U-Keith Urban ungumculi wezwe kanye nesigingci owaziwayo hhayi ezweni lakubo kuphela e-Australia, kodwa nase-US nasemhlabeni jikelele ngomculo wakhe ophefumulayo.
Owine imiklomelo eminingi ye-Grammy waqala umsebenzi wakhe womculo e-Australia ngaphambi kokuthuthela e-US eyozama inhlanhla lapho.
Uzalelwe emndenini wabathandi bomculo, u-Urban wachayeka emculweni wezwe kusukela esemncane futhi wanikeza nezifundo zesiginci.
Esemusha, wabamba iqhaza futhi wawina imibukiso eminingi yamathalente. Waqala ukudlalela ibhendi yezwe lendawo futhi wathuthukisa isitayela sakhe esiyingqayizivele somculo - inhlanganisela yesiginci se-rock nomsindo wezwe - okwamvumela ukuba akha i-niche e-Australia.
Ukhiphe i-albhamu nezingoma ezimbalwa ezweni lakubo, okuhlangatshezwane nazo ngempumelelo enkulu. Ngenxa yempumelelo yakhe, wathuthela e-USA ukuze aqhubekisele phambili umsebenzi wakhe.
Uqale iqembu lakhe lokuqala, iThe Ranch, kodwa wagcina elishiyile iqembu ukuze agxile emsebenzini wakhe eyedwa.
I-albhamu yakhe yokuqala ebizwa ngokuthi "Keith Urban" yaduma futhi umculi onethalente waqala ukuzuza ngokushesha izinhliziyo zabalandeli bakhe.
Umculi owenza izinto ezihlukahlukene angaphinde adlale isiginci se-acoustic, i-banjo, isiginci se-bass, upiyano kanye ne-mandolin.
Ngo-2001, waqanjwa ngokuthi "I-Best Vocalist" yi-CMA. Wavakashela ngo-2004 futhi waqokwa njengoMculi Wonyaka ngonyaka olandelayo.
Urban wawina iGrammy yakhe yokuqala ngo-2006 futhi usethole amanye amaGrammy amathathu.
Ngo-2012, wakhethwa njengejaji elisha ngesizini ye-12 yomncintiswano wokucula odumile i-American Idol, waqhubeka nohlelo kwaze kwaba ngu-2016.
Isiqalo sokuphila
UKeith Lionel Urban wazalwa ngo-Okthoba 26, 1967 eWhangarei (North Island) eNew Zealand, wakhulela e-Australia.
Abazali bakhe babewuthanda umculo wezwe laseMelika futhi bakhuthaza uthando lomfana lomculo.
Ufunde e-Edmund Hillary College e-Otar, eSouth Auckland kodwa wasiyeka isikole eneminyaka engu-15 ukuze enze umsebenzi womculo. Lapho eneminyaka engu-17, uKeith Urban wathuthela nabazali bakhe eCabooltur, e-Australia.
Uyise wahlela ukuba afunde ukudlala isiginci, okuyindlela afunda ngayo ukudlala. U-Keith ubambe iqhaza emiqhudelwaneni yomculo wasendaweni waphinde wadlala neqembu lomculo.
Usezinze endaweni yomculo wezwe lase-Australia ngokubonakala njalo ohlelweni lwethelevishini i-Reg Lindsay Country Homestead nezinye izinhlelo zethelevishini.
Uphinde wathola isiginci segolide eTamworth Country Music Festival kanye nozakwabo womculo uJenny Wilson.
Isitayela sakhe sophawu lokuthengisa - ingxube yesiginci se-rock nomculo we-country - kwaba ukugqama kwakhe. Ngo-1988 ukhiphe i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala eyaba yimpumelelo ezweni lakubo e-Australia.
Impumelelo eNashville
Ibhendi yokuqala yase-Urban yaseNashville bekuyi-'The Ranch'. Kudale ukusabela okukhulu, kwathi ngo-1997 ibhendi yakhipha i-albhamu yayo yokuqala ebizwa ngokuthi ukuze yamukelwe kwezohwebo.
Ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho, umculi wanquma ukushiya iqembu ukuze aphishekele umsebenzi wakhe yedwa. Amakhono akhe asheshe aqashwa amanye amagama amakhulu emculweni wezwe, okuhlanganisa uGarth Brooks kanye noDixie Chicks.
Umsebenzi we-solo
Ngo-2000, u-Urban wakhipha i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala eyedwa, enesihloko esithi "Kodwa Ngomusa KaNkulunkulu". I-albhamu yakhe yesibili, i-Golden Road ka-1, ifake nezinye izingoma ezimbili ze-No. Ngo-2002, waqanjwa ngokuthi "I-Top New Male Vocalist" kuma-Country Music Association Awards.
Ngemuva kokuvakasha nokuthandwa ngu-Brooks & Dunn kanye no-Kenny Chesney, u-Urban wamisa uhambo lwakhe ngo-2004.
