Daniel Powter
Daniel Powter at MTV Asia Awards 2006, Bangkok, Thailand
Background information
Birth name	Daniel Robert Powter
Born	February 25, 1971 (1971-02-25) (age 36)
Origin	Vernon, British Columbia
Genre(s)	Piano pop
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter Pianist
Instrument(s)	Piano Vocals
Years active	2000 – Present
Label(s)	Sony BMG Epic Records Daylight Records
Website	http://www.danielpowter.com/

Daniel Robert Powter (born February 25, 1971) is a Canadian Grammy Award-nominated recording artist. He grew up in Vernon, in the Okanagan Valley region of British Columbia. With few local musical influences, he credits his early exposure to music to his mother, who was a pianist and directed him into music as a child. Dan is best known for his song "Bad Day". Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The annual MTV Asia Awards is the Asian equivalent of the United States MTV Video Music Awards and Europes MTV Europe Music Awards. ... See also: 2006 in British music Musical groups established in 2006 Record labels established in 2006 // January – James Nicholl, drummer of Pay*Ola became ill and was admitted to hospital. ... Location within in Thailand Coordinates: , Country Settled Ayutthaya Period Founded as capital 21 April 1782 Government  - Type Special administrative area  - Governer Apirak Kosayothin Area  - City 1,568. ... is the 56th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Vernon is a city in the south central region of British Columbia called the Okanagan at the north end of Okanagan Lake and Kalamalka Lake. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Piano rock, sometimes referred to as Piano pop, is a term for a style of music that is based around piano related instruments such as the keyboard and synthesiser, rather than the classic rock combination of lead guitar, bass guitar, drums, and vocals. ... The term singer-songwriter refers to performers who both write and sing their own material. ... A pianist is a person who plays the piano. ... A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. ... A short grand piano, with the lid up. ... In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ... See also: 2000 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 2000 Record labels established in 2000 // John Tavener is knighted in the New Years Honours List. ... In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... Bertelsmann is a transnational media corporation founded in 1835, based in G tersloh, Germany. ... Epic Records is an American record label, owned and operated by Sony BMG. // Epic was launched originally as a jazz and classical music label in 1953 by CBS. Its bright-yellow, black and blue logo became a familiar trademark for many jazz and classical releases. ... Daylight Records is an American record label, and subsidiary of Sony BMG. // History Daylight was founded by David Massey in late 2000 as an Epic Records Group label, and has subsequently signed and helped to develop a broad array of artists, in the process achieving global sales in excess of... is the 56th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. ... Grammy Award statuette The Grammy Awards, presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music Awards, the American Music... A musician is a person who plays or composes music. ... Vernon is a city in the south central region of British Columbia called the Okanagan at the north end of Okanagan Lake and Kalamalka Lake. ... The regional districts that comprise the Okanagan are shown in red. ... Motto: Splendor sine occasu (Latin: Splendour without diminishment) Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Official languages English (de facto) Government Lieutenant-Governor Steven Point Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament House seats 36 Senate seats 6 Confederation July 20, 1871 (6th province) Area  Ranked 5th Total 944...

Early success

Daniel Powter released his debut album "I'm Your Betty" in 2000. The album, limited to a very small print, is considered a collectors item by fans due to its extremely small print run. It contained 10 songs, two of which "More Than I" and "Negative Fashion" were both featured on the television show Higher Ground (TV series). Im Your Betty is the debut album from Daniel Powter. ... Higher Ground is a Canadian television show, aired in 2000. ...

