Closer (Josh Groban album)

Closer
Studio album by
Josh Groban
ReleasedNovember 11, 2003
RecordedLate 2001–mid-2003
Genre
Length58:56
Label
Producer
Josh Groban chronology
Josh Groban in Concert
(2002) 		Closer
(2003) 		Live at the Greek
(2004)
Josh Groban studio album chronology
Josh Groban
(2001) 		Closer
(2003) 		Awake
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Boston Globe(favorable)[2]
The Village VoiceC+[3]

Closer is the second studio album by vocalist Josh Groban, released in November 2003. Much like his first studio album, half of this album's songs are sung in English, with the remainder sung in various other languages (Italian, Spanish and French). Closer was the top selling classical album of the 2000s in the US, according to Nielsen SoundScan.[4]

The album debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, selling about 375,000 copies in its first week.[5] In January 2004, the album rose from #11 to No. 1 in its ninth week on the chart, selling about 110,000 copies that week. This followed a sales campaign by Target.[6]

Closer reached a peak position of #25 on the ARIA Albums Chart of Australia. On June 13, 2007, it re-entered the chart at No. 39.[7] As of October 2015, the album had sold over 6.1 million copies in the US.[8] The track "You Raise Me Up" charted at No. 73 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart. The track "Remember When It Rained" reached No. 15 on the AC chart.

  1. ^ Latham, Aaron. "Closer- Josh Groban". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  2. ^ [1] Archived March 23, 2005, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Christgau, Robert (December 2, 2003). "Consumer Guide: Turkey Shoot 2003". The Village Voice. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
  4. ^ "Classical Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  5. ^ Todd Martens, "Back In 'Black': Jay-Z Swan Song Bows On Top", Billboard.com, November 19, 2003.
  6. ^ Todd Martens, "Groban Nets First No. 1 Album", Billboard.com, January 14, 2004.
  7. ^ June 13, 2007.
  8. ^ Caulfield, Keith (October 23, 2015). "Josh Groban's 'Stages' Hits Half-Million in U.S. Sales". Billboard. Retrieved October 25, 2015.