Fun Facts
Given Name:
Keith Lionel Urban
Birth Date:
October 26, 1967
Birth Place:
Whangarei (pronounced "Wong-A-Ray") New Zealand
Hometown:
Caboolture, Queensland, Australia (suburb of Brisbane)
Current Home:
Nashville, Tennessee (since 1992)
Education:
Left high school at age 15
Family:
Daughter Sunday Rose, Parents Bob & Marienne, brother Shane,
sister-in-law Jennifer, nephew Blake and niece Jessica
Marital Status:
Married Nicole Kidman in June 2006
Height:
5' 10"
Weight:
155 lbs.
Color of Hair:
Blonde
Color of Eyes:
Blue
Instruments Played:
Guitar, bass guitar, drums, keyboard, banjo and sitar
First Musical Performance:
Age 6 at a guitar recital
First Song Ever Fully Learned:
House Of The Rising Sun
First Paying Job:
They pay?
First Paying Non-Music Job:
At a concert lighting company
Goals:
To tour the world as a successful artist, make better records, write
better songs, be a good husband and father and make myself proud.
I'd like to host a documentary type TV show.
Favorite Sport:
Bowling and 9 Ball (pool)
Favorite Sports Teams:
I don't follow any one team, but am easily suckered into watching almost any game.
I Never Leave Home Without...
Knowing where I'm going... although, sometimes, I actually don't know until I
get to the airport and they tell me where I'm going.
Awards:
1983 - CCMA Junior Male Vocalist
1990 - CMAA Star Maker Award
1991 - CMAA Golden Guitar/Best New Talent
1992 - CMAA Golden Guitar Male Vocalist
1992 - CMAA Golden Guitar Instrumentalist
1997 - CMAA Golden Guitar Instrumentalist
1998 - CMAA Golden Guitar Instrumentalist
2001 - CMAA Golden Guitar Instrumentalist
2001 - ACM Top New Male Vocalist
2001 - CMA Horizon Award
2001 - ARIA Outstanding Achievement Award
2001 - VMA Male Vocalist Award
2001 - Mo AUS Show Business Ambassador of the Year
2003 - ARIA Country Album of the Year (Golden Road)
2003 - Country Weekly Award for Favorite New Artist
2003 - BMI Song of the Year - "Somebody Like You"
2003 - TCMA Video Clip of the Year - "Somebody Like You"
2004 - CMA Male Vocalist of the Year
2004 - FCMA Best Foreign Music
2005 - CMT Awards Video of the Year - "Days Go By"
2005 - ACM Album of the Year - "Be Here"
2005 - ACM Top Male Vocalist
2005 - ARIA Country Album of the Year - "Be Here"
2005 - CMA Entertainer of the Year
2005 - CMA Top Male Vocalist
2005 - CMA International Achievement Award
2005 - RMA Artist of the Year (Country Radio)
2006 - Grammy's Best Male Country Vocal Performance
2006 - CMT Music Awards Video of the Year - "Better Life"
2006 - ACM Male Vocalist of the Year
2006 - CMA Male Vocalist of the Year
2007 - ARIA Best Country Album
*CMA - Country Music Association - USA
*ACM - Academy of Country Music Awards - USA
*RMA - Radio Music Awards - USA
*CCMA - Country Capitol Music Association - Australia
*CMAA - Country Music Association Australia - Australia
*ARIA - Recording Industry Association - Australia
*TCMA - Toyota Country Music Awards - Australia
*FCMA - French Country Music Awards
*VMA - Victorian Music Awards - Australia
#1 Singles:
"But for the Grace of God"
"Somebody Like You"
"Who Wouldn't Wanna Be Me"
"You'll Think of Me"
"Days Go By"
"Making Memories Of Us"
"Better Life"
"You Look Good In My Shirt"
Gold/Platinum Albums:
Self-Titled Keith Urban certified platinum
Golden Road certified triple platinum
Be Here certified 4x platinum
Video Hits DVD certified platinum
Livin' Right Now DVD certified platinum
Love, Pain & the whole crazy thing certified platinum
Influences:
Glen Campbell, Jimmy Webb, Don Williams, Mark Knopfler, Freddie Mercury,
Fleetwood Mac, Jackson Browne, Don Henley, Ronnie Milsap and Dolly Parton
Favorite Songs You've Written:
Tangled Up In Love, My Last Name, Desiree, Walkin' The Country, Hank Don't
Fail Me Now, But For The Grace Of God, It's A Love Thing, I Thought You Knew and Don't Shut Me Out
Favorite Songs by Others:
Wichita Lineman and Galveston by Jimmy Webb; Heart Of The Matter by Don
Henley; Sky Blue & Black by Jackson Browne and You Look So Good In Love by George Strait
Favorite Songwriters:
Jimmy Webb, Rodney Crowell, Harley Allen and Vernon Rust
Favorite Book:
Conversations with God (Neale Donald Walsch)
Favorite Movie:
Citizen Kane
Favorite Actors:
Michael Douglas, Jack Nicholson and Orson Wells
Favorite Actresses:
Sally Field and Susan Sarandon
Favorite Food:
Sushi
Favorite Drink:
Vegetable Juices (carrot, spinach, celery, apple...)
Favorite Snack:
Chocolate banana Balance bars or Newman's Own dark chocolate orange
Favorite Ice Cream:
Nutty Buddy's, Snickers and Hagan Daaz
Favorite Tennis Shoes:
Skechers
Favorite Restraunt:
Cheescake Factory or Shintomi's in Nashville
Favorite Place:
On stage on a good night!
Favorite Color:
Blue or black (although black is not really a color!)
Pet Peeves:
People who don't look you in the eye when they shake your hand and leave lint in the lint filter or a dryer. And people who show you a bunch of photographs and half of them are out of focus... I mean, man... just throw 'em out!
