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Fortunate Son: The Unlikely Rise of Keith Urban
Fortunate Son The Unlikely Rise of Keith Urban Author:Jeff Apter Suburban loner, gifted guitarist, drug addict, planinum-plated superstar: Keith Urban has squeezed a lot of living into his 40 years. FORTUNATE SON, the first biography of this movie-star-handsome country hero, tells the unlikely story of how Urban followed and eventually fulfilled his dream of being a country music star. In an age when ... more »a crew of crack Nashville songwriters generate most of the hit songs recorded in Music City, Urban is an anomaly: actually writing, or at least co-writing, most of his material. Many feel he has watered down his rootsy take on country music to please the masses, but Urban's success is undeniable: to date he has sold more than five million albums, has scored five US Number One singles and typically sells out his stadium-sized shows in minutes. And his very public relationship with Nicole Kidman, whom he married in an A-list affair in June 2006, has earned Urban a totally new audience, as gossip mags across the planet chart the Kurbans every move, and most recently the pregnancy and birth of their long-wished-for child, Sunday Rose. Fearfully frank and authoritative, and based upon extensive interviews with friends, foes and Urban insiders, FORTUNATE SON reveals how Keith Urban lived out his childhood dream - and the price he s had to pay to reach the top of the music business.« less