Jason Mraz

Jason Mraz during a concert at Praça de Touros do Campo Pequeno in Lisbon (2008)

Mraz in Gröna Lund in Stockholm (2008)

Jason Thomas Mraz [ 'dʒeɪsən ˈɱɹaz ] (born June 23, 1977 in Mechanicsville , Virginia ) is an American singer-songwriter and a two-time Grammy award winner. His style includes pop , rock , folk and funk / soul elements.

Career

Mraz began his career in the cafes of Virginia and New York in the late 1990s before moving to San Diego . There he joined the percussionist Toca Rivera . His first album, Waiting for My Rocket to Come , was released on Elektra Records in 2002 and was produced by John Alagía . In 2004 came the great success with the live CD / DVD Tonight, Not Again , which made it into the top 50 on the Billboard 200 . His second album, Mr. AZ , was released on Atlantic Records in 2005 and entered the charts at number 5.

In 2007 Mraz released the single The Beauty in Ugly , a piece he had previously written under the title Plain Jane and for the US telenovela Alles Betty! circumscribed. The song was used in one of the show's campaigns promoting self-confidence among women. He also released a Spanish song called La Nueva Belleza (The New Beauty) . Toca Rivera's brother, the Latin pop guitarist Carlos Olmeda , assisted him in writing the Spanish text.

On the US show American Idol , a candidate presented Geek in the Pink and helped the song and Mraz itself gain popularity in the US. The sales figures in the virtual music store iTunes skyrocketed and reached number 22 on March 10, 2007 in the US iTunes charts.

With the release I'm Yours from the album We Sing. We Dance. We steal things. Mraz was able to place itself high in the charts, especially in Europe . B. in Sweden and Norway even number one. Even if it did not land at the top of the charts in other countries, the song was an extremely long-lasting hit. In his home country the song reached number 6 and with 76 weeks of charting between May 2008 and November 2009 it was one of the songs that had been on the US Billboard Hot 100 the longest . Also in Great Britain , where it reached number 11, it is one of the most successful songs with 56 weeks in the top 75. The album was very successful internationally and in the charts in the USA, France and Switzerland for over a year. The long player also contains songs that were recorded with other famous artists such as Colbie Caillat and James Morrison . The album and song also earned Mraz three nominations for a Grammy Award in 2009 , including for Song of the Year.

Mraz did not win his first two Grammys until the following year, when he received awards for Make It Mine and for the duet Lucky (with Colbie Caillat) in the field of pop music.

The single Mr. Curiosity from the album Mr. AZ only officially entered the German charts in Germany in March 2010, influenced by Lena Meyer-Landrut , who shortly before played this song in the national preliminary round of the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 , our star for Oslo had presented.

On January 2, 2012, Mraz released a video of the song I Won't Give Up . The song reached number 1 on the American download charts. The fourth studio album Love Is a Four Letter Word was released on April 13, 2012 in Europe and on April 17, 2012 in the USA. The fifth studio album YES! was released on July 11, 2014. The sixth studio album Know was released on August 10, 2018.

In April 2020 he released the single Look for the Good .

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2002	Waiting for My Rocket to Come	-	-	-	-	US55 platinum (56 weeks)US	First published: October 15, 2002
2005	Mr. A-Z	-	-	-	-	US5 gold (9 weeks)US	First published: July 26, 2005
2008	We Sing. We Dance. We steal things.	DE14th gold (33 weeks)DE	AT4 (17 weeks) AT	CH12 platinum (63 weeks)CH	UK8th platinum (44 weeks)UK	US3 × 3 Triple platinum (99 weeks)US	First published: May 13, 2008
2012	Love Is a Four Letter Word	DE12 (4 weeks) DE	AT6 (8 weeks) AT	CH4 (15 weeks) CH	UK2 gold (13 weeks)UK	US2 platinum (34 weeks)US	First published: April 13, 2012
2014	Yes!	DE22 (3 weeks) DE	AT32 (1 week) AT	CH8 (7 weeks) CH	UK18 (2 weeks) UK	US2 (12 weeks) US	First published: July 11, 2014
2018	Know.	DE27 (2 weeks) DE	AT24 (1 week) AT	CH14 (3 weeks) CH	UK46 (1 week) UK	US9 (3 weeks) US	First published: August 10, 2018
2020	Look for the good	-	-	CH77 (1 week) CH	-	-	First published: June 19, 2020

EPs

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2008	We Sing.	-	-	-	-	US101 (2 weeks) US	First published: March 18, 2008
	We dance.	-	-	-	-	US52 (2 weeks) US	First published: April 15, 2008
2010	Life is good	-	-	-	-	US39 (1 week) US	First published: October 4, 2010
2012	Live Is a Four Letter Word	-	-	-	-	US56 (1 week) US	First published: February 28, 2012

More EPs

• 1999: A Jason Mraz demonstration
• 2001: From the Cutting Room Floor
• 2001: On Love, In Sadness (The E Minor EP in F)
• 2005: Jimmy Kimmel Live: Jason Mraz
• 2005: Extra Credit
• 2006: Geekin 'Out Across the Galaxy
• 2008: iTunes Live: London Sessions
• 2008: We Steal Things.
• 2009: Yours Truly: The I'm Yours Collection
• 2012: iTunes Live from Hong Kong

Live albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2004	Tonight, Not Again: Jason Mraz Live at the Eagles Ballroom	-	-	-	-	US49 (4 weeks) US	First published: August 24, 2004
2009	Jason Mraz's Beautiful Mess: Live on Earth	-	-	-	-	US35 (2 weeks) US	First published: November 8, 2009

More live albums

• 2001: Live at Java Joe’s
• 2002: Sold Out (In Stereo)
• 2007: Selections for Friends - Live from: Schubas Tavern, Chicago, Montalvo Winery, Saratoga California

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2003	The Remedy (I Won't Worry) Waiting for My Rocket to Come	-	-	-	UK79 (1 week) UK	US15 (28 weeks) US	First published: March 11, 2003
2005	Wordplay Mr. A – Z	-	-	-	-	US81 (4 weeks) US	First published: May 29, 2005
	Mr. Curiosity Mr. A – Z	DE44 (3 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	First published: 2005
2008	I'm Yours We Sing. We Dance. We steal things.	DE8th gold (30 weeks)DE	AT2 gold (38 weeks)AT	CH6 (70 weeks) CH	UK11 × 3 Triple platinum (95 weeks)UK	US6th diamond (76 weeks)US	First published: April 15, 2008
	Make It Mine We Sing. We Dance. We steal things.	DE100 (1 week) DE	-	-	UK82 (1 week) UK	-	First published: August 8, 2008
2009	If It Kills Me We Sing. We Dance. We steal things.	-	-	-	-	US92 (1 week) US	First published: January 2009
	Lucky We Sing. We Dance. We steal things.	DE22 (9 weeks) DE	AT44 (7 weeks) AT	CH21 (30 weeks) CH	UK- silver UK	US48 gold (20 weeks)US	First published: January 13th, 2009 feat. Colbie Caillat
2012	I Won't Give Up Love Is a Four Letter Word	DE73 (1 week) DE	AT12 gold (22 weeks)AT	CH28 gold (15 weeks)CH	UK11 platinum (45 weeks)UK	US8th × 6 Six-fold platinum (44 weeks)US	First published: January 3, 2012
2014	Love Someone Yes!	DE83 (1 week) DE	-	CH55 (2 weeks) CH	-	-	First published: May 19, 2014
2018	Have it all know.	-	-	-	-	US90 gold (1 week)US	First published: April 27, 2018

More singles

• 2004: Curbside Prophet
• 2004: You and I Both
• 2005: Did You Get My Message? (feat. Rachael Yamagata )
• 2006: Geek in the Pink
• 2007: The Beauty in Ugly
• 2008: Details in the Fabric (feat. James Morrison )
• 2008: Butterfly
• 2012: 93 million miles
• 2012: The Freedom Song
• 2012: Everything Is Sound
• 2013: The Woman I Love
• 2014: Love Someone
• 2018: Unlonely
• 2018: Might as Well Dance
• 2018: More than Friends ( feat.Meghan Trainor )

As a guest musician

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2013	Everybody's Got Somebody but Me Hunter Hayes	-	-	-	-	US77 gold (9 weeks)US	First published: September 3, 2013 Hunter Hayes feat. Jason Mraz
	Rough water	-	-	-	-	US82 (5 weeks) US	First release: October 2013 Travie McCoy feat. Jason Mraz

Further guest contributions

• 2009: Let's Get Lost (Two Spot Gobi feat.Jason Mraz)
• 2010: Love Love Love (Hope feat.Jason Mraz)
• 2012: Distance ( Christina Perri feat. Jason Mraz)
• 2014: I Am Alive (JJ Lin feat.Jason Mraz)

Soundtracks

• I Melt with You , on the soundtrack of the film 50 First Dates (2004)
• Summer Breeze , on the soundtrack of Everwood TV series (2004)
• Curbside Prophet , on the soundtrack for A Mad Day in New York (2004)
• Shy That Way , with Tristan Prettyman on the album twentythree (2005)
• Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy , on the album Killer Queen: A Tribute to Queen (2005)
• Keep On Hoping , with Raul Midón on State of Mind (2005)
• A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall , on the album Listen to Bob Dylan: A Tribute (2005)
• Winter Wonderland , on Sounds of the Seasons: the NBC Holiday Collection (2005)
• Dramatica Mujer , with the Alex Cuba Band , on the album Humo de Tabaco (2005)
• The Joker / Everything I Own , a duet on the soundtrack of Happy Feet with Chrissie Hynde (2006)
• Rainbow Connection , on the album For the Kids Too (2006)
• Slummin 'in Paradise , background vocals for Mandy Moore , on the album Wild Hope (2007)
• Beauty in Ugly ( Ugly Betty Version) (2007)
• Something to Believe In , with Van Hunt and Jon McLaughlin , on the album Randy Jackson's Music Club, Vol. 1 (2008)
• Long Road to Forgiveness (with Brett Dennen , on the album Songs for Survival ) (2008)
• Silent Love Song , on the album Fire Relief: A Benefit for the Victims of the 2007 San Diego Wildfires (2008)
• Chasing Liberty Who Needs Shelter
• Kickin 'with You from the soundtrack of When in Rome (2010)
• Love Love Love , with Hope (2010)

Awards and nominations

year	Award
2002	San Diego Music Awards - Best Acoustic ( Won )
2003	San Diego Music Awards - Artist of the Year ( Won )
	San Diego Music Awards - Song of the Year ( Won )
2004	San Diego Music Awards - Artist of the Year ( Won )
2005	Grammy Award - Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical for " Mr. A – Z " ( Nominated )
2009	Grammy Award - Song of the Year for “I'm Yours” ( Nominated ) Grammy Award - Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for “I'm Yours” ( Nominated ) Grammy Award - Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical for “ We Sing. We dance. We steal things. "( Nominated ) American Music Award - Adult Contemporary - Favorite Artist ( Nominated )
2010	Grammy Award - Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for "Make It Mine" ( Won ) Grammy Award - Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals for "Lucky" (with Colbie Caillat ) ( Won )

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Belgium 2009: for the single I'm Yours 2009: for the album We Sing. We Dance. We steal things.  Brazil 2014: for the album Love Is a Four Letter Word  Denmark 2013: for streaming I'm Yours 2013: for streaming I Won't Give Up  France 2012: for the single I'm Yours  Italy 2019: for the single I Won't Give Up  Japan 2015: for the album We Sing. We Dance. We steal things.  Canada 2009: for the single Lucky 2014: for the album Yes! 2019: for the single Have It All  Mexico 2016: for the single I Won't Give Up  Netherlands 2009: for the album We Sing. We Dance. We steal things.  Portugal 2009: for the album We Sing. We Dance. We steal things.  Sweden 2008: for the single I'm Yours 2008: for the album We Sing. We Dance. We steal things.

