Awake (Josh Groban album)

Awake

Studio album by

Josh Groban

Released

November 7, 2006

Recorded

Late 2004–06

Genre

Label

Producer

Josh Groban chronology

Live at the Greek
(2004)

Awake
(2006)

Noël
(2007)

Josh Groban studio album chronology

Closer
(2003)

Awake
(2006)

Noël
(2007)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

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.

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]

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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.	Title	Writer(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	Vries	5:12
5.	"L'ultima Notte"	Marinangeli	Foster, Gatica^[b]	4:22
6.	"So She Dances"	Asher Lenz, Adam Crossley	Vries	4:54
7.	"In Her Eyes"	Michael Hunter Ochs, Jeff Cohen, Andy Selby	Foster, Gatica^[b]	4:54
8.	"Solo por ti"	Mark Hammond, Marinangeli	Vries	3:59
9.	"Now or Never"	Groban, Imogen Heap	Heap	3:38
10.	"Un Giorno per Noi"	Nino Rota, Lawrence Kusik, Edward A. Snyder, Alfredo Rapetti	Foster, Gatica^[b]	5:11
11.	"Lullaby" (featuring Ladysmith Black Mambazo)	Groban, Dave Matthews, Jochem van der Saag	Glen Ballard, Groban	2:32
12.	"Weeping" (featuring Ladysmith Black Mambazo and Vusi Mahlasela)	Dan Heymann	Ballard, Groban^[b]	4:45
13.	"Machine" (featuring Herbie Hancock)	Groban, Eric Mouquet, Dave Bassett	Groban, Mouquet	4:54

Notes

^a signifies a vocal producer
^b signifies a co-producer

Bonus track listing

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

Personnel

Josh Groban – vocals, drums, keyboards, piano, backing vocals
Vinnie Colaiuta – drums
Joel Shearer – guitar
Frank Ricotti – percussion, vibraphone
Jochem van der Saag – synthesizer, programming
Glen Ballard – keyboards
Blair Sinta – percussion
Michael Thompson – guitar
Ian Thomas – drums
Eric Mouquet – keyboards
Nathan East – bass guitar
Chris Elliott – piano, dulcimer
Vincent Nguini – guitar
Sean Hurley – drums
Bakithi Kumalo – bass guitar, backing vocals
David Foster – keyboards
Marius de Vries – keyboards, programming, piano
Ramon Stagnaro – guitar
Matt Chamberlain – drums
Herbie Hancock – electric piano
Tim Pierce – guitar
Jason Boshoff – programming
Anton Fig – drums
Trevor Barry – bass guitar
Kaitlyn Barton – tambourine
Zac Rae – keyboards
Alexis Smith – additional programming
Dean Parks – guitar
Fiona Hibbert – harp
Imogen Heap – piano, programming, kalimba
Anna Ross – backing vocals
Ladysmith Black Mambazo – backing vocals
Vusi Mahlasela – backing vocals
Susie Suh – backing vocals

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2006–2007)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[6]	5
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[7]	49
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[8]	67
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)^[9]	5
Canadian Albums (Billboard)^[10]	1
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[11]	25
French Albums (SNEP)^[12]	5
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[13]	27
Irish Albums (IRMA)^[14]	16
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[15]	29
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)^[16]	11
Portuguese Albums (AFP)^[17]	16
Scottish Albums (OCC)^[18]	12
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[19]	7
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[20]	33
UK Albums (OCC)^[21]	12
US Billboard 200^[22]	2
US Top Classical Albums (Billboard)^[23]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (2006)	Position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)^[24]	73
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[25]	89

Chart (2007)	Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[26]	94
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)^[27]	55
French Albums (SNEP)^[28]	165
UK Albums (OCC)^[29]	120
US Billboard 200^[30]	17

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)^[31]	Gold	35,000^{^}
Belgium (BEA)^[32]	Gold	25,000^*
Canada (Music Canada)^[33]	2× Platinum	200,000^{^}
France (SNEP)^[34]	Gold	75,000^*
Ireland (IRMA)^[35]	Gold	7,500^{^}
New Zealand (RMNZ)^[36]	Gold	7,500^{^}
Norway (IFPI Norway)^[37]	Platinum	40,000^*
Portugal (AFP)^[38]	Gold	20,000^{^}
United Kingdom (BPI)^[40]	Gold	189,412^[39]
United States (RIAA)^[41]	2× Platinum	2,300,000^[2]
^* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

General references

Press release

Specific references

^ Awake at AllMusic
^ ^a ^b Caulfield, Keith (October 23, 2015). "Josh Groban's 'Stages' Hits Half-Million in U.S. Sales". Billboard. Retrieved October 25, 2015.
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^ Awake Exclusive Edition in the Internet Archive
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^ "American album certifications – Josh Groban – Awake". Recording Industry Association of America.

External links

Official website
Awake at AllMusic

v t e Josh Groban
Discography
Studio albums	Josh Groban (2001) Closer (2003) Awake (2006) Noël (2007) Illuminations (2010) All That Echoes (2013) Stages (2015) Bridges (2018) Harmony (2020)
Live albums	Awake Live (2008)
Compilation albums	A Collection (2008)
Singles	"To Where You Are" "You Raise Me Up" "Believe" "You Are Loved (Don't Give Up)" "I'll Be Home for Christmas" "Ave Maria" "The Prayer" "Hidden Away" "Você Existe Em Mim" "Higher Window" "Brave" "I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever)" "Evermore" "Granted"
Other songs	"All I Ask of You" "Sous le ciel de Paris"
Concert tours	Awake Tour (2007) Straight to You Tour (2011) All That Echoes World Tour (2013) Summer Symphony Tour (2014) Josh Groban on Stage (2015–2016)

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