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Keith Urban Officially Confirmed as Next ‘American Idol’ Judge
Country's own superstar Keith Urban has been officially confirmed as one of the judges for the upcoming 12th season of the hit Fox reality singing competition 'American Idol.'
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It’s a #1 Little Rock This Day in Country Music – September 13th (Video)
September 13, 2012 1986 - Reba McEntire's "Little Rock" checks in at #1 on the Billboard country singles list.
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Keith Urban Covers Miranda Lambert’s ‘Fastest Girl in Town’ in Canada
Keith Urban has been pretty open recently about his strong desire to focus on his music career. And while the award-winning country star is working hard to put out his next album, he recently showed his appreciation for fellow country star Miranda Lambert by covering one of her songs. On Tuesday night in Niagra Falls, the country crooner showed off his take of Lambert’s new single ‘The Fastest Girl in Town’ during his concert.
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“Greatest Country Song” This Day in Country Music – August 27th (Video)
August 27, 2012 What are the greatest Country songs of all time? CMT picked one of the best from Merle Haggard.
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Keith Urban Accepts Offer to Judge ‘American Idol’
Keith Urban has accepted an offer from Fox producer’s to judge ‘American Idol‘ next season, less than one day after being named the frontrunner for an open seat on the panel. The Country Vibe reports that Urban has agreed to take the job, making him the second country superstar on a major network reality show.
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Keith Urban Close to ‘American Idol’ Deal
Keith Urban is very close to reaching an agreement to judge ‘American Idol’ next season. The country superstar admitted he had talked to producers about the vacant seat on the panel for 2013, but now the Hollywood Reporter is reporting he’s close to signing a $3 million to $4 million contract.
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Keith Urban’s Next Album Will Be Unlike Anything He’s Done Before
For the past few months, Keith Urban has been making it clear to the press that his first priority is making new music. Although the country star had a blast filming ‘The Voice’ in Australia, his sights are set on his next project — a new album. In a recent interview with the Tennessean, the ‘You Gonna Fly’ hitmaker declares that he’s dismantling the way he’s made records in the past in order to put out a brand new sound in 2013.
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I’d Like to Address This Meeting…This Day in Country Music – July 26th (Video)
July 26, 2012 Many successful Country songs have been written about existing TV shows or motion pictures. Here is a Country song that had a TV movie made based on it.
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Keith Urban Takes the Cover of GQ Australia
Keith Urban may call the States home now, but the Australian native hasn’t forgotten his roots. As proof, the award-winning country star has spent quite a bit of time in the Land Down Under, playing a part on Australia’s version of ‘The Voice’ and bringing country to his overseas fans. Most recently, Urban is thrilling his followers by gracing the cover of GQ Australia, looking especially dapper in a tailored gray suit.
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Keith Urban Covers ‘Call Me Maybe’ by Carly Rae Jepsen
It’s the video that launched a million phone calls. During his set at Country Fest 2012 in Wisconsin, Keith Urban covered this year’s pop summer anthem ‘Call Me Maybe,’ made famous by Canadian darling Carly Rae Jepsen.
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A Hank Sr. Classic Gets New Life This Day in Country Music – July 7th (Video)
July 7, 2012 It was a pretty big deal for stars like Toby Keith, Kenny Chesney, Clint Black and George Strait to all do a song together but throw Jimmy Buffett in there too and that's a spicy gumbo!
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Keith Urban Not Returning to ‘The Voice’ Until His Album Is Done
Although Keith Urban has fully enjoyed coaching talented singers on ‘The Voice’ in Australia, there’s no chance that the ‘You Gonna Fly’ hitmaker will trade in his guitar for a permanent reality TV contract anytime soon. While Urban would be thrilled to do another season of ‘The Voice,’ he told Australian radio’s Kyle & Jackie O Show that making music is still priority No. 1.