Ngonyaka olandelayo, waqanjwa ngokuthi "I-Entertainer of the Year," "Male Vocalist of the Year," kanye "ne-International Artist of the Year."
Ekuqaleni kuka-2006, u-Urban wawina indondo yakhe yokuqala ye-Grammy Award (izwi elingcono kakhulu lezwe labesilisa) elithi "Uzocabanga Ngami".
Futhi ngo-2006, waklonyeliswa ngendondo ye-CMA “Male Vocalist of the Year” kanye nendondo ye-“Top Male Vocalist” evela ku-Academy of Country Music.
NgoJuni 2006, u-Urban washada nomlingisi uNicole Kidman endaweni yakubo yase-Australia.
Izinkinga zomuntu siqu
I-albhamu elandelayo ka-Urban, ethi Love, Pain & The Whole Crazy Thing, yakhululwa ekwindla ka-2006.
Ngesikhathi esifanayo, umculi ngokuzithandela wangena esikhungweni sokuhlunyeleliswa. "Ngizisola kakhulu ngakho konke, ikakhulukazi ukulimala lokhu okudalwe uNicole nalabo abangithandayo nabangesekayo," kusho isitatimende sika-Urban, ngokusho kwephephabhuku iPeople.
“Ngeke ulahle ithemba, futhi ngiyethemba ukuthi ngizophumelela. Ngamandla nokusekelwa okungantengantengi engikuthole kumkami, umndeni nabangane, ngizimisele ukuzuza umphumela omuhle.”
I-Urban iqhubekile nokuzabalaza mathupha ngenkathi iqhubeka nokuchuma ngokomsebenzi.
I-albhamu yakhe yango-2006 yakhiqiza izingoma eziningi ezihlanganisa “Once in a Lifetime” kanye nethi “Stupid Boy” eyawina iGrammy yeBest Male Vocal Performance ngo-2008.
Kamuva ngo-2008, i-Urban yakhipha iqoqo lamahithi amahle kakhulu futhi yavakasha kakhulu. Nokho, ngalelo hlobo, wathatha ikhefu ohlelweni lwakhe olumatasa ukuze agubhe umcimbi ojabulisayo: ngoJulayi 7, 2008, yena nomkakhe, uNicole Kidman, bamukela intombazanyana futhi baqamba igama layo ngokuthi uSunday Rose Kidman Urban.
“Sifuna ukubonga wonke umuntu osigcine emicabangweni nasemithandazweni yakhe,” kubhala u-Urban ku-website yakhe ngemuva nje kokuzalwa kweSunday Rose.
“Sizizwa sijabule futhi sibonga kakhulu ngokuthi sikwazi ukuhlanganyela le njabulo nani nonke namuhla.”
Impumelelo eqhubekayo
U-Urban uqhubekile nokucula nge-albhamu yakhe ethi, Defying Gravity, eyakhishwa ngoMashi 2009 futhi yaphuma okokuqala ku-No. 1 ku-Billboard 200 - i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala ukwenza lokho.
Ingoma yokuqala ye-albhamu ethi, "Sweet Thing", iqonde ngqo endaweni yokuqala kumashadi e-Billboard.
Iculo lesibili le-albhamu elithi "Kiss a Girl" lenziwe ngesikhathi sokugcina sesizini 8 ye-American Idol njengedawo nomwini wohlelo uChris Allen.
Ekwindla ka-2009, u-Urban wadlala kuma-CMA Awards futhi wathola imiklomelo eminingana ngokubambisana kwakhe nomculi wezwe uBrad Paisley: "Qala iqembu". Uphinde waqanjwa ngokuthi “Umculi Wezwe Oyintandokazi” kuma-American Music Awards.
Ngo-2010, u-Urban uthole indondo yakhe yesithathu ye-Grammy (Amazwi Angcono Kakhulu Endoda Ezweni) ngengoma ethi "Into Emnandi". Ngonyaka olandelayo, uthole iGrammy yakhe yesine (Amazwi Angcono Kakhulu Endoda Ezweni) kwethi “Til Summer Comes Around” eyodwa.
Ngo-2012, lo mculi wakhethwa njengejaji elisha ngesizini ye-12 ye-American Idol, eyaqala ukukhonjiswa ngoJanuwari 2013.
Urban udlale inkanyezi noRandy Jackson, Mariah Carey noNicki Minaj ngesizini yakhe yokuqala. Kodwa naphezu kwe-American Idol, u-Urban waqhubeka nomsebenzi wakhe njengomunye wezihlabani zomculo wezwe ezaziwa kakhulu.
Kamuva wakhipha i-Fuse ngo-2013, eyayihlanganisa "We We Us Us", i-duet no-Miranda Lambert, kanye namathrekhi "Cop Car" nethi "Somewhere In My Car".
Ilandelwe amanye ama-albhamu amabili aphumelele kakhulu: i-Ripcord (2016) ne-Graffiti U (2018).
