Keith Urban has come a long way from his roots in Australia. His own musical style, a fusion of rock and country, along with his talent for performing has attracted fans from all over the world. For Keith, connecting his music to his fans is “…what it's about for me -- giving all I've got to lift spirits and raise the roof.”

Keith Urban, born on October 26, 1967 in Whangarei, New Zealand, grew up in Australia before moving to the United States. “We moved around a lot in the city of Brisbane when I was very young…Then my dad decided it was time to get back to his rural upbringing. He bought a property in a place called Caboolture, a farming town about an hour north of Brisbane. We moved up there and lived on this 12-acre farm. We had our own cows for milking -- well, one cow, singular, to tell the truth. He wanted our family to be self-sufficient from the land." Keith’s parents also influenced him musically as he developed a love for country music listening to their Don Williams, Glen Campbell, and Charley Pride records. At the age of six, Keith began playing the guitar and by seven, he dreamed of moving to Nashville to be a country singer: “I inherited this kind of love for the American dream. I fell in love with the music, the cars and the whole idea of America.”

By the time he was eight years old, Keith was already winning talent shows and eventually started his own band at the age of just twelve. Although they often played at local clubs, he decided to quit school when he was fifteen and worked as a solo artist. Eight years later, Keith signed with EMI in Australia in 1990 and released his first solo album. This album was popular in Australia with four hits, but Keith still wanted more. In 1992, Keith made the jump to pursue his dream in Nashville, Tennessee.

Once in Nashville, Keith started another group, The Ranch, with two other musicians. They released one album in 1997 with critical acclaim but Keith once again felt the need to further his musical career alone. His breakthrough to the front of the country music scene came in 2000 with the release of his self-titled album, Keith Urban. With this album he achieved three Top 5 hits including his No. 1 hit “But For The Grace Of God.” Later, in 2001, Keith was recognized for his talent when he won the Country Music Association's Horizon Award along with the 2001 Academy of Country Music Awards’ Top New Male Vocalist Award.

Keith released his next album, Golden Road, in 2002 and gained even more popularity. Several of the songs from the album, including “Who Wouldn’t Wanna Be Me,” “Raining On Sunday,” and “You’ll Think Of Me” were hits but one song was exceptionally popular. Keith’s “Somebody Like You” remained at the top of the charts for eight weeks, outlasting any other country song in 2002. The album reached double platinum in the United States and is currently approaching triple platinum status.

Recently, Keith released his album, Be Here, which features some of his most emotional and personal work. “If there was a theme to this album,” Keith explains, “it would be the big questions I ask just like anybody else: What are we doing here? What's life about?”

In 2005 Keith Urban received one of country music's highest honors. He was the recipient of the 2005 CMA Entertainer of the Year in addition to his second consecutive Male Vocalist of the Year Award.

In 2006, Keith took home one of Country Music's highest honors, CMA Male Vocalist of the Year. In addition to his busy touring schedule, Keith also released his album, Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing in November 2006. The album features the hit songs "Once in a Lifetime" and "Stupid Boy."