Daniel Richard Powter (; born February 25, 1971) is a Canadian singer-songwriter. His 2005 pop single " Bad Day" topped the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 for five weeks. He was nominated for

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at the 49th Grammy Awards for "Bad Day" and won the Juno Award for Breakthrough Artist of the Year in

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. Powter's subsequent work never reached the same success as "Bad Day", with ''Billboard'' dubbing him the top "

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" of the 2000s.

Early life

Powter grew up in

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, outside of Vernon, in the

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region of

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. Powter started playing the

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at four years old. He changed to

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at 16 years old due to bullying. Powter studied at

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but dropped out—partially due to his

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—to pursue music full time.

Career

Powter started a

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band in

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. The band won an award, which allowed them to produce a CD. Powter also worked as a keyboardist on ''The Chris Isaak Show''. In his late twenties, Powter met producer Jeff Dawson in Vancouver. With Dawson producing, Powter released his debut album ''I'm Your Betty'' on June 21, 2000 through indie label

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. A few songs on the album appeared on the Canadian television show '' Higher Ground.''

"Bad Day" and self-titled album (2005–2007)

Powter wrote the

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to " Bad Day" while on a ferry ride between Victoria and Vancouver. Powter wrote the song with a negative connotation to avoid sounding cheesy and chose "bad day" because it sang well. Powter recorded a demo for "Bad Day" with producer Jeff Dawson and fielded inquiries with several music labels. After acquiring a

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in Los Angeles, he signed with Warner Bros. Music and recorded his 2005 self titled album with

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co-producing.'''' Powter's first single, " Bad Day", was first released in

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in mid-2005, in advance of his second album, '' Daniel Powter''.

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submitted the single for commercials, and it was subsequently chosen by

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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

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, number one on the singles charts in the

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and

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, number two in the

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—where it stayed in the top ten for thirteen weeks—and number three in

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. In the

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, "Bad Day" was used extensively on the television series ''

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'' in its 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,

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and

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charts, making Powter the first solo Canadian male artist to top the Hot 100 since

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in 1995 (with " Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?"). The song also reached number one in Powter's homeland, Canada. On May 31, 2005, Powter released his first extended play known as "Free Loop." On July 2, 2005, Powter performed at the Berlin installment of

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, a simultaneous group of concerts in nine countries intended to raise awareness of

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. "Bad Day" came in fifth in the British

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2005. In 2006, Powter won in the New Artist of the Year category at the Canadian

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, and was nominated for Best International Breakthrough Act at the BRIT Awards. "Bad Day" was nominated at the 2006 ''Billboard'' Music Awards for Hot 100 Single of the Year, and was named ''

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'' magazine's song of the year in 2006. At the 2007

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, Powter received a

nomination for the song. The subsequent singles from ''Daniel Powter'' – " Jimmy Gets High", "

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", 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.

Post "Bad Day" and hiatus (2008–2011)

In March 2008, a song by Japanese singer Haru featuring Powter, "Find My Way", was released. In September, Powter released his third album, '' Under the Radar''. Love you Lately was also rerecorded and released on December 9, 2008 as a new single. This was the same year in which he embarked on the Wolfbaggin' Tour, joining the likes of

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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 was released under the band's name. Powter was still given credit for his contributions to the song "Gin and Money". Under The Radar was also given an exclusive CD and DVD release for the Asia Market known as the Asia Tour Edition. It was released on February 14, 2009. On March 16, 2009, Powter performed at the

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then in December 2009, Powter was named as the decade's top One-Hit Wonder by ''Billboard''. The magazine describes

s as acts whose second hit did not reach the top 25; they only included acts from 2000 to 2007. In Powter's case, "Bad Day" is his only Hot 100 hit. On January 1, 2010, he performed ''O Canada'' at the

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. In that same year, he released his greatest hits album, ''Best of Me'', and with it, recorded three new songs and a new version of the title track to go along with 'Bad Day', 'Jimmy Gets High', 'Next Plane Home' and his other singles. Only one was released as a single: 'Lose To Win', on November 10, 2010. On December 1, 2010, Powter made a tribute to English singer and songwriter

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with his cover version of Happy Xmas (War Is Over). This single was released in Europe, the UK and Japan. Powter took a hiatus in 2011 to focus on his family life.

Later career (2012–present)

On April 10, 2012, Powter's single "

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" was released to US and Canadian iTunes stores. The single was written after his divorce. Powter's album, '' Turn On the Lights'', was released in July 2012. On September 10, 2012, he released "Crazy All My Life". The song peaked at number 23 on the Canadian Hot 100 and became his biggest hit in Russia, where it reached number 12 on the radio chart and has over 1.4 million lifetime plays. On December 5, 2012, Powter was featured in a song with Japanese singer May J. titled "Back To Your Heart". On the 18 he released the single "Christmas Cupid", which is a Christmas version of his song "Cupid". On June 5, 2013, Powter announced on Twitter that he was working on an album with Jeff Dawson, who co-produced most of his songs in the past, and John Fields, who was a co-writer on "Crazy All My Life". He also said: On July 15, 2013, Powter performed at the National Association of Drug Court Professionals performing "Bad Day" and "Whole World Around."

