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About Josh Groban:
Joshua Groban is a Grammy-nominated American singer/songwriter known for his mature and lyrical baritone voice and his range of pop, rock and classical genres.
Born February 27, 1981 in Los Angeles, California, Groban attended the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts as a theater major and graduated in 1999 and then attended Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA, studying drama. Only one year later, when he was offered a recording contract at Warner Bros. Records through Foster’s 143 Records imprint, he left school to release Josh Groban. On February 24, 2002, Groban performed “The Prayer” with Charlotte Church at the closing ceremonies of the Winter Olympics, and by November, he had his own PBS special, “Josh Groban In Concert” (2002). Groban’s second album Closer, also produced by Foster, was released on November 11, 2003.
Groban and his recordings were nominated for more than a dozen awards in 2004, including the American Music Award, World Music Award, Academy Award, and a Grammy. In 2006, Groban’s latest single entitled “You Are Loved (Don’t Give Up)”, was exclusively released to AOL’s First Listen. It was taken from his third studio album Awake, which was officially released on November 7, 2006.[8] His “Awake” world tour visits 71 cities between February and August 2007. He did a duet with Barbra Streisand (“All I Know of Love”) and also in 2007 a duet with Mireille Mathieu (“Over the Rainbow”).
Some of Groban’s musical influences have been Radiohead, Paul Simon, Sting, Peter Gabriel, and Björk. As for vocal influences, “anyone who told a story with their songs,” including: Mandy Patinkin, Klaus Nomi, George Hearn, and Luciano Pavarotti. Groban plays the piano and drums, and has expressed an interest in learning to play uilleann pipes (an Irish instrument similar to bagpipes). He currently resides as a bachelor in Malibu, California.
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