MILESTONES, HONORS, & AWARDS
RIAA Certifications
Certified 4X PLATINUM
"JOSH GROBAN IN CONCERT" CD
Certified GOLD
"JOSH GROBAN IN CONCERT" DVD
Certified 6X PLATINUM
"CLOSER" CD
Certified 5X PLATINUM
Number 3 Top Selling Album of 2004 on the Billboard 200 Charts
"YOU RAISE ME UP" SINGLE
Certified GOLD
"LIVE AT THE GREEK" CD
Certified GOLD
"LIVE AT THE GREEK" DVD
Certified 6X PLATINUM
"WITH YOU" CD
Certified Gold
"AWAKE" CD
Certified 2X PLATINUM
"NOEL" CD
Certified 4X PLATINUM
Number 1 Top Selling Album of 2007 !!!
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2002
Best-Selling New Male Artist
People Magazine's "Sexiest Newcomer"
"To Where You Are" #1 on Billboard Adult Contemporary Singles Charts
"O Holy Night" #1 on Billboard Adult Contemporary Singles Charts
"Josh Groban in Concert" is #1 selling long-form music video of the year
2003
Billboard Music's Award for Classical Crossover Artist and Album
"Josh Groban" #8 on the Billboard 200 Charts
"Closer" debuts at #1 on Internet Sales Charts and #4 on Billboard
Billboard's Music Award for Classical Crossover Artist and Album
2004
"Closer" #1 on Billboard 200 charts
"You Raise Me Up" #1 on Billboard Adult Contemporary Singles Charts
"Remember" single from"Troy" nominated for 2004 World Soundtrack Award
Nominated for World Music Awards' "World's Best Male Artist"
WINNER--AOL RED Members' Choice Award
Nominated for the American Music Awards' "Favorite Male Artist--Pop or Rock
Nominated for Billboard's Backstage Pass Touring Award for "Top Breakthrough Act"
WINNER--Billboard's Backstage Pass Touring Award for "Top Small Venue Tour"
Nominated for People's Choice Award for "Favorite Male Singer"
Nominated for 2005 MTV Asia's Award for "Favorite Male Artist"
"Closer" nominated for 2004 Billboard Award for "Billboard 200 Album of the Year"
"Believe" from Polar Express #1 on Billboard Adult Contemporary Singles Charts
Nominated for 47th Annual Grammy Award for "Best Pop Vocal Performance" for "You Raise Me Up"
"Believe" nominated for 2005 Golden Globe Award for "Best Original Song"
"Believe" nominated for 2005 "Best Song" by the Broadcast Film Critics Association
WINNER--"Best New Touring Artist" by the Pollstar Concert Industry Awards
2005
"Josh Groban Live at the Greek" nominated for 2005 DVD Exclusive Award for "Overall DVD, Music Program"
"Believe" nominated for 77th Annual Academy Award (OSCAR) for "Best Song"
WINNER--Josh awarded "Favorite Male Artist" by the American Society of Young Musicians
HONORED--Josh was inducted into Amazon.com's first-ever Hall of Fame as its 15th highest-selling artist
"Believe" from "The Polar Express" was nominated for a World Soundtrack Award as Best Original Song Written Directly for a Film
WINNER--"Believe" awarded the 48th Annual Grammy for "Best Song Written for Motion Picture, Television, Or Other Visual Media"
2006
HONORED-- Josh is among the first-ever honorees at the Los Angeles High School for the Arts (LACHSA) First Annual Hollywood Tribute Event.
Josh ranks #5 in concert ticket sales in the US.
"Awake" is certified platinum within just over a month of its release and rises to #2 in the Billboard 200 charts and #1 in Canada.
2007
HONORED-- Josh is ranked the #1 Best-Selling Artist of All Time on Barnes & Noble
"Noel" spends 5 weeks at #1 on the Billboard charts and ends the year as the #1 ALBUM OF 2007 !!
RECORDS SET--"Noel" breaks records as the first holiday album to top the charts at #1 for five weeks...breaking the three-week record set by Elvis in 1957. It is the longest time that any holiday album has held the top spot since Bing Crosby's "Merry Christmas". It is the first album of ANY genre to log 5 weeks at #1 since 50 Cent's "The Massacre" spent 6 weeks on top in the spring of 2005.
With 3.7 million copies sold, "Noel" is certified 4X platinum just 2 months after its release.
2008
HONORED-- Josh is included as one of People Magazine's "100 Most Beautiful People"
For more stats and information, visit Cindy's terrific Groban Archives site.
