Josh Groban was born in
California on February 27, 1981. With a deep
baritone voice, Josh filled a void in the
world of music that had been saturated by boy
bands and pop starlets.
By his late
teens, Josh had been studying with David
Foster which led to an invitation to
perform at the inauguration for California
Governor Gray Davis.
Groban filled
in for Andrea Bocelli at the
rehearsals for the Grammy Awards dueting with Celine
Dion on "The Prayer."
A record deal
with Warner Music soon followed and Josh
began working on his debut LP with David
Foster.
Josh made his acting debut on Ally
McBeal.
Josh appeared on the soundtrack
for A.I.
- Artificial Intelligence with a duet with Lara
Fabian - "For Always."
Josh released his debut LP, Josh
Groban.
Josh reprised his role of Malcom
Wyatt on Ally McBeal.
Josh performed
with Charlotte Church at the
Winter Olympics closing ceremony.
Josh
Groban was certified gold.
Josh
Groban was certified platinum.
Josh
Groban was certified 2x platinum.
Josh could be heard dueting with
Barbra
Streisand on her LP Duets with the track
"All I Know Of Love."
Josh released Josh
Groban In Concert.
Josh topped the Billboard Adult
Contemporary chart for 2 weeks with "O
Holy Night."
Josh
Groban was certified 3x platinum.
Josh
Groban In Concert was certified
gold.
Josh released Closer.
Josh topped the Billboard Top
Internet Albums chart for 2 weeks and
Classical Crossover Album chart with Closer.
Closer was certified 2x
platinum.
Josh topped the Billboard
Year-End Charts as the Top Classical
Crossover Artist and with the Top Classical
Crossover Album (Josh
Groban).
Josh topped the Billboard 200
Albums chart with Closer.
Josh performed
at the Pre-Game Show for Super Bowl XXXVIII.
Josh
Groban was certified 4x platinum and Closer was certified 3x
platinum.
Josh topped the
Billboard Adult Contemporary chart for 6
weeks with "You Raised Me Up."
Josh was nominated for an American Music
Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist. Josh also performed
at the ceremony.
The CD/DVD Live
At The Greek was released.
Closer was certified 4x
platinum.
Josh topped the Billboard Adult
Contemporary chart with "Believe"
from The
Polar Express soundtrack.
Josh topped the Billboard
Year-End Charts as the Top Classical
Crossover Artist and with the Top Classical
Crossover Album (Closer).
Josh performed as part of the
benefit show Tsunami Aid: A Concert Of
Hope on NBC.
Josh was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance ("You Raise Me
Up").
The single "You Raise Me
Up" was certified gold.
On July 2nd, Josh performed in
Philadelphia as part of the worldwide Live
8 concerts. The mission of the
concerts was to raise awareness of the
on-going poverty in Africa and to pressure
the G8 leaders to take action by doubling
aid, canceling debt, and delivering trade
justice for Africa.
Josh could be heard on the Hurricane
Relief: Come Together Now compilation
with a live version of "Alla Luce Del
Sole."
Live
At The Greek was certified gold.
Josh released his next LP Awake.
Josh topped the Billboard Top
Internet Albums chart and Top Classical
Crossover Albums chart with Awake.
Josh topped the UK LP chart with
Awake.
Josh performed at the American Music Awards.
Closer was certified 5x
platinum and Awake was certified
platinum.
Josh released
the holiday LP Noel.
Josh topped the
Canada LP charts with Noel.
Josh topped the
Billboard 200 LP chart, Top Internet Albums
chart, and Top Classical Crossover chart with
Noel.
Noel was certified 2x
platinum.
Josh topped the
Billboard Top Digital Albums chart with Noel.
Josh topped the
Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart
with "I'll Be Home For Christmas."
As Josh topped the Billboard 200
LP chart for a 4th week, the LP became the
best-selling LP of 2007 and set a record for
the most weeks at #1 for a Christmas LP. The
LP ended up with 5 weeks at #1.
