He mea hoʻokani pila ʻo Keith Urban a ʻike ʻia ʻaʻole wale ma kāna ʻāina ʻo Australia wale nō, akā ma ʻAmelika a puni ka honua no kāna mele ʻuhane.
Ua hoʻomaka ka mea lanakila nui Grammy Award i kāna ʻoihana mele ma Australia ma mua o ka neʻe ʻana i ʻAmelika e hoʻāʻo i kāna laki ma laila.
Hānau ʻia i loko o kahi ʻohana aloha mele, ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Urban i nā mele ʻāina mai ka wā ʻōpio a hāʻawi pū i nā haʻawina guitar.
I kona wā ʻōpio, ua komo ʻo ia a lanakila i kekahi mau hōʻike talena. Ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e pāʻani no kahi hui ʻāina kūloko a hoʻomohala i kāna ʻano mele kūʻokoʻa - he hui pū ʻana o ke kīkā pōhaku a me ke kani ʻāina - i hiki ai iā ia ke kālai i kahi niche ma Australia.
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo ia i kahi album a me kekahi mau mele ma kona ʻāina, i loaʻa me ka lanakila nui. Ma muli o kona holomua, ua neʻe ʻo ia i ʻAmelika e hoʻonui i kāna ʻoihana.
Ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia i kāna hui mua, ʻo The Ranch, akā ua hoʻopau ʻo ia i ka haʻalele ʻana i ka hui e kālele i kāna ʻoihana solo.
ʻO kāna mele mele mele mele ponoʻī "Keith Urban" i lilo i mea kaulana a ua hoʻomaka ka mea mele akamai e lanakila koke i ka puʻuwai o kāna mau mea pā.
Hiki i ka mea hoʻokani pila ke pāʻani i ke kīkā acoustic, banjo, bass guitar, piano a me mandolin.
Ma 2001, ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia ʻo "Best Vocalist" e ka CMA. Ua huakaʻi ʻo ia ma 2004 a ua kapa ʻia ʻo Artist of the Year i ka makahiki aʻe.
Ua lanakila ʻo Urban i kāna Grammy mua ma 2006 a ua loaʻa iā ia ʻekolu mau Grammy hou.
Ma 2012, ua koho ʻia ʻo ia i luna kānāwai hou ma ka manawa 12 o ka hoʻokūkū mele kaulana ʻo American Idol, a hoʻomau i ka hōʻike a hiki i 2016.
ola mua
Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Keith Lionel Urban ma ʻOkakopa 26, 1967 ma Whangarei (North Island) ma New Zealand, a ua ulu ʻo ia ma Australia.
Ua makemake kona mau mākua i nā mele ʻāina ʻAmelika a ua paipai i ke aloha mele o ke keiki.
Ua hele ʻo ia i ke kula ʻo Edmund Hillary ma Otar, South Auckland akā ua haʻalele ʻo ia i ke kula i ka makahiki 15 e ʻimi i kahi ʻoihana ma ke mele. I ka makahiki 17, ua neʻe ʻo Keith Urban me kona mau mākua i Cabooltur, Australia.
Ua hoʻonohonoho kona makuakāne iā ia e aʻo i nā haʻawina guitar, ʻo ia ke ʻano o kona aʻo ʻana i ka pāʻani. Ua komo ʻo Keith i nā hoʻokūkū mele kūloko a hana pū me kahi hui mele.
Ua hoʻokumu ʻo ia iā ia iho ma ke kahua mele ʻāina ʻo Australia me nā hiʻohiʻona maʻamau ma ka papahana kīwī ʻo Reg Lindsay Country Homestead a me nā papahana kīwī ʻē aʻe.
Ua loaʻa pū ʻo ia i kahi kīkā gula ma ka Tamworth Country Music Festival me kāna hoa mele ʻo Jenny Wilson.
ʻO kāna ʻano kālepa - kahi hui ʻana o ke kīkā pōhaku a me ke mele ʻāina - ʻo ia kāna mea koʻikoʻi. I ka makahiki 1988, ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia i kāna album mua i kūleʻa ma kāna ʻāina ʻo Australia.
Pōmaikaʻi ma Nashville
ʻO ka hui Nashville mua loa o Urban ʻo 'The Ranch'. Ua hana ʻo ia i kahi pane nui, a i ka makahiki 1997 ua hoʻokuʻu ka hui i kā lākou album inoa inoa ponoʻī i ka ʻike ʻoihana.
Ma hope koke iho, ua hoʻoholo ka mea hoʻokani pila e haʻalele i ka hui e alualu i kāna ʻoihana solo. Ua kiʻi koke ʻia kāna mau talena e kekahi o nā inoa nui loa i ka mele ʻāina, me Garth Brooks a me nā Dixie Chicks.
ʻO ka hana hoʻokahi
I ka makahiki 2000, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo Urban i kāna mele mele ponoʻī nona iho, kahi i hōʻike ʻia i ka No. 1 hit "But for the Grace of God". ʻO kāna album ʻelua, ʻo 2002's Golden Road, ua hoʻokomo ʻia ʻelua mau mele ʻelua No. Ma 1, ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia ʻo "Top New Male Vocalist" ma ka Country Music Association Awards.
