Keith Urban said that his first influences were records made by such artists as Johnny Cash, Charley Pride, and Merle Haggard that his father collected. After quitting school at age 15, he performed in cover bands that played a variety of musical styles. Urban also explained that Graffiti U was a combination of those styles he performed during his youth and listened to in his father's record collection.[1]
Graffiti U is neither a song title nor a lyric on the record, but rather a phrase that Urban had come up with.[2] The word "graffiti" came to him while he was working the album, because the process was like graffiti for him. "I have always loved that word, loved the sound of the word, and have loved that it's art-driven," he said.[3] Urban added that "graffiti is free and pure, and very personal" and said, "I thought that this record feels like that to me."[4] He also mentioned that the "U" part was "[both] the audience [and] the listener".[3]
Promotionedit
The song "Female" was performed live during the 2017 CMA Awards. Urban also performed. On 23 April, he performed the song at a Spotify "Fans First" event in Nashville, Tennessee along with "Parallel Line" and "Wasted Time", from his previous album Ripcord. At the event, he took questions from fans and displayed murals created by five local artists inspired by songs from the album.[5] he performed the song at UMG showcase at CRS (Country Radio Seminar) with Nicolle Galyon who sang back up vocals on the track and was a co-writer of the song. https://twitter.com/keithurban/status/961396072684904449
Singlesedit
"Female" was released as the album's lead single on 8 November 2017. It was inspired by the Me Too movement.[6] It reached number 12 on the US BillboardCountry Airplay chart, his first single to miss the top 10 since his 1999 hit "It's a Love Thing".[7] "Parallel Line" was released as the album's second single on 18 January 2018 in Australia and Great Britain, but was not released to country radio. The album's third single, "Coming Home" featuring American singer-songwriter Julia Michaels was released on 21 March 2018. This song peaked at number 3 on Country Airplay. Finishing off the single releases was "Never Comin' Down”. This song peaked at number 18, making it his first American album since 2006's “Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing” to not produce a single number one hit, and his first album since 2010's “Get Closer” not to have a single reach the top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[7]
Graffiti U has received mixed to negative reviews from music critics. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic gave the album three out of five stars, criticizing Urban's attempt to address complicated sexual politics. He pointed to the song "Gemini", questioning the narrator's solidarity due to the provocative lyrics.[10] Jonathan Bernstein of Rolling Stone gave a two-and-a-half-star review of the album, saying "Urban deserves credit for refusing to rest on his laurels during the height of his arena-headlining mid-career, but on Graffiti U he ends up shining brightest in his well-worn comfort zones while struggling, perhaps for the first time, when he tries to break new sonic and lyrical ground".[11]
Commercial performanceedit
In the United States, Graffiti U debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 with 145,000 album-equivalent units of which 137,000 were in pure album sales. The album benefited from a concert ticket/album sale redemption offer with Urban's latest tour, which began on 15 June 2018. It became Urban's seventh top 10 album in the country.[12] It also debuted atop the Top Country Albums chart, becoming Urban's sixth number-one album on that chart.[13] In its second week, the album fell to number 18 on the Billboard 200 and number three on the Top Country Albums chart, with 17,100 copies sold that week.[14] The album was certified Gold by the RIAA on July 24, 2019.[15] As of July 2019, the album has sold 282,400 copies in the United States.[16]
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
Referencesedit
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^""She lives this album with me": How Nicole Kidman helped shape Keith Urban's Graffiti U". Beatrice News Channel. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
