ARTIST SPOTLIGHT = Keith Urban (4 songs)

This Whangarei, New Zealand-native singer-songwriter won the 2001 CMA Horizon, the 2004-2005-2006 Male Vocalist Of The Year & the 2005 CMA Entertainer Of The Year awards. He married actress Nicole Kidman 06/25/2006.

#1
This song debuted 04/14/2001 & spent 27 weeks on the country charts, 3 of those at its peak position of #3. It was his 4th overall release, behind 1999-2000’s “It’s A Love Thing” (#18), 2000’s “Your Everything” (#4) & 2000-1’s “But For The Grace Of God” (#1).

#2
This song hit the airwaves 07/06/2002 & spent 41 weeks on the country charts, 6 of those at #1. It also became his 1st Top 25 on the Billboard Hot 100, notching at #23. It was his 4th of an eventual 8 straight Top 10s on the country charts. The follow-up release, 2002-3’s “Raining On Sunday”, peaked at #3, while his 1st 2003 release, “Who Wouldn’t Wanna Be Me”, claimed #1.

#3
This single debuted 12/06/2003 & spent 28 weeks on the country charts, 2 of those at #1. It also won the Country Male Vocal Grammy, while becoming his 2nd Top 25 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at #24. While I don’t 100% identify with the lyrics, the song resonates with me & is my favorite of his.

#4
The 8th of 8 straight Top 10s, this song hit the airwaves 07/03/2004 & spent 21 weeks on the charts, 4 of those at #1. Check out the vehicles in the video! Later familiar tunes include 2005’s “Making Memories Of Us” (#1, 5 weeks), 2005’s “Better Life” (#1, 6 weeks), 2005-6’s “Tonight I Wanna Cry” (#2, 3 weeks), 2006’s “Once In A Lifetime” (#6), 2008-9’s “Sweet Thing” (#1, 2 weeks) & 2011’s “Without You” (#1).