THE LIBRARY

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 Australian Show Business Ambassador of the Year
2003 - CMAA Video Clip of the Year
Somebody Like You
2003 - ARIA Country Album of the Year (Golden Road)
2003 - Country Weekly Fan Favorite Award for Favorite New Artist
2003 - BMI Song of the Year Category for "Somebody Like You"
2003 - TCMA Video Clip of the Year - "Somebody Like You"
2004 - CMAA Top Selling Album of the Year
Golden Road
2004 - CMA Male Vocalist of the Year
2004 - FCMA Best Foreign Music
2005 - CMT Music Awards Video of the Year - "Days Go By"
2005 - ACM Album of the Year - "Be Here"
2005 - ACM Top Male Vocalist
2005 - FACM Male Artist of the year
2005 - Aria Country album of the year
2005 - CMA International Artist of the Year!
2005 - CMA Male Vocalist of the Year
2005 - CMA Entertainer of the Year
2005 - XM Country Artist of the Year
2005 - XM "So You Wanna Be a Movie Star?" Artists We'd Like to See Crossover to Films
2005 - Radio Music Awards Artist of the Year
2005 - Billboard Music Award: Top-selling Pop Catalog Album of the Year "Golden Road"
2006 - Grammy for Best Male Country Vocal Performance for "You'll Think Of Me"

Past Nominations 2005 Aria awards , male artist, album of the year and country album of the year
2004 French Country Music Awards - Best Foreign Artist
2004 Academy of Country Music - Top Male Vocalist
2004 Flame Worthy Awards - Video of the Year, "You'll Think Of Me"
2004 Flame Worthy Awards - Male Video of the Year, "You'll Think Of Me"
2004 Flame Worthy Awards - Hottest Video of the Year, "Who Wouldn't Wanna Be Me"
2004 Flame Worthy Awards - Vid. Director of the Year, "You'll Think Of Me" (Sam Erickson, Dir.)
2003 Academy of Country Music - Single Of The Year, "Somebody Like You"
2003 CMT Flame Worthy Awards - Sexiest Male Video, "Raining On Sunday"
2003 CMT Flame Worthy Awards - Fashion Plate, "Somebody Like You"
2002 CMT Flame Worthy Awards - Fashion Plate, "Where The Blacktop Ends"
2002 CMT Flame Worthy Awards - Breakthrough Artist of the Year, "Where The Blacktop Ends"
2001 Grammy (NARAS) - Best Country Instrumental - "Rollercoaster"
2001 American Music Awards - Favorite New Country Artist

Albums Keith has performed on
Garth Brooks Double Live (1998) Guitar (Electric)
Glen Campbell Legacy 1961-2002 (2003) Author
Charlie Daniels Fiddle Fire: 25 Years of the... (1998) Guitar
Charlie Daniels Tailgate Party (1999) Guitar
Dixie Chicks Fly (1999) Guitar (Electric), Performer
INXS Live Baby Live (1991) Vocals (bckgr)
INXS Definitive INXS (2002) Vocals (bckgr)
Paul Jefferson Paul Jefferson (1996) Guitar (Electric)
Carolyn Dawn Johnson Dress Rehearsal (2004) Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals (bckgr), Soloist
Neal McCoy Luckiest Man in the World (2003) Guitar (Electric)
John Mohead Mary's Porch (1998) Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric)
Olivia Newton-John 2 (2002) Guitar - co-wrote and sang "Sunburned Country"
Ranch (1997) Ganjo, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
Sons of the Desert Change (2000) Banjo
Tim Wilson Gettin' My Mind Right (1999) Guitar
Original Soundtrack How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003) Producer
Various Artists Twang!: A Tribute to Hank Marvin & (1996) Guitar, Performer
Various Artists Not So Dusty (1998) Producer, Mixing
Various Artists New Country, Vol. 7 (2000) Performer
Various Artists Country Goes Raffi (2001) Multi Instruments, Producer
Various Artists Totally Country (2002) Performer
Various Artists Totally Country, Vol. 2 (2002) Producer
Various Artists Kids' Country Hits (2003) Guitar
1991 Keith Urban guitarist, writer, co-producer
1999 Keith Urban: guitarist, writer and co-producer
2002 Golden Road: guitarist, cardboard box, writer, and co-producer.
2004 Be Here: guitarist, writer, and co-producer

Keith Lionel Urban (born 26 October 1967 in Whangarei, New Zealand) is a country singer. Keith spent his early years in New Zealand, before moving to Australia and then relocating to Nashville. By age seven, Urban was already thinking about coming to America and making his mark in Nashville, Tennessee.

Urban began to learn the guitar at age 6 and began winning talent contests at age 8. By twelve, he was booking his band in local clubs, and at fifteen, he quit school to hit the road. In 1990, Urban signed with EMI in Australia and recorded his first solo album, which charted four No. 1 country hits in Australia. In 1992, Urban moved to Nashville to pursue the largest country music market in the world. Originally the front man for The Ranch, a three-piece group that released one album in 1997 to critical acclaim, Urban disbanded the group to pursue a solo career.

Urban released his self-titled American debut in 2000, achieving three top 5 hits and securing the title of Top New Male Vocalist Award at the 2001 Academy of Country Music Awards. During this same developmental time period, Urban succumbed to addiction problems. After reaching a personal rock bottom, he checked into rehab and cleaned up.

Keith, openly regarded as a modern day guitar virtuoso, has performed as a session musician on albums such as Garth Brooks' Double Live and Dixie Chicks' Fly.

Urban released Golden Road in 2002 and the success of the single Somebody Like You sent his career into high gear. The single spent eight consecutive weeks at the top of the charts, remaining at #1 longer than any other country artist in 2002. Three other singles were released, two went to #1 and the third was #3. The album went platinum in every country where it has been released and is triple platinum in the U.S.

In 2004 Be Here was released and nominated for best country album at the Grammy Awards and at the Academy of Country Music Awards. Out of the four singles released from "Be Here" three went to #1 and the fourth was #2. In 2006 the album went triple platinum in the U.S. Urban has also released Days Go By, a greatest hits collection, in Europe.

His second single "It s A Love Thing" off his self-titled debut only went to #18 on the charts 2000. Since then 11 singles have been released and everyone of them has made it into the top 4. (career total of 13 singles released - Seven singles went to #1, one went to #18, two went to #4, two went to #3 and one went to #2).

Touring as a supporting act for renowned country acts Brooks and Dunn and Kenny Chesney honed Urban's skills and stage-craft. Country video channel CMT signed on as the title sponsor of Keith Urban's first headlining arena tour titled Keith Urban Be Here '04.

Urban continued his meteoric rise to fame in 2005 with the very successful Alive in '05 tour. He performed in the Live 8 Philadelphia concert on July 2nd 2005 and has been chosen by The Gap to appear alongside seven other bright musical stars in their "Favorites" campaign. He released a DVD in late September entitled Livin' Right Now, recorded in California.

Keith Urban has recently performed "Better Life" on the CMA Awards and "You'll Think of Me" on the American Music Awards.