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Infobox musical artist| name = Daniel Powter| image = DanielPowterJan09.jpg| caption =| image_size = 200| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Daniel Richard Powter| alias =| birth_date = birth date and age|mf=yes|1971|02|25| death_date =| origin = Vernon, British Columbia , Canada | instrument = Piano , vocals | genre = Piano rock , pop rock | occupation = Singer-songwriter , pianist | years_active = 2000present| label = Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros. , Sony BMG | associated_acts =| website = http://www.danielpowter.com/| notable_instruments = Daniel Richard Powter (born February 25, 1971) is a Canadians|Canadian recording artist . He is known for his hit " Bad Day (Daniel Powter song)|Bad Day " (2006), which spent five weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 . Powter was the only act to register a Top Hot 100 Hits of 2006|#1 hit in that year without previously having had another song chart in the Hot 100.
Life and career
Powter grew up in Vernon, British Columbia|Vernon , in the Okanagan|Okanagan-Shuswap region of British Columbia . As a child, Powter played the violin . He changed to piano after a group of children bullied him and destroyed his violin. A dyslexic , Powter had trouble in university studying music, and later dropped out in order to pursue his own musical career, learning all songs by ear and recording new melodies that he created. Daniel Powter released his debut album, '' I'm Your Betty , in 2000. The album, limited to a very small print, contains ten songs, two of which& mdash;"More Than I" and "Negative Fashion"& mdash;were featured on the television show Higher Ground (TV series)|Higher Ground ..
Powter's first single, " Bad Day (Daniel Powter song)|Bad Day ", was first released in Europe in mid 2005, in advance of his second album, Daniel Powter (album)|Daniel Powter . Warner Bros. Records submitted the single for commercial production, and it was subsequently chosen by Coca-Cola as the theme song for an ad campaign in Europe. The song achieved heavy airplay in most European countries, peaking at number three on the overall European airplay chart. It reached number one on national airplay in Germany , number one on the singles charts in the Republic of Ireland http://www.charttrack.co.uk/index.jsp? c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp& ct=240001& arch=t& lyr=2005& year=2005& week=33 Bad Day peaks at #1 on ISC on August 18, 2005 and Italy , number two in the United Kingdom ,& mdash;where it stayed in the top ten for thirteen weeks& mdash;and number three in Australia .
In the United States , "Bad Day" was used extensively on the television series American Idol in its American Idol (season 5)|fifth season . Powter sang the song live at the end of the final show of that season on May 23, 2006. The song reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100| Billboard Hot 100 , Adult Top 40 and Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks|Adult Contemporary charts, making Powter the first solo Canadian male artist to top the Hot 100 since Bryan Adams in 1995 (with " Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman? "). The song also reached number one in Powter's homeland of Canada.
On July 2, 2005, Powter performed at the Berlin installment of Live 8 , a simultaneous group of concerts in nine countries intended to raise awareness of poverty in Africa and put pressure on world leaders for aid.
"Bad Day" came fifth in the British The Record of the Year|Record of the Year 2005. In 2006, Powter won in the Juno Award for New Artist of the Year|New Artist of the Year category at the Canadian Juno Awards , and was nominated for Best International Breakthrough Act at the BRIT Awards . "Bad Day" was nominated at the 2006 Billboard Music Awards| Billboard Music Awards for Hot 100 Single of the Year, and was named Billboard (magazine)|Billboard magazine's song of the year in 2006. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/awards/article_display.jsp? vnu_content_id=1003439726 2006 Billboard Music Awards Finalists At the 2007 Grammy Awards , Powter received a Best Male Pop Vocal Performance nomination for the song.
The subsequent singles from Daniel Powter " Jimmy Gets High ", " Free Loop (One Night Stand)|Free Loop ", and "Lie to Me" were released in different parts of the world, each failing to match the success of "Bad Day". "Free Loop" was deemed chart ineligible in the UK (as the release included a version of "Bad Day" as a B-side whilst "Bad Day" was still in the chart, hence breaking chart rules) and failed to chart in the U.S., though it reached the top forty on the Adult Contemporary chart. Following the release of "Lie to Me", "Jimmy Gets High" was to be the fourth single from the album in the UK, but its release was cancelled. A new track called " Love You Lately " was released as the next U.S. single, preceding a re-release of the album Daniel Powter that was also cancelled. Listen|filename=Daniel Powter - Bad Day.ogg |title=Daniel Powter "Bad Day" (2005) |description="Bad Day" was the Billboard Hot 100 Single of the Year for 2006. |format= Ogg In March 2008, a song by Japanese singer Haru (singer)|Haru featuring Powter, "Find My Way", was released. In September, Powter released his third album, Under the Radar (Daniel Powter album)|Under the Radar . This was the same year in which he embarked on the Wolfbaggin' Tour, joining the likes of Alphabeat and Lil Chris .
Powter also performed piano on tracks for what was scheduled to be Marcy Playground frontman John Wozniak 's solo album, Leaving Wonderland...in a fit of rage , but the album will now be released under the band's name. Powter will still be given credit for his contributions to the song " Gin and Money (Marcy Playground song)|Gin and Money ".
In December 2009, Powter was named as the decade's top One-Hit Wonder by Billboard. The magazine describes one-hit wonder s as acts whose second hit did not reach the top 25; they only included acts from 2000 to 2007.The Associated Press, December 7, 2009. Powter's notoriety is unmistakable, since "Bad Day" is his only Hot 100 hit.
