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Keith Urban is known as a country music singer and guitarist. He is most famous for his albums and being a celebrity judge of 'American Idol'.

Background and Age

Keith Lionel Urban was born on October 26, 1967, in Whangarei, North Island, New Zealand but he was brought up in Australia. The musician acquired a passion and energy for American country music from his folks. When he was a young man, Keith Urban had won a few talent shows and joined a country band. His trademark style. a blend of rock guitar and country sound rose during those developmental years.

Married, Wife and Kids

In June 2006, Keith Urban married actress Nicole Kidman in their local Australia. Just before the arrival of his 2006 album collection, Love, Pain and the Whole Crazy Thing, the musician intentionally took a look at himself and checked himself into rehab. He profoundly lamented the hurt that he caused Nicole and the ones that supported him.

Urban and Kidman gave birth to a young lady on July 7, 2008, and named her Sunday Rose Kidman Urban. The couple had a subsequent girl, Faith Margaret Kidman Urban, on December 28, 2010.

Career and Net Worth

In 1991, Urban reached notable achievement in his local Australia. The time had come to cut his teeth in Nashville. The Australian transplant Keith Urban chose to pursue fame in Nashville during the 1990s. In 1999, he released a self-titled independent collection, preparing the table for a noteworthy career that produced top-selling collections like Defying Gravity and Fuse. His career has included various Grammy, Country Music Association and Academy of Country Music wins.

In 2012, Urban was picked as a judge for season 12 of American Idol, debuting in January 2013. Urban featured as a judge along with Randy Jackson, Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj in his introduction season. A well known and popular judge, he stayed with the show for four seasons, through the finish of its run in 2016. He was liked by the audience and they missed him when the show ended.

In November 2019 at the CMA Awards, Urban conveyed an amazing interpretation of his hit track "We Were" before the Nashville swarming crowd at Bridgestone Arena. Wearing a calfskin coat to supplement the one worn by the melody's protagonist, Urban played out a stripped-down adaptation of "We Were" highlighting his very own voice and acoustic guitar. Sceneries indicating morning dawn and a starry, twilight sky additionally supplemented the nostalgic verses about wayward youth.

Date modified: Jun 22, 2020
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