Keith Urban mawaƙin ƙasa ne kuma ɗan kita wanda aka sani ba kawai a ƙasarsa ta Ostiraliya ba, har ma a cikin Amurka da ma duniya baki ɗaya saboda kiɗan sa mai rai.
Wanda ya lashe lambar yabo ta Grammy da yawa ya fara aikinsa na kiɗa a Australia kafin ya koma Amurka don gwada sa'arsa a can.
An haife shi a cikin dangi na masoya kiɗa, Urban ya kasance yana fuskantar waƙar ƙasa tun yana ƙarami kuma ya ba da darussan guitar.
Lokacin da yake matashi, ya shiga kuma ya lashe wasan kwaikwayo da dama. Ya fara wasa da wata ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta gida kuma ya haɓaka salon kiɗan nasa na musamman - haɗaɗɗen guitar guitar da sautin ƙasa - wanda ya ba shi damar zana wani yanki a Ostiraliya.
Ya fitar da albam da wakoki da dama a kasarsa, wadanda suka samu gagarumar nasara. Sakamakon nasarar da ya samu, ya koma Amurka don ci gaba da aikinsa.
Ya fara rukunin sa na farko, The Ranch, amma ya ƙare barin ƙungiyar don mai da hankali kan aikinsa na solo.
Kundin sa na farko mai taken "Keith Urban" ya zama abin burgewa kuma hazikin mawakin ya fara lashe zukatan masoyansa cikin sauri.
Mawaƙin mawaƙin kuma zai iya buga guitar acoustic, banjo, guitar bass, piano da mandolin.
A shekara ta 2001, an kira shi "Mafi kyawun murya" ta CMA. Ya zagaya a shekara ta 2004 kuma an nada shi a matsayin gwarzon shekara a shekara mai zuwa.
Urban ya ci Grammy na farko a 2006 kuma ya sami karin Grammys uku.
A cikin 2012, an zabe shi a matsayin sabon alkali a kakar wasa ta 12 na mashahurin gasar rera waka ta Amurka Idol, kuma ya ci gaba da nunawa har zuwa 2016.
farkon rayuwa
An haifi Keith Lionel Urban ranar 26 ga Oktoba, 1967 a Whangarei (Tsibirin Arewa) a New Zealand, kuma ya girma a Ostiraliya.
Iyayensa suna son kiɗan ƙasar Amurka kuma suna ƙarfafa sha'awar kiɗan yaron.
Ya halarci Kwalejin Edmund Hillary a Otar, South Auckland amma ya bar makaranta lokacin yana ɗan shekara 15 don neman sana'ar kiɗa. A lokacin yana ɗan shekara 17, Keith Urban ya ƙaura tare da iyayensa zuwa Cabooltur, Ostiraliya.
Mahaifinsa ya shirya masa ya ɗauki darasin guitar, wato yadda ya koyi wasa. Keith ya halarci gasa na kiɗa na gida kuma ya yi tare da ƙungiyar kiɗa.
Ya kafa kansa a fagen kiɗan ƙasar Australiya tare da bayyanuwa akai-akai akan shirin talabijin na Reg Lindsay Country Homestead da sauran shirye-shiryen talabijin.
Ya kuma sami gitar gwal a bikin Kiɗa na Ƙasar Tamworth tare da abokin aikinsa Jenny Wilson.
Salon alamar kasuwancinsa - cakuɗen kaɗe-kaɗe na kaɗe-kaɗe da kaɗe-kaɗe na ƙasa - shine babban abin haskakasa. A cikin 1988 ya fito da kundin sa na farko wanda ya yi nasara a ƙasarsa ta Ostiraliya.
Nasara a Nashville
Ƙungiyar Nashville ta farko ta Urban ita ce 'The Ranch'. Ya haifar da babbar amsa, kuma a cikin 1997 ƙungiyar ta fitar da kundi na farko mai taken kansu don sanin kasuwanci.
Ba da daɗewa ba, mawaƙin ya yanke shawarar barin ƙungiyar don yin aikin solo. Wasu daga cikin manyan sunaye a cikin kiɗan ƙasa sun ɗauki hazakarsa da sauri, gami da Garth Brooks da Dixie Chicks.
Solo sana'a
A cikin 2000, Urban ya fito da kundi na farko mai taken kansa, wanda ya fito da lambar 1 da aka buga "Amma don Alherin Allah". Kundinsa na biyu, Hanyar Zinare ta 2002, ya haɗa da ƙarin waƙoƙi guda biyu na No. 1: "Wani Kamar Kai" da "Wanda Ba Zai So Ya Zama Ni". A cikin 2001, an ba shi suna "Mafi Sabbin Mawaƙin Maza" a Kyautar Ƙungiyar Kiɗa ta Ƙasa.
