His cover of Secret Garden's "You Raise Me Up" became very popular on the adult contemporary charts. Both of Groban's albums were produced by David Foster, released under Foster's 143 Records and distributed by Warner Music. Two months after Closer was released, it rose on the Billboard charts from number 11 to number one. These songs are a giant step closer to who I really am and what my music is all about. This time, I've tried to open that door as wide as possible. "What most people know about me, they know through my music. Josh himself said that he believed that this second album was a better reflection of him and that his audience would be able to get a better idea of him personally from listening to it. On November 11, 2003, his second album Closer was released. The following month, he performed "To Where You Are" and "The Prayer" at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo, Norway, and joined The Corrs, Ronan Keating, Sting, Lionel Richie and others for a holiday performance at the Vatican in Rome, Italy. 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). On November 20, 2001, Groban's self-titled debut album Josh Groban was released and, over the next year, it went from gold to double-platinum. The character of Malcolm Wyatt was so popular, with 8,000 emails from fans, that Groban was asked to come back the next season to reprise his role and perform "To Where You Are." Kelley was impressed at Groban's performance at The Family Celebration event, and, based on the audience reaction to Groban's singing, Kelley created a character for Josh in this finale. In May 2001, Groban played the role of Malcolm Wyatt in the season finale of the television series Ally McBeal, performing "You're Still You." The series creator David E. Kelley and his wife, Michelle Pfeiffer and Michael Milken's CapCure event, which raises funds for cancer research. Fox and others "The Family Celebration" (2001) which was co-hosted by President Clinton and his wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton, and David E. He also became involved in many benefit shows, including the following: "The Andre Agassi Grand Slam Event For Children", singing alongside Elton John, Stevie Wonder, Don Henley and Robin Williams "Muhammad Ali's Fight Night Foundation" which honored Michael J. Soon after being picked up by David Foster, Groban went on to perform "There For Me" with Sarah Brightman on her 2000-2001 La Luna Tour, featured on her "La Luna" Concert DVD, and made his recording debut by singing "For Always" with Lara Fabian on the movie soundtrack to A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (2001). Therefore, under Foster's influence, Groban's first album focused more on the classics with songs such as "Gira Con Me" and "Alle Luce Del Sole," the first ones decided on by Foster and Groban. He's a true musical force to be reckoned with". With regard to signing Groban, Foster said: "I love his natural ability in the pop and rock arena, but I love his sense of classics even more. Records through David Foster's own 143 Records imprint. His musical style ranges from classical to pop.Īfter only one year in the music department at Carnegie Mellon University, his choice school, Groban left when he was offered a recording contract at Warner Bros. Joshua Winslow Groban (born in Los Angeles, CA, on February 27, 1981) is an American singer known for his mature, dusky baritone voice. Be safe and THANK YOU for an AMAZING evening I'll never forget. Groban for acknowledging DEPRESSION is an illness and bring even if a small piece HOPE to her and ALL that suffer from the disease. I NEVER WANT TO BE WITHOUT THE LOVE OF LIFE. NOW I pray for her FORGIVENESS and for her to LOVE ME AGAIN and GOD to mend her broken heart and restore her faith, give her strength and make her feel like she's worth something instead of worthless. My wife has giving me 21 years of life and 5 amazing children. Each day that has come and gone I see her pain and become a little more depressed my self knowing I share the blame. I wished I could say I had not played a role in causing the depression but I did I'm sad to say. It's something my wife has suffered from for several years. The song he sang about depression really hit home. Hes voice is awesome and humor is great as well.
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