Josh Groban’s latest release won’t be on the Billboard charts, but he’s already earned a pretty penny from it. The Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter recently sold his Malibu home, where he’d lived for more than a decade, for $3.75 million in a deal finalized off-market. Groban bought the palatial Tuscan-style estate in 2005 for $4.125 million, and originally listed it for as much as $6.1 million, before twice knocking down the asking price.
The 3,300-square-foot home, built in 1978, sits on two acres of primo Malibu real estate, secluded from the street by a copse of mature trees, and offering sweeping mountain views. The house has a wine cellar, a gym, and, of course, a music room/studio, where Groban presumably wrote most of the songs that comprised last year’s Grammy-nominated Stages. The estate grounds include a lighted tennis court, a swimming pool with a raised spa, walking paths, lawns, multiple patios, and a separate two-story guesthouse, bringing the total number of bedrooms on the property to six. Keyed access to Little Dume, a restricted-access beach on a small cove, was also conveyed in the sale.
Stages, so-named because it consists of songs from Broadway musicals, was Groban’s seventh studio album. The 35-year-old is one of the highest-selling American artists of all-time, with more than 20 million album sales. In recent years, he’s been appearing in films, too—mostly as himself. Fame goes a long way.