''Wonders'' is the fifth
studio album
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by American musical group
The Piano Guys
The Piano Guys is an American musical group consisting of pianist Jon Schmidt, cellist Steven Sharp Nelson, videographer Paul Anderson, and music producer Al van der Beek. Originating in Utah, they gained popularity through YouTube, where in ...
. It was released on October 7, 2014 by
Portrait Records
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History ...
. The album reached number 12 on the US
''Billboard'' 200, making it their highest charting album to date.
The album also features the beginning of their "
Wonders of the World
Various lists of the Wonders of the World have been compiled from antiquity to the present day, in order to catalogue the world's most spectacular natural features and human-built structures.
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World is the o ...
" quest, beginning at the
Great Wall of China
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for their video "
Kung Fu Piano: Cello Ascends" and the "
Christ the Redeemer" statue in
Rio
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Rio or Río may also refer to:
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* Rio de Janeiro
* Rio do Sul, a ...
for their video "
The Mission/
How Great Thou Art
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".
Track listing
;Notes
Personnel
''Per liner notes
''
;The Piano Guys
*
Steven Sharp Nelson
Steven Sharp Nelson (born July 5, 1977) is an American cellist. He is best known as "The Cello Guy" of the classical new-age musical group The Piano Guys, with whom he has released eight number-one albums and dozens of music videos. He also has ...
–
cello
The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a Bow (music), bowed (sometimes pizzicato, plucked and occasionally col legno, hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually intonation (music), t ...
,
percussion
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, additional piano and vocals
*
Jon Schmidt –
piano
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, additional percussion and vocals
*
Al van der Beek – percussion, vocals, additional piano
;Additional musicians
*
Shweta Subram
Kantimathi Subramanian Iyer, known professionally as Shweta Subram, is a Canadian playback singer, known for singing in the song " Jalebi Baby" (2020). She primarily sings in Hindi, as well as Punjabi, Sindhi, Tamil, English and other language ...
– lead vocals on "Don't You Worry Child"
*Jake Bowen – percussion on "Summer Jam"
*Gigi Romney – additional percussion on "Kung Fu Piano: Cello Ascends"
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
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2014 classical albums
Sony Music albums
The Piano Guys albums