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Keith Urban – Defying Gravity

01. Kiss A Girl
02. If Ever I Could Love
03. Sweet Thing
04. ‘Til Summer Comes Around
05. My Heart Is Open
06. Hit The Ground Runnin’
07. Only You Can Love Me This Way
08. Standing Right In Front Of You
09. Why’s It Feel So Long
10. I’m In
11. Thank You

• Listen To the New Album ” Defying Gravity”  KEITH URBAN
•  Label CAPITOL NASHVILLE (NEW RELEASE)
• Released 03.04.2009
• Total time 0:48:16

 

Just because A duet with Ronnie Dunn of Brooks & Dunn, was written in response to Hurricane Katrina on AUGUST24, 2005.

 

LIVING RIGHT NOW…

 

 

ACT-1-” Nothin Right Now…”

 

 

ACT-2- “Making Memories of Us…”

 

 

 

BIOGRAPHY  career

    In 2001, the Country Music Association honored Keith Urban with its Horizon Award, designating him a talented artist with a bright future. That same year, the Academy of Country Music named him Top New Male Vocalist.

 

    Talk about your sure bet.

 

    Six years and more than 10 million albums later, Urban remains the only Horizon Award winner in history to go on to win the CMA’s Entertainer of the Year and Male Vocalist of the Year, a title he’s captured three times.

 

    And now comes another milestone: Keith Urban Greatest Hits: 18 Kids.  The CD, released on November 20^th, includes Urban’s seven No. 1 smashes, as well as another seven Top 5 hits. His No. 1s have spent a cumulative 27 weeks on top of Billboard’s Hot Country Songs Chart.

 

    Plus, Urban took a break from his current world tour in support of last year’s release, “Love, Pain & the whole crazy thing,” to head back into a Nashville studio to record two tunes specifically for the new disc:  a remake of “Got It Right This Time [The Celebration]“ with his full band and his take on Steve Forbert’s 1979 classic “Romeo’s Tune.”

 

A Special Edition of the CD comes packaged with a DVD of 12 Urban videos, including clips for “You’ll Think Of Me,” “Days Go By” and “Better Life,” all of which topped CMT’s video chart for multiple weeks.

 

       In the U.S., Keith first came to prominence in 1997 as a member of The Ranch, a country rock trio. His first solo album in the U.S., 1999’s self-titled effort, has since gone platinum signifying sales of more than 1 million copies. The CD spawned his first No. 1, the stirring “But For The Grace Of God.”  It also established his awe-inspiring prowess as a guitar player with lightening

 

dexterity.  But Urban was just getting started.  In addition to the CMA and ACM awards, he also received his first Grammy nomination for best country instrumental for “Clutterbilly.”

 

 

With 2002’s “Golden Road,” Urban moved from a newcomer to a star.  His monster hit “Somebody Like You” spent eight weeks at No. 1 on Radio & Records Country Chart, followed by “Who Wouldn’t Wanna Be Me,” which spent three weeks at No 1. All the activity understandably earned him Billboard’s No. 1 Hot Country Singles and Tracks Artist of the Year in 2003 and Radio & Records’ No. 2 most played male Country performer. The album has sold more than three million copies.

 

Urban’s success kept growing. In 2004, he released “Be Here” and a superstar was born. The album debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums Chart and has sold more than 4 million copies in the U.S. alone. It spawned a staggering three No. 1s on Billboard’s Country Singles Chart: “Better Life,” “Making Memories Of Us” and Days Go By.”  He was nominated or won no fewer than 16 awards around the globe, including two Grammy nominations, CMA Entertainer and Male Vocalist of the Year, ACM Album and Male Vocalist of the Year and an ARIA for Best Country Release.

 

    Last year brought “Love, Pain & the whole crazy thing,” which has already sold more than 2 million copies worldwide.  Like its predecessor, the album came in at No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Chart. “Everybody,” the album’s latest single, continues to climb the chart, while the heartbreaking “Stupid Boy” reached No. 2 on Mediabase.  The disc’s first single, “Once In A Lifetime,” set a since-broken record last year for the highest charting debut in Nielsen BDS-era on the Country chart.

 

Although he remains tremendously loyal to his Country audience, other radio formats have come calling. “You’ll Think Of Me” reached No. 2 on Billboard’s Adult Contemporary Chart, while “Making Memories Of Us,” hit the Top 5 on both the Adult Contemporary Chart and the Hot Adult Contemporary Chart.

