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VIDEO: Josh Groban & Lindsey Stirling Perform 'Pure Imagination with The Muppets!

By: May. 07, 2015
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"Take a look and you'll see into your imagination" with this new music video from Youtube star and electronic violinist Lindsey Stirling (over 6.5 million subscribers and 1 billion views on YouTube) and multi-platinum recording artist Josh Groban as they perform "Pure Imagination*" with the Muppets at Youtube Space LA!

"Pure Imagination" is also one of the tracks from Josh Groban's new album Stages, a collection of some of the greatest musical theater songs of all time, now available from Reprise Records.

This special video collaboration is part of the "The Muppets at Youtube Space LA" program where The Muppets Studio andYouTube Space LA teamed up to bring the Muppets to a new generation of fans by pairing them with some of YouTube's biggest stars to create "inspirational, celebrational, Muppetational" videos.

For the latest videos, please visit https://www.youtube.com/MuppetsStudio

About Josh Groban

Possessing one of the most outstanding and instantly recognizable voices in music, singer, songwriter, and actor Josh Groban has entertained fans across the globe with his multi-platinum albums and DVDs (over 30 million sold worldwide), electrifying live performances, and comedic film and television appearances. The 34-year-old Los Angeles native is the only artist who has had two albums appear on the Top 20 Best-Selling Albums list of the past decade, according to Billboard. He has appeared in the feature films Crazy, Stupid, Love, Coffee Town, and Muppets Most Wanted, as well as on NBC's The Office, FX's It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and CBS' The Crazy Ones. Last year, he hosted ABC's unique singing competition Rising Star. Groban has released seven studio albums, 2001's self-titled double-platinum debut, 2003's multi-platinum Closer, 2006's double-platinumAwake, 2007's quadruple-platinum Grammy-nominated Noel, 2010's platinum Illuminations, and 2013's All That Echoes, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200 chart, giving Groban his first No. 1 debut and third chart-topper. The album and its intimate "In The Round" tour earned Groban some of his best reviews to date. On April 28th of this year, Groban released Stages, a collection of some of the greatest songs from musical theater. An active arts education philanthropist and advocate, Groban is a member of Americans for the Arts Artists Committee and Groban's Find Your Light Foundation helps enrich the lives of young people through arts, education, and cultural awareness. For more information, please visit

www.joshgroban.com.

About Lindsey Stirling

Lindsey Stirling is one of the biggest artist development breakthrough stories in recent years. A classically trained violinist from Gilbert, Ariz., Lindsey has entered a futurist world of electronic big beats and animation, leaping through the music industry with over 6.5 million Youtube subscribers and over 1 billion views on her Youtube channel, Billboard chart-topping hits and sold out tours worldwide. Lindsey's self-titled debut album featured twelve original tracks; including the viral smash "Crystallize," which has racked up over 118 million Youtube views. The album earned her a 2014 Billboard Music Award nomination for "Top Dance/Electronic Album," has sold 444,000 copies in the US without the backing of a major label, and has gone platinum in Germany and gold in Poland and Switzerland. The album reached #1 on Billboard's Dance/Electronic Chart and Classical Album Chart and peaked at #23 on the Billboard Top 200. On April 29th, 2014, Lindsey released her sophomore album Shatter Me which debuted at #2 on Billboard's Top 200 album chart and has sold 255,000 copies to date in the US alone. The album includes a collaboration with Halestorm lead singer Lzzy Hale on her smash single "Shatter Me," which has over 30 million views on YouTube. The album was most recently nominated for two 2015 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS for "Top Dance/Electronic Album" and "Top Dance/Electronic Artist." Lindsey has created a new music world where modern classical meets the infectious energy of dance and electronica. On stage, Stirling moves with the grace of a ballerina but works the crowd into a frenzy, "dropping the beat" like a rave fairy. On her upcoming 2015 summer tour, fans can expect to hear Lindsey perform some of her biggest hits to date, including her breakthrough track "Crystallize" and the very personal "Shatter Me" in an all new revamped production from her last US tour. Stirling is the model of a modern independent recording artist, with a symbiotic relationship with her fans. A motivational speaker in her spare time, Stirling uses her own story to show teenagers that you've got to have confidence in the very thing that makes you unique - then wait for the world to catch up. For more information, please visithttp://www.lindseystirling.com.



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