Ma hope o ka huakaʻi ʻana me nā mea like me Brooks & Dunn a me Kenny Chesney, ua poʻo ʻo Urban i kāna huakaʻi ponoʻī ma 2004.
I ka makahiki aʻe, ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia ʻo "Entertainer of the Year," "Male Vocalist of the Year," a "International Artist of the Year."
I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o 2006, ua lanakila ʻo Urban i kāna makana Grammy mua (ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hana leo ʻāina kāne kāne) no "You'll Think of Me".
Ma 2006, ua loaʻa iā ia ka makana CMA "Male Vocalist of the Year" a me ka makana "Top Male Vocalist" mai ka Academy of Country Music.
I Iune 2006, ua male ʻo Urban i ka mea hoʻokani wahine ʻo Nicole Kidman ma kāna ʻāina hānau ʻo Australia.
Nā pilikia pilikino
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka album hope a Urban, ʻo Love, Pain & The Whole Crazy Thing, i ka hāʻule o 2006.
Ma kahi o ka manawa like, ua ʻoluʻolu ka mea hoʻokani pila i kahi kikowaena hoʻoponopono. "Ke mihi nui nei au i nā mea a pau, ʻoi aku ka pōʻino i hana ʻia e Nicole a me ka poʻe aloha a kākoʻo iaʻu," wahi a Urban i kahi ʻōlelo, e like me ka makasina People.
"ʻAʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke haʻalele i ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana, a ke manaʻo nei wau e kūleʻa wau. Me ka ikaika a me ke kākoʻo kūpaʻa ʻole i loaʻa iaʻu mai kaʻu wahine, ʻohana a me nā hoaaloha, ua paʻa wau e hoʻokō i kahi hopena maikaʻi.
Ua hoʻomau ʻo Urban i ka hakakā pilikino me ka hoʻomau ʻana i ka holomua ʻoihana.
Ua loaʻa i kāna album 2006 kekahi mau hits me "Once in a Lifetime" a me "Stupid Boy" i lanakila i kahi Grammy no Best Male Vocal Performance ma 2008.
Ma hope mai i ka makahiki 2008, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo Urban i kahi hōʻiliʻili mele nui loa a mākaʻikaʻi nui. I kēlā kauwela, akā naʻe, ua hoʻomaha ʻo ia mai kāna papa hana paʻa e hoʻolauleʻa ai i kahi hanana hauʻoli: ma Iulai 7, 2008, ua hoʻokipa ʻo ia me kāna wahine ʻo Nicole Kidman i kahi kaikamahine liʻiliʻi a kapa ʻia kona inoa ʻo Sunday Rose Kidman Urban.
"Makemake mākou e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka poʻe a pau i mālama iā mākou i kā lākou mau manaʻo a me nā pule," kākau ʻo Urban ma kāna pūnaewele ma hope koke o ka hānau ʻana o ka Sunday Rose.
"ʻOliʻoli nui mākou a mahalo i ka hiki iā mākou ke kaʻana like i kēia hauʻoli me ʻoukou a pau i kēia lā."
Hoʻomau ka holomua
Ua hoʻomau ʻo Urban i kāna mele mele ʻē aʻe, ʻo Defying Gravity, i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma Malaki 2009 a hoʻomaka i ka helu 1 ma ka Billboard 200 - kāna album mua e hana pēlā.
ʻO ka mele mua loa o ka album, ʻo "Sweet Thing", ua hele pololei i ka helu ʻekahi ma nā papa palapala Billboard.
Ua hoʻokani ʻia ka lua o ka album ʻo "Kiss a Girl" i ka hopena o ka American Idol season 8 ma ke ʻano he duet me ka lanakila hōʻike ʻo Chris Allen.
I ka hāʻule o 2009, hana ʻo Urban i ka CMA Awards a loaʻa iā ia nā makana he nui no kāna hui pū ʻana me ka mea pena kiʻi ʻāina ʻo Brad Paisley: "E hoʻomaka i kahi hui". Ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia ʻo "Kai ʻĀina punahele" ma ka American Music Awards.
Ma 2010, ua loaʻa iā Urban kona kolu Grammy Award (Best Male Vocals In The Country) no ke mele "Sweet Thing". I ka makahiki aʻe, ua loaʻa iā ia kāna Grammy ʻehā (Best Male Vocals In The Country) ma ke mele hoʻokahi "Til Summer Comes Around".
I ka makahiki 2012, ua koho ʻia ka mea hoʻokani pila i luna kānāwai hou ma ka manawa 12 o American Idol, i hoʻomaka ʻia ma Ianuali 2013.
Ua hōkū ʻo Urban me Randy Jackson, Mariah Carey a me Nicki Minaj i kāna kau mua. Akā ʻoiai ʻo American Idol, ua hoʻomau ʻo Urban i kāna ʻoihana ma ke ʻano kekahi o nā hōkū mele kaulana loa.
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo ia iā Fuse ma 2013, i komo pū me "We We Us Us", kahi duet me Miranda Lambert, a me nā mele "Cop Car" a me "Somewhere In My Car".
Ua ukali ʻia e ʻelua mau mele lanakila hou: Ripcord (2016) a me Graffiti U (2018).
