Awake (Josh Groban album)

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Awake
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Studio album by
Josh Groban
ReleasedNovember 7, 2006
RecordedLate 2004–06
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(2004)		Awake
(2006)		 Noël
(2007)
Josh Groban studio album chronology
Closer
(2003)		Awake
(2006)		 Noël
(2007)
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Awake is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Josh Groban. Announced on September 13, 2006, it is his third studio album, and a follow-up to his multi-platinum album Closer . Awake was released on November 7, 2006.

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The album was certified 2× platinum in the US by the RIAA on January 31, 2008, and has sold 2.3 million albums as of October 2015. [2] It is the third top selling classical album of the 2000s in the US, according to Nielsen SoundScan. [3]

Album information

The album's first single is "You Are Loved (Don't Give Up)". The album features producers Imogen Heap, 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 his 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 him 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. [4] "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. The song "Now or Never" was produced and co-written with English singer-songwriter Imogen Heap.

"You Are Loved (Don't Give Up)" peaked at No. 9 on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart, while "February Song" and "Awake" each peaked at No. 13 on the same chart.

Track listing

Standard version
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Mai"Leo Z., Andrew Sandri, Marco Marinangeli Marius de Vries 4:35
2."You Are Loved (Don't Give Up)" Thomas Salter Tawgs Salter, Guy Sigsworth [a] 4:49
3."Un Día Llegará" Oksana Grigorieva, Claudia Brant David Foster, Humberto Gatica 4:18
4."February Song"Josh Groban, Marius de Vries, John Ondrasik Vries5:12
5."L'ultima Notte"MarinangeliFoster, Gatica [b] 4:22
6."So She Dances"Asher Lenz, Adam CrossleyVries4:54
7."In Her Eyes"Michael Hunter Ochs, Jeff Cohen, Andy SelbyFoster, Gatica [b] 4:54
8."Solo por ti"Mark Hammond, MarinangeliVries3:59
9."Now or Never"Groban, Imogen Heap Heap3:38
10."Un Giorno per Noi" Nino Rota, Lawrence Kusik, Edward A. Snyder, Alfredo RapettiFoster, Gatica [b] 5:11
11."Lullaby" (featuring Ladysmith Black Mambazo)Groban, Dave Matthews, Jochem van der Saag Glen Ballard, Groban2:32
12."Weeping" (featuring Ladysmith Black Mambazo and Vusi Mahlasela)Dan HeymannBallard, Groban [b] 4:45
13."Machine" (featuring Herbie Hancock)Groban, Eric Mouquet, Dave Bassett Groban, Mouquet4:54

Notes

Bonus track listing

  1. "You Raise Me Up" (Brendan Graham, Rolf Løvland) (European bonus track) – 4:50
  2. "Verità" (Richard Page, Per Magnusson, David Kreuger) (Special edition bonus track) – 4:01
  3. "Awake" (Groban, Mouquet, Salter) (Special edition bonus track) – 5:11
  4. "Smile" (Charlie Chaplin, Geoffrey Parsons, John Turner) (Website exclusive [5] ) – 3:43

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [31] Gold35,000^
Belgium (BEA) [32] Gold25,000*
Canada (Music Canada) [33] 2× Platinum200,000^
France (SNEP) [34] Gold75,000*
Ireland (IRMA) [35] Gold7,500^
New Zealand (RMNZ) [36] Gold7,500^
Norway (IFPI Norway) [37] Platinum40,000*
Portugal (AFP) [38] Gold20,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [39] Gold189,412 [40]
United States (RIAA) [41] 2× Platinum2,300,000 [2]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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