On January 1, 2010, he performed 'O Canada' at the 2010 NHL Winter Classic|NHL Winter Classic .
On April 10, 2012, Powter's new single "Cupid" will be released to US and Canadian iTunes Stores. Powter has also announced he is halfway through recording a new album, "Turn On The Lights", due for release in the Summer of 2012.
Discography
Albums
Studio albums
Year
Album details
Peak chart positions
Certifications
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2000
'' I'm Your Betty
Release date: February 14, 2000
Label: Outside Music
Formats: Compact Disc|CD
2005
Daniel Powter (album)
Release date: August 8, 2005
Label: Warner Bros. Records
Formats: CD, Music download|digital download
14
43
14
42
8
6
26
14
5
9
Canadian Recording Industry Association|CAN : Goldcite web|url= http://www.cria.ca/gold/0107_g.php|title=Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Gold & Platinum - January 2007|publisher= Canadian Recording Industry Association |accessdate=August 29, 2010
Australian Recording Industry Association|AUS : Goldcite web|url= http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-accreditations-albums-2005.htm|title=ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2005 Albums|publisher= ARIA Charts |accessdate=August 29, 2010
Recording Industry Association of America|US : Goldcite web|url= http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php? table=SEARCH_RESULTS& artist=Daniel%20Powter& format=ALBUM& go=Search& perPage=50|title=RIAA - Gold & Platinum - August 29, 2010: Daniel Powter certified albums|publisher= Recording Industry Association of America |accessdate=August 29, 2010
2008
Under the Radar (Daniel Powter album)
Release date: August 13, 2008
Label: Warner Bros. Records
Formats: CD, digital download
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29
20
43
2012
Turn On The Lights
Release date: Summer 2012
Label: Warner Bros. Records
Formats: CD, digital download
"" denotes releases that did not chart.
Compilation albums
Year
Album details
2007
B-Sides Cite web
Released: January 29, 2007
Label: Warner Bros. Records
Formats: digital download
2010
Best of Me Cite web
Released: December 8, 2010
Label: Warner Bros. Records
Formats: CD, digital download
Extended plays
Year
Album details
2008
iTunes Live from Tokyo Cite web
Released: August 6, 2008
Label: Warner Bros. Records
Formats: digital download
Songs from Under the Radar Cite web
Released: September 16, 2008
Label: Warner Bros. Records
Formats: digital download
Singles
Year
Single
Peak chart positions
Certifications
Album
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2005
" Bad Day (Daniel Powter song)
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3
13
3
17
1
7
5
2
#endnote A> A
Australian Recording Industry Association|AUS : Platinumcite web|url= http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-accreditations-singles-2005.htm|title=ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2005 Singles|publisher= ARIA Charts |accessdate=August 29, 2010
Recording Industry Association of America|US : 3Χ Platinumcite web|url= http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php? table=SEARCH_RESULTS& artist=Daniel%20Powter& format=SINGLE& go=Search& perPage=50|title=RIAA - Gold & Platinum - August 29, 2010: Daniel Powter certified singles|publisher= Recording Industry Association of America |accessdate=August 29, 2010
Daniel Powter (album)
" Free Loop (One Night Stand) "
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38
#endnote B> B
" Jimmy Gets High "
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2006
"Lie to Me"
92
" Love You Lately "
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#endnote C> C
2008
" Next Plane Home "
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71
37
70
Under the Radar (Daniel Powter album)
2009
"Best of Me"
40
"Whole World Around"
2010
"Lose to Win"
Best of Me
" Happy Xmas (War Is Over) "
2012
"Cupid"
Turn On the Lights
"" denotes releases that did not chart ;Notes
A #ref A| ^ "Bad Day" also charted at #1 on Adult Contemporary (chart)|Billboard Adult Contemporary Chart cite web|url= http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/daniel-powter/chart-history/656763? f=341& g=Singles|title=Daniel Powter Album & Song Chart History - Adult Contemporary|publisher= Billboard (magazine)|Billboard |accessdate=May 31, 2011 and #1 on Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks|Billboard Adult Top 40 Tracks cite web|url= http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/daniel-powter/chart-history/656763? f=343& g=Singles|title=Daniel Powter Album & Song Chart History - Adult Pop Songs|publisher= Billboard (magazine)|Billboard |accessdate=May 31, 2011
B #ref B| ^ "Free Loop (One Night Stand)" charted at #29 on Adult Contemporary (chart)|Billboard Adult Contemporary Chart .
C #ref C| ^ "Love You Lately" charted at #39 on Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks|Billboard Adult Top 40 Tracks .
References
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External links
Commons category|Daniel Powter
http://www.danielpowter.com Official website
MySpace|danielpowter
http://twitter.com/powter Daniel Powter on Twitter
Facebook|danielpowtermusic
Daniel PowterBillboard Year-End number one singles 20002019 Persondata | NAME =Powter, Daniel | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH =February 25, 1971 | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Powter, Daniel Category:1971 births Category:Canadian male singers Category:Canadian pop pianists Category:Canadian pop singers Category:Musicians from British Columbia Category:Juno Award winners Category:Living people Category:People from Vernon, British Columbia Category:Warner Bros. Records artists
