Daniel Richard Powter is a Canadian musician and a songwriter.
30 Facts About Daniel Powter
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Daniel Powter is best known for his self-penned hit song "Bad Day", which was top of the Billboard Hot 100 for five weeks.
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Daniel Powter changed to piano at 16 years old after a group of children bullied him in the schoolyard, trashed and destroyed his violin.
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Daniel Powter started writing songs when he was 13 years old.
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Daniel Powter moved to Vancouver at the age of 22 and met producer Jeff Dawson in 1997 and released his debut studio album, I'm Your Betty, on June 21,2000.
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Daniel Powter sang the song live at the end of the final show of that season on May 23,2006.
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On July 2,2005, Daniel 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.
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In 2006, Daniel Powter won in the New Artist of the Year category at the Canadian Juno Awards, and was nominated for Best International Breakthrough Act at the BRIT Awards.
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At the 2007 Grammy Awards, Daniel Powter received a Best Male Pop Vocal Performance nomination for the song.
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Daniel Powter was never able to have another major hit after "Bad Day" and never cracked the US Hot 100 again.
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In March 2008, a song by Japanese singer Haru featuring Daniel Powter, "Find My Way", was released.
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Daniel Powter performed piano on tracks for what was scheduled to be Marcy Playground frontman John Wozniak's solo album, Leaving Wonderland.
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Daniel Powter was still given credit for his contributions to the song "Gin and Money".
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On March 16,2009, Daniel Powter performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival then in December 2009, Daniel Powter was named as the decade's top One-Hit Wonder by Billboard.
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On December 1,2010, Daniel Powter made a tribute to English singer and songwriter John Lennon with his cover version of Happy Xmas.
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On June 13,2012, Daniel Powter made a tribute to L'Arc-en-Ciel with his variation of the song "Stay Away".
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On December 5,2012, Powter was featured in a song with Japanese singer May J titled "Back To Your Heart".
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On June 5,2013, Daniel Powter announced on Twitter that he was working on a new 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".
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On September 5,2013, Daniel Powter later released 4 new songs as bonus tracks for his album Turn on the Lights called Ur My Radio, Doesn't Matter, Cheers To Us and Goodbye.
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On November 27,2016, Daniel Powter performed at The 39th Jazz Goes To Campus Festival performing Bad Day.
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On January 6,2017, Daniel Powter released a new single called "Delicious" featuring Australian singer Vanessa Amorosi.
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On September 21,2018, Daniel 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.
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Daniel Powter collaborated with other artists in the MOSHIMO Project in May 2020.
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On February 3,2021, Daniel Powter was featured in a song called "Save Your Life" with Japanese pop singer Ayaka Hirahara.
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Daniel Powter performed at TriNet Peopleforce on September 16,2021, with the new song "Brave" which became downloadable on October 7.
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Daniel Powter then collaborated with Patricia Kelly with "Brave" in a duet.
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Musician Agent Zed worked on a electronic dance rendition of Bad Day with Daniel Powter, releasing a music video on April 22,2023.
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Daniel Powter lived in Los Angeles, California for 20 years until 2021, and currently lives in Oregon.
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Daniel Powter has three children: two daughters and one son.
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When Daniel Powter is not making music he enjoys spending time with his children and his hobbies include fly fishing, yoga, surfing and reading Raymond Carver short stories.