Josh Groban (full name Joshua Winslow Groban) was born on February 27, 1981 in
Los Angeles, California, United States. He is a American singer/songwriter known for his mature and lyrical baritone voice and nominated for Grammy.
Biography and Career :
He was born in a multicultural family, his father was an American Jewish and his mother an Norwegian. After his birth his father converted to Christianity so Josh was raised like a Anglican Episcopal.
He started his musical career while he was a student in the vocal group of his school. After the seventh grade he changed a lot of school and for temporary has to renounce at music. He attended Bridges Academy where he studied a lot. There were some days when
he stayed at school from 11.00 AM to 1.00 PM.
He took there some theatre classes and also learned to play the penny whistle and the kazoo. Between 1997 and 1998 attended Interlochen Arts Camp in Michigan, studied musical theatre and also stated to take voice lessons.
At 17 years old met David Foster and after this his career started to go up and had some contacts with Andrea Bocelli and
Celine Dion. In 1999 gratuated from Los Angeles County High School for the Arts and after this started to study drama at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.
In 2001 appeared in TV serial "Ally McBeal" and this was a success so the producer invite him to perform in the next series too. In 2004 had a lot of very successful concerts with big stars like
Charlotte Church,
The Corrs, Ronan Keating,
Sting, Lionel, Richie Yolanda Adams, Nick Carter,
Enrique Iglesias and Celine Dion in special locations like Oslo at Nobel Prizes or Vatican in
Rome at an Christmas concert.
He also made the soundtrack for great movies like Troy, Polar Express and A.I.: Artificial Intelligence. After he became famous had a lot of TV appearances at The
Oprah Winfrey Show, The Ellen Degeneres Show,
Jay Leno,
Larry King Live, The Rosie O'Donnell Show, 20/20, The Today Show, Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Super Bowl XXXVIII, and the Rockefeller Tree Lighting.
Trivia :
- Height: 183cm
- His trade mark is his powerful voice.
- His grandmother is from Toten Norway.
- He is a very good friend with
Mandy Moore.
- He was involved in a lot of charity events like Save the Music (2005), Tsunami Aid: A Concert of Hope (2005), Fifth Adopt-A-Annual Minefield concert (2005), 2nd Annual Grammy Jam (2005), Live 8 (2005), The Heart Foundation Gala (2005), and David Foster and Friends Charity Gala (2006).
Quotes :
- "The shower is my time to open up my operatic chops, because of the enormous echo. You sound five times as big in the shower, so I break into some "Nessun Dorma" [from Puccini's Turandot] or Pearl Jam. You've got to go big when you're in the shower. There's no half-singing in the shower, you're either a rock star or an opera diva."
-"As a new artist there's always outside influences trying to tell you how to make a song better for radio [and] how to do your hair."
Discography :
- Josh Groban - 2001
- Josh Groban In Concert CD/DVD - 2002
- Closer, available with DVD - 2003
- Live at the Greek CD/DVD - 2004
- Awake, available with DVD - 2006
- With You (Hallmark promotional disc) - 2007
- Noel, available with DVD - Christmas Album - 2007
- Awake: The Live Concert CD + DVD - Early 2008.
Josh Groban's Dates :
January Jones (2003 - now)
Josh Groban Image : canada.com
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