Platinum record  Australia 2013: for the single I Won't Give Up  Brazil 2012: for the video album Beautiful Mess  Denmark 2020: for the single I Won't Give Up  Canada 2012: for the album Love Is a Four Letter Word  Mexico 2015: for the single I'm Yours 2 × platinum record  Australia 2009: for the album We Sing. We Dance. We steal things.  Denmark 2019: for the single I'm Yours  Canada 2009: for the album We Sing. We Dance. We steal things.

3 × platinum record  Australia 2010: for the single I'm Yours  France 2013: for the album We Sing. We Dance. We steal things.  Italy 2019: for the single I'm Yours  Canada 2012: for the single I Won't Give Up 4 × platinum record  Canada 2009: for the single I'm Yours  Norway 2009: for the single I'm Yours

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	diamond	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Australia (ARIA)	-	-	6 × platinum6th	-	420,000	aria.com.au
Belgium (BEA)	-	2 × gold2	-	-	30,000	ultratop.be
Brazil (PMB)	-	gold1	platinum1	-	50,000	pro-musicabr.org.br
Denmark (IFPI)	-	2 × gold2	3 × platinum3	-	270,000	ifpi.dk
Germany (BVMI)	-	2 × gold2	-	-	250,000	musikindustrie.de
France (SNEP)	-	gold1	3 × platinum3	-	450,000	snepmusique.com
Italy (FIMI)	-	gold1	3 × platinum3	-	125,000	fimi.it
Japan (RIAJ)	-	gold1	-	-	100,000	riaj.or.jp
Canada (MC)	-	3 × gold3	10 × platinum10	-	920,000	musiccanada.com
Mexico (AMPROFON)	-	gold1	platinum1	-	90,000	amprofon.com.mx
Netherlands (NVPI)	-	gold1	-	-	30,000	nvpi.nl
Norway (IFPI)	-	-	4 × platinum4th	-	40,000	ifpi.no ( Memento from November 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
Austria (IFPI)	-	2 × gold2	-	-	30,000	ifpi.at
Portugal (AFP)	-	gold1	-	-	10,000	Individual evidence
Sweden (IFPI)	-	2 × gold2	-	-	30,000	sverigetopplistan.se
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	gold1	platinum1	-	45,000	hitparade.ch
United States (RIAA)	-	4 × gold4th	11 × platinum11	diamond1	23,000,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver1	gold1	5 × platinum5	-	3,000,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	silver1	26 × gold26th	48 × platinum48	diamond1

Trivia

• The name Mraz is of Czech origin and means frost . His grandfather immigrated to the USA from Bohemia in 1915 .
• Recording music during performances is expressly supported by Mraz and his management. Special places are even provided near the mixer at concerts; however, the sale of these bootlegs is expressly excluded.
• During his high school years, Mraz was active as a cheerleader .
• Mraz is vegan and only eats raw vegetables .
• Jason Mraz owns an avocado farm in California.

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1. ↑ Jason Mraz at laut.de.
2. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from February 28, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. The tracklist on Mraz's official website 
3. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
4. ↑ Gold for We Sing. We Dance. We steal things. in Portugal
5. ↑ jasonmraz.com: "Taping Policy" ( Memento from July 13, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
6. ↑ UGO "Jason Mraz Interview" ( Memento from February 24, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
7. ↑ San Diego Magazine "Jason Mraz Dialogue" ( February 19, 2012 memento in the Internet Archive )

Web links

Commons : Jason Mraz  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Official International Website (English)