To date, the successful singer has sold an incredible sum of over 25 million records worldwide. On April 28, 2015, Josh Groban announced the release of another album called Stages, consisting of Legendary producer Rick Rubin into the studio for his fifth studio album, Illuminations, and then releasing All ThatĮchoes in 2012. Josh continued to rapidly produce music, bringing (2011) playing a character named Richard. He also had his first role in a feature film in the romantic comedyĬrazy, Stupid, Love. Lent his voice to animated shows such as American Dad!. He has played roles on TV shows such as Glee, and While highly successful in music, Josh never gave up on his acting roots. Josh then released a highly successful Christmas album titled Noël, not Released his next studio album, titled Awake. The album also scored him hisįirst Grammy nomination in 2005 for the single "You Raise Me Up" in the Best Male Pop Vocal Performance category. He thenīegan his first world tour in February 2004, which promptly sold out all shows in less than 30 minutes. Two years after his debut album, Josh released Closer, which quickly hit number one on the Billboard album charts. It successfully went double-platinum, eventually selling nearly four million copies. Intelligence with the song "For Always.” In November of 2001, his self-titled debut album was released, and over the next year Josh's risk paid off when he made his debut on the soundtrack for the 2001 Steven Spielberg movie A.I.: Artificial Only four months into Josh's first year at Carnegie Mellon University, he dropped out to pursue his singing career with his new label. His success escalated when David helped Josh score a recording contract at Warner Bros. Was blown away by his performance, and invited him to appear on her talk show, The Rosie O'Donnell Show. Popular that it prompted 8,000 emails from viewers, and he was asked to return to the next season and perform the song "To Where YouĪre." At the 1998 Grammy Awards, David asked Josh to stand in for Andrea Bocelli to sing "The Prayer" with Céline Dion. Josh's character of Malcolm Wyatt Malcolm Wyatt was so Impressed that he wrote him into an episode of the Ally McBeal show. Kelley witnessed the reactions of the audience to Josh as he performed at the event, he was so The inauguration of California governor Grey Davis. David sent Josh to sing at several high profile gigs including At the time, Josh had no recording experience,Īnd was preparing to begin studying drama at Carnegie Mellon University. Josh's vocal coach Seth Riggs introduced him to Grammy-winning producer David Foster. Magician, auditioning for the Magic Castle nightclub as a teen.Josh graduated in 1999 from the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts as a theater major. Theater at Interlochen Center for the Arts Camp in Michigan, and began taking vocal lessons. In the summers of 19, he majored in music Role of Tevye in his high school's production of Fiddler on the Roof. However, he initially planned on going into acting, and played the lead "S'wonderful" alone on stage at his school's cabaret night. Josh first sang in public when he was in the seventh grade, singing a solo of To settle into one particular musical style. This resulting in him being drawn to musicians who decided not Josh's parents encouraged him to listen to a variety of music styles. Josh's father is from an Ashkenazi Jewish family, he converted to Christianity when he married Josh's mother, and so Josh and his Grandmother could play the piano by the age of three and attended Juilliard, while his father was an accomplished pianist. He also has a youngerīrother named Chris, who was born on the exact same day as Josh, but four years later. Joshua Winslow Groban was born in Los Angeles to school teacher Lindy Johnston and businessman Jack Groban.
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