It’s been quite the week for CMA Entertainer of the Year nominee Keith Urban, who learned on Monday that the third single from his CD Get Closer, Long Hot Summer, was #1 – his 13th (see video below). Tuesday brought word of three nominations for Australia’s Grammy Awards, the ARIAs, and just today, Urban was given three nods from the American Country Awards. This brings Urban’s total nominations for all three shows to eight.
In addition to his CMA nominations for “Entertainer of the Year” and “Male Vocalist of the Year,” on Tuesday Urban received three ARIA nominations for “Best Country Album”, “Highest Selling Album” and “Most Popular Australian Artist”. He was quoted as saying, “just heard the awesome news about the ARIA nominations and I’m totally stoked. From seeing everyone singing along with all the new songs we did on (our Australian) tour earlier this year, to these nominations– it’s made for an amazing year!”
Urban also received three nominations from the American Country Awards for “Album of the Year” (Get Closer), “Touring Headline Act of the Year”, and “Best Male Video” for his 12th #1 single, Put You In A Song.
In addition, his acclaimed Get Closer 2011 World Tour, which played for sold-out crowds in over 60 cities throughout Australia, Canada and The United States, will come to an end this Saturday in Minneapolis.
For more official Keith Urban news go to www.keithurban.net.
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