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'''Michael Steven Bublé''' (born [[9 September]], [[1975]]) is a critically accalimed [[Grammy Award|Grammy]]-nominated, multiple [[Juno Award]]-winning [[Canada|Canadian]] [[crooner]], [[big band]] [[singer]] and actor. While achieving modest chart success in the [[United States]], his [[2003]] self-titled album has reached the top ten in [[Canada]], the [[United Kingdom|UK]] and [[Australia]]. In [[2004]], a live album and video called ''[[Come Fly with Me (2004 album)|Come Fly with Me]]'' was listed on the [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] music video charts and reached Australia's top 40 album charts. He reached commercial success in the U.S. with ''[[It's Time (Album)|It's Time]]''. He currently lives in [[Vancouver]]. His third album, ''[[Call Me Irresponsible (album)|Call Me Irresponsible]]'', is due to be released on [[May 1]], [[2007]].
'''Michael Steven Bublé''' (born [[9 September]], [[1975]]) is a critically acclaimed [[Grammy Award|Grammy]]-nominated, multiple [[Juno Award]]-winning [[Canada|Canadian]] [[crooner]], [[big band]] [[singer]] and actor. While achieving modest chart success in the [[United States]], his [[2003]] self-titled album has reached the top ten in [[Canada]], the [[United Kingdom|UK]] and [[Australia]]. In [[2004]], a live album and video called ''[[Come Fly with Me (2004 album)|Come Fly with Me]]'' was listed on the [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] music video charts and reached Australia's top 40 album charts. He reached commercial success in the U.S. with ''[[It's Time (Album)|It's Time]]''. He currently lives in [[Vancouver]]. His third album, ''[[Call Me Irresponsible (album)|Call Me Irresponsible]]'', is due to be released on [[May 1]], [[2007]].


==Early years==
==Early years==

Revision as of 20:26, 21 April 2007

For the album, see Michael Bublé (album).
Michael Bublé

Michael Steven Bublé (born 9 September, 1975) is a critically acclaimed Grammy-nominated, multiple Juno Award-winning Canadian crooner, big band singer and actor. While achieving modest chart success in the United States, his 2003 self-titled album has reached the top ten in Canada, the UK and Australia. In 2004, a live album and video called Come Fly with Me was listed on the Billboard music video charts and reached Australia's top 40 album charts. He reached commercial success in the U.S. with It's Time. He currently lives in Vancouver. His third album, Call Me Irresponsible, is due to be released on May 1, 2007.

Early years

Bublé was born in Burnaby, British Columbia. He is of Italian descent with dual citizenship in Italy. He graduated from Cariboo Hill Secondary School. Bublé grew up listening to his grandfather's collection of jazz records. On his website, Bublé highlights the importance of his grandfather in encouraging his musical tastes. "My grandfather was really my best friend growing up. He was the one who opened me up to a whole world of music that seemed to have been passed over by my generation. Although I like rock and roll and modern music, the first time my granddad played me the Mills Brothers, something magical happened. The lyrics were so romantic, so real... the way a song should be for me. It was like seeing my future flash before me. I wanted to be a singer and I knew that this was the music that I wanted to sing."

Buble's grandfather encouraged him to learn the standards that he loved and to enter a talent contest in Vancouver which he won before a later disqualification for being underage. Not discouraged, he won first prize in a Canadian Youth Talent Search at the age of seventeen.

For the next few years, Bublé pursued a musical career without great success. He appeared as Elvis in a Red Rock Diner road show and sung as a star of a musical revue called Forever Swing. He also appeared in an episode of Death Game in 1996. He recorded a couple of independent albums, one as a present to his grandfather. Bublé received two Genie Award-nominations in 2000 for both songs he wrote for the film Here's to Life starring fellow Canadian Eric McCormack.

