A Great Big World is an American musical duo from New York[1] made up of singer/songwriters Ian Axel and Chad King and signed to Epic Records.

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,[2] and their worldwide hit "Say Something", particularly after recording it as a duet collaboration with Christina Aguilera.

[4] Ian Axel and Chad King went on national tour and performed as the openers for Ingrid Michaelson, Matthew Morrison (Glee), and Five for Fighting.

[6] 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".

[7] 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.

"Say Something" was also used in the nineteenth season of South Park (Episode 6) Titled "Tweek x Craig" 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.

[12] Several musicians and producers collaborated on the album including Dave Eggar, Derek Fuhrmann, Gregg Wattenberg, Greg Holden, Kevin Kadish, Josh Kear, Dan Romer and Mozella.