Tim Urban
Season 9 · Eliminated 7th
Where are they now
Tim Urban is a singer who has recorded songs for Sandshifter Music, a music licensing company. His GREATEST HiTS EP, with radio edits and instrumental versions of Lucky Man, Beautiful Dream and Field of Hearts, was released in November 2021. He was director, co-writer and co-producer of Texas Home Improvement.
Key figures
- Career score5 points of 100Rank on Encore Index: #233 (tie) of 688
- Wikipedia views, 12 months6,613 pageviewsRank on Encore Index: #196 of 303
- Wikipedia views since 2015204,592 pageviewsRank on Encore Index: #154 of 303
Interest over time
Monthly views of the English Wikipedia article, July 2015 – September 2026.
Career
- 2010
American Idol, season 9
Eliminated 7th
- 2010
He toured with the season 9 top 10 on the 44-date American Idols Live! Tour 2010, from July 1 to August 31, 2010, singing Better Days and Viva la Vida.
- 2010
Announced on November 7, 2010 that he would move to California that week to work on his acting career and music.
- 2010
His first single, Heart of Me, which he wrote, was released online on November 7, 2010 and on iTunes the next day.
- 2010
His self-released debut EP Heart of Me came out on iTunes one song a day from November 8, 2010, and in full on November 13, 2010. He wrote all six songs.
- 2010
On November 8, 2010, he performed Heart of Me on a Fox morning show in Dallas.
- 2012
On May 1, 2012, he released the single Someday as a free download for a limited time, followed by a music video that May.
- 2012
Sandshifter released the single Beautiful Dream, featuring Tim Urban on vocals, on December 16, 2012.
- 2013
He had a performer credit on the sketch comedy film Movie 43, released on January 25, 2013.
- 2014
His second EP, New York Sessions, with the songs Field of Hearts, Surrender, Passing Through You and Quiet Place, was released by Sandshifter Music on February 11, 2014.
- 2016
He acted in Amerigeddon, an action film directed by Mike Norris and released on May 13, 2016.
- 2021
GREATEST HiTS, an EP with radio edits and instrumental versions of Lucky Man, Beautiful Dream and Field of Hearts, was released on November 16, 2021, under his own name.
More milestones
- Date not documented
He was director, co-writer, co-producer and supervising editor of Texas Home Improvement.
Discography
| Title | Type | Year | Label | RIAA certification | U.S. sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heart of Me | EP | 2010 | Self-released | Not documented | Not documented |
| New York Sessions | EP | 2014 | Sandshifter Music | Not documented | Not documented |
| GREATEST HiTS | EP | 2021 | Self-released | Not documented | Not documented |
Sources
- Familiar Faces — Sandshifter Music.
- American Idol's Tim Urban — Sandshifter Music.
- iTunes Lookup API: Apple artist 250213221 (Tim Urban) albums — Apple.
- iTunes Lookup API: tracks of New York Sessions, Beautiful Dream and GREATEST HiTS — Apple.
- Tim Urban List of Movies and TV Shows — TV Guide.
- American Idol season 9 — Wikipedia, August 11, 2026.
- List of American Idol finalists — Wikipedia, June 10, 2026.
- Tim Urban — Wikipedia, August 24, 2026.
- Heart of Me (album) (Wikipedia revision 1288763999) — Wikipedia, May 4, 2025.
- American Idols Live! Tour 2010 (Wikipedia revision 1255661444) — Wikipedia, November 6, 2024.
- Heart of Me (song) (Wikipedia revision 1136861968) — Wikipedia, February 1, 2023.
- "Beautiful Dream" featuring Tim Urban by Sandshifter Music/Gail Vareilles — ReverbNation (Sandshifter Music artist page).
- Movie 43 (Wikipedia revision 1378343487) — Wikipedia, October 4, 2026.
- Tim Urban's New York Sessions — Sandshifter Music.
- Amerigeddon (Wikipedia revision 1371452220) — Wikipedia, August 26, 2026.
- Monthly pageviews of the English Wikipedia article "Tim Urban", July 2015 – September 2026 — Wikimedia Foundation.