Career breakthrough

Bublé's career breakthrough came when Michael McSweeney, associate to former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, saw his performance at a business party. Having enjoyed Bublé's performance, McSweeney was given an album, which he gave to Mulroney and his wife. Bublé was then invited to sing at the wedding of Mulroney's daughter Caroline in 2000, where he sang Kurt Weill's "Mack the Knife". At the wedding, Brian Mulroney introduced Bublé to David Foster, a multi-Grammy award winning producer and a Warner Brothers record executive who had worked with Josh Groban previously. Foster signed Bublé to his '143' record label, producing the self-titled album Michael Bublé in 2000. The album features a range of standards from various eras including "Fever", "The Way You Look Tonight", "For Once in My Life", Van Morrison's "Moondance" and Lou Rawls's "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine". Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees sang back up vocals on Bublé's version of the group's "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?".

Michael Bublé was released in early 2003 and soon entered the Canadian album charts. Chart success in the UK, U.S., Australia and elsewhere soon followed with the album going Platinum and reaching the top ten of the album charts in the UK and Canada and going all the way to #1 in Australia. The album has reached the top 50 of the Billboard 200 album charts in the U.S. His version of George Michael's "Kissing a Fool" was released as a single from the album and reached the top 30 of the Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart. "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" reached the top 30 of the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart as well. His third single "Sway", originally performed by Dean Martin also reached the top 30 of the Adult Contemporary chart while a Junkie XL remix of the song reached the top 20 in Australia in May 2004.

Bublé won the "Best New Talent" award at the Juno Awards of 2004 and his self-titled album was nominated for "Album of the Year", but lost out to Sam Roberts.

Bublé released a Christmas EP Let it Snow in late 2003. The title track reached the top 40 of the Australian singles chart, ironically in mid-summer in that country. He released a live album and video in April 2004 with the video reaching the top 10 of the Billboard video charts. The album also reached the top 50 of the Australian album charts as at the end of April and the Billboard 200 album charts.

Bublé has also appeared in a variety of films in the past few years including his appearance as a karaoke singer in Duets opposite Gwyneth Paltrow and Huey Lewis. He also has appeared in Totally Blonde in 2001 and in The Snow Walker in 2003.

Songs from Bublé's debut album ("For Once in My Life", "Kissing a Fool") were released on the soundtrack for the Ewan McGregor/Renée Zellweger movie Down with Love, but the soundtrack also included a previously unreleased duet with Holly Palmer on the movie's title theme. The Junkie XL remix of "Spider-Man" from Bublé's Babalu album was played during the closing credits of Spider-Man 2, and this version was also released as a single.

It's Time: Bublé goes mainstream

Bublé's second studio album, It's Time, debuted as a hugely successful sophomore performance. The album reached number 7 on the Billboard 200 album chart and number 2 on the ARIA Album Charts in Australia. It's Time also debuted at number 4 on the UK Album Charts. The album features covers of Beatles and Ray Charles songs, and the hit single "Home".

Bublé can be seen in Starbucks commercials singing his cover of the Jimmy Van Heusen/Sammy Cahn swing standard, "Come Fly with Me" from his debut album, and more recently, ESPN has used "Feeling Good" in commercials for poker tournaments.

Michael Bublé has now sold in excess of ten million recordings worldwide. His popularity continues to grow as he has a massive following across Europe, North America, Australia, Southeast Asia, South Africa and Brazil.

Michael Bublé won four Juno Awards (equivalent of the American Grammy Awards) at the 2006 Juno Awards in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, including "Pop Album of the Year" (It's Time), "Single of the Year" ("Home"), Album of the Year (It's Time), and Artist of the Year. He was also nominated for the Juno Fan Choice Award, but did not win. Overall, Michael Bublé took away the most awards at the 2006 Junos.

He is managed by Bruce Allen, who also manages Martina McBride and Bryan Adams.

Bublé has collected some of the best musicians in the world to appear with him, many of which have released albums of their own. In concert, he often features an instrumental number.

On April 4, 2007, Bublé appeared on American Idol, as a last minute replacement to Tony Bennett, singing Frank Sinatra's "Call Me Irresponsible." He later joked with Ryan Seacrest asking, "Am I wasting my votes still voting for Antonella Barba?" The next day, members of the media speculated as to whether or not Bublé was intoxicated while on American Idol because of slurred speech and frequent laughing during his performance.

