Josh Groban. The Beginning.

Josh Groban was born in 1981 on the 27th Of Feb. Although his mother was Norwegian and his father Polish-Russian, Josh Groban was born in Los Angeles, California. He and his younger brother were raised in the Episcopalian faith. Josh realized he had a talent for singing in the 7th grade however he soon worked out that his love for singing was affecting his grades so decided to put it on the back burner until he attended the Interlochen Arts Camp where he began taking extracurricular singing lessons. By 1998 Josh Groban was doing so well at singing that he was soon discovered by David Foster (a producer and arranger). Josh began to fill in for rehearsal singers and even got to duet with the likes of Celine Dion!

In 1999 Josh Groban graduated from Los Angeles County High School for the Arts (majoring in theater) and then went on to attend Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh to study drama. Josh Groban had only been at Carnegie Mellon four months when he was offered a record deal with Warner Bro's. Foster became a great influence and helped arrange Grobans album which have a large religious and classical feel to it. Josh Groban then went on to write his first major album that was self titled. It went straight to number one in the charts and stayed in the charts for 62 weeks! This was thanks to the single you raise me up which has been a global success.

By: Roberto Bell

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