Michael Buble found a worldwide audience with his 2005 album It's Time and his 2007 album Call Me Irresponsible – which reached number one on the Canadian Albums Chart, the UK Albums Chart, the US Billboard 200, the Australian ARIA Albums Chart and several European charts.
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Michael Buble has sold over 75 million records worldwide, and won numerous awards, including four Grammy Awards and multiple Juno Awards.
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Michael Steven Buble was born in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada on September 9,1975, the son of Lewis Buble, a fisherman with Croatian ancestry from Losinj, and Amber, of Italian origin.
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Michael Buble attended Seaforth Elementary School and Cariboo Hill Secondary School.
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Michael Buble has a strong passion for ice hockey and wanted to become a professional hockey player for the Vancouver Canucks growing up, but believed he was not good enough.
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Michael Buble's first singing engagements were in nightclubs at age 16 and were facilitated by his Italian grandfather Demetrio Santaga, a plumber from Preganziol, Treviso, who offered his plumbing services in exchange for stage time for his grandson.
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Michael Buble grew up listening to his grandfather's collection of jazz records and credits his grandfather in encouraging his love for jazz music.
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Michael Buble was the one who opened me up to a whole world of music that seemed to have been passed over by my generation.
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Michael Buble never stopped believing he would become a star but admitted he was probably the only one who believed in his dream, stating that even his maternal grandfather thought Michael Buble was going to be "an opening act for somebody in Las Vegas".
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Michael Buble stated he never learned to read and write music, using only emotion to drive his songwriting ability.
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At age 18, Michael Buble entered a local talent contest and won, but was disqualified by organizer Bev Delich for being underage.
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Delich represented him for the next seven years, during which Michael Buble worked diligently at any job that came along: clubs, conventions, cruise ships, hotel lounges, shopping malls, and talent shows.
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Michael Buble recorded three independent albums: First Dance, Babalu, and Dream.
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Michael Buble subsequently was invited to sing at the wedding of Mulroney's daughter, Caroline, where he sang Kurt Weill's "Mack the Knife".
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Michael Buble moved to Los Angeles with his agent for a brief period to convince Foster to sign him.
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Additionally, Michael Buble received the personal stamp of approval and support of Foster's friend, musician and songwriter Paul Anka.
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Michael Buble appeared as a karaoke singer in Duets in 2000 and a club owner in Totally Blonde in 2001.
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Michael Buble appeared nationally on television in the United States on the Today program on February 14,2003.
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In November 2003, Michael Buble released a Christmas EP Let it Snow, containing five previously unreleased tracks, that peaked at 56 on the Billboard 200.
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Michael Buble won New Artist of the Year at the 2004 Juno Awards, and his album was nominated for Album of the Year but lost to Sam Roberts.
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Michael Buble collaborated with the Barenaked Ladies for "Elf's Lament", a song on their 2004 Christmas album Barenaked for the Holidays.
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Michael Buble won four Juno Awards in 2006: Album of the Year and Pop Album of the Year, Single of the Year, and Artist of the Year.
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Michael Buble was nominated twice for a Grammy in the category Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album in 2006 and 2007, but lost both times to Tony Bennett.
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In 2007, Michael Buble received one Juno nomination, for Fan Choice, but lost to Nelly Furtado.
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However, an early release in the United States happened on October 9,2009, in which Michael Buble appeared on Oprah that same day and performed the album's first single "Haven't Met You Yet".
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Michael Buble wrote the opening part for his cover on the single "Cry Me a River" in Bond-like theme because he wanted the song to sound very cinematic and bombastic.
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Michael Buble re-released Crazy Love on October 25,2010, in the US, with an earlier release date of October 15,2010 for Europe.
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In October 2011, Michael Buble released his fifth studio album, Christmas, which rose to the top of the US and UK charts.
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Michael Buble took part in the torch relay in Vancouver before the opening ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympics.
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Michael Buble performed with other Canadian celebrities at the closing ceremony, singing a version of "Maple Leaf Forever" and appearing as a Mountie but having his uniform torn off to reveal a white tuxedo.
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Michael Buble appeared in the TV special Michael Buble's Canada, which aired on Australian cable television in January, ahead of the 2010 Winter Games.
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Michael Buble was a guest on the comedy TV program Colbert Report for Colbert's 2010 Vancouver Winter Games coverage.
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Michael Buble was the celebrity mentor for the finalists in week 3 and appeared on the finale, duetting with Stacey Solomon.
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Michael Buble was featured in the ITV documentary Michael Buble's Day Off which aired on June 30,2013.
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On December 15,2018, Michael Buble was the musical guest for the final of the sixteenth edition of BBC's Strictly Come Dancing.
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On January 29,2022, Michael Buble announced that his ninth studio album, Higher, would be released on March 25.
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Michael Buble was previously engaged to actress Debbie Timuss, who appeared with him in the musicals Red Rock Diner in 1996 and Dean Regan's Forever Swing in 1998.
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Michael Buble sang background vocals on "Me and Mrs Jones", and "Everything" was written by Buble for her.
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Michael Buble co-wrote the hit single "Haven't Met You Yet" for Lopilato while they were dating and she appeared in his music video.
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Michael Buble discussed this with British talk show host James Corden in 2018.
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An avid hockey fan since childhood, Michael Buble requires "one local team hockey puck" in his dressing room as part of his contract to concert promoters in every city.
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Michael Buble is a prominent celebrity supporter of the Vancouver Canucks.
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