Bayan yawon shakatawa tare da irin su Brooks & Dunn da Kenny Chesney, Urban ya ba da labarin rangadin nasa a cikin 2004.
A shekara ta gaba, an ba shi suna "Mai shiga cikin Shekara," "Male Vocalist na Shekara," da "International Artist of the Year."
A farkon 2006, Urban ya lashe lambar yabo ta Grammy na farko (mafi kyawun rawar muryar maza) don "Za ku Yi Tunani da Ni".
Har ila yau, a cikin 2006, an ba shi lambar yabo ta CMA "Male Vocalist of the Year" lambar yabo da lambar yabo "Top Male Vocalist" daga Academy of Country Music.
A watan Yuni 2006, Urban ya auri actress Nicole Kidman a ƙasarsa ta Ostiraliya.
Matsalolin sirri
Kundin Urban na gaba, Love, Pain & The Whole Crazy Thing, an sake shi a cikin kaka na 2006.
Kusan lokaci guda, mawaƙin da son rai ya bincika cibiyar gyarawa. "Na yi nadamar komai sosai, musamman illar da wannan ya jawo wa Nicole da wadanda ke kauna da goyon baya," in ji Urban a wata sanarwa, a cewar mujallar People.
“Ba za ku taɓa yin kasala a kan murmurewa ba, kuma ina fatan zan yi nasara. Tare da ƙarfi da goyon bayan da na samu daga matata, ’yan uwa da abokai, na ƙuduri aniyar cimma sakamako mai kyau.”
Urban ya ci gaba da gwagwarmaya da kansa yayin da yake ci gaba da bunƙasa cikin fasaha.
Kundin sa na 2006 ya haifar da hits da yawa ciki har da "Sau ɗaya a Rayuwa" da "Stupid Boy" wanda ya lashe Grammy don Mafi kyawun Ayyukan Muryar Maza a 2008.
Daga baya a cikin 2008, Urban ya fitar da tarin mafi girma kuma ya zagaya da yawa. Amma a wannan lokacin rani, ya huta daga aikin da ya yi don yin bikin farin ciki: a ranar 7 ga Yuli, 2008, shi da matarsa, Nicole Kidman, sun marabci wata ƙaramar yarinya kuma suka sa mata suna Sunday Rose Kidman Urban.
"Muna so mu gode wa duk wanda ya kiyaye mu a cikin tunaninsu da addu'o'in su," Urban ya rubuta a shafin yanar gizon sa jim kadan bayan an haifi Sunday Rose.
"Muna jin dadi sosai kuma muna godiya da samun damar raba wannan farin cikin tare da ku a yau."
Ci gaba da nasara
Urban ya ci gaba da bugu tare da wani kundi mai suna Defying Gravity, wanda aka saki a cikin Maris 2009 kuma aka yi muhawara a lamba 1 akan Billboard 200 - kundin sa na farko don yin haka.
Kundin farko na waƙar, "Abin Daɗi", ya tafi kai tsaye zuwa lamba ɗaya akan jadawalin Billboard.
Kundin na biyu na "Kiss a Girl" an yi shi a lokacin wasan karshe na American Idol kakar 8 a matsayin duet tare da wanda ya lashe kyautar Chris Allen.
A cikin kaka na 2009, Urban ya yi a CMA Awards kuma ya sami lambar yabo da yawa don haɗin gwiwarsa tare da ɗan wasan kasar Brad Paisley: "Fara ƙungiya". An kuma ba shi suna "Mawaƙin Ƙasar da aka fi so" a Kyautar Kiɗa na Amurka.
A cikin 2010, Urban ya sami lambar yabo ta Grammy na uku (Mafi kyawun waƙoƙin maza a cikin ƙasar) don waƙar "Abin Daɗi". A shekara mai zuwa, ya karɓi Grammy na huɗu (Mafi kyawun Muryar Maza a Ƙasar) akan waƙar "Til Summer Comes Around".
A cikin 2012, an zaɓi mawaƙin a matsayin sabon alkali a lokacin 12th na American Idol, wanda aka fara a cikin Janairu 2013.
Urban ya yi tauraro tare da Randy Jackson, Mariah Carey da Nicki Minaj a kakar wasansa ta farko. Amma duk da American Idol, Urban ya ci gaba da aikinsa a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin fitattun taurarin kiɗan ƙasa.
Daga baya ya saki Fuse a cikin 2013, wanda ya haɗa da "Mu Mu Mu", wani duet tare da Miranda Lambert, da kuma waƙoƙin "Cop Car" da "Wani Wuri A Mota ta".
An biye da wasu ƙarin kundi guda biyu masu nasara: Ripcord (2016) da Graffiti U (2018).