Groban topped the Billboard
Year-End Charts as
the Top Internet Album Artist and Top
Classical Crossover Artist, and with the Top
Classical Crossover Album (Awake).
Noel was certified 4x
platinum.
Josh had the #1
selling LP of 2007 with Noel selling over 3.6
million copies in the US.
Awake was certified 2x
platinum.
Josh released the CD/DVD set Awake
Live.
Josh topped the Billboard Top
Classical Crossover LP chart with Awake
Live.
Josh topped the Billboard
Year-End Charts as the Top Billboard
200 Album Artist, Top Billboard 200 Album
Artist - Male, Top Internet Album Artist, Top
Classical Crossover Artist, and with the Top
Internet Album and Top Classical Crossover
Album (Noel).
Noel was certified 5x
platinum.
Josh was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album (Noel).
Josh could be heard on the Chess
In Concert compilation.
Josh released Illuminations.
Illuminations was certified
platinum.
Josh could be heard on the Tony Bennett LP Duets
II
on the track "This Is All I
Ask."
Josh released All
That Echoes.
Josh topped the Billboard 200 LP
chart with All
That Echoes. The LP sold over 145,000
copies its first week of release in the US.
- December 24: Josh topped the
Billboard Adult Contemporary chart with
"Have Yourself A Merry Little
Christmas."
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Josh Groban
Released: November, 2001
US: 5x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 8
Rolling Stone
review:
Tracks: "Alla Luce
Dal Sole" - "Gira Con Me"
- "You're Still You" -
"Cinema Paradiso (Se)" -
"To Where You Are" -
"Alejate" - "Canto Alla
Vita" (with The Corrs) - "Let
Me Fall" - "Vincent (Starry,
Starry Night)" - "Un Amore Per
Sempre" - "Home To Stay" -
"Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring"
(with Lili Haydn) - "The
Prayer" (with Charlotte Church) |
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Josh Groban In Concert
Released: December, 2002
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 34
CD Live Tracks: "Un Amore
Per Sempre" - "Alejate" -
"The Prayer" (with Angie Stone)
- "For Always" - "Vincent
(Starry, Starry Night)" -
"Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring"
(with Lili Haydn) - "Broken
Vow" - "O Holy Night" - DVD
Live Tracks: "Alla Luce Del
Sole" - "You're Still You"
- "Vincent (Starry, Starry
Night)" - "Gira Con Me Questa
Notte" - "Un Amore Per
Sempre" - "Alejate" -
"Broken Vow" - "To Where
You Are" - "Cinema
Paradiso" - "For Always" -
"Home To Stay" - "Jesu,
Joy Of Man's Desiring" - "Canto
Alla Vita" - "The Prayer"
(with Angie Stone) - "Let Me
Fall" |
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Closer
Released: November, 2003
US: 6x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1 (for 1 week)
Tracks:
"Oceano" - "My
Confession" - "Mi
Mancherai" - "Si Volvieras A
Mi" - "When You Say You Love
Me" - "Per Te" -
"All'Improvviso Amore" -
"Broken Vow" -
"Caruso" - "Remember When
It Rained" - "Hymne A
L'Amour" - "You Raise Me
Up" - "Never Let Go" |
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Live At The Greek CD/DVD
Released: November, 2004
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 24
Live Tracks:
"Oceano" - "Mi Mancherai
(il postino)" - "Mi
Morena" - "Canto Alla
Vita" - "Remember When It
Rained" - "Remember" -
"America" - "Never Let
Go" |
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Awake
Released: November, 2006
US: 2x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 2
Entertainment
Weekly: C-
Tracks: "Mai" -
"You Are Loved (Don't Give Up)"
- "Un Dia Llegara" -
"February Song" -
"L'Ultima Notte" - "So She
Dances" - "In Her Eyes" -
"Solo Por Ti" - "Now Or
