Keith Urban Thanks 'Babygirl' Nicole Kidman While Accepting Triple Crown Award at 2025 ACM Awards (2025)

Congratulations are in order for Keith Urban!

On Thursday, March 8, the country star, 57, received the prestigious Triple Crown Award at the 60th Academy of Country Music Awards — held at the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas — starting with a tribute from some of the biggest names at the ceremony.

Megan Moroney kicked off a career-spanning tribute to Urban with a shortened rendition of "Stupid Boy," and Chris Stapleton followed with a cover of "Blue Ain’t Your Color," after which he sweetly signed off with, "We love you, Keith."

As Moroney, 27, and Stapleton, 47, performed, a smiling Urban sang along to his own tracks and danced with wife Nicole Kidman in the audience. While Stapleton crooned, Kidman, 57, could be seen wrapping her hands around the honoree as the pair swayed side to side.

Brothers Osborne wrapped the mini tribute to Urban by performing 1999's "Where the Blacktop Ends," which ended with Urban grabbing a guitar and making his way to the stage. After shredding alongside the duo, he approached the mic to accept the Triple Crown.

Urban kicked off his speech by thanking the performers and band for the "amazing" tribute, the academy for the award, and, of course, Kidman.

"My wife, Nicole Mary, is here tonight. I love you, babygirl. And our girls Sunday and Faith watching at home tonight, I love you both, too," Urban said, shouting out the couple's 16 and 14-year-old daughters.

He continued, "I have a massive team that I couldn't possibly thank by name, but I want to thank my team for working so insanely hard behind the scenes, 'cause there's no such thing as a self-made man. I wanna thank my road band and my road family. And I wanna say a special thanks to all the fans that have been coming out to see us play. I really appreciate it."

More thanks were in order for the star, who then expressed gratitude for country radio, his record company, Capitol Records and "the most amazing promo team out there."

Urban then wrapped his speech by mentioning his upcoming tour, which kicks off later this month. "Thank you so much," he concluded. "We'll see you soon."

The "Somebody Like You" hitmaker received the milestone award because he previously won "three distinct, prestigious awards, including New Artist of the Year, Artist of the Year, and Entertainer of the Year," per a press release.

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Urban previously took home the awards for Top New Male Vocalist in 2001, Male Vocalist of the Year in 2005 and 2006, and Entertainer of the Year in 2019.

He is also the first artist to receive this honor at the ACM Awards since Carrie Underwood in 2010.

Coming up, Urban is set to headline a new music competition series calledThe Road. The show, which was announced in February by CBS and will focus on discovering new musical talents, will premiere this fall.

Executive co-produced by Blake Shelton, the upcoming series willfollow the pair’s journey to discover the next big musician as up-and-coming artists open for Urban at music venues across America. The audience will also have a say in which musicians are able to continue touring and move to the next city.

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This year's ACM Awardsnominations were led byElla Langley,with eight in total.

Other top nominees includeMorgan Wallen,Lainey WilsonandCody Johnsonwith seven each, followed byChris Stapletonwith six. Additionally, Riley GreenandPost Malone each nabbed five nominations.

The 60th Academy of Country Music Awards, hosted by Reba McEntire, are streaming live on Prime Video from Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas.