True to the meaning of its name, A Great Big World encompasses the GRAMMY®Award-winning artistry of Ian Axel and Chad King as well as the duo’s songwriting, scoring,collaborations, and projects across film, television, animation, theater, and beyond. Drawing ona mutual appreciation for musicals and the art of songcraft, they forged an unbreakable creativebond together upon meeting in 2005 at New York University. The world initially fell in love withtheir music across a series of critically acclaimed albums. During 2013, A Great Big Worlddelivered a definitive anthem in the form of “Say Something” with Christina Aguilera...
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True to the meaning of its name, A Great Big World encompasses the GRAMMY®Award-winning artistry of Ian Axel and Chad King as well as the duo’s songwriting, scoring,collaborations, and projects across film, television, animation, theater, and beyond. Drawing ona mutual appreciation for musicals and the art of songcraft, they forged an unbreakable creativebond together upon meeting in 2005 at New York University. The world initially fell in love withtheir music across a series of critically acclaimed albums. During 2013, A Great Big Worlddelivered a definitive anthem in the form of “Say Something” with Christina Aguilera. It notablyreached 6x-Platinum status, gathered over 1 billion streams, and garnered a 2015 GRAMMY®Award for “Best Pop Duo/Group Performance.” Their 2014 full-length debut, Is There AnybodyOut There?, debuted in the Top 3 of the Billboard 200 and went Gold. Meanwhile, theycontinued to captivate with When The Morning Comes [2015] and Particles [2021].As creators who can write in either pop, folk, or even classical, their presence has unassuminglycoursed through popular culture. Among countless syncs and licenses, the cast of Glee famouslyperformed their song “This Is The New Year” in a 2013 episode, as well as their song “Rockstar”shortly thereafter. During 2018, they penned “Fall On Me” for Andrea Bocelli and his sonMatteo Bocelli, and the duet graced the soundtrack and end credits of the film The Nutcrackerand the Four Realms. They later wrote “Return to Love” for Andrea Bocelli and Ellie Goulding,and have since collaborated and released music with Ingrid Michaelson and Jason Mraz.In 2023, they contributed music to popular children’s brand Slumberkins® and most recentlyreleased “Nothing’s Impossible” featuring Rachel Platten, a song the duo wrote for StudioPonoc’s feature film, The Imaginary. The pair is currently writing the musical adaptation ofWonder, based on the novel by R.J. Palacio and the Lionsgate film.Ian and Chad maintain a commitment to vulnerable, clever, earnest, and heartfelt songwritingabove all.“The thread between everything we do is our writing,” notes Ian. “We’re like brothers, and ourconnection inspires how we write. We found each other, stayed together through all of thistime, and our writing together has become a form of therapy for us.”“We chose the name A Great Big World as an umbrella for everything we want to do,” addsChad. “The goal is for all of our creativity to exist under this.”Now, A Great Big World will continue to tell stories through their original output, scores, theaterproductions, and so much more. Their story is still just beginning.
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