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'''Keith Lionel Urbahn'''<ref name="Kidman family">{{cite news|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10388351|title=Kidman family leave no room for country cousins|publisher=New Zealand Herald|date=26 June 2006|first=Angela|last=Gregory}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Apter |first1=Jeff |title=Life's a sweet thing |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10569998 |access-date=16 September 2020 |work=NZ Herald |date=2 May 2009 |language=en-NZ|quote=Yet it was in Whangarei that Keith Lionel Urbahn entered the world, kicking and screaming, on October 26, 1967. ... Keith shed that bothersome "h" on the road somewhere between Whangarei and Nashville.}}</ref> {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AO}} (born 26 October 1967), known professionally as '''Keith Urban''', is a New Zealand-born Australian and American<ref>{{Cite web |title=Celebrities Who Became U.S. Citizens |url=https://people.com/celebrity/celebrities-who-became-us-citizens/?slide=7127691#7127691}}</ref> musician, singer, guitarist and songwriter known for his work in [[country music]]. Recognized with four [[Grammy Awards]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Grammy Awards Winners and Nominees: Keith Urban |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/keith-urban/7015 |access-date=2022-03-28 |website=[[Grammy Awards]]}}</ref> Urban is considered one of the leading exponents of his music genre, also earning fifteen [[Academy of Country Music Awards]], including the Jim Reeves International Award,<ref>{{Cite web |title=ACM Awards: Winners Search Results, Keith Urban |url=https://www.acmcountry.com/winners?awardTitle=Keith+Urban&awardCategory=&awardYear=&actionButton=Submit |website=[[Academy of Country Music Awards]]}}</ref> thirteen [[CMA Awards]] and six [[ARIA Music Awards]]. Urban is also the songwriter and performer of the song "[[For You (Keith Urban song)|For You]]" from the film ''[[Act of Valor]]'', which earned him nominations at both the [[70th Golden Globe Awards]] and at the [[18th Critics' Choice Awards]] in the respective Best Original Song categories.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Golden Globe Awards winners and nominees: Keith Urban |url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/person/keith-urban |access-date=2022-03-28 |website=[[Golden Globe Awards]]}}</ref>
 
Urban has released 11 studio albums (one of which was released only in Australia), as well as one album with [[The Ranch (band)|the Ranch]]. He has charted 37 singles on the US [[Hot Country Songs]] chart, 18 of which went to number one, counting a duet with [[Brad Paisley]] ("[[Start a Band]]") and the 2008 single "[[You Look Good in My Shirt]]". Urban also worked with numerous artists from different music genres, such as [[Pink (singer)|Pink]], [[Nelly Furtado]], [[Jason Derulo]], [[Julia Michaels]], and country artists as [[Dolly Parton]], [[Dixie Chicks]], [[Carrie Underwood]], [[Martina McBride]] and [[Reba McEntire]].