Keith 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:
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

*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"

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!