Keith Lionel Urban (born 26 October 1967, New Zealand), is a New Zealand-born Australian Grammy Award winning country music singer. Active in Australia since 1990, Urban has since seen a successful country music career in the United States of America as well, having received two Grammy Awards and multiple ARIA awards.

Two of his albums, Be Here (2004) and his latest album, Love, Pain & the whole crazy thing (2006), have reached the Top 10 on the U.S. Billboard 200 albums chart. He has scored seven number one songs in the United States to date and a total of sixteen top ten hits, including "Somebody Like You," "You'll Think of Me," "Days Go By," "Making Memories of Us," "Stupid Boy," and "Better Life."

Keith Lionel Urban was born in Whangarei, North Island, New Zealand (on 26 October, 1967). Before he turned two years old his family moved to Australia. By age seven, Urban was already thinking about emigrating to America and making his mark in Nashville. Urban began to learn the guitar at age six and began winning talent contests at age eight. By twelve he was booking his band in local clubs, and at fifteen he quit school to hit the road. In 1990, Urban signed with EMI in Australia and recorded