Josh Gracin
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Joshua Mario Gracin (Template:IPAc-en; born October 18, 1980) is an American country music singer. He first gained public attention as the fourth-place finalist on the second season of American Idol.<ref name="season">Template:Cite web</ref> His self-titled debut album was released in 2004. It produced a number one hit, "Nothin' to Lose", and two more top five hits on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts, and was certified gold. His second album, We Weren't Crazy, followed in 2008. This album produced five more chart singles.
Biography
Gracin was born on October 18, 1980, and was raised in Westland, Michigan.<ref name=MTVprofile>Template:Cite web</ref> His first public appearance was at an eighth grade talent competition.<ref name="mtv">Template:Cite web</ref>
During high school, Gracin performed at state festivals, fairs, and pageants throughout Michigan. At 16, he performed on stage at the Grand Ole Opry in a national talent show.<ref name="mtv" />
After graduating from John Glenn High School in Westland, he attended Western Michigan University before he joined the United States Marine Corps<ref name="mtv" /> where worked as a supply clerk.
Career
2003–2005: Josh Gracin
In 2003, Gracin auditioned for the second season of American Idol. He made it to the finals and eventually came in fourth place on the show. However, because of his earlier commitment to the Marine Corps, Gracin was not able to participate in the finalist tour.<ref name="about">Template:Cite web</ref> After completing his fourth year of Marine Corps service, Gracin was honorably discharged in September 2004.
After singing Rascal Flatts' "I'm Movin' On" on an episode of American Idol, Gracin was contacted by Rascal Flatts bass player Jay DeMarcus. That led to a record deal with Lyric Street Records in 2004.<ref name="mtv" /> Gracin's debut album Josh Gracin was released on June 15, 2004, and went to gold. The album's first three singles ("I Want to Live," "Nothin' to Lose," and "Stay with Me [Brass Bed]"), reached the top five on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, with "Nothin' to Lose," reaching number one.<ref name="about" />
In 2005, Gracin also contributed the song "Working for the Weekend" to the Herbie: Fully Loaded soundtrack, and he also sang on "When I See an Elephant Fly" on the Jim Brickman album The Disney Songbook.<ref name="about" />
2006–2008: We Weren't Crazy
In March 2006, Gracin released his fourth single, "Favorite State of Mind." This was followed by the release of the single, We Weren't Crazy. The album of the same name was released in 2008. The single "Unbelievable (Ann Marie)", was released to country radio on August 25, 2008.<ref>Josh Gracin – "Unbelievable (Ann Marie)" | The 9513</ref> Gracin wrote the song about his wife.<ref name="about" /> "Telluride," a song originally recorded by Tim McGraw on his 2001 album Set This Circus Down, was released as the album's fifth and final single. Gracin was dropped from Lyric Street Records following the release of "Telluride."
2009–2011: Redemption
A new song, "Enough", was posted on Gracin's MySpace page on May 1, 2009, and released to radio in June 2009. It was his first project since leaving Lyric Street Records.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The second single, "She's A Different Kind Of Crazy" was released in August 2009.
In January 2010, Gracin signed with Average Joe's Entertainment.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> His first single under Average Joe's, "Cover Girl," was released in August 2010. Gracin's third album, Redemption, was released on November 8, 2011.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The album's next single, "Long Way to Go," became Gracin's first single to chart on the adult contemporary chart.
Personal life
Gracin was married to Ann Marie. They have three daughters born in 2002, 2006 and 2008, and a son born in 2005.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
On August 14, 2014,<ref name="tasteofcountry">Template:Cite web</ref> Gracin left a goodbye note on his Facebook account which Rolling Stone described as "[reading] like a suicide note" and TheWrap stated "many perceived [it] as a suicide threat".<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref name="thewrap_checkin">Template:Cite web</ref> He was placed on a psychiatric hold in a hospital,<ref name="tennessean">Template:Cite web</ref> but was later released after voluntarily checking himself into an inpatient psychiatric facility.<ref name="thewrap_checkin" /><ref name="reporter_checkin">Template:Cite web</ref> Gracin has maintained the note was not meant as a suicide note, rather as he says a "poorly worded" painful separation letter as his wife insisted on divorcing him.<ref name=tennessean /> Ann Marie filed for divorce shortly after.<ref name="tennessean" /><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In October 2015, Gracin became engaged to his new girlfriend Katie Weir.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The couple married on May 6, 2017. The single "Nothin' Like Us" is reference to his new relationship.<ref name=tennessean /> Gracin and Weir later had a son in 2020,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and a daughter in 2024.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Songs performed on American Idol
| Week/theme | Date performed | Song | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| Semifinals N/A |
February 25, 2003 | "I'll Be" | Edwin McCain |
| Top 12 Motown |
March 11, 2003 | "Baby I Need Your Loving" | Four Tops |
| Top 11 Songs of the Cinema |
March 18, 2003 | "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" from Armageddon | Aerosmith |
| Top 10 Country-Rock |
March 25, 2003 | "Ain't Goin' Down ('Til the Sun Comes Up)" | Garth Brooks |
| Top 8 DiscoTemplate:Ref |
April 1, 2003 | "Celebration" | Kool & the Gang |
| Top 8 Billboard Number 1 |
April 8, 2003 | "Amazed" | Lonestar |
| Top 7 Billy Joel Songs |
April 15, 2003 | "Piano Man" | Billy Joel |
| Top 6 Contestant's Choice |
April 22, 2003 | "That's When I'll Stop Loving You" | 'N Sync |
| Top 5 Neil Sedaka 1960s |
April 29, 2003 | "Bad Blood" "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye" |
Neil Sedaka Neal McCoy |
| Top 4 Bee Gees |
May 6, 2003 | "To Love Somebody" "Jive Talkin'" |
Bee Gees |
- Template:Note Due to Corey Clark's disqualification, the Top 9 performances became Top 8 when no one was eliminated.
