

Gold-certified All That Echoes racked up a host of positive reviews from major media outlets, including The New York Times, Billboard, Rolling Stone, and USA Today. 1 on the Billboard Top 200 chart, Groban’s first No. All That Echoes followed in 2013, debuting at No. At the end of 2010, Groban released the Rick Rubin-produced, gold-certified Illuminations. In 2007, he became the best-selling recording artist of the year thanks to sales of Awake and his blockbuster 6x platinum, Grammy-nominated Christmas album, Noel - the best-selling album of 2007. The 34-year-old Los Angeles native first broke through in 2001 with his self-titled 5x platinum debut, followed by 2003’s 6x platinum Closer, and 2006’s double-platinum Awake. Groban is the only artist who has had two albums land on Billboard’s list of 20 best-sellers of the last 10 years. He has entertained fans across the globe with his multiplatinum albums and DVDs (selling more than 30 million worldwide), electrifying live performances, and comedic film and television appearances. Josh Groban is an internationally renowned singer, songwriter, and actor whose baritone voice is instantly recognizable and unparalleled among his peers.

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13 The Prayer (with Charlotte Church) (44.1khz) 04:24.9 Vincent (Starry, Starry Night) (44.1khz) 04:38.8 Let Me Fall (from Cirque du Soleil) (44.1khz) 04:12.2 Gira Con Me Questa Notte (44.1khz) 04:42.ILLUMINATIONS features the single "Hidden Away". From those sessions, orchestrations were crafted by David Campbell for nine songs and James Newton-Howard for two, while Brazilian great Carlinhos Brown created the dynamic setting for "Voce Existe Em Mim (You Exist in Me)" in his Bahia home, including the power of an all-girl drum corps - the only drums on the album.

Most of the recordings were done live in a casual setting with Groban playing piano and singing alongside acoustic guitarists Matt Sweeney and Smokey Hormel and, one some songs, iconic organist Spooner Oldham. Groban teamed with singer/songwriter Dan Wilson (former leader of Semi sonic) on most of the songs.
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Fittingly, the results both defy and exceed any possible expectations as each of the collaborators stepped out of his zone and together created an entirely new zone, one where folk meets classical, where art meets intimacy, where immediacy meets timelessness and where, most importantly, Groban was free to express himself more fully, more truly than ever before. It seems no one knew what to expect when Josh Groban teamed with super-producer Rick Rubin for the singer's fifth album, ILLUMINATIONS - least of all Groban and Rubin.