^ abTingle, Lauren (24 April 2018). "Keith Urban Delivers Graffiti U in His Own Words". CMT News. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
^"Keith Urban's 'Graffiti U' Title Inspired by His Loyal Fans". Country Music. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
^"Keith Urban Is Using Murals to Bring 'Graffiti U' Album to Life". Taste of Country. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
^Bernstein, Jonathan (26 April 2018). "Review: Keith Urban's 'Graffiti U' Is Work of Eclectic, Enlightened Man". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
^ ab"Keith Urban Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
^Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Graffiti U - Keith Urban". AllMusic. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
^Bernstein, Jonathan (26 April 2018). "Review: Keith Urban's 'Graffiti U' Is the Work of an Eclectic, Enlightened Man". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
^"Graffiti U – Keith Urban | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
^Bernstein, Jonathan (26 April 2018). "Review: Keith Urban's 'Graffiti U' Is the Work of an Eclectic, Enlightened Man". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
^Caulfield, Keith (6 May 2018). "Post Malone's 'Beerbongs & Bentleys' Breaks Streaming Record, Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart". Billboard. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
^Asker, Jim (8 May 2018). "Keith Urban Writes Latest No. 1 Chapter With 'Graffiti U' on Top Country Albums Chart". Billboard. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
^Bjorke, Matt (14 May 2018). "Top 10 Country Albums Sales Chart: May 14, 2018". Roughstock. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
^ abBjorke, Matt (26 July 2019). "Top 10 Country Albums Chart: July 21, 2019". Roughstock. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
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Graffiti U is the tenth studio album by New Zealand born Australian country music singer Keith Urban It was released on 27 April 2018 through Hit Red and Capitol Records Nashville The album was heavily influenced by experiences from Urban s youth and includes the singles Female Parallel Line Coming Home featuring Julia Michaels and Never Comin Down The album has received mixed reviews from critics but received a nomination for CMA Award for Album of the Year Graffiti UStudio album by Keith UrbanReleased27 April 2018 2018 04 27 Recorded2017 18 Nashville TennesseeGenreCountry popLength52 00LabelHit RedCapitol NashvilleProducerBenny BlancoRoss CoppermanCaptain CutsMike ElizondoJason EviganOscar HolterDann HuffJosh KerrIan KirkpatrickJohnny McDaidMatt RadJimmy RobbinsJ R RotemJesse ShatkinEd SheeranKeith UrbanGreg WellsKeith Urban chronologyRipcord 2016 Graffiti U 2018 The Speed of Now Part 1 2020 Singles from Graffiti U Female Released 8 November 2017 Parallel Line Released 18 February 2018 Coming Home Released 21 March 2018 Never Comin Down Released 31 August 2018 Contents 1 Background 2 Promotion 3 Singles 4 Critical reception 5 Commercial performance 6 Track listing 7 Personnel 8 Charts 8 1 Weekly charts 8 2 Year end charts 9 Certifications 10 ReferencesBackground editKeith Urban said that his first influences were records made by such artists as Johnny Cash Charley Pride and Merle Haggard that his father collected After quitting school at age 15 he performed in cover bands that played a variety of musical styles Urban also explained that Graffiti U was a combination of those styles he performed during his youth and listened to in his father s record collection 1 Graffiti U is neither a song title nor a lyric on the record but rather a phrase that Urban had come up with 2 The word graffiti came to him while he was working the album because the process was like graffiti for him I have always loved that word loved the sound of the word and have loved that it s art driven he said 3 Urban added that graffiti is free and pure and very personal and said I thought that this record feels like that to me 4 He also mentioned that the U part was both the audience and the listener 3 Promotion editThe song Female was performed live during the 2017 CMA Awards Urban also performed On 23 April he performed the song at a Spotify Fans First event in Nashville Tennessee along with