Nashville. He began learning the techniques at age six and began winning young singing contests by age eight. By twelve he was booking his band in local clubs, and at 15 he quit school to hit the road. In 1990, Urban signed with EMI in Australia and recorded his first solo album, which charted four number 1 country hits in Australia. In 1992, Keith moved to Nashville, TN, where he found work as a guitarist for Brooks & Dunn. Later, Urban formed The Ranch, a three-piece group that released one album in 1997 to critical acclaim. Originally the front man for The Ranch, Urban disbanded the group to pursue a solo career in 1998.

In Nashville, Keith became a frequent user of cocaine. In 1998 he became determined to give up the habit and checked into Cumberland Heights, a treatment center in Nashville. After getting clean, Urban released his self-titled American debut in 2000, which produced three top 5 hits and secured for him the Top New Male Vocalist Award at the 2001 Academy of Country Music Awards and the 2001 Country Music Association's Horizon Award. Widely regarded for his guitar skills, he has performed as a session musician on albums such as Garth Brooks' Double Live, the Dixie Chicks' Fly, and Paul Brandt's This Time Around. Urban appeared semi-nude in Playgirl magazine.