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== Discography == {{main|Nicole Kidman discography}} Kidman's [[discography]] consists of several audio recordings, including one [[spoken word album]], one [[extended play]] and three [[single (music)|singles]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no97048514/ |title=Kidman, Nicole *1967 β Overview β Roles |website=[[WorldCat]] |publisher=[[OCLC]]|access-date=1 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714131721/http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no97048514/|archive-date=14 July 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> Kidman, primarily known for her acting career, entered the [[music industry]] during the early 2000s after recording a number of tracks for the original motion picture soundtrack to Baz Luhrmann's 2001 musical film ''Moulin Rouge!'', which she starred in.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1672341.stm |title=Entertainment β Music β Acting Like a Singer |date=23 November 2001 |work=BBC News|access-date=1 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140908163237/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1672341.stm|archive-date=8 September 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> Her duet with Ewan McGregor entitled "[[Come What May (2001 song)|Come What May]]" was released as her debut single and the second single from the film's original soundtrack album through [[Interscope Records]] on 24 September 2001. The composition became the eighth-highest selling single by an Australian artist that year,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-australian-singles-2001.htm |title=ARIA Charts β End of Year Charts β Top Australian Singles 2001 |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|access-date=30 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140204041923/http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-australian-singles-2001.htm|archive-date=4 February 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> being certified Gold by the [[Australian Recording Industry Association]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-accreditations-singles-2001.htm|title=ARIA Charts β Accreditations β 2001 Singles|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|access-date=30 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025141445/http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-accreditations-singles-2001.htm|archive-date=25 October 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> while peaking at number twenty-seven on the [[UK singles chart]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20010930/7501/ |title=UK Top 40 Singles Charts β 6 October 2001 |website=[[Official Charts Company]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180220155934/http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20010930/7501/|archive-date=20 February 2018|access-date=30 May 2011}}</ref> In addition, the song received a [[Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song|Best Original Song]] nomination at the 59th Golden Globe Awards<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hfpa.org/browse/?param=/year/2001 |title=Golden Globes > 2001 > The 59th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2002) |work=OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF THE GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS |publisher=[[Hollywood Foreign Press Association]]|access-date=30 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150629163241/http://www.hfpa.org/browse/?param=%2Fyear%2F2001|archive-date=29 June 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> and was listed at eighty-fifth within [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs]] by the [[American Film Institute]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/songs100.pdf |title=AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs |publisher=[[American Film Institute|AFI]]|access-date=30 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110313151657/http://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/songs100.pdf|archive-date=13 March 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> "[[Somethin' Stupid#Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman version|Somethin' Stupid]]", a [[cover version]] of [[Frank Sinatra|Frank]] and [[Nancy Sinatra]]'s version, followed soon after. The track, recorded as a duet with English singer-songwriter [[Robbie Williams]], was issued on 14 December 2001 by [[Chrysalis Records]] as the [[lead single]] off his fourth studio album, ''[[Swing When You're Winning]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20011216/7501/ |title=Official Singles Chart Top 100 |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=18 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180225145041/http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20011216/7501/|archive-date=25 