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Keith Urban Fan Website is Now at Keithurbanforum.com
#1 source for everything about Keith Urban is now online at keithurbanforum.com
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March 26, 2008 (FPRC) -- Keith Lionel Urban, is a New Zealand-born Australian Grammy Award winning country music singer. Active in Australia since 1990, Urban has since seen a successful country music career in the United States of America as well, having received two Grammy Awards and multiple ARIA awards.
Two of his albums, Be Here (2004) and his latest album, Love, Pain & the whole crazy thing (2006), have reached the Top 10 on the U.S. Billboard 200 albums chart. He has scored seven number one songs in the United States to date and a total of sixteen top ten hits, including "Somebody Like You," "You'll Think of Me," "Days Go By," "Making Memories of Us," "Stupid Boy," and "Better Life."
Urban has recently performed "Better Life" on the CMA Awards and "You'll Think of Me" on the American Music Awards. He also performed at the Grammys playing "You'll Think of Me" and "The Lucky One" with Faith Hill. At the 2006 ACM Awards Urban performed "Tonight I Wanna Cry" and played guitar for Brooks & Dunn's song "Believe."
On Monday August 21, 2006, Urban made history when his new single "Once in a Lifetime" debuted at #17, setting a new record for the highest-debuting country single in the 62-year history of Billboard's country charts. The record was formerly held by Garth Brooks' "Good Ride Cowboy" and Eddie Rabbitt's "Every Which Way But Loose", both of which debuted at #18. "Good Ride Cowboy" was the highest in the BDS era (1990-present).
Urban is also a winner of numerous "Golden Guitars", which are presented annually during the Tamworth Country Music Festival at "The Country Music Association of Australia's Annual Awards" in Tamworth, Australia. He is also a former winner of the Toyota Starmaker Contest, which is held each year in conjunction with the CMAA Awards and the Tamworth Country Music Festival.
Keith was named artist of the month for July 2007 on the television network GAC (Great American Country). He answered a question of the day every day that month, and did multiple interviews about love, life, his new album and his stay in rehab.
On July 7, 2007 (Keith performed with Alicia Keys at one of Al Gore's Live Earth concerts held around the world. The concerts were held to raise awareness of global warming. Keith performed at the concert held in New York City and said in an interview that global warming is not a political issue, and what he is doing to help the environment is running all bio-diesel buses in his Love, Pain and The Whole Crazy World Tour.
Urban released his first greatest hits collection, Greatest Hits: 18 Kids, on November 20, 2007. The CD contains all of his top 10 hits, along with two new songs, "Romeo's Tune" and "Got It Right This Time (The Celebration)."
In January 2008, Urban embarked on the Love, Pain and the Whole Crazy Carnival Ride Tour with fellow country singer Carrie Underwood.
Keith Urban site for fans is now online at keithurbanforum.com. This site includes discography, video, downloads, photo gallery, news and blogs for Keith Urban.
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