Personal life

Bublé was engaged to long-time girlfriend reba Timuss, a stage actor, dancer/ballerina, and singer. Both were in the musicals Red Rock Diner in 1996[1] and Dean Regan's Forever Swing in 1998.[2][3] Tumiss was listed as one of the dedicatees in Bublé's self-titled album Michael Bublé and as background vocalist on It's Time. While away in Italy, Bublé co-wrote the hit single "Home" for Timuss.[4][5] She was also featured in his Home music video. They were later engaged in 2004 and ended their relationship in November 2005. He is now dating Golden Globe-winning British actress Emily Blunt. They met in 2004 at his concert in the U.S.[6]

Bublé grew up with a best friend from Denmark ('Rasmus') with whom he celebrated julefrokost quite often. [citation needed] He is fond of Danish Schnapps, familiar with Danish culture and Danish drinking songs, and speaks a bit of Danish, which he mentioned at a concert in Denmark.[citation needed]. He is also good friends with Vancouver Canucks goaltender Roberto Luongo.[citation needed]

Discography

Year Cover Album Sales
1996 File:Cover6210 34639.jpg First Dance
2001 Babalu
2002 File:Mbdream.jpg Dream
2003 File:Michaelbubletotallybuble.jpg Totally Bublé
2003 Michael Bublé
2003 File:Michaelbubleletitsnow.jpg Let It Snow! (EP)
2004 File:Mb comeflywithme.jpg Come Fly with Me (Live CD and DVD)
  • RIAA: Platinum (video longform) [2]
  • ARIA: Gold (35,000)[3]
2005 It's Time
2005 File:Michael Buble Caught In The Act.jpg Caught in the Act (Live CD and DVD)
  • ARIA: Gold (35,000)[7]
2006 File:Michael-Buble-With-Love-348339.jpg With Love (EP)
  • RIAA: Gold (500,000+)[8]
2007 File:B000NVIXDW.01. SCLZZZZZZZ V23581873 AA240 .jpg Call Me Irresponsible Yet to be released.

Singles

2004

2005

  • "Feeling Good" (from the album It's Time)
  • "Home" (from the album It's Time)

International charts

^Charted at #31 on original release.

^^Charted at #63 on re-release as a double a-side with "A Song for You".

Guest songs

Year Song Album
2003 "Kissing a Fool"
"For Once in my Life"
"Down with Love" (with Holly Palmer) 		Down with Love Soundtrack
2004 "I Won't Dance" Taking a Chance on Love
2004 "Elf's Lament" Barenaked for the Holidays
2005 "Let There Be Love" To Love Again
2006 "Just in Time"
"Steppin' Out With My Baby" 		Duets: An American Classic

Filmography

Awards and achievements

Year Award Result
2004 Juno: Best New Talent Won
2004 Juno: Album of the Year - Michael Bublé Nom.
2006 Juno: Pop Album of the Year - It's Time Won
2006 Juno: Single of the Year - Home Won
2006 Juno: Album of the Year - It's Time Won
2006 Juno: Artist of the Year Won
2006 Juno Fan Choice Award Nom.
2007 Grammy: Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album - Caught in the Act Nom.
2007 Grammy: "Save the Last Dance for Me" Nom.

Touring band members

References

  1. ^ Hayes, David (April 2005). "The Making of Pop Sensation Michael Bublé". Saturday Night Magazine.
  2. ^ "In the mood for jazz joy". North Shore News. 1998-11-16. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. ^ Armstrong, Denis (2001-02-01). "Swinging to great heights". Ottowa Sun. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ^ Adams, Cameron (2005-04-28). "Cameron Adams discovers singer Michael Buble really enjoys bad reviews". Q&A. Herald Sun HiT, p.3. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  5. ^ MacQueen, Ken (2005-02-04). "Break Out the Bublé". Macleans. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  6. ^ Stevenson, Jane (2006-06-30). "Some Blunt talk from 'Prada' actress". Toronto Sun. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)

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