Discography
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Studio albums
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country <ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> |
US <ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> |
US Indie | |||
| Josh Gracin |
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2 | 11 | — | |
| We Weren't Crazy |
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4 | 33 | — | |
| Redemption |
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39 | — | 39 | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||
Extended plays
| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| Nothin' Like Us: Pt. 1 |
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Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Certifications (sales threshold) |
Album | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US | US Pop |
US AC | ||||||
| 2004 | "I Want to Live" | 4 | 45 | — | — | Josh Gracin | |||
| "Nothin' to Lose" | 1 | 39 | — | — |
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| 2005 | "Stay with Me (Brass Bed)" | 5 | 47 | 66 | — | ||||
| 2006 | "Favorite State of Mind" | 19 | 119 | — | — | We Weren't Crazy | |||
| "I Keep Coming Back" | 28 | — | — | — | |||||
| 2007 | "We Weren't Crazy" | 10 | 82 | 78 | — | ||||
| 2008 | "Unbelievable (Ann Marie)" | 36 | — | — | — | ||||
| "Telluride" | 34 | — | — | — | |||||
| 2009 | "Enough" | — | — | — | — | Redemption | |||
| "She's a Different Kind of Crazy" | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 2010 | "Over Me"Template:Citation needed | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Cover Girl" | 57 | — | — | — | |||||
| 2011 | "Long Way to Go" | — | — | — | 16 | ||||
| 2013 | "Drink It Gone"Template:Citation needed | — | — | — | — | style="text-align:left;" Template:N/a | |||
| 2014 | "Can't Say Goodbye" | — | — | — | — | Redemption | |||
| 2017 | "Nothin' Like Us" | — | — | — | — | Nothin' Like Us: Pt. 1 – EP | |||
| 2018 | "Good for You"Template:Citation needed | — | — | — | — | style="text-align:left;" Template:N/a | |||
| 2019 | "Lucky Stars"Template:Citation needed | — | — | — | — | style="text-align:left;" Template:N/a | |||
| 2019 | "Bye Felicia"Template:Citation needed | — | — | — | — | style="text-align:left;" Template:N/a | |||
| 2020 | "Home"Template:Citation needed | — | — | — | — | style="text-align:left;" Template:N/a | |||
| 2021 | "Love Like"Template:Citation needed | — | — | — | — | style="text-align:left;" Template:N/a | |||
| 2022 | "History Repeats"Template:Citation needed | — | — | — | — | style="text-align:left;" Template:N/a | |||
| 2023 | "You're On Fire"Template:Citation needed | — | — | — | — | style="text-align:left;" Template:N/a | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not certified | |||||||||
Other charted songs
| Year | Single | Peak positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | |||
| 2006 | "Please Come Home for Christmas" | 51 | rowspan="2" Template:N/a |
| "O Holy Night" | 59 |
Music videos
| Year | Video | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | "I Want to Live" | Brent Hedgecock |
| 2005 | "Nothin' to Lose" | Trey Fanjoy |
| "Stay with Me (Brass Bed)" | ||
| 2006 | "Favorite State of Mind" | Roman White |
| 2007 | "We Weren't Crazy" | Stephen Shepherd |
| 2011 | "Can't Say Goodbye"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Adam Dew |
| 2017 | "I Go Crazy" |
References
External links
Template:Josh Gracin Template:American Idol 2 Template:American Idol
- Pages with broken file links
- 1980 births
- 21st-century American singer-songwriters
- American country singer-songwriters
- American Idol participants
- United States Marine Corps personnel of the Iraq War
- American male singer-songwriters
- Living people
- Lyric Street Records artists
- Singer-songwriters from Michigan
- People from Westland, Michigan
- United States Marines
- Average Joes Entertainment artists
- Country musicians from Michigan
- 21st-century American male singers