NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – JUNE 09: Keith Urban performs on stage during day two of CMA Fest 2023 at Nissan Stadium on June 09, 2023 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Terry Wyatt/WireImage) (ACM – Academy of Country Music/Facebook)
Keith Urban Set To Receive Triple Crown Honor
Country superstar Keith Urban is about to experience another groundbreaking accomplishment in his incredibly successful career.
The Australia-native is set to receive the ACM Triple Crown Award at the 60th Academy of Country Music Awards this week.
Urban is the first to win the award live during the show for the first time since Carrie Underwood received the honor in 2010.
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The award, an achievement only 11 previous artists have won by winning New Artist Of The Year, Artist Of The Year in their respective genre and Entertainer Of The Year, is typically given at the ACM Honors during the summer.
Urban qualified by winning Top New Male Vocalist in 2001, Male Vocalist Of The Year in 2005 and 2006, and Entertainer Of The Year in 2019.
Born in New Zealand and raised in Australia, Urban is also the first international artist to receive the award.
“I came halfway around the world to live in Nashville,” Urban said. “It was my dream since I was seven years old. All I ever wanted to do was write songs, try and get them recorded, try and get them on the radio, and now get them on streaming. And hopefully people like them and want to come and see me live. That’s never changed.”
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Keith Urban’s Timeless Career In Country Music
Urban, whose hit songs include “Somebody Like You” and “You Look Good In My Shirt,” moved to Nashville in 1992 and has been climbing the ranks in country music ever since.
The singer recalled winning Top New Male Vocalist in 2001, and how monumental and surreal that moment felt to him.
“I remember the first time seeing my name in the nominees and it felt like when you go to the theme park and you can get your picture taken and put on the front of a fake Time Magazine as a souvenir. I felt like that,” Urban said. “It wasn’t real. It had that surreal quality.”
In 2018, the country star won Entertainer Of The Year at the Country Music Awards, where he thanked God “above all.”
“I would just celebrate the nomination, not really thinking I’m going to win and I’m good with that. I was very content and grateful,” Urban said later of the win. “And so — and in hindsight, now, for it to happen the year before COVID— was particularly a wonderful blessing because it was a big night, an arena full of people celebrating.”
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Urban will be honored during the show by artists including Brothers Osborne, Megan Moroney, and Chris Stapleton performing his songs.
Watch Keith Urban perform “MESSED UP AS ME” at the 2024 ACM Honors below.
