A GREAT BIG WORLD

A Great Big World is an American two-member musical group from New York made up of singers and songwriters Ian Axel and Chad King and signed to Epic Records. The group is best known for their singles "This Is the New Year", which was performed by the cast in an episode of Glee and reached the Billboard Mainstream Top 40 chart in May 2013, and their international hit "Say Something", particularly after recording it as a duet collaboration with Christina Aguilera.

On April 21, 2015 it was announced through the A Great Big World Facebook page that Ian and Chad were working on a second album. The group announced the release of their first single off of the new album via Instagram in mid-July. The single "Hold Each Other" was released on July 22nd, 2015 featuring the rapper FUTURISTIC. The original was released on July 24th, 2015. The album's title and release date are still unknown. The duo began posting photographs from studio recording sessions throughout social media. While visiting the UK in June 2015 they recorded at Sarm Studios in London. Several musicians have been announced or alluded to be collaborating on the upcoming album including Dave Eggar, Derek Fuhrmann, Gregg Wattenberg, Dan Romer, Mozella, Aloe Blacc and Glen Ballard.

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