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Get Closer (2010)

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Get Closer was Urban's first album not to be certified Platinum, yet three of its four singles hit number one on the US country chart.

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Get Closer: seventh studio album by Australian country artist Keith Urban
Released 16 November 2010 via Hit Red and Capitol Nashville
Produced four singles between 2010 and 2011
Three of the four singles reached number one on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart
First Urban album not certified Platinum
First Urban album in which no single reached the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100

Lead single "Put You in a Song" co-written by Urban with Sarah Buxton and Jedd Hughes
Buxton co-wrote Urban's 2006 single "Stupid Boy"
From 26 October 2010 (Urban's 43rd birthday) to 9 November 2010, one track per week was released to the US iTunes Store
Weekly tracks: "Without You", "Long Hot Summer", and "You Gonna Fly"
Urban's previous album Defying Gravity followed the same weekly release pattern
The three songs were released to the Australian iTunes store on 22 October, 29 October, and 5 November 2010
The full album was released in Australia on 12 November 2010

Keith Lionel Urban, born 26 October 1967 in Whangārei, New Zealand, moved to Caboolture, Queensland, Australia at age two.
Took up the guitar at age six; influenced by country music from his parents and by guitarists Mark Knopfler and Lindsey Buckingham.
Won the Star Maker talent quest at the Tamworth Country Music Festival in 1990, leading to a contract with EMI Music Australia.

Self-titled debut album released in Australia in 1991; moved to Nashville in 1992.
Formed the band The Ranch in 1995; their self-titled album was released on Capitol Nashville in 1997.
US solo debut in 1999 with a second self-titled album; "But for the Grace of God" became his first US country number one.
Golden Road (2002) and Be Here (2004) followed; Be Here became his best-selling album, certified 4× Platinum.
Won Grammy Awards for "You'll Think of Me" and "Stupid Boy".
Has charted 37 singles on the US Hot Country Songs chart, 18 of them number one.
Served as a judge on American Idol and a coach on The Voice Australia.
Appointed Officer of the Order of Australia in 2020.

Solo artist; founded The Ranch as a backing band with drummer Peter Clarke and bassist Jerry Flowers.

Metacritic: average score of 76 from 7 mainstream reviews, indicating generally favorable reviews
Country Weekly (Jessica Phillips): four stars
AllMusic (Andrew Leahey): four stars, described as a lean collection of country-rockers and bedroom ballads
The Boston Globe (Sarah Rodman): favorable review, describing the album as lean but enjoyable
Engine 145 (Blake Boldt): three and a half stars
Roughstock (Matt Bjorke): three and a half stars, saying the album is about happiness in romantic life
The Washington Post (Bill Friskics-Warren): favorable review, noting the highly burnished country-rock sound
Slant Magazine (Jonathan Keefe): three and a half stars, calling it vintage Urban
Rolling Stone (Jon Dolan): three stars, calling it good-natured country rock

US Billboard 200 debut at number seven
Top Country Albums at number two
162,000 copies sold in the first week of release
743,000 copies sold in the US as of 4 August 2013
RIAA Platinum certification on 17 April 2017 for one million units in sales, tracks and streams

Weekly iTunes releases began on 26 October 2010, Urban's 43rd birthday
Roughstock described the album as a short eight-track record
The album was certified Platinum by the RIAA on 17 April 2017, more than six years after release
Lead single "Put You in a Song" was co-written with Sarah Buxton, who had co-written Urban's 2006 single "Stupid Boy"
Urban's previous album Defying Gravity had used the same weekly release pattern