The idea of Josh Groban depressed seems unlikely, if not disingenuous.

After all, he’s spent the past six years wowing audiences worldwide with his rich, classically trained baritone and a set of albums that have sold more than 18 million copies worldwide — including the new “Awake,” which debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 in November.

But in an offhand remark about “Awake’s” first single, “You Are Loved,” Groban lets on that “I often get” depressed — though he laughs when asked just what gets him down in what he acknowledges is a “very, very blessed” life.

“I’m not that depressed, but we all get sad sometimes,” Groban, who turns 26 on Tuesday, acknowledges. “The funny thing about depression is there’s nothing really rational about it. I’ve always been a high-anxiety personality, somebody who’s very much a perfectionist, so obviously when things aren’t perfect, it can take you into a very dark place (where) you dwell on the negative too much.

“I’ve always turned to music to make me feel better and help me get those feelings out.”

The Los Angeles-born Groban — who attended Interlochen Arts Camp as a teenager — has certainly found a planet full of sympathetic ears. In addition to the album sales, he’s had chart-topping DVDs, sang the Academy Award-nominated “Believe” in the film “The Polar Express,” appeared on TV’s “Ally McBeal” and has performed at the Olympics and the Super Bowl. He’s also made guest appearances on albums by Charlotte Church and Angelique Kidjo.

Through all this, Groban has accumulated a legion of fans who are happy to hear him wrap his voice around classic love songs in a variety of language. There’s nothing broken, nothing that needs to be fi xed.

But, Groban cautions, “a formula can start to ensue in what you do,” and that was top of mind when he began writing and choosing songs for “Awake.”

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