Roberto Michele Buttarazzi, better known as Robert Michaels, is a Canadian musician born in

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who spent part of his childhood in

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. Michaels is a

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and

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-selling recording artist,

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, and

vocalist Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define singi ...

. He has received multiple Juno Award nominations and won the Juno Award for Instrumental Album of the Year in 2003 for ''Allegro''. His debut album, ''Paradiso'', released in 1997, was nominated for a

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and achieved Platinum certification, selling more than 100,000 copies in

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. In 1998, Michaels was nominated for a Juno Award for Instrumental Artist(s) of the Year. His album ''Utopia'' was nominated for Best Instrumental Album in 2000 for a Juno Award, and his next album, ''Allegro'' won the 2003 Juno Award for Instrumental Album of the Year. Michaels' album ''Via Italia'' was released in 2013. Fletcher connected the Wild Strawberries band with German

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producer and DJ André Tanneberger (stage name ATB). Tanneberger produced a

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of the song, released as an ATB

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re-titled " Let U Go." The single reached number 18 on the U.S. ''Billboard''

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charts and number 7 on the

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Awards and nominations

;Juno Awards Michaels won the 2003

for Instrumental Album of the Year and received 3 additional nominations. , - , , , ''Robert Michaels'' , , Instrumental Album of the Year , , , - , , , ''Utopia'' , , Instrumental Album of the Year , , , - , , , ''Allegro'' , , Instrumental Album of the Year , , , -

Music Canada Gold and Platinum Certification Awards Certifications

Certified albums

''Paradiso'' (1996) Certified: Gold and Platinum

Discography

Other compilation appearances

*''Guitar Music For Small Rooms'' (1997) (

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) *''Guitar Music For Small Rooms 2'' (2001) (

) *''Guitar Music For Small Rooms 3'' (2004) (

)

References

External links

Robert Michaels , Official Website
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Robert Michaels , Juno Awards Artist Summary
{{DEFAULTSORT:Michaels, Robert Canadian guitarists Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Flamenco guitarists Musicians from Toronto Juno Award for Instrumental Album of the Year winners Canadian world music musicians