Dora great big world series#

The group made an appearance on the song 'Over You' on Ingrid Michaelson's 2014 album, Lights Out. Their debut album, Is There Anybody Out There?, was released on January 21, 2014. The same month, they performed for the first time at the American Music Awards with Aguilera. In November 2013, it was announced that A Great Big World would be performing at the annual Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. The video was released on November 19, 2013. 1 on the digital song chart the next day with 189,000 copies sold for the week.

Dora great big world series#

The following evening, A Great Big World and Aguilera gave the premiere live TV performance of the song on the NBC television series The Voice. The song was subsequently re-recorded featuring Christina Aguilera after she heard the song, and this version was released on November 4, 2013, and that version reached number 1 on the iTunes charts. It climbed to number 20 on iTunes in the United States the next day. The song ' Say Something' was featured in the final episode of the US dance competition So You Think You Can Dance on September 3, 2013, and released digitally the same day. In June 2013, they were picked as Elvis Duran's Artist of the Month and were featured on NBC's Today where they performed live their song 'This Is the New Year'. They completed a headline tour in conjunction with their EP release. In 2013, the group signed with Epic Records and released a three-song EP under the Epic label in May 2013. 2013–2014: Is There Anybody Out There? Ī Great Big World performing in April 2014

In 2013, 'This Is the New Year' was performed by the cast in an episode of Glee.

They released a six-song EP after obtaining funding from the crowdsource funding website Kickstarter. The duo re-branded itself in 2012, when they took the official name A Great Big World. Ian Axel and Chad King went on national tour and performed as the openers for Ingrid Michaelson, Matthew Morrison ( Glee), and Five for Fighting. In 2011, their song 'This Is the New Year' was licensed to various television networks and was used as the theme song for MTV's I Used to Be Fat as well as being featured on The Amazing Race, ESPN, One Tree Hill, and Good Morning America. They both wrote and performed songs together prior to Axel embarking on a solo career in which he released an independent album featuring songs that were all co-written by King. King agreed to work with Axel after hearing him sing. Both were music business students and Axel is said to have convinced King to write a song together. Ian Axel and Chad King met at New York University, where they were attending the Steinhardt Music Program. The duet peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100.Ĭareer Early beginnings The group is best known for their single '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 worldwide hit ' Say Something', particularly after recording it as a duet collaboration with Christina Aguilera. Dora calls out the colors in Spanish, meaning you gain valuable Spanish vocabulary practice too.A Great Big World is an American musical duo from New York made up of singer/songwriters Ian Axel and Chad King and signed to Epic Records. Select a color and then spin the wheel if it lands on your color, you win. Collect as much birdseed for your toy bird as possible, but avoid all the bubbles! Hit battery power ups in order to pop the bubbles in the maze. Roberto the Robot challenges you to a robo themed Pacman style game. The better your shooting skills, the more tickets you'll win.ĭo you stand a chance against a fox's agility? Pit your skills against Swiper in a thrilling game of air hockey. Get as much water in the dolphin's mouth as possible before they duck back down below the water again. Give your dolphin friends a drink in this water shooting minigame. Keep your eyes peeled as the baskets are moved back and forth, to and fro. The baby blue bird is back with a basket game sure to keep you busy guessing where the object is. Keep your character ahead of the pack in order to score as many tickets as possible. The sneaky fox thief is taking a much needed break from swiping goods to operate an exciting slide game. The terrain changes as the levels progress, giving an added challenge to the main objective. In this game you are encouraged to swipe tickets off the back of other bumper cars by giving them a good push. Everybody's favorite purple squirrel is running an awesome bumper car minigame.