Keith Lionel Urban (born 26 October 1967) is a New Zealand-Australian singer, songwriter, music TV show judge and record producer well known for his work in country music. In 1991, he released a self-titled debut album and charted four singles in Australia before moving to the United States the following year. He found work as a session guitarist before starting a band known as The Ranch, which recorded one studio album on Capitol Nashville and charted two singles on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Keith is multiple Grammy Award winner and recipient of many prestigious accolades.
Urban is a citizen of New Zealand, Australia, and the United States and his religion is Christianity. His ethnicity is White and his zodiac is Scorpio, Urban was born as Keith Lionel Urban on 26 October 1967, in Whangarei, New Zealand. He is the youngest son of Marienne and Robert "Bob" Urbahn. He grew up with his parents in Caboolture, Queensland, Australia. His father, who owned a convenience store. Urban took guitar lessons since childhood and began entering local competitions, in addition to acting in a local theatre company alongside. His music passion was influenced by two rock players, Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits) and Lindsey Buckingham (Fleetwood Mac). He attended Caboolture State High School.
Keith's professional music career started when he signed with the label, EMI in Australia n 1990. He released his debut self-titled album from there. In 1999, he again released his second self-titled album under the session pianist, Matt Rollings. He won the Top New Male Vocalist Award at the 2001 Academy of Country Music Awards and the 2001 Country Music Association's Horizon Award for his hit singles like: "Your Everything", "But for the Grace of God", and "Where the Blacktop Ends". In 2002, he released his second album named ‘Golden Road’.The album was certified triple platinum on 22 September 2005. He released his third American album named ‘Be Here’. In 2007, He released his first greatest hit collection named ‘Greatest Hits: 18 Kids’. He also was put as a respected judge in many musical reality shows like: ‘The Voice’(2011) and season 12 and 13 of American Idol(2012,2016).
In 2013, he released his eighth studio album ‘Fuse’. In 2015, his single "Raise 'Em Up" was number 1 on Country Airplay. In 2016, he was selected as one of thirty artists to perform on ‘Forever Country’ which celebrates 50 years of CMA Awards. In 2017, he released a new song ‘Female’. He also announced his tenth studio album would be titled ‘Graffiti U’. On 31 March 2009, he released ‘Defying Gravity’ by Capitol Records. In season 8 finale of American Idol, he performed the song. He also became the judge to support an independent artist’s career for the 8 annual Independent Music Awards. He has won two ‘Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance’ in 2005 and 2007.
Keith is a married man. He is married to Nicole Kidman who is an American-born Australian actress. at G'Day LA, a Hollywood event promoting Australia, in January 2005, and they began dating six months later. They married on 25 June 2006 at the Cardinal Cerretti Memorial Chapel in the grounds of St Patrick's Estate, Manly, in Sydney. They have two beautiful daughters named Faith Margaret Kidman Urban and Sunday Rose Kidman Urban. They are both very established professionals and owns huge properties. They are living happily together in the main home in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
The multiple Grammy Award winner, Country singer Keith Urban has a net worth around $75 Million as of August 2019. Similarly, PayWizard listed his average salary is around $672,284.The majority of his earnings come from his album sale, tours, and gigs. He has also endorsed brands like AT&T and Samsung which have also contributed to his net worth. The famous musician also has massive followers. He earns around $5k per post on the social media platform and around $1.9K to $31.1K per month from YouTube. Urban has a lot of properties in the USA, he has a $10,000,000 apartment in Manhattan, New York City townhouse mansion $39 million. He and his wife also bought a Bunya Hill property in Sutton Forest, Australia for $6.5 million in 2008. They live in their main home in Nashville that costs the pair over $3.4 million. He also owns a lot of expensive cars like Bugatti Veyron which cost him around $2.7 million and many more.
The country musician and record producer is at his 52 events he has maintained a balanced and healthy body and he looks quite young. Keith stands with a height of 1.78 m and weight is 75 kg. His eye color is blue and hair is of dark brown. He has a straight sexual orientation. Further details on his body statistics are still under review.