Parallel Line and Wasted Time from his previous album Ripcord At the event he took questions from fans and displayed murals created by five local artists inspired by songs from the album 5 he performed the song at UMG showcase at CRS Country Radio Seminar with Nicolle Galyon who sang back up vocals on the track and was a co writer of the song https twitter com keithurban status 961396072684904449Singles edit Female was released as the album s lead single on 8 November 2017 It was inspired by the Me Too movement 6 It reached number 12 on the US Billboard Country Airplay chart his first single to miss the top 10 since his 1999 hit It s a Love Thing 7 Parallel Line was released as the album s second single on 18 January 2018 in Australia and Great Britain but was not released to country radio The album s third single Coming Home featuring American singer songwriter Julia Michaels was released on 21 March 2018 This song peaked at number 3 on Country Airplay Finishing off the single releases was Never Comin Down This song peaked at number 18 making it his first American album since 2006 s Love Pain amp the Whole Crazy Thing to not produce a single number one hit and his first album since 2010 s Get Closer not to have a single reach the top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart 7 Critical reception editProfessional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 8 Rolling Stone nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 9 Graffiti U has received mixed to negative reviews from music critics Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic gave the album three out of five stars criticizing Urban s attempt to address complicated sexual politics He pointed to the song Gemini questioning the narrator s solidarity due to the provocative lyrics 10 Jonathan Bernstein of Rolling Stone gave a two and a half star review of the album saying Urban deserves credit for refusing to rest on his laurels during the height of his arena headlining mid career but on Graffiti U he ends up shining brightest in his well worn comfort zones while struggling perhaps for the first time when he tries to break new sonic and lyrical ground 11 Commercial performance editIn the United States Graffiti U debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 with 145 000 album equivalent units of which 137 000 were in pure album sales The album benefited from a concert ticket album sale redemption offer with Urban s latest tour which began on 15 June 2018 It became Urban s seventh top 10 album in the country 12 It also debuted atop the Top Country Albums chart becoming Urban s sixth number one album on that chart 13 In its second week the album fell to number 18 on the Billboard 200 and number three on the Top Country Albums chart with 17 100 copies sold that week 14 The album was certified Gold by the RIAA on July 24 2019 15 As of July 2019 the album has sold 282 400 copies in the United States 16 Track listing editGraffiti U track listingNo TitleWriter s Producer s 17 Length1 Coming Home featuring Julia Michaels Keith UrbanJ R RotemJulia MichaelsNicolle GalyonMerle Haggard a UrbanRotem3 332 Never Comin Down UrbanJosh KerrJames AbrahartShy CarterUrbanKerr3 343 Same Heart UrbanJason EviganEmily WeisbandJordan MintonUrbanEvigan3 364 My Wave Intro 0 285 My Wave featuring Shy Carter UrbanCarterGreg WellsUrbanWells3 326 Parallel Line Ed SheeranBenny BlancoJohnny McDaidAmy WadgeMichaelsGuy BerrymanJonny BucklandWill ChampionChris MartinMikkel Storleer EriksenTor Erik Hermansen b UrbanBlancoSheeranMcDaid4 137 Drop Top featuring Kassi Ashton UrbanJimmy RobbinsJosh OsborneMoZellaUrbanRobbinsJesse Shatkin3 448 Way Too Long Oscar HolterNate RuessMichaelsHolter3 159 Horses featuring Lindsay Ell Matt RadMoZellaJamie ScottUrbanRad3 3710 Gemini UrbanMichaelsJustin TranterIan KirkpatrickUrbanKirkpatrick4 0911 Texas Time Intro 0 1012 Texas Time Max TownsleyDrew EricksonSteve LindseyDillon O BrianUrbanMike Elizondo4 5113 Love the Way It Hurts So Good UrbanBen BergerRyan RabinRyan McMahonUrbanCaptain Cuts3 2114 Female GalyonRoss CoppermanShane McAnallyUrbanDann HuffCopperman3 1615 Steal My Thunder UrbanEviganWeisbandMintonUrbanEvigan7 16Total length 52 00 Notes Contains a sample of Mama Tried by Merle Haggard Contains a sample of Everglow by Coldplay Personnel editAdapted from liner notes 18 Coming