Ko Keith Urban he kaiwhakatangi puoro me te kutā e mohiotia ana ehara i te whenua o Ahitereiria anake, engari i te US me huri noa i te ao mo ana puoro wairua.
Ko te toa Grammy Award maha i timata tana mahi puoro i Ahitereiria i mua i tana neke ki te US ki te whakamatau i tana waimarie ki reira.
I whanau mai i roto i te whanau o te hunga e aroha ana ki te puoro, i whai waahi a Urban ki nga puoro o te whenua mai i te tamarikitanga me te tuku akoranga kitara.
I a ia e rangatahi ana, i uru atu ia ki roto, a, i toa ia i etahi whakaaturanga taranata. I timata ia ki te purei mo te roopu roopu whenua o te rohe, ka whakawhanakehia e ia tana ake momo waiata ahurei - he huinga o te kitara toka me te tangi o te whenua - i taea ai e ia te whakairo i tetahi waahi ki Ahitereiria.
I tukuna e ia he pukaemi me etahi o nga kaiwaiata i tona whenua, i tino angitu. Nā tana angitu, i hūnuku ia ki Amerika ki te whakapiki ake i tana mahi.
I timata ia i tana roopu tuatahi, The Ranch, engari ka mutu tana wehe i te roopu ki te aro ki tana mahi takitahi.
Ko tana kopae waiata tuatahi ko "Keith Urban" i whakaingoatia, ka timata te kaiwaiata mohio ki te wikitoria i nga ngakau o ana kaiwhaiwhai.
Ka taea hoki e te kaiwhakatangi puoro te purei kita acoustic, banjo, bass guitar, piana me te mandolin.
I te tau 2001, i whakaingoatia ia "Best Vocalist" e te CMA. I haere ia i te tau 2004, a, i whakaingoatia ko te Kaitoi o te Tau i te tau i muri mai.
I toa a Urban i tana Grammy tuatahi i te tau 2006, e toru ano nga Grammys.
I te tau 2012, i tohua ia hei kaiwhakawa hou mo te wa tekau ma rua o te whakataetae waiata rongonui American Idol, ka haere tonu ki te whakaaturanga tae noa ki te tau 12.
oranga wawe
I whanau a Keith Lionel Urban i te 26 o Oketopa, 1967 ki Whangarei (Te Ika-a-Māui) i Aotearoa, i tipu ake i Ahitereiria.
I aroha ona matua ki nga waiata whenua o Amerika me te akiaki i te ngakau nui o te tamaiti ki te waiata.
I haere ia ki te Kareti o Edmund Hillary i Otar, ki te tonga o Tamaki Makaurau engari i te 15 o ona tau i wehe atu ia i te kura ki te whai i te mahi puoro. I te 17 o ona tau, ka neke a Keith Urban me ona matua ki Cabooltur, Ahitereiria.
Na tona papa i whakarite kia akona ia ki nga akoranga kitara, koia i ako ai ia ki te takaro. I uru atu a Keith ki nga whakataetae puoro o te rohe me te mahi tahi me tetahi roopu puoro.
Kua noho ia ki roto i te ao puoro o Ahitereiria me nga whakaaturanga i ia wa i runga i te kaupapa pouaka whakaata Reg Lindsay Country Homestead me etahi atu kaupapa pouaka whakaata.
I whakawhiwhia ano e ia he kita koura i te Hui Waiata Whenua o Tamworth me tana hoa puoro a Jenny Wilson.
Ko tana momo tohu tohu - he ranunga o te kitara toka me te puoro o te whenua - ko tana mea nui. I te tau 1988 ka timata ia i tana pukaemi tuatahi i angitu i tona whenua whenua o Ahitereiria.
Angitu i Nashville
Ko te roopu tuatahi o Nashville a Urban ko 'The Ranch'. He nui te whakautu, a, i te tau 1997 ka tukuna e te peene ta ratou ake pukaemi tuatahi ki te whakamohiotanga arumoni.
I muri tata, ka whakatau te kaiwaiata ki te wehe i te roopu ki te whai i tana mahi takitahi. I tere te tango i ana pukenga e etahi o nga ingoa nui o te waiata whenua, tae atu ki a Garth Brooks me nga Dixie Chicks.
Mahi takitahi
I te tau 2000, ka tukuna e Urban tana kopae waiata takitahi tuatahi, e whakaatu ana i te ingoa tuatahi "But for the Grace of God". Ko tana pukaemi tuarua, ko Golden Road i te tau 1, e rua ano nga waiata No. I te tau 2002, i whakaingoatia ia ko "Top New Male Vocalist" i te Country Music Association Awards.
