Sunday, December 02, 2007

The "Voice of an Angel"

Well, of course he does!

Reuters: Groban in good position to maintain chart crown---

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Some of Josh Groban's fans think he has the voice of an angel, so it seems appropriate that his first attempt at a Christmas album carves out a rare niche in chart history.

With Thanksgiving week's store traffic and an appearance on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" accelerating an album that already had momentum, his "Noel" captures an 81 percent sales increase and No. 1 on the Billboard 200. That makes his set the first Christmas album to lead the big chart in 13 years, and only the second to top the list since 1962.

"Noel" garners 405,000 copies (moving from No. 2 to No. 1), the strongest week of Groban's career and the largest by any Christmas set since Celine Dion's "These Are Special Times" topped 460,000 in two different weeks of 1998. Groban's uptick of 182,000 copies easily seals The Billboard 200's Greatest Gainer award.

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Between now and Christmas, Groban is also lined up for "Live With Regis and Kelly," "Rachael Ray," "Larry King Live" and a Christmas Eve return to "Good Morning America," along with a rerun of Oprah Winfrey's November 20 "My Favorite Things" episode, which fueled this week's rise to the top.
Congratulations, Josh! Noel is a beautiful, classic Christmas cd. Go get a copy (or 6!) and listen to the Angelic voice.

You'll find a list of Josh's upcoming tv appearances here and at JoshGroban.com.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I really like Josh, but so many people I know go, "Josh who?"
For some reason, even with everything he's done, he's not very well known.

Lady Jane said...

I know what you mean! He's amazing, has sold tons of cds, and is super popular. Sort of surprising. But at least we know him!

Thanks!