Keith Urban

Born in New Zealand but mostly raised in Australia, Keith Urban is amongst the small number of artists to make it as a credible country star not born in the USA. Growing up in Caboolture, Australia, he began his career playing in clubs in Brisbane and gained some success Down Under with his debut album in 1991, including four hit singles. The following year he moved to the States, getting work as a session guitarist and launching a band, The Ranch, who recorded one album together and made a small mark on the country charts. Urban's self-titled solo album followed in 1999 and produced his first Number 1 single But For The Grace Of God. Follow-up album Golden Road (2002) also sold well, earning him his first Grammy Award, and included the crossover hit Somebody Like You. Be Here (2004) did even better, including three more Number 1 singles and he went on to score ten Number 1 singles in the US country charts, gaining further attention after his marriage to superstar actress Nicole Kidman.