1. Daniel Richard Powter is a Canadian singer-songwriter.
31 Facts About Daniel Powter
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Daniel Powter was nominated for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance at the 49th Grammy Awards for "Bad Day" and won the Juno Award for Breakthrough Artist of the Year in 2006.
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Daniel Powter grew up in Coldstream, outside of Vernon, in the Okanagan Valley region of British Columbia.
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Daniel Powter changed to piano at 16 years old due to bullying.
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Daniel Powter started a pop rock band in Victoria, British Columbia.
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Daniel Powter worked as a keyboardist on The Chris Isaak Show.
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Daniel Powter wrote the hook to "Bad Day" while on a ferry ride between Victoria and Vancouver.
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Daniel Powter wrote the song with a negative connotation to avoid sounding cheesy and chose "bad day" because it sang well.
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Daniel Powter recorded a demo for "Bad Day" with producer Jeff Dawson and fielded inquiries with several music labels.
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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.
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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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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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Daniel Powter took a hiatus in 2011 to focus on his family life.
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Daniel Powter's album, Turn On the Lights, was released in July 2012.
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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 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".
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On September 5,2013, Daniel 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.
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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 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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In 2024, Daniel Powter auditioned for the fourth season of Canada's Got Talent, making his first Canadian television performance.
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Daniel Powter moved to Los Angeles in 2005 with his daughter and then wife.
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Daniel Powter has three children: two daughters and one son.