His full-length solo debut, Ramin (aka Human Heart), arrived via Sony Masterworks in early 2012 and reached 16 in the UK Charts. By late 2011, Karimloo had joined the Les Misérables cast once more, this time stepping into the lead role of Jean Valjean. He also appeared on the Love Never Dies cast recording, which made it onto the Billboard 200 chart.
He stayed with the production until the show closed in summer 2011, making time in October 2010 to play Enjolras in the 25th anniversary concert of Les Misérables. The following year, he originated the role of the Phantom in the sequel Love Never Dies. That same year, he returned to Phantom, this time taking on the title role, which he continued until late 2009. It included two Billy Joel covers alongside well-known show tunes. Off-stage, Karimloo made his first solo recording, the EP Within the Six Square Inch, 2007. Karimloo returned to the national tour circuit in 2005 for Miss Saigon. In 2003, he joined Phantom of the Opera as Raoul, and a year later, he appeared in Joel Schumacher's film version of the musical as Christine's father. tours of The Pirates of Penzance and Sunset Boulevard, making his West End debut soon after, playing Feuilly in Les Misérables in 2002.
Over the next two years, he joined the U.K. After a stint with cruise-based theater companies, Karimloo relocated to the U.K., where in 2000 he played the title role of Aladdin in a pantomime production staged by the Chatham Theatre. Born in Tehran, Iran, and raised in Peterborough and Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada, Karimloo began his music career in Toronto, where he sang in rock groups, including a Tragically Hip cover band.
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