Never" - "Un Giorno Per Noi
" - "Lullaby" -
"Weeping" - "Machine"
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Noel
Noel (Deluxe
Edition)
Released: October 9, 2007
US: 6x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1 (5 weeks)
Tracks: "Silent
Night" - "Little Drummer
Boy" - "I'll Be Home For
Christmas" - "Ava Maria" -
"Angels We Have Heard On High"
- "Thankful" - "The
Christmas Song" - "What Child
Is This" - "First Noel" -
"Petit Papa Noel" - "It
Came Upon A Midnight Clear" -
"Panis Angelicus" - "O
Come All Ye Faithful" |
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Awake Live (CD/DVD)
Released: May, 2008
Billboard
peak:
# 8
Live Tracks: "Mai" -
"February Song" - "In Her
Eyes" - "So She Dances" -
"Un Dia Llegara" -
"Pearls" (with Angelique Kidjo)
- "Weeping" -
"Machine" - "Awake" |
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Illuminations
Released: November, 2010
US: Platinum
Tracks: "The
Wandering Kind" (Prelude) -
"Bells Of New York City" -
"Galileo (Someone Like You)" -
"L'Ora Dell'Addio" -
"Hidden Away" - "Au Jardin
Des Sans-Pourquoi" - "Higher
Window" - "If I Walk Away"
- "Love Only Knows" -
"Voce Existe Em Mim" -
"War At Home" - "London
Hymn" - "Straight To You" |
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All That Echoes
Released: February 5, 2013
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 1
Tracks: "Brave"
- "False Alarms" -
"Falling Slowly" - "She
Moved Through The Fair" -
"Below The Line" - "E Ti
Promettero" (featuring Laura
Pausini) - "The Moon Is A Harsh
Mistress" - "Un Alma Mas"
(featuring Arturo Sandoval) - "Happy
In My Heartache" - "Hollow
Talk" - "Sincera" -
"I Believe (When I Fall IN Love It
Will Be Forever)" |
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Stages
Released: April 28, 2015
US: Gold
Billboard
Top 200 LPs
peak: # 2
Grammy Nominee: Best Traditional Pop
Vocal Album
Tracks: "Pure
Imagination" - "What I Did For
Love" - "Bring Him Home" -
"Le Temps Des Cathedrales" -
"All I Ask Of You" (with Kelly
Clarkson) - "Try To Remember" -
"Over The Rainbow" -
"Children Will Listen / Not While
I'm Around" - "You'll Never
Walk Alone" - "Old Devil
Moon" (with Chris Botti) -
"Finishing The Hat" - "If
I Love You" (with Audra McDonald) -
"Anthem" |
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Stages Live (CD/DVD)
Released: February 5, 2016
Grammy
Nominee: Best Traditional Pop
Vocal Album
Live Tracks: "Pure
Imagination" - "What I Did For
Love" - "Bring Him Home" -
"Le Temps Des Cathedrales" -
"All I Ask Of You" - "Try
To Remember" - "Over The
Rainbow" - "Children Will
Listen / Not While I'm Around" -
"You'll Never Walk Alone" -
"If I Loved You" -
"Anthem" - "Unusual
Way" |
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Bridges
Released: September 21,
2018
Billboard
peak:
# 2
Tracks:
"Granted" -
"Symphony" - "River"
- "Musica del Corazon"
(featuring Vicente Amigo) - "Bridge
Over Troubled Water" -
"Run" (featuring Sarah
McLachlan) - "S'il suffisait
diaimer" - "Won't Look
Back" - "We Will Meet Once
Again" (featuring Andrea Bocelli) -
"More Of You" - "99
Years" (featuring Jennifer Nettles)
- "Bigger Than Us" |
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Harmony
Released: November 20, 2020
Tracks: "The World
We Knew (Over And Over)" -
"Angels" - "Celebrate Me
Home" - "Shape Of My
Heart" (with Leslie Odom, Jr.) -
"Your Face" - "Both Sides
Now" (with Sara Bareilles) -
"She" - "The Impossible
Dream" - "The First Time I Ever
Shaw Your Face" - "It's Now Or
Never" - "I Can't Make You Love
Me" - "The Fullest"
(featuring Kirk Franklin) |
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