Ripcord is the ninth studio album by New Zealand-born Australian country music singer Keith Urban.

[4][5] Three days after the album was released Urban played a free lunchtime concert in front of the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville on 9 May 2016.

He performed tracks from Ripcord such as "Gone Tomorrow (Here Today)" and "Blue Ain't Your Color".

[7][8] The song was nominated for Best Country Solo Performance at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards but lost to Chris Stapleton's "Traveler".

"Blue Ain't Your Color" was released on July 30, 2016 as the album's fourth single by Urban via Snapchat.

"The Fighter", a duet with fellow country musician Carrie Underwood, was released as the album's fifth single on February 6, 2017.

"[13] At The Sydney Morning Herald, the album received three stars and reports that "Urban threads a tight needle, updating the slick contemporary American country sound he, long ago, mastered with the warm washes and bright punctuation of pop music," adding that "[i]t is, at first suggestion, an almost ludicrous concept, but it's testament to Urban's craftsmanship that the record is dexterous and pleasing.

"[17] For the collaborations on the album, The News-Sentinel's Michael McCall describes "The Fighter", the duet with Carrie Underwood, as "a modern update of Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell", and views the collaboration with Pitbull and Nile Rodgers ("Sun Don't Let Me Down") as something "more like an exercise [rather] than a celebration".

The CD debuted at number 3 on the Canadian Albums chart[23] and was certified Gold for shipments of over 40,000 units.