February 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Kidman's second single topped the official music charts in New Zealand,<ref name="nz">For peak positions of Kidman's singles in New Zealand, use the austriancharts.at links depending on a release. * {{cite web |url=https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Robbie+Williams+%26+Nicole+Kidman&titel=Somethin%27+Stupid&cat=s |title=New Zealand β "Somethin' Stupid" with Robbie Williams |publisher=[[Recorded Music NZ|RM NZ]]|access-date=30 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170520080147/http://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Robbie+Williams+%26+Nicole+Kidman&titel=Somethin%27+Stupid&cat=s|archive-date=20 May 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Portugal,<ref name="por">{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_w8EAAAAMBAJ&q=billboard+february+2002&pg=PA45|title=Portugal β "Somethin' Stupid" with Robbie Williams|access-date=30 June 2014|date=9 February 2002|archive-date=13 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813150604/https://books.google.com/books?id=_w8EAAAAMBAJ&q=billboard%2Bfebruary%2B2002&pg=PA45|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the UK, in addition to reaching top ten placings all over Europe, including Austria,<ref name="aut">For peak positions of Kidman's singles in Austria, use the austriancharts.at links depending on a release. * {{cite web |url=http://www.austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Robbie+Williams+%26+Nicole+Kidman&titel=Somethin%27+Stupid&cat=s |title=Austria β "Somethin' Stupid" with Robbie Williams |website=Austrian charts |publisher=[[Musikmarkt]] |language=de|access-date=30 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330023007/http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Robbie+Williams+%26+Nicole+Kidman&titel=Somethin%27+Stupid&cat=s|archive-date=30 March 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> Belgium,<ref>For peak positions of Kidman's singles in Belgium, use the ultratop.be links depending on a release. * {{cite web |url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/song/1377/Robbie-Williams-&-Nicole-Kidman-Somethin%27-Stupid |title=Belgium β "Somethin' Stupid" with Robbie Williams |website=Ultratop |publisher=BEA |language=nl|access-date=30 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150619160635/http://www.ultratop.be/nl/song/1377/Robbie-Williams-%26-Nicole-Kidman-Somethin%27-Stupid|archive-date=19 June 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> Denmark,<ref>For peak positions of Kidman's singles in Denmark, use the danishcharts.dk links depending on a release. * {{cite web |url=https://danishcharts.dk/showitem.asp?interpret=Robbie+Williams+%26+Nicole+Kidman&titel=Somethin%27+Stupid&cat=s |title=Denmark β "Somethin' Stupid" with Robbie Williams |website=Danish Charts |publisher=[[Nielsen SoundScan]]|access-date=30 June 2014|archive-date=1 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200901030609/https://danishcharts.dk/showitem.asp?interpret=Robbie%2BWilliams%2B&%2BNicole%2BKidman&titel=Somethin%27%2BStupid&cat=s|url-status=live}}</ref> Germany,<ref name="ger">For peak positions of Kidman's singles in Germany, use the officialcharts.de links depending on a release. * {{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.de/song.asp?artist=Nicole+Kidman+%26+Ewan+McGregor&title=Come+What+May&cat=s&country=de |title=Germany β "Come What May" with Ewan McGregor |website=Official Charts |publisher=[[Bundesverband Musikindustrie]] |language=de|access-date=30 June 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714184511/http://www.officialcharts.de/song.asp?artist=Nicole+Kidman+%26+Ewan+McGregor&title=Come+What+May&cat=s&country=de|archive-date=14 July 2014}} * {{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.de/song.asp?artist=Robbie+Williams+%26+Nicole+Kidman&title=Somethin%27+Stupid&cat=s&country=de |title=Germany β "Somethin' Stupid" with Robbie Williams |website=Official Charts |publisher=[[Bundesverband Musikindustrie]] |language=de|access-date=30 June 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714152720/http://www.officialcharts.de/song.asp?artist=Robbie+Williams+%26+Nicole+Kidman&title=Somethin%27+Stupid&cat=s&country=de|archive-date=14 July 2014}}</ref> the Netherlands,<ref name="nld">For peak positions of Kidman's singles in Netherlands, use the dutchcharts.nl links depending on a release. * {{cite web |url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Nicole+Kidman+%26+Ewan+McGregor&titel=Come+What+May&cat=s |title=Netherlands β "Come What May" with Ewan McGregor |website=Dutch Charts |publisher=[[MegaCharts]] |language=nl|access-date=30 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714155615/http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Nicole+Kidman+&+Ewan+McGregor&titel=Come+What+May&cat=s|archive-date=14 July 2014|url-status=live}} * {{cite