Home Julia Michaels featured vocals J R Rotem bass guitar percussion piano programming synthesizer Keith Urban all vocals electric guitar Never Comin Down James J Hart Abrahart gang vocals Shy Carter vocal percussion breakdown vocals gang vocals Josh Kerr programming gang vocals Aaron Sterling drums Keith Urban bass guitar electric guitar lead vocals background vocals gang vocals Same Heart Jason Evigan keyboards programming Keith Urban electric guitar lead vocals background vocals Emily Weisband background vocals My Wave Shy Carter lead vocals background vocals Keith Urban guitar lead vocals background vocals Greg Wells acoustic guitar bass guitar drums programming Parallel Line Benny Blanco keyboards programming Johnny McDaid keyboards programming Pino Palladino bass guitar Ed Sheeran acoustic guitar programming Keith Urban electric guitar all vocals Drop Top Kassi Ashton lead vocals background vocals Jimmy Robbins keyboards programming Jesse Shatkin drums percussion programming keyboards synthesizer Keith Urban guitar bass guitar piano percussion lead vocals background vocals Way Too Long David Bukovinszky cello Mattias Bylund string arranger Johan Carlsson keyboards Michael Engstrom bass guitar Oscar Holter keyboards percussion programming Mattias Johansson violin Keith Urban all vocals acoustic guitar Horses Lindsay Ell background vocals Mozella background vocals Matt Musty drums Pino Palladino bass guitar Matt Rad guitar piano keyboards drums percussion background vocals Jamie Scott background vocals Keith Urban guitar lead vocals background vocals Eric Valentine drums Gemini Ian Kirkpatrick keyboards programming Seth Rausch drums Keith Urban guitar lead vocals background vocals Texas Time Mike Elizondo bass guitar keyboards Drew Erickson clavinet keyboards Aaron Sterling drums percussion Max Townsley acoustic guitar dobro background vocals Keith Urban guitar lead vocals background vocals Love the Way It Hurts So Good Ben Berger keyboards programming background vocals Ryan McMahon guitar programming background vocals Ryan Rabin keyboards programming background vocals Keith Urban lead vocals background vocals Female Ross Copperman acoustic guitar electric guitar programming Nicolle Galyon background vocals Charlie Judge keyboards synthesizer strings Nicole Kidman background vocals Keith Urban electric guitar lead vocals Steal My Thunder Jason Evigan electric guitar keyboards programming Keith Urban acoustic guitar electric guitar lead vocals background vocals Emily Weisband background vocalsCharts editWeekly charts edit Chart 2018 19 Peak position Australian Albums ARIA 19 2 Australian Country Albums ARIA 20 1 Canadian Albums Billboard 21 1 New Zealand Albums RMNZ 22 32 Scottish Albums OCC 23 27 UK Country Albums OCC 24 9 US Billboard 200 25 2 US Top Country Albums Billboard 26 1 Year end charts edit Chart 2018 Position Australian Albums ARIA 27 19 Australian Country Albums ARIA 28 1 Canadian Albums Billboard 29 21 US Billboard 200 30 114 US Top Country Albums Billboard 31 13 Chart 2019 Position Australian Country Albums ARIA 32 5 Chart 2020 Position Australian Country Albums ARIA 33 26Certifications editRegion Certification Certified units sales Australia ARIA 34 Gold 35 000 United States RIAA 15 Gold 500 000 282 400 16 Sales streaming figures based on certification alone References edit Go Into The Studio And Start Flicking Paint Around Keith Urban On Making Graffiti U www wbur org 25 April 2018 Retrieved 27 April 2018 She lives this album with me How Nicole Kidman helped shape Keith Urban s Graffiti U Beatrice News Channel Retrieved 27 April 2018 a b Tingle Lauren 24 April 2018 Keith Urban Delivers Graffiti U in His Own Words CMT News Retrieved 27 April 2018 Keith Urban s Graffiti U Title Inspired by His Loyal Fans Country Music Retrieved 27 April 2018 Keith Urban Is Using Murals to Bring Graffiti U Album to Life Taste of Country Retrieved 27 April 2018 Bernstein Jonathan 26 April 2018 Review Keith Urban s Graffiti U Is Work of Eclectic Enlightened Man Rolling Stone Retrieved 18 February 2020 a b Keith Urban Chart History Billboard Retrieved 27 April 2018 Erlewine Stephen Thomas Graffiti U Keith Urban AllMusic Retrieved 18 February 2020 Bernstein Jonathan 26 April 2018 Review Keith Urban s Graffiti U Is the Work of 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