Joshua Winslow "Josh" Groban was born in Los Angeles with her mother named Lindy is a school teacher, and father Jack Groban, a businessman, his father was a Jewish background and a descendant of Russian and Polish immigrants. His mother is Norwegian American, the daughter of immigrants from the eastern Norwegian district of Toten. his parents joined the Episcopal Church after his father moved the belief from Judaism to Christianity. Chris, his younger brother's birthday with just different four years.
Groban debuted as a singer in the school. Music teacher chose him to sing a song called "wonderful" Night Cabaret at the school, where he sang alone on stage for the first time. At this time, he was more focused on theatrical arts. He transferred from a traditional school to the Academy bridge as he explained, "I am not getting enough creative input. So I went to the Academy Bridge to get an A". he was permitted to take regular classes 9:00 a.m. to 01:00 pm, and attend theater classes in the afternoon. in the summer of 1997 and 1998, he was admitted to Carnegie Mellon University, intending to study drama, but four months later in the first half because he left college offered a recording contract, he decided to pursue a singing career
At the end of 1998, Groban was introduced by David Foster vocal coach and manager Brian Avnet. At the time Groban had no recording experience and be ready to begin studying at Carnegie Institute of Technology. Groban worked for David Foster as a rehearsal singer on a series of events, including the inauguration of the election of Gray Davis as Governor of California in 1999 and at the 1999 Grammy Awards where he stood with a duet with Andrea Bocelli and Celine Dion. According to manager Avnet, Groban was very nervous about standing with Bocelli and had to talk to him, but his performance prompted the show host, Rosie O'Donnell, to ask him to appear on her show the following week, which then led to her appearance on the show Ally McBeal. David E. Kelley, creator of the television series Ally McBeal, created a character, Malcolm Wyatt, for Groban in the season was broadcast in May 2001. The character of Malcolm Wyatt was so popular, and 8000 support emails from the audience, and Groban was asked to return the season ahead.
Groban was offered a recording contract from Warner Bros. Records. Under Foster's influence, Groban's first album focused more on classics such as "Gira Con Me Questa Notte" and "Alla Luce Del Sole." Groban singing "there For Me" with Sarah Brightman in 2000-01. He was a duet with Lara Fabian "For Always" on the soundtrack film "AI: Artificial Intelligence (2001). Vocal Groban shows many benefits, including:" The Andre Agassi Grand Slam Event For Children, "singing along with Elton John, Stevie Wonder, Don Henley, and Robin Williams; then "Muhammad Ali's Fight Night Foundation" with Michael J. Fox and others; "The Family Celebration" (2001), who was with President Bill Clinton and his wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton, and David E . Kelley and his wife, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Michael Milken CapCure event, to raise funds for cancer research.
The first debut album Josh Groban was released on November 20, 2001. in the following year he received an award from the double gold to double platinum. On February 24, 2002, then the second album Closer is produced and written by Foster, was released on 11 November 2003. Groban said that he believed that the second album was a better reflection of him, and the audience will be able to get a better idea of his personality with mendengarkannya.Kemudian in 2006 he launched his third album titled Awake, in 2007, then launched his fourth album titled Noël and in 2010 he launched his fifth album entitled Illuminations.
Various music critics describe sounds Groban in a different perspective, some see Groban refers to the tenor voice. Some of Groban's musical influences are Radiohead, Steve Perry, Paul Simon, Sting, Peter Gabriel, Freddie Mercury and Björk. He cites the influence of vocal "anyone who told a story with their songs" including Mandy Patinkin, Klaus Nomi, George Hearn, and Luciano Pavarotti.
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