Keith Lionel Urban (born 26 October 1967) is a New Zealand-born country music singer, songwriter and guitarist whose commercial success has been mainly in the United States and Australia 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 In 2004 his album "Be Here" was nominated for best country album at the Grammy Awards and at the Academy of Country Music AwardsUrban was born in Whangarei, North Island, New Zealand (on 26 October, 1967) Before he turned two years old his family moved to Australia By age seven, Urban was already thinking about emigrating to America and making his mark in Nashville Urban began to learn the guitar at age six and began winning talent contests at age eight 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
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