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also attended the event. On August 9, 2013, he performed at the Festival of Friends. On September 5, 2013, Powter later released 4 songs as bonus tracks for his album '' Turn on the Lights'' called Ur My Radio, Doesn't Matter, Cheers To Us and Goodbye. On November 27, 2016, Powter performed at The 39th Jazz Goes To Campus Festival performing Bad Day. On January 6, 2017, Powter released a single called "Delicious" featuring Australian singer Vanessa Amorosi. The music video was uploaded to his official YouTube channel on March 14, 2017. On December 10, 2017, Powter performed at the President's Star Charity event in Singapore singing Bad Day and joined Sandra Riley Tang in a duet performing her band's song "Save Myself." On April 6, 2018, Powter released a single called "Perfect For Me." On April 13, he released his fourth extended play known as ''Daniel Powter''. There are 4 songs in this album: a remastered remix of Bad Day, Tell Them Who You Are in an acoustic version, his 2017 single "Delicious" and his 2018 single "Perfect For Me." On September 21, 2018, Powter released a single known as "Do You Wanna Get Lucky" It was followed by another called "Survivor" released on October 26 and Perfect for Me was later re-recorded and released on November 23 for the Asia market. He released an album called ''Giants'' on December 14 where songs in the album include the re-recording of "Perfect For Me", "Survivor", "Delicious", re-recordings of "Bad Day", "Free Loop" and "Tell Them Who You Are" (from the EP). A remixed version of "Do You Wanna Get Lucky" is also included known as the Holiday version. Powter went on to feature with The Untamed Boys, a Chinese pop group, in January 2020, where they released the song "Just Isn't Me." and performed it alongside "Bad Day" while touring in

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. Powter also collaborated with other artists in the MOSHIMO Project in May 2020. On February 3, 2021, Powter was featured in a song called "Save Your Life" with Japanese pop singer Ayaka Hirahara. In 2024, Powter auditioned for the fourth season of '' Canada's Got Talent'', making his first Canadian television performance.

Personal life

Powter moved to Los Angeles in 2005. As of 2024, Powter resides with his wife Christina in

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. He has three children: two daughters and one son. He has two brothers and a sister. Powter disclosed in July 2013 that he was

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by a female babysitter for three years starting from age 7 and turned to drugs and alcohol to get over his guilt and shame. He said in an interview: Powter was addicted to alcohol and

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. He became sober in 2010. Powter is a fan of the

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. As a kid, he was a fan of the

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and is now a

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fan.

Musical influences

Powter spoken of his musical influences growing up:

Awards and nominations

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Discography

Studio albums

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Compilation albums

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Extended plays

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Singles

As lead artist

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Peak chart positions for albums in the United Kingdom: * "Bad Day" and "Next Plane Home": * "Cupid": ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;", US
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;", US
Adult
, - ! scope="row", " Bad Day" , rowspan="3", 2005 , 7 , , 3 , , 5 , , 17 , , 1 , , 95 , , 5 , , 2 , , 1 , , 1 , * MC: Platinum * ARIA: Platinum * BPI: Platinum * BVMI: Gold *

: 2× Platinum * RIAA: 3× Platinum , rowspan="5", ''Daniel Powter'' , - ! scope="row", " Free Loop (One Night Stand)" , 11 , , 43 , , 60 , , 55 , , 20 , , × , , 38 , , — , , — , , — , , - ! scope="row", " Jimmy Gets High" , — , , — , , 46 , , — , , — , , × , , 41 , , — , , — , , — , , - ! scope="row", "Lie to Me" , rowspan="2", 2006 , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , × , , — , , 92 , , — , , — , , - ! scope="row", " Love You Lately" , 5 , , — , , — , , — , , — , , × , , — , , — , , — , , 39 , , - ! scope="row", " Next Plane Home" , rowspan="3", 2008 , — , , — , , 25 , , 71 , , — , , 8 , , 37 , , 70 , , — , , — , , rowspan="3", ''Under the Radar'' , - ! scope="row", " Best of Me" , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , 23 , , 40 , , — , , — , , — , , - ! scope="row", "Whole World Around" , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , - ! scope="row", "Lose to Win" , rowspan="2", 2010 , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , 17 , , — , , — , , — , , — , , rowspan="2", ''Best of Me'' , - ! scope="row", " Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , - ! scope="row", "

" , rowspan="2", 2012 , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , 12 , , — , , 195 , , — , , 36 , , rowspan="2", ''Turn on the Lights'' , - ! scope="row", "Crazy All My Life" , 23 , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , - ! scope="row", "Delicious" , 2017 , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , rowspan="4", ''Giants'' , - ! scope="row", "Perfect for Me" , rowspan="3" , 2018 , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , - ! scope="row", "Do You Wanna Get Lucky" , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , - ! scope="row", "Survivor" , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , - ! scope="row", "Brave" , 2021 , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , TBA , - ! scope="row", "Bad Day (Stripped Down)" , 2024 , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , ''Giants'' , - , colspan="15" style="font-size:90%" , "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
"×" denotes periods where charts did not exist or were not archived.

