Awake (Josh Groban album)

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Awake
Awake cover
Studio album by Josh Groban
Released November 07, 2006
Genre Pop / Classical / Vocal
Label Reprise Records / 143 Records
Professional reviews
Josh Groban chronology
Closer
(2003)		 Awake
(2006)		 Noël
(2007)

Awake is platinum-certified album by the American singer-songwriter Josh Groban. Announced on September 13, 2006, it is Groban's third studio album, and a follow-up to his multi-platinum album Closer. Awake was released on November 7, 2006. The album has sold more than 2,500,000 copies worldwide. As of December 13, 2007, it has sold 1,900,000+ copies in the US.[1]

Contents

[edit] Album Information

Awake's first single is "You Are Loved (Don't Give Up)". The album features producers Marius De Vries, Guy Sigsworth, Eric Mouquet,Glen Ballard and David Foster (who also worked on previous Groban works). As with all Josh Groban albums, songs on Awake are performed in English, Italian and Spanish. The album offered a more modern vibe to Groban's voice by using more instruments aside from the occasional classic piano accompaniment in his previous albums. The album also featured Groban's head voice technique as evident in most of the tracks in the album.

Awake additionally features tracks that credit Groban's recent movements in South Africa. "Lullaby" and "Weeping" (album tracks 11 and 12) are sung by Groban in conjunction with the renowned South African musical group Ladysmith Black Mambazo, with further contributions from Vusi Mahlasela and Dave Matthews. "Weeping," a pop song originally composed in South Africa, is thematically oriented with the country's history of Apartheid.[2] "Lullaby" is a track included in the album as a supplement to "Weeping," considered one of the album's major highlights. "Lullaby" is meant to flow gaplessly into "Weeping," but the rest of the album uses gaps.


[edit] Track listing

  1. "Mai" (Leo Z./Andrew Sandri/Marco Marinangeli)
  2. "You Are Loved (Don't Give Up)" (Thomas Salter) - first single
  3. "Un Dia Llegara" (Oksana Grigorieva/Claudia Brant)
  4. "February Song" (Josh Groban/Marius de Vries/John Ondrasik)
  5. "L'Ultima Notte" (Marinangeli)
  6. "So She Dances" (Asher Lenz/Adam Crossley)
  7. "In Her Eyes" (Michael Hunter Ochs/Jeff Cohen/Andy Selby)
  8. "Solo Por Ti" (Mark Hammond/Marinangeli)
  9. "Now Or Never" (Groban/Imogen Heap)
  10. "Un Giorno Per Noi" (Nino Rota/Lawrence Kusik/Edward A. Snyder/Alfredo Rapetti)
  11. "Lullaby" (featuring Ladysmith Black Mambazo) (Groban/Dave Matthews/Jochem Van Der Saag)
  12. "Weeping" (featuring Ladysmith Black Mambazo and Vusi Mahlasela) (Dan Heymann)
  13. "Machine" (featuring Herbie Hancock) (Groban/Eric Mouquet/Dave Bassett)
  14. "Verita" (Only available on the Special Edition)
  15. "Awake" (Groban/Eric Mouquet/Dave Bassett)(Only available on the Special Edition)
  16. "Smile" (Only available on the Internet Edition, available in limited quantities from www.joshgroban.com or through the Friends of Josh Groban Official Fan Club)

[edit] Charts

United World Chart [3]
Week 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Position
1
3
17
9
14
6
9
27
Sales
305,000
179,000
167,000
108,000
179.000
302.000
334.000
92.000
Total
305,000
484,000
651,000
759,000
938,000
1,240,000
1,574,000
1,666,000

Charts----- # 2 USA/ #5 AUS / #29 NZ (week 3

ARIA Chart [4]
Week 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Position
51
44
48
*33
12
5
12
36
42
Out
47
40
Status
[G] Re Entry 1/5/06
Country Certification Sales/shipments
Canada 2x Platinum[5] 200,000
United States 2x Platinum[6] 1,900,000+
Preceded by
First Message by Ayaka		 United World Chart number-one album
November 25, 2006		 Succeeded by
Doctor's Advocate by The Game

[edit] References

General references
Specific references
  1. ^ Pulse Music Board - Billboard 200 12/15/2007: Josh Groban #1, 539K
  2. ^ Heymann, Dan. Weeping Lyrics. Weeping, The South African Anti-Apartheid Protest Song. Retrieved on 2007-07-14.
  3. ^ United World Chart albums. Week 33, 2006 - August 19, 2006
  4. ^ Aria charts albums. Week 33, 2006 - August 19, 2006
  5. ^ CRIA Gold & Platinum certifications for February 2007
  6. ^ CRIA Gold & Platinum certifications for February 2007
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