Daniel Powter's first piano pop single, "Bad Day" debuted not in his home country of Canada, but rather in Europe in mid-2005. It was chosen by Warner Brothers as a submission for commercial production and was subsequently chosen by Coca-Cola as the theme song for an ad campaign in Europe. Additionally, "Bad Day" was used extensively by American Idol in its fifth season. Powter sang the song live at the end of the penultimate show of that season on May 23, 2006. The song achieved heavy airplay in most European countries, and made it as high as number three on the overall European airplay chart. It did best in Germany, where it peaked at number one in national airplay, Ireland where it peaked at #1 on the Singles Chart,^[1] in Italy, where it peaked at #1 in the summer of 2005 and has been recently featured on a commercial and in the UK, where it peaked at number two in the singles chart and stayed in the top 10 for 13 weeks. In the United States the song reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 seven weeks after it was released, and also rocketed to number one on the Adult Top 40 and Adult Contemporary charts. It made 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?"). In Australia, it peaked at number three. The song also reached number 1 in Powter's homeland of Canada. It was fifth place in the British Record of the Year 2005. Piano rock, sometimes referred to as Piano pop, is a term for a style of music that is based around piano related instruments such as the keyboard and synthesiser, rather than the classic rock combination of lead guitar, bass guitar, drums, and vocals. ... Bad Day is a pop song written by Canadian singer Daniel Powter. ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Warner Bros. ... The wave shape (known as the dynamic ribbon device) present on all Coca-Cola cans throughout the world derives from the contour of the original Coca-Cola bottles. ... AMERICAN IDOL HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO DEATH OF SIMON ... The fifth season of American Idol began on January 17, 2006 and concluded on May 24, 2006. ... is the 143rd day of the year (144th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Irish Singles Chart is the Irish music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. ... “Hot 100” redirects here. ... Adult Top 40 is a another variation on the Top 40 format, in which this genre is more geared towards an adult audience who are not into Rock music teen Pop, Dance music, Hip-Hop, Modern Rock or slower Adult Contemporary fare. ... Adult contemporary music, frequently abbreciated to just AC, is a type of radio format that plays mainstream and pop music, without hip-hop or rap since, as per the name, it is geared more towards adults than teens. ... For other persons of the same name, see Brian Adams. ... Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman? is a 1995 song by Bryan Adams from the Don Juan DeMarco soundtrack. ... The Record of the Year is an award show voted for by the UK public. ...

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. is the 183rd day of the year (184th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Official Live8 DVD, released in November 2005 Live 8 was a series of concurrent benefit concerts that took place on 2 July 2005, in the G8 states and in South Africa. ...

On April 1, 2006, he was named the best new artist at the Canadian Juno Awards. is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Juno Awards are awards of achievement presented to Canadian musical artists and bands; they could be considered the transnational counterpart to the United States Grammy Awards. ...

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Daniel Powter has a music publishing deal with BMG Music Publishing for France. Established in 1987, BMG Music Publishing, a unit of Bertelsmann AG, is the world’s leading independent music publisher and the worlds third largest music publisher. ...

Powter was nominated for Breakthrough Act at the BRIT Awards 2006, but failed to win that award.

He was also nominated at the 2006 Billboard Music Awards for Hot 100 single of the year for his hit "Bad Day", but lost. However "Bad Day" was still named Billboard #1 song of the year in 2006.^[2] A grammy nomination followed in the pop vocal performance category which went to John Mayer at the ceremony held in Los Angeles in February 2007. The Billboard Music Awards, held annually in December, is one of four major music awards shows presented each year (the others being the American Music Awards, the Grammys, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony). ... Bad Day is a pop song written by Canadian singer Daniel Powter. ...

Follow-up singles

Powter's next singles varied worldwide with "Jimmy Gets High", "Free Loop", and "Lie To Me" all being released in different parts of the world. So far, however, they have failed to match the enormous success of 'Bad Day'.

In the UK, "Free Loop" was released as the follow-up single to "Bad Day". However, Warner Bros. Records' international distributor, WEA failed to realize that "Free Loop" was chart ineligible due to a live version of "Bad Day" being featured as a B-side on the single. "Bad Day" was still in the UK top 40 and due to UK chart rules, an artist cannot have a version of the previous single on the latest one if the previous is still charting. However, if it had charted it would have been a top 20 hit, in the midweek charts it was at number 16. Consequently, the next UK single which was chart eligible was "Lie To Me", which was an abysmal flop, completely missing the top 75. "Lie To Me" eventually charted at #92 in the UK because of distribution problems and lack of promotion due to extensive promotion of "Bad Day" in the US. Warner Bros. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... In recorded music, the terms A-side and B-side refer to the two sides of 7 inch vinyl records on which singles have been released since the 1950s. ...

