| Bridges | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Josh Groban |
| Cover: | JoshGrobanBridges.png |
| Recorded: | Fall 2016 - 18 |
| Genre: | |
| Label: | Reprise |
| Producer: | |
| Prev Title: | Stages Live |
| Prev Year: | 2016 |
| Next Title: | Bridges Live: Madison Square Garden |
| Next Year: | 2019 |
Bridges is the eighth studio album by Josh Groban, released by Reprise on September 21, 2018.[1] It is Groban's first album since 2013's All That Echoes to include original music,[2] and he co-wrote nine of the album's 12 tracks.[3] The deluxe edition includes two bonus tracks.[2]
Speaking to Newsweek, Groban said that after performing on Broadway in The Great Comet from 2016 to 2017, "I didn't even want a break. I just dove into writing. There are some albums, like the last one, where I don't want to write at all, I just want to be a vocalist. Then there are some where you're pouring out idea after idea. I've had sad albums in the past and I wanted an album that had an uplifting spirit, for my psyche and also for the psyche of listeners. I think we all need that."[4]
Bridges debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 with 96,000 album-equivalent units, of which 94,000 were pure album sales, and was kept off the tip.of that chart by the fourth studio album by American hip-hop group Brockhampton, Iridescence.[5] It is Groban's ninth US top 10 album.[5] On another chart, it had more success when it debuted at number one on the US Top Album Sales chart dated October 6, 2018.[6]
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| Chart (2018) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[7] | 85 | |
| US Billboard 200 | 2 |