Keith Lionel Urban (born 26 October 1967) is an Australian country music singer, songwriter, guitarist, and television music competition judge. When he was two years old, his parents moved the family from New Zealand to Australia, where his career eventually began. In 1991, he released a self-titled debut album, and charted four singles in Australia before moving to the United States in 1992. Eventually, he found work as a session guitarist before starting a band known as The Ranch, which recorded one studio album on Capitol Nashville and charted two singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.