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His recording of "Believe" secured a 2005 Academy Award nomination for the song's two writers Glen Ballard and Alan Silvestri and earned them a Grammy in the category Best Song Written for a Motion Picture Television or Other Visual Media at the ceremony held in February 2006. On January 18 2009 Groban performed as part of the Presidential Inauguration ceremonies performing "My Country 'Tis of Thee" in duet with Heather Headley. He performed a duet with Barbra Streisand ("All I Know of Love") and with Mireille Mathieu ("Over the Rainbow").

His first four solo albums have been certified multi-platinum and in 2007 he was charted as the number-one best selling artist in the United States with over 21 million records in the nation. Rosie O'Donnell immediately invited him to appear on her talk show. Joshua Winslow "Josh" Groban (born February 27 1981) is an American singer songwriter musician actor and record producer.