''Wonders'' is the fifth studio album by American musical group The Piano Guys. It was released on October 7, 2014 by Portrait Records. 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 The Great Wall of China (, literally "ten thousand ''li'' wall") is a series of fortifications that were built across the historical northern borders of ancient Chinese states and Imperial China as protection against various nomadic grou ...

for their video " Kung Fu Piano: Cello Ascends" and the " Christ the Redeemer" statue in Rio for their video " The Mission/ How Great Thou Art".

Track listing

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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 ...

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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 A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Exc ...

, additional piano and vocals *

Jon Schmidt Jon Schmidt (born 1966) is an American pianist and composer. Classically trained, he branched into New Age music in his 20s and has developed a classical crossover style that blends classical, contemporary, and rock and roll. He has released eigh ...

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piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a musica ...

, additional percussion and vocals *

Al van der Beek 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 2 ...

– percussion, vocals, additional piano ;Additional musicians * Shweta Subram – 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

{{Authority control 2014 classical albums Sony Music albums The Piano Guys albums