Whai muri i tana haerenga ki te taha o Brooks & Dunn me Kenny Chesney, ko Urban te upoko o tana haerenga i te tau 2004.
I te tau i muri mai, ka whakaingoatia ia ko "Kaiwhakangahau o te Tau," "Tane Waiata o te Tau," me "International Artist of the Year."
I te timatanga o te tau 2006, i toa a Urban i tana Tohu Grammy tuatahi (he tino pai mo te waiata tane tane) mo "Ka Whakaaro koe ki ahau".
I te tau 2006 ano, i whakawhiwhia ia ki te tohu CMA "Male Vocalist of the Year" me te "Top Male Vocalist" mai i te Academy of Country Music.
I te marama o Hune 2006, ka moea e Urban te kaitapere wahine a Nicole Kidman i tona whenua whenua o Ahitereiria.
Nga raruraru whaiaro
Ko te pukaemi e whai ake nei a Urban, Love, Pain & The Whole Crazy Thing, i tukuna i te ngahuru o te tau 2006.
I taua wa ano, ka uru te kaiwaiata ki roto i te whare whakaora. "E tino pouri ana ahau ki nga mea katoa, ina koa ko te kino i pa ki a Nicole me te hunga e aroha ana, e tautoko ana i ahau," ko ta Urban te korero i roto i tetahi korero, e ai ki te maheni People.
"Kaore e taea e koe te whakarere ki te whakaora, a ka tumanako ahau ka angitu ahau. Na te kaha me te kaha tautoko mai i taku wahine, te whanau me nga hoa, kua kaha ahau ki te whakatutuki i tetahi hua pai.
I tohe tonu a Taone i a ia ano, i a ia e haere tonu ana ki nga mahi ngaio.
Ko tana pukaemi o te tau 2006 he maha nga tohu tae atu ki te "Once in a Lifetime" me te "Stupid Boy" i toa i te Grammy mo te Waiata Tangata Pai i te tau 2008.
I muri mai i te tau 2008, i tukuna e Urban tetahi kohinga tino rongonui me te haereere nui. I tera raumati, heoi, ka okioki ia i tana waa mahi ki te whakanui i tetahi huihuinga harikoa: i te 7 o Hurae, 2008, i powhirihia e raua ko tana wahine, a Nicole Kidman, tetahi kotiro iti, ka tapaina tona ingoa ko Sunday Rose Kidman Urban.
"Kei te hiahia matou ki te mihi ki nga tangata katoa i pupuri i o raatau whakaaro me o raatau inoi," ko ta Urban te tuhi i runga i tana paetukutuku i muri tata mai i te whanautanga o te Sunday Rose.
"E tino harikoa ana matou, e mihi ana ki te whakapuaki i tenei harikoa ki a koutou katoa i tenei ra."
He angitu tonu
I haere tonu a Urban ki tana reanga i runga i tetahi atu pukaemi, Defying Gravity, i tukuna i te Maehe 2009, ka eke ki te No.
Ko te waiata tuatahi o te pukaemi, "Sweet Thing", i eke tika ki te nama tuatahi i runga i nga raarangi papaarangi.
Ko te waiata tuarua tuarua o te pukaemi "Kihia te kotiro" i mahia i te wa whakamutunga o American Idol season 8 hei duet me te toa o te whakaaturanga a Chris Allen.
I te ngahuru o te tau 2009, i mahi a Urban i nga Tohu CMA me te maha o nga tohu i whakawhiwhia ki a ia mo tana mahi tahi me te kaitoi whenua a Brad Paisley: "Timatahia he roopu". I whakaingoatia ano ia ko "Toi Whenua Pai" i te American Music Awards.
I te tau 2010, i whakawhiwhia a Urban ki tana Tohu Grammy tuatoru (Nga Waiata Tangata Pai I Te Motu) mo te waiata "Sweet Thing". I te tau i muri mai, i whakawhiwhia e ia tana Grammy tuawha (Nga Waiata Tangata Pai I Te Motu) mo te waiata kotahi "Til Summer Comes Around".
I te tau 2012, i kowhiria te kaiwaiata hei kaiwhakawa hou mo te waa 12 o American Idol, i timata i te Hanuere 2013.
I wheturangitia a Urban ki te taha o Randy Jackson, Mariah Carey me Nicki Minaj i tana wa tuatahi. Engari ahakoa te American Idol, i mau tonu a Urban i tana mahi hei whetu rongonui o te whenua.
I muri mai ka tukuna e ia a Fuse i te tau 2013, ko "We We Us Us", he taarua me Miranda Lambert, me nga riipene "Cop Car" me "Somewhere In My Car".
I muri mai e rua nga pukapuka angitu: Ripcord (2016) me Graffiti U (2018).