"Jimmy Gets High" was highly speculated to be the fourth single from the album in the UK, with an expected release set for October 2006 however, despite the video circulating on music channels and the song receiving good airplay, it was eventually not released due to US Commitments. In the US, "Free Loop" was the album's second single but failed to make the Hot 100 and barely broke the Adult Contemporary Top 30; during the brief chart tenure of "Free Loop", "Bad Day" was still sitting at #2 AC behind Natasha Bedingfield's "Unwritten." A new track called "Love You Lately" was now rumoured to be his next US and UK single and whilst a video was filmed, it was never released to music channels or radio stations so now release has yet been confirmed. A re-release of his first mainstream album 'Daniel Powter' has been speculated alongside the release of two new tracks 'Love You Lately' and 'Back Home In Alabama' included on the re-release however, this like a new single, has yet to be confirmed. Natasha Anne Bedingfield (born 26 November 1981) is an English singer and songwriter who debuted in the 1990s as a member of the Christian dance/electronic group The DNA Algorithm with her siblings Daniel Bedingfield and Nikola Rachelle. ...

New Album

Daniel has said that his new album will be released in march 2008. On his myspace blog he revealed that he's been working with legendary producer Linda Perry in her studio which he claims is "Amazing... one of the best in LA." Also announced is the musicians recording the as-of-yet unnamed album with him. He claims "I'm working with some great musicians. So far, I have confirmed David Levita on guitar, Victor Indrizzo on drums and Paul Ill on bass." Linda Perry, born April 15, 1965 in Springfield, Massachusetts, to parents of Portuguese descent,[1] is an American rock musician, songwriter, and record producer. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Trivia

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• His 'Daniel Powter' album contains a copy protection scheme that prevents it from being loaded onto computers or used with digital music devices, it is unclear whether this prompted its re-release in 2007 with additional tracks and without such protection.

• When asked in an interview why he always wears his trademark tuque (beanie) hat, Powter explained that he was hit by a car when he was 22 and was subsequently left with a large scar on his head. He wears a hat to cover the scar, and remarked that he has over 40 similar tuques in his wardrobe.

• Powter's hit "Bad Day" was featured on the fifth season of American Idol, played whenever a contestant was eliminated.

• "Bad Day" is now well known as arena music in sporting events; it is played whenever a team loses, gets eliminated from a playoff series or game, or something bad happens during the game (e.g. star player gets injured). Examples of sporting events where it has been used include the 2006 FIFA World Cup, 2006 MLB season, 2006 NBA Playoffs, and 2006 Stanley Cup Playoffs. At baseball stadiums, it's also used to mock opposing pitchers who have been taken out of games due to poor performance.

• Daniel Powter is dyslexic. In an article in People Magazine he said that instead of seeing "the dogs were barking" he saw "the bogs were darking" and that piano notes looked like dots to him.

• "Bad Day" was used in the 2006 MTV Movie Awards skit.

• In the episode "The Bitch is Back" from The CW's Veronica Mars, Kristen Bell (Veronica Mars) was singing "Bad Day" while waiting in the dark.

• The Daily Show parodied American Idol's use of "Bad Day" in a sketch about Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's death. The song was played over clips of the terrorist, much like American Idol 's montages of eliminated contestants.

• The Canadian singer/songwriter's label announced that "Bad Day" has become the best-selling digital single in the U.S. to date, with nearly 1.7 million downloads.

• Internet sketch comedy show Moron Life parodied Powter's "Bad Day" in their musical number Overplayed.

• Daniel Powter has a brother named Matthew who works as a teacher at a junior high school in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

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Discography

Year	Album	Album cover
2000	I'm Your Betty
2005	Daniel Powter

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Singles

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References

1. ^ Bad Day peaks at #1 on ISC on 18 August 2005
2. ^ http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/awards/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003439726

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