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

Congratulations are successful bid for Keith Urban!

On Thursday, March 8, nan state star, 57, received nan prestigious Triple Crown Award astatine nan 60th Academy of Country Music Awards — held astatine nan Ford Center astatine The Star successful Frisco, Texas — starting pinch a tribute from immoderate of nan biggest names astatine nan ceremony.

Megan Moroney kicked disconnected a career-spanning tribute to Urban pinch a shortened rendition of "Stupid Boy," and Chris Stapleton followed pinch a screen of "Blue Ain’t Your Color," which sweetly signed off, "We emotion you, Keith."

As Moroney, 27, and Stapleton, 47, performed, a smiling Urban sang on to his ain tracks and danced pinch woman Nicole Kidman successful nan audience. While Stapleton crooned, Kidman, 57, could beryllium seen wrapping her hands astir nan honoree arsenic nan brace swayed broadside to side.

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

Urban kicked disconnected his reside by thanking nan performers and set for nan "amazing" tribute, nan academy for nan award, and, of course, Kidman, pinch what whitethorn beryllium a motion to her caller domiciled successful Babygirl.

"My wife, Nicole Mary, is present tonight. I emotion you, babygirl. And our girls Sunday and Faith watching astatine location tonight, I emotion you both, too," Urban said, shouting retired nan couple's 16 and 14-year-old daughters.

He continued, "I person a monolithic squad that I couldn't perchance convey by name, but I want to convey my squad for moving truthful insanely difficult down nan scenes, 'cause there's nary specified point arsenic a self-made man. I wanna convey my roadworthy set and my roadworthy family. And I wanna opportunity a typical acknowledgment to each nan fans that person been coming retired to spot america play. I really admit it."

More acknowledgment were successful bid for nan star, who past expressed gratitude for state radio, his grounds company, Capitol Records and "the astir astonishing promo squad retired there."

Urban past wrapped his reside by mentioning his upcoming tour pinch Blake Shelton, which kicks disconnected later this month. "Thank you truthful much," he concluded. "We'll spot you soon."

The "Somebody Like You" hitmaker received nan milestone grant because he antecedently won "three distinct, prestigious awards, including caller creator of nan year, creator of nan year, and entertainer of nan year," per a property release.

Check retired each of PEOPLE's afloat ACM Awards sum here.

Urban antecedently took location nan awards for apical caller antheral vocalist successful 2001, antheral vocalist of nan twelvemonth successful 2005 and 2006, and entertainer of nan twelvemonth successful 2019.

He is besides nan first creator to person this grant astatine nan ACM Awards since Carrie Underwood successful 2010.

Coming up, Urban is group to headline a caller euphony title bid called The Road. The show, which was announced successful February by CBS and will attraction connected discovering caller philharmonic talents, will premiere this fall.

Executive co-produced by Shelton, nan upcoming bid will follow nan pair’s travel to observe nan adjacent large musician arsenic up-and-coming artists unfastened for Urban astatine euphony venues crossed America. The assemblage will besides person a opportunity successful which musicians are capable to proceed touring and move to nan adjacent city.

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This year's ACM Awards nominations were led by Ella Langley, with 8 successful total.

Other apical nominees include Morgan Wallen, Lainey Wilson and Cody Johnson with 7 each, followed by Chris Stapleton with six. Additionally, Riley Green and Post Malone each nabbed 5 nominations.

The 60th Academy of Country Music Awards, hosted by Reba McEntire, are streaming unrecorded connected Prime Video from Ford Center astatine The Star successful Frisco, Texas.