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Josh Gracin:
Americal Idol, Marine and Country Music Star

When Josh Gracin set out to record his second album,We Weren’t Crazy, he wanted audiences to have a more personal look at his life.

“This album is more me,” says Gracin. “I was able to focus on making the album I wanted to make. For the first album, I was still in the service, so I had to fly in and out of Nashville to record when I could. This time around it had my undivided attention.”

We Weren’t Crazy, the new CD from American Idol season 2 finalist and former Marine Josh Gracin, debuted at #4 on Nielsen SoundScan’s Country Albums chart. His current single, the title track “We Weren’t Crazy,” accounted for more than 18,000 of the tracks sold first week. The single is currently inside the top 30 on the Billboard and MediaBase country radio charts.

Gracin wrote or co-wrote three of the album’s eleven songs including the autobiographical current single, “We Weren’t Crazy.” .” The autobiographical song was written by Gracin, Tony Lopacinski, and Bobby Pinson about Gracin’s personal journey from childhood to raising children and having a family of his own. “This time around I got to dig in and share my stories as a songwriter. I’m so proud of how this song turned out,” he said.

Josh Gracin’s debut album is certified gold by the RIAA and has sold over 695,000 copies. He’s one of only three new male country singers to be introduced in the last four years to earn a gold album. Josh is also the only male solo country artist in recent years to release a debut album with three consecutive Top 5 country hits, including his first #1, “Nothin’ To Lose.”

We Weren’t Crazy is in stores now or available through itunes. To learn more about Josh Gracin, log on to www.myspace.com/joshgracin or www.joshgracin.com