As featured artist

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Oricon
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%", JPN
Hot
, - ! scope="row" , "Find My Way"
, 2008 , 59 , , 14 , , - ! scope="row" , "Save Your Life"
, rowspan="2", 2021 , — , , — , ''Save Your Life: Ayaka Hirahara All Time Live Best'' , - ! scope="row" , "Brave"
, — , , — , ''Unbreakable'' , - , colspan="12" align="center" style="font-size:90%;", "—" denotes items that did not chart.

Promotional singles

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Hot
, - ! scope="row" , "Back to Your Heart"
, 2012 , — , ''Brave'' , - ! scope="row" , "Cheers to Us"
, 2013 , 78 , ''Singles 04-12'' , - ! scope="row" , "Just Isn't Me" (心之所向的美丽 ''Xīn zhī suǒ xiàng dì měilì'')
, 2021 , — , ''Love: One-Act'' , - , colspan="12" align="center" style="font-size:90%;", "—" denotes items that did not chart.

Music videos

{, class="wikitable plainrowheaders" width=98% , - ! scope="col" width=3%, Year ! scope="col" width=25%, Music video ! scope="col" width=20%, Director(s) ! scope="col" width=50%, Notes , - , rowspan="3", 2005 , " Bad Day" , rowspan="2",

Marc Webb Marc Preston Webb (born August 31, 1974) is an American filmmaker and music video director. He made his feature film directorial debut in 2009 with the romantic comedy '' (500) Days of Summer.'' He then directed ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' (2012 ...

, Samaire Armstrong and Jason Adelman are featured in the video , - , " Free Loop (One Night Stand)" , Filmed at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles , - , " Jimmy Gets High" , Vem , , - , rowspan="2", 2006 , "Lie to Me" ,

, , - , " Love You Lately" , Philip Andelman ,

Rachael Leigh Cook Rachael Leigh Cook (born October 4, 1979) is an American actress and model. She has starred in the films ''The Baby-Sitters Club (film), The Baby-Sitters Club'' (1995), ''She's All That'' (1999), and ''Josie and the Pussycats (film), Josie and ...

and Brian Hallisay are featured in the video. , - , rowspan="2", 2008 , " Next Plane Home" , Markku Lahdesmaki , Powter's daughter Sophie is featured in the video. Filmed in Lancaster, California , - , " Best of Me" ,

Diane Martel Diane Martel (also known as Bucky Chrome and Diamond Martel) is an American music video director and choreographer. As a music video director, she has worked with Beyonce, Mariah Carey, Christina Aguilera, Sting and Jennifer Lopez. One of her ...

, , - , 2010 , "Lose to Win" , Rohit Karn Batra , , - , 2012 , "

" , Neil Tardio , Filmed in Malibu, California. , - , 2013 , "Crazy All My Life" , , , - , 2017 , "Delicious" , , , - , rowspan="3", 2018 , "Perfect for Me" , , , - , "Do You Wanna Get Lucky" , rowspan="2", Joe Murray , Filmed at The Village in Santa Monica , - , "Survivor" , Chinese singer Kelly Yu sings with him in a duet , - , 2024 , "Bad Day (Stripped Down)" , , Vocals used are from his previous re-recording from the album ''Giants''.

Music covers

{, class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" , - ! scope="col", Year ! scope="col" style="width:17.5em;", Title ! scope="col", Original artist , - , 2007 , " Just Like Heaven" ,

the Cure The Cure are an English Rock music, rock band formed in Crawley in 1976 by Robert Smith (musician), Robert Smith (vocals, guitar) and Lol Tolhurst (drums). The band's current line-up comprises Smith, Perry Bamonte (guitar and keyboards), Reev ...

, - , 2010 , " Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" ,

, - , 2012 , " Stay Away" ,

L'Arc-en-Ciel , stylized as L'Arc〜en〜Ciel and abbreviated as Laruku, is a Japanese rock band formed in Osaka in 1991 by bassist Tetsuya and vocalist Hyde. Following the departure of original members Hiro and Pero, guitarist Ken and drummer Sakura were ...

, -

Notes

References

External links

Official website
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