 

Other mainstream outlets have also been eager to showcase Urban’s talent as a performer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (in addition to acoustic and electric guitar, he also plays piano, ganjo, slide guitar and mandolin).  His 2007 appearance on “Saturday Night Live” is one of the few by a Country artist in the show’s 30-plus-year history. He performed at 2005’s Live 8 global concerts and was one of the only Country performers at this summer’s Live Earth concerts to build awareness for climate change. His performance of “Gimme Shelter” with Alicia Keys was a highlight of the worldwide extravaganza.

 

But the CDs only tell part of the story. His two long-form video collections have both been certified platinum. Additionally, Urban has become a must-see act on the road, a certified headliner, selling out shows on his own. Anyone who’s witnessed one of his concerts knows it is on stage where Urban

 

truly shines with the ability to stretch out musically and to connect with his audience.   It is this connection and energy that he receives from his adoring fans that drives him.

 

Despite his extremely busy music life, Urban remains devoted to giving back to a number of charitable endeavors including W.O. Smith School of Music, St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital and the Make-A-Wish Foundation, which grants requests for sick children.

 

Less than 10 years after his first solo album, Urban already has a Greatest Hits album as an audio scrapbook of his first decade. And the good news, is he’s clearly just getting started.

 

 

EMERGENCY RESPONSE FOR NATURAL DESASTERS

 

 

 

 

NEWS life

Starting in 1992, Urban dated veterinary technician Laura Sigler for eight years. Urban proposed to Sigler in 2001 but the pair eventually split in 2002.

 

Urban also was rumored to have been dating supermodel Niki Taylor on and off from 2002 to 2004.

 

Urban met Australian actress Nicole Kidman at G’Day LA, a Hollywood event honoring Australians, in January 2005 but they didn’t begin dating until 6 months later. They were emailing each other back and forth, addressing each other as Hank (Keith) and Evie (Nicole). Kidman and Urban were married on Sunday, June 25, 2006, at the Cardinal Cerretti Memorial Chapel in the grounds of St Patrick’s Estate, Manly in Sydney. “Hank & Evie” is now on the tag on the back of the shirts Urban sells at his concerts.

 

On Oct. 19, 2006, Urban checked himself into the Betty Ford Center in California. On Oct. 20, Urban issued a statement saying: “I deeply regret the hurt this has caused Nicole and the ones who love and support me.

 

One can never let one’s guard down on recovery, and I’m afraid that I have.” On Jan. 18, 2007, Urban announced his completion of rehab and his plans to go on tour to promote his new album, Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing.

 

 

Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing, or Love, Pain & the whole crazy thing as typeset on the cover art, is the fifth solo album by Australian country singer Keith Urban. It is his fourth album release in the United States, and his fifth for Capitol Records. The album was issued on November 7, 2006. It includes four singles: “Once in a Lifetime”, “Stupid Boy”, “I Told You So” and “Everybody”, all of which were Top Ten hits on the Billboard country charts. The album has been certified 2× Multi-Platinum by the RIAA and platinum by the CRIA. Urban produced Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing with Dann Huff.

 

On Feb. 2, 2007, Urban filed a lawsuit on a New Jersey painter by the same name, who has a web site http://www.keithurban.com.

 

The singer wants to acquire the rights to the URL. Keith Urban the singer’s URL is http://www.keithurban.net. The painter has countersued.

 

    On 1 October 2007, while headed to an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, Urban skid off of his motorbike when a paparazzo followed him near his home in Sydney; Urban was not hurt. In a statement released by his publicists, Urban says the incident was “the result of one person’s desire to do his job and my desire to maintain my privacy.” Urban says he tried to avoid an oncoming car and dropped his bike. He says the photographer came to his assistance without taking photos.

 

    On 7 January 2008, Nicole Kidman confirmed that she and Urban were expecting their first child together. Kidman’s publicist said that “the couple are thrilled and can not wait.” A July due date was announced. Kidman gave birth to their first child, a daughter, Sunday Rose Kidman Urban, on July 7, 2008, in Nashville, Tennessee. She weighed 2.93 kg (6 lbs. 7.5 oz). On his website Keith stated,

 

“Earlier this morning Nic gave birth to our beautiful baby girl, Sunday Rose Kidman Urban. We want to thank everybody that has kept us in their thoughts and prayers. We feel very blessed and grateful that we can share this joy with all of you today.”

 

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