All I Want For Christmas...

Seasons greetings and all the best for a happy and safe holiday season. Of course, I'm hoping for a josh-filled year in 2009...



Thanks for visiting and I'll be back in the new year...
~

Billboard End of Year Charts - 2008...

What a year!!! The full results for Billboard 2008 End of Year Charts can be found here.

TOP BILLBOARD 200

Artist
#01 - Josh Groban

Album
#02 - NOEL/Josh Groban

Artist (Male)
#01 - Josh Groban

BILLBOARD TOP COMPREHENSIVE

Artist
#01 - Josh Groban

Album
#02 - NOEL/Josh Groban

BILLBOARD TOP INTERNET SALES

Artist
#01 - Josh Groban

Album
#01 - NOEL/Josh Groban

BILLBOARD TOP CLASSICAL CROSSOVER

Artist
#01 - Josh Groban

Album
#01 - NOEL/Josh Groban
#04 - AWAKE/Josh Groban
#07 - AWAKE LIVE!/Josh Groban

BILLBOARD TOP POP

Artist
#15 - Josh Groban

Artist (Male)
#06 - Josh Groban

BILLBOARD TOP CLASSICAL CATALOG

Album
#01 - CLOSER/Josh Groban
#03 - JOSH GROBAN/Josh Groban
#04 - NOEL/Josh Groban

BILLBOARD TOP POP CATALOG

Artist
#10 - Josh Groban

Album
#28 - CLOSER/Josh Groban
#47 - NOEL/Josh Groban

BILLBOARD TOP HOT ADULT CONTEMPORARY

Songs
#30 - AWAKE/Josh Groban

BILLBOARD TOP CANADIAN

Album
#2 ............... NOEL/Josh Groban

In summary:
8 x #01 - - - 3 x #02 - - - 1 x #03
2 x #04 - - - 1 x #06 - - - 1 x #07
1 x #10 - - - 1 x #15 - - - 1 x #28
1 x #30 - - - 1 x #47

Congratulations Josh!!! Bring on 2009 and the new album...

Christmas has come early!!!

Congratulations Josh... Noel has been certified as 5X PLANTINUM by the RIAA!!!

(Which is a pretty good effort for an album you put together in a couple of weeks as a thank-you to the fans.)

Did someone say Room Service...

If only my next hotel room had this added feature???

Congratulations Josh...

A Grammy nomination...

Field 3 - Traditional Pop
Category 14
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album (For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

* Still Unforgettable - Natalie Cole [DMI Records]
* The Sinatra Project - Michael Feinstein [Concord Music Group]
* Noël - Josh Groban [143/Reprise]
* In The Swing Of Christmas - Barry Manilow [Hallmark/Arista]
* Rufus Does Judy At Carnegie Hall - Rufus Wainwright [Geffen]

For an album that was recorded in a couple of weeks as a thank-you gift for the fans, this is wonderful news.

Now we just have to wait until Feb 2009 to hear the words "And the Grammy goes to...."

Don't you love December...

We certainly have so much to be thankful for...

The promo tour for the release of "A Collection" in Europe is certainly ramping up. Here's what's on the cards for the next few weeks. Dates and times aren't guaranteed, but I'll update the schedule as more information comes to hand.

01 Dec- GMTV - London

Watch the interview here.
Watch Josh sing "To Where You Are" here.

02 Dec- Loose Women, ITV - London

Interview


To Where You Are

05 Dec-Star Academy, TF1 - France

Hymne A L'Amour with Joanna

Don't Give Up with Mickels

05 Dec - NRJ - Paris

Live on air interview

07 Dec- Vivement Dimanche Show (with Charles Aznavour) - France **

La Boheme (in French) + Interview

07 Dec- Jon Christos Radio Show BBC Radio Lancashire - Lancashire **

08 Dec- Radio 2 Celebrates The Music Of Disney - London

11 Dec- Prince's Royal Variety Performance - London

11 Dec- Never Mind The Buzzcocks - London **

Part One


Part Two


Part Three

12 Dec- Late Late Show, RTE1 - Dublin

Little Drummer Boy + Interview

13 Dec- Children In Need, TV4 - Stockholm

Anthem

14 Dec- TV4 Stockholm

Watch the interview here.

15 Dec- Sunrise - Australia **

Watch the interview here.

Best line of the entire interview is when Nuala describes Josh's voice as being a "WEAPON OF MASS-SEDUCTION"....

17 Dec- Telecast: Prince's Royal Variety Performance, BBC One - London **

Anthem

18 Dec- Jose Carreras Gala - Leipzig

You Raise Me Up

19 Dec- Star Academy (Final) - France

Silent Night

20 Dec- National Lottery Show, BBC One - London

Little Drummer Boy

Interview

26 Dec- Smooth Radio(In conversation with Andrew Lloyd Webber) - UK **

26 Dec- Telecast: Radio 2 Celebrates The Music Of Disney - UK **

** pre-recorded