Josh Groban

[Jillian]

Well, I have so many favourites it's hard to choose!!
I"ll divide them up into categories.

Pop Songs

• Awake
  
• February Song
  
• Remember When it Rained
  
• You Raise Me Up
  
• You Are Loved (Don't Give Up)
  
• Now or Never
  

Classical Sounding Songs

• Alla Luce Del Sol
  
• Oceano
  
• Gira Con Me
  
• Mi Mancherai
  
• Mai
  

Christmas Songs

• Little Drummer Boy
  
• What Child Is This?
  
• O Come All Ye Faithful
  

Okay, that's a LOT!!

But in all seriousness, his Greatest Hits album 'A Collection' is a really good place to start. I think it captures the essence of him perfectly

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[sharon]

Thanks Jillian!

Really appreciate your list of favourites. I already have - You Raise Me Up - You are Loved & Awake.

I will definitly look these up. And I'll have a look at the link.


Thanks again

Sharon

[Libby]

I love your choices, but you left out Un Giorno Per Noi and It Came Upon a Midnight Clear.

They're all so good, though. I can't wait to see what his next album is like. He keeps indicating that it's soon, but he'll never say exactly when.

[Libby]

Oh, and Sharon, you won't want to miss his Spanish songs, Si Volvieras a Mi (from Closer) and Solo Por Ti (from Awake). Alejate and Un Dia de Llegara are good too. His voice is just PERFECT for these Spanish songs. I love how low his voice is in Un Dia de Llegara.

A while back, he tweeted about singing in Portuguese, so we might get a song in Portuguese on his next album!

[nicola]

I follow Josh, but I never fully understand his tweets. It's like he is too "cool" for me to understand. They seem so random and out there a lot of the time!

[sharon]

Thanks for the tips Libby...

Never heard a Spanish song of him yet...
He does have a great low voice.

I'm not really following Twitter. Don't know why.....

Sharon

[Libby]

Twitter's not for everybody. I'm mostly there because of Hayley, but I follow other singers/celebrities, too. Not that many, though. I just like to see what they're all up to sometimes, since I can.

[Libby]

Jan 2, 2010 8:28:48 GMT nicola said:

I follow Josh, but I never fully understand his tweets. It's like he is too "cool" for me to understand. They seem so random and out there a lot of the time!

Yeah, his last one I didn't get at all. Usually he provides links to whatever he's talking about, but this time he didn't. Most of them I don't find that difficult to understand, though. As long as you follow his links, you should figure it out.

My favorite tweet of his recently is this one:

"I always think its cute when music press gets downright flabbergasted that christmas music is topping the charts in december."



Oh, he just posted a video blog on his website, and there's a new song playing in the background! It's kind of hard to hear it some of the time. He said they didn't want him to stream any new songs yet, but there was nothing saying he couldn't have them playing in the background of his video blogs!

Check it out, here: www.joshgroban.com

[Libby]

It was just announced on Josh's official site that the title of his new album is "Illuminations". A tracklist and release date would be nice, too. However, somewhere I saw it was Nov. 16th, but nobody knows for sure. November is nearly always the month his albums are released, though, and the 16th is a Tuesday, which is always the day for album releases in the U.S.

For a taster of what his album will be like, here are 2 videos that may be of interest:

"Hidden Away": www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWYsaFLmxOs

This one shows Carlinhos Brown, an afro-Brazilian group, mixing drum beats for a song Josh recorded. It's in Portuguese, but I think Josh said he wrote it. It's a little noisy, but you can hear Josh's recording in the background: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWYsaFLmxOs

It sounds really good. Now I know why Josh said they were auditioning dancers for his tour! That'll be a first!

[nicola]

Prospect of a new album excites me. Thanks for letting us know! <3

[Libby]

Here's his lates tweet (finally one that makes a bit of sense!):

My new record, Illuminations, will be out early November! 5 minutes ago picked the album cover! first serious tweet in months! off to cry.

I assume it's before Nov. 16th then, which would be mid-Nov.

[Sing]

Can't wait for his new album...I love his voice...definitely on my list of must-have albums this year!!
best wishes
Sing

[Libby]

That's for sure! Hayley's album and Josh's album are coming out around the same time, so this fall should be very exciting for new albums!

[Libby]

There is now a full preview of the song "Hidden Away" on Josh's site, and it's also available for download!

www.joshgroban.com/hiddenaway

[nicola]

AWESOME! Thank you, Kim! I'll share that on my website, methinks. <3