Josh Kaufman Biography
Josh Kaufman born Joshua Kaufman, is an American soul singer and singer-songwriter. A native of the Tampa Bay area in Florida, Kaufman is based out of and resides in Indianapolis, Indiana. He is best known for winning the sixth season of NBC’s The Voice as a member of Usher’s team and previously Adam Levine’s team. At age 38 he became the oldest winner in series history.
Josh Kaufman Age
He was born in 1976 in Sarasota, Florida, United States. He is 42 years old as of 2018.
Josh Kaufman Wife
Kaufman is married to Jennifer Myer and they have five children as of November 2016. They live in Indianapolis, Indianawhere Kaufman sings with his band The New Etiquette.
Josh Kaufman The Voice
On the fifth episode of the Blind Auditions broadcast on March 10, 2014, he performed George Michael’s song “One More Try.” All four judges turned their chairs and Kaufman chose to join team Adam. Kaufman defeated fellow Team Adam member Austin Ellis in the Battles, Round 1. Kaufman lost his second battle round competition against Delvin Choice but was immediately stolen by Team Usher.
Kaufman received the first iTunes bonus multiplier of the season, with his studio recording of “Stay With Me” reaching the fifth position on the iTunes Top 200 Singles chart at the close of the voting window.
On May 20, 2014, Kaufman was announced as the winner of Season 6 of The Voice, beating out runners-up Jake Worthington and Christina Grimmie and making him not only the first artist from Team Usher to win, but the first “stolen” artist to win and the first Caucasian male winner, besides also being the oldest participant to win the competition.
Josh Kaufman Singer
Kaufman was born in Sarasota, Florida, the son of Beth Gilbert, minister of music at a church in Blacksburg, Virginia; and Mark Kaufman, who runs a roofing company. His stepfather, Rev. Richard Gilbert, is the pastor at a church in Blacksburg, Virginia. While in Blacksburg, he was a member of the Blacksburg High School Madrigals, an elite choir.
He grew up in Lake Wales, Florida until his freshman year of high school. He and his mother moved to Blacksburg, Virginia where he attended and graduated from Blacksburg High School. His musical talent appeared early in his life.
At sixteen, he appeared on Star Search and in 2011, Kaufman auditioned for the first season of Simon Cowell’s The X Factor (U.S.). After living his teen years in Virginia, Kaufman settled in Anderson, Indiana to attend Anderson University and graduated from IUPUI.
Kaufman is a member of the band The New Etiquette (formerly known as Josh Kaufman and the Frequency), an Indianapolis based rock and soul band. The band was formed in 2010 with original band members Josh Kaufman, Ryan Koch, and Nate Gray. The band released a six track self-titled EP in spring 2012 drawing on the musical talents of several local musicians.
From 2011 to 2014 Kaufman was a musical staple at Potbelly Sandwich Shop in Indianapolis, and also worked as an SAT prep tutor.
Josh Kaufman Album
He has three releases as of 2018. His albums includw:
- The Complete Season 6 Collection (The Voice Performance) (2014)
- American so and So (2013)
- Josh Kaufman (2016)
Josh Kaufman Audition | Josh Kaufman One More Try
What Happened To Josh Kaufman
Just three months ago, blue-eyed soulman Josh Kaufman was crowned the winner of The Voice Season 6, and he hasn’t had a chance to rest since. Almost immediately after the finale, he was whisked away to rehearsals for the Voice Tour, which featured him and his fellow Season 6 castmates Josh Worthington, Christina Grimmie, Kristen Merlin, and Jake Barker, along with the top three from Season 5 and Season 1’s runner-up, Dia Frampton.
Speaking to Yahoo Music’s Reality Rocks backstage at the tour’s recent L.A. stop at the Nokia Theater, Josh (looking a bit igcognito sans his signature hat and spectacles) admitted that he hasn’t had a chance to start work on his post-Voice album, but he has plenty of ideas about how he wants it to sound.
“I’ve started talking to the label about the direction, what I want to do. The first single is where we’re focusing right now,” he said, saying he’d like to incorporate the jazzy, bluesy, and funky elements of his old band, the New Etiquette. “I love that stuff. I probably won’t go as much with the jazz influence, just because there’s not as much of a market for that, unfortunately. But I definitely will include those elements.”
As for whether 38-year-old Josh’s type of music will fit into today’s pop market, he said: “I think there’s definitely a place for it, as far as the style thing. You have guys like Robin Thicke, Pharrell, and Bruno Mars taking those classic soul sounds and bringing them up to date. So I think there’s a precedent for that.” (Josh actually revealed that his dream album producer would be new Season 7 Voice coach Pharrell, so watch this space.)
As for whether Josh will work on his album with his own Season 6 coach, Usher (with whom he recently reunited at Usher’s New Look Foundation charity event), he said: “I think he does want to stay involved as much as he can… Working with Usher was amazing, just in the fact that he seemed genuinely interested in working with me. It never seemed like, ‘OK, I’m doing this for the show, and now I’m going home and I’ll forget about you.’ He really seemed to have an interest in furthering my career and making me a better performer — which I know he did.”
Josh Kaufman Tour | Josh Kaufman Tour Dates
He has no upcoming tours. To know when he will be performing near you and book advanced tickets, visit www.songkick.com
Josh Kaufman All Of Me
Josh Kaufman Pippin
Josh Kaufman Stay With Me
Josh Kaufman Happy
Josh Kaufman Indianapolis
He resides in Indianapolis in Indiana.
Josh Kaufman Music
He has sung songs like:
- Stay With Me
- All Of Me
- Every Breath You Take
- One More Try
- I Can’t Make You Love Me
- Happy
- Truth Be Told
- It Will Rain
- Set Fire To The Rain
- Love Runs Out
- Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours
- All I Ask
- Digging Deep
- This Is It
- Terrapin Station
- Starting at One
- Stick with This Disease
- American so and So
- Avalanche
- Talk About Love
- The World
- Paycheck
- The Actor
- Novelty
Josh Kaufman Broadway
Kaufman sang on Broadway in the show “Home For the Holidays, Live on Broadway” which was being presented from 17 November to December 30, 2017, at the August Wilson Theatre. Other vocal performers included Candice Glover, Bianca Ryan, Peter Hollens and Evynne Hollens.
Josh Kaufman Net Worth
His net worth is under review and will soon be updated.
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