Bobby Bazini (born Bobby Bazinet May 6, 1989) is a

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singer-songwriter from

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, Quebec, Canada. He has released three studio albums and is currently signed to Universal Music Canada.

Career

2009–2011: ''Better In Time''

Bazini's first single, "I Wonder", was released in 2009 and stayed eight weeks on the Top 3 of

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. His debut album, ''Better In Time'' (2010), peaked at No. 4 on the

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and was certified platinum by the CRIA with over 80,000 copies sold. Warner Music Group subsequently acquired the rights to his album and distributed it internationally. In 2011, Bazini was nominated for two Juno Awards: New Artist of the Year and Pop Album of the Year (''Better In Time'').

2012–2014: ''Where I Belong''

When the time came to craft his second album, Bobby Bazini took the trip of a lifetime when he grabbed his guitar, loaded up his car, and left a small Montreal suburb for California to record with music producer

Larry Klein Larry Klein (born March 17, 1956) is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. He is based in Los Angeles. He began his career as a bassist, playing with jazz artists Willie Bobo, Freddie Hubbard, Carmen McRae, Joe Henderson, Bobby ...

. ''Where I Belong'' (2014) was recorded with some of Bazini's favorite musicians, including Booker T. Jones (organ), Jack Ashford (percussion), and Jay Bellerose (drums), which resulted is an album of live-sounding folk/country and soul songs, released through Universal Music Canada. ''Where I Belong'' topped the charts in Canada and was certified platinum with more than 100,000 copies sold, reaching this threshold within the year of release, making it the best-selling Canadian album of 2014. In June 2014, Bazini performed at the Montreal International Jazz Festival to an audience of approximately 60,000.

2015–present: ''Summer Is Gone''

For his third studio album, ''Summer Is Gone'' (2016), Bazini worked with songwriters and producers like Jake Gosling ( Ed Sheeran),

Martin Terefe Martin Terefe (born 1969, Stockholm, Sweden) is a Swedish record producer and songwriter, now living and working in London, who has produced Grammy, Brit and Juno award -winning albums with artists like Jason Mraz, James Morrison and KT Tunstal ...

( Jason Mraz, James Blunt), and

Eg White Francis Anthony "Eg" White (born 22 November 1966) is a British musician, songwriter and producer. He started his career in the cowpunk band Yip Yip Coyote in the 1980s and then formed Brother Beyond with his brother, David White, in the late ...

(James Morrison, Adele). Pop Magazine lists ''Summer Is Gone'' among the Top 50 Albums of 2016. Bazini performed at the Stanley Cup 125th Tribute Concert in Ottawa, Ontario, on March 17, 2017.

Family

In 2015, his younger brother

Kevin Bazinet Kevin Bazinet (born June 14, 1991) is a Canadian pop singer, who won the third season of the reality television series ''La Voix'' in 2015.La Voix ''La Voix'' is a francophone Canadian reality talent show as part of the international television series franchise ''The Voice'', based on the original Dutch version of the program created by John de Mol. The series is part of ''The Voice' ...

''."Les frères Bazinet-Bazini en duo"
TVA Nouvelles, June 7, 2015.

Discography

Albums

Singles

Awards and nominations

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bazini, Bobby 1989 births Living people French Quebecers Canadian singer-songwriters Singers from Quebec People from Mont-Laurier 21st-century Canadian male singers Canadian pop singers Canadian rock singers Canadian male singer-songwriters