Keith Urban (born Keith Lionel Urban; 26 October 1967 in Whangarei; New Zealand); is a Grammy- and ARIA-winning country music singer. Urban began his career in Australia; having moved there at an early age.In 1991; Urban released a self-titled debut album; and charted four singles in Australia before moving to the United States in 1992. Eventually; Urban found work as a session guitarist before founding a group known as The Ranch; which recorded one studio album on Capitol Records EMI and charted one single on the Billboard country charts. "Tonight I Wanna Cry" is a song recorded by Australian country music artist Keith Urban. It was the last official single off Urban's Be Here album.
The song was later sung by Ace Young on American Idol on April 4, 2006, which was designated a country music theme. Chad Doucette sang it on Canadian Idol. It was also covered by Chris Richardson on American Idol on March 6 2007
Urban's version was also featured in the January 31, 2007 Medium episode, Very Merry Maggie.
Tonight I Wanna Cry was the last song to play on KZLA in Los Angeles when the station switched formats from country to dance.[citation needed]Keith.