JOSH GROBAN
announces 8th studio album
BRIDGES
to be released September 21
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Today, multi-platinum award-winning singer/songwriter and global superstar Josh Groban announced his eighth studio album Bridges, which will be released via Reprise Records on September 21. The album is available to pre-order now.
Fans who pre-order the album will receive three instant grat downloads of new songs, including the new single, Granted – which Groban wrote with Toby Gad (Beyoncé, Madonna, John Legend) and Bernie Herms (Selena Gomez, Kelly Clarkson, Barbra Streisand) – as well as the tracks Symphony and S’il Suffisait D’Aimer. The album will also be available in a deluxe edition, which will include two bonus tracks.
This is Groban’s first album that includes original music since 2013, and was recorded in Los Angeles, London and New York with multiple producers, including Bernie Herms and Toby Gad, Steve Jordan, Dan Huff and more. Bridges also finds Groban singing in multiple different languages that include English, French, Italian and Spanish. There will also be a couple of exciting duets, to be announced at a later date.
Groban’s last album, Stages, reached #2 on the ARIA Albums chart, and achieved Gold status in Australia after five months in the ARIA Top 100 albums chart. To date, he has sold more than 500,000 albums and amassed over 6 million streams in Australia alone.
Earlier this month, Groban co-hosted the 72nd Annual Tony® Awards alongside Sara Bareilles at New York City’s Radio City Music Hall. The broadcast this year drew 6.3 million viewers, an increase of 4% from the 6 million who watched last year. The pair were praised for their hosting abilities:
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“Bareilles and Groban aced their duties on their own terms, displaying terrific chemistry and making it less about themselves than their infectious enthusiasm as out-and-proud theatre geeks” – The Hollywood Reporter
“From a song about “the people who lose” to another about the life of a Broadway star, the pair rocked it” – The Huffington Post
“It’s safe to say that the evening’s host and Broadway-loving BFFs Sara Bareilles and Josh Groban made Broadway magic as emcees” – Broadway.com
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Groban recently wrapped filming for the new Netflix original series, The Good Cop, starring opposite Tony Danza. The first teaser trailer for the series is out now, and the show will be available for streaming on September 21.
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ABOUT JOSH GROBAN:
Possessing one of the most outstanding and instantly recognizable voices in music, GRAMMY®-nominated singer, songwriter, and actor Josh Groban has entertained fans across the globe with his multi-platinum albums and DVDs (over 30 million sold worldwide), electrifying live performances, and comedic film and television appearances. He has appeared in the feature films Crazy, Stupid, Love, The Hollars, Coffee Town, and Muppets Most Wanted, as well as on The Office, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and The Crazy Ones.
Groban has released seven previous studio albums; his 2001 5x U.S. platinum self-titled debut, 2003’s 6x U.S. platinum Closer, 2006’s U.S. double-platinum Awake, 2007’s 6x U.S. platinum Grammy®-nominated Noel, 2010’s U.S. gold-certified Illuminations, and 2013’s U.S. gold-certified All That Echoes, which debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 chart, giving Groban his first #1 debut and third chart-topper.
In 2017, Groban concluded his Broadway run in Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, which Time Out New York called, “one of the best musicals of the decade”. He also released his first coffee table book, Stage to Stage: My Journey to Broadway, which documented the past two years of his life on Broadway.
Groban remains an active arts education philanthropist and advocate as a member of Americans for the Arts Artists Committee and Groban’s Find Your Light Foundation helps enrich the lives of young people through arts, education, and cultural awareness.
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