web |url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Robbie+Williams+%26+Nicole+Kidman&titel=Somethin%27+Stupid&cat=s |title=Netherlands β "Somethin' Stupid" with Robbie Williams |website=Dutch Charts |publisher=[[MegaCharts]] |language=nl|access-date=30 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821045933/http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Robbie+Williams+%26+Nicole+Kidman&titel=Somethin%27+Stupid&cat=s|archive-date=21 August 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> Norway<ref>For peak positions of Kidman's singles in Norway, use the danishcharts.com links depending on a release. * {{cite web |url=http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Robbie+Williams+%26+Nicole+Kidman&titel=Somethin%27+Stupid&cat=s |title=Norway β "Somethin' Stupid" with Robbie Williams |website=Norwegian Charts |publisher=[[Nielsen SoundScan]]|access-date=30 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150103004127/http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Robbie+Williams+%26+Nicole+Kidman&titel=Somethin%27+Stupid&cat=s|archive-date=3 January 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> and Switzerland,<ref name="swi">For peak positions of Kidman's singles in Switzerland, use the hitparade.ch links depending on a release. * {{cite web |url=http://hitparade.ch/song/Nicole-Kidman-&-Ewan-McGregor/Come-What-May-4937 |title=Switzerland β "Come What May" with Ewan McGregor |publisher=[[Swiss Hitparade]] |language=de |access-date=30 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140719054144/http://hitparade.ch/song/Nicole-Kidman-%26-Ewan-McGregor/Come-What-May-4937 |archive-date=19 July 2014}} * {{cite web |url=http://hitparade.ch/song/Robbie-Williams-&-Nicole-Kidman/Somethin%27-Stupid-4983 |title=Switzerland β "Somethin' Stupid" with Robbie Williams |publisher=Swiss Hitparade |language=de |access-date=30 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140627025459/http://hitparade.ch/song/Robbie-Williams-%26-Nicole-Kidman/Somethin%27-Stupid-4983 |archive-date=27 June 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> as well as Australia. Apart from being certified either Gold<ref>{{multiref2|{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-accreditations-singles-2001.htm|title=ARIA Charts β Accreditations β 2002 Singles|publisher=ARIA|access-date=30 June 2014|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6CqeCmSU7?url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-accreditations-singles-2001.htm|archive-date=12 December 2012|url-status=dead}} | {{cite web |url=http://www.ifpi.at/edelmetal.php3 |title=IFPI Austria β Verband der Γsterreichischen Musikwirtschaft |language=de |publisher=IFPI |access-date=2 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070716030609/http://www.ifpi.at/edelmetal.php3 |archive-date=16 July 2007 }} | {{cite web |url=http://www.ifpi.de/wirtschaft/gpergebnis.php?strAktion=suche&txtSuche=Somethin%20%20Stupid |title=Germany β Wirtschaft |language=de |publisher=IFPI |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927202933/http://www.ifpi.de/wirtschaft/gpergebnis.php?strAktion=suche&txtSuche=Somethin%20%20Stupid |archive-date=27 September 2007 |access-date=30 December 2014 }} | {{cite web |url=http://rianz.org.nz/rianz/oldchart.asp?chartNum=1292&chartKind=S |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130703162712/http://rianz.org.nz/rianz/oldchart.asp?chartNum=1292&chartKind=S |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 July 2013 |title=Top 50 Singles Chart: Chart #1292 (Sunday 20 January 2002) |publisher=[[Recorded Music NZ]] |access-date=2 June 2013 }} | {{cite web|url=http://www.swisscharts.com/search_certifications.asp?search=somethin+stupid|title=Switzerland β Certification β Robbie Williams & Nicole Kidman β "Something Stupid|publisher=Swiss Hitparade|access-date=30 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407080041/http://www.swisscharts.com/search_certifications.asp?search=somethin+stupid|archive-date=7 April 2014|url-status=live}} | {{cite certification |region=United Kingdom |id=6077-4301-1|access-date=19 January 2022}} | {{cite certification |region=France |title=Somethin' Stupid|access-date=19 January 2022}}}}</ref> in a number of countries, it was ranked as the thirteenth best-selling single of 2002 in the UK, the fifty-ninth in Australia<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-100-singles-2002.htm |title=ARIA Charts β End of Year Charts β Top Australian Singles 2002 |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|access-date=30 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706101957/http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-100-singles-2002.htm|archive-date=6 July 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> and the ninety-third in France,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.infodisc.fr/Number1_V2002.php |title=France β Le Bilan des Ventes de Singles en 2002 |publisher=SNEP |language=fr |access-date=30 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140924112332/http://www.infodisc.fr/Number1_V2002.php |archive-date=24 September 2014}}</ref> respectively. The song peaked at No. 8 on the Australian ARIAnet Singles Chart and at No. 1, for three weeks, in the UK.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20011216/7501/ |title=Official Singles Chart Top 100 |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=30 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180225145041/http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20011216/7501/|archive-date=25 February 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> On 5 April 2002, Kidman released through Interscope Records her third single, a cover of [[Randy Crawford]]'s "[[One Day I'll Fly Away#Nicole Kidman|One Day I'll Fly Away]]".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/moulin-rouge-vol-2-mw0000214449 |title=Moulin Rouge, Vol. 2 β Original Soundtrack |publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=18 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719024412/https://www.allmusic.com/album/moulin-rouge-vol-2-mw0000214449|archive-date=19 July 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> The song, a Tony Philips remix, was promoted as the pilot single for the follow-up to the ''Moulin Rouge!'' original soundtrack, titled ''[[Moulin Rouge! Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film, Vol. 2|Moulin Rouge! Vol. 2]]''. In 2006, she contributed to the original motion picture soundtrack of ''[[Happy Feet (soundtrack)|Happy Feet]]'', recording a rendition of the [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] song "[[Kiss (Prince song)#Other cover versions/appearances in media|Kiss]]" for the film.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Nicole Kidman on Prince: 'I had my first kiss, first love, first of a lot of stuff while listening to him' |url=https://ew.com/article/2016/04/23/nicole-kidman-comment-prince/ |first=Joe |last=McGovern |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=23 April 2016|access-date=27 January 2022|archive-date=28 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220128001018/https://ew.com/article/2016/04/23/nicole-kidman-comment-prince/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2009, she was featured on the [[Nine (soundtrack)|original soundtrack]] of Rob Marshall's 2009 musical film ''Nine'', recording the song "Unusual Way".<ref>{{cite news |title=Nine β How Kate Hudson and Nicole Kidman sang and danced |url=http://filmreviewonline.com/2009/12/21/nine-kate-hudson-nicole-kidman/|access-date=10 November 2013 |publisher=Film Review Online |date=21 December 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110023559/http://filmreviewonline.com/2009/12/21/nine-kate-hudson-nicole-kidman/|archive-date=10 November 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2012, she narrated an [[audiobook]] and in 2017, she contributed with background vocals to her husband's, [[country music]] singer Keith Urban, song titled "[[Female (song)|Female]]".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://books.apple.com/us/audiobook/to-the-lighthouse-unabridged/id537676604 |title=Nicole Kidman Performs ''To the Lighthouse'' by Virginia Woolf |publisher=[[Apple Inc.|Apple]]|access-date=30 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150211184549/https://itunes.apple.com/us/audiobook/to-the-lighthouse-unabridged/id537676604|archive-date=11 February 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://wjla.com/news/entertainment/nicole-kidman-sings-backup-on-keith-urbans-female-song-inspired-by-harvey-weinstein|title=Nicole Kidman sings backup on Keith Urban's 'Female' song inspired by Harvey Weinstein|publisher=[[World Entertainment News Network]]|date=11 November 2017|via=WJLA|access-date=11 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171112013800/http://wjla.com/news/entertainment/nicole-kidman-sings-backup-on-keith-urbans-female-song-inspired-by-harvey-weinstein|archive-date=12 November 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2022, Kidman joined [[Luke Evans]] to release a cover of "[[Say Something (A Great Big World song)|Say Something]]", originally performed by [[A Great Big World]] and [[Christina Aguilera]].<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://ew.com/music/luke-evans-nicole-kidman-say-something-duet-christina-aguilera-remake/ | title=Luke Evans and Nicole Kidman become musical icons on new duet | magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] | access-date=13 February 2024 | archive-date=28 October 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221028015848/https://ew.com/music/luke-evans-nicole-kidman-say-something-duet-christina-aguilera-remake/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
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