Michael Steven Bublé ( ; born September 9, 1975)
is a
Canadian
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singer. He is often credited for helping to renew public interest and appreciation for
traditional pop
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standards Standard may refer to:
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and the
Great American Songbook
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Definition
According to the Great American Songbook Foundation: The "Great American Songbook" i ...
.
In 2003, Bublé's first album reached the top ten in Canada and the United Kingdom. He found a worldwide audience with his 2005 album ''
It's Time'' and his 2007 album ''
Call Me Irresponsible
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According to the Mel Tormé book ''The Other Side of the Rainbow with Judy Garland o ...
'' – which reached number one on the
Canadian Albums Chart
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, the
UK Albums Chart
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, the US
''Billboard'' 200, the Australian
ARIA Albums Chart
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and several European charts. His 2009 album ''
Crazy Love'' debuted at number one on the US ''Billboard'' 200 after three days of sales, and remained there for two weeks. It was also his fourth number one album on ''Billboard''
's
Top Jazz Albums
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chart. His 2011 holiday album, ''
Christmas
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'', was in first place on the ''Billboard'' 200 for the final four weeks of 2011 and the first week of 2012, totalling five weeks atop the chart, it also made the top 5 in the United Kingdom. With this, ''Christmas'' became his third-consecutive number-one album on the chart. ''
To Be Loved
''To Be Loved'' is the eighth studio album by Canadian singer, Michael Bublé. The album was released on April 15, 2013, by 143 Records and Reprise Records. The album was preceded by the release of the lead single, "It's a Beautiful Day", release ...
'' was released in April 2013, followed by ''
Nobody but Me'' in October 2016 and ''
Love
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'' in November 2018.
Bublé has sold over 75 million records worldwide, and won numerous awards, including five
Grammy Award
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s and fifteen
Juno Awards
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.
Early life and musical beginnings
Michael Steven Bublé was born in
Burnaby
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,
British Columbia
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, Canada
on September 9, 1975, the son of Lewis Bublé, a fisherman with
Croatian ancestry from
Lošinj, and Amber (née Santaga), of
Italian
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origin.
Bublé's paternal grandparents were originally from
Istria
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, while his maternal grandparents were from Italy.
Bublé stated: "
n the side of the family native of modern-day Croatiasome say we're
Yugoslavian, others that we're Italian."
He has two younger sisters,
Brandee, a children's book author, and Crystal, an actress. He and his siblings were raised
Roman Catholic
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. He attended
Seaforth Elementary School and
Cariboo Hill Secondary School
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.
According to an ''
Oprah Winfrey
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'' interview on October 10, 2009, Bublé dreamed of becoming a famous singer since he was two. When he was a teenager, he slept with his Bible and prayed to become a singer.
His interest in jazz began at around age five when his family played
Bing Crosby
Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr. (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American singer, musician and actor. The first multimedia star, he was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century worldwide. He was a ...
's ''
White Christmas'' album.
His musical influences include
Frank Sinatra
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,
Dean Martin
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,
Tony Bennett
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,
Elvis Presley
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,
Bobby Darin
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He started his career as a songwriter for Connie ...
and
Sam Cooke
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.
The first time his family noticed his singing talent was during the Christmas holidays, when Bublé was 13 years old, and they heard him powerfully sing the phrase "May your days be merry and bright" when the family was singing to the song "
White Christmas" on a car ride.
Bublé also has a strong passion for ice hockey and wanted to become a professional hockey player for the
Vancouver Canucks
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growing up, but believed he was not good enough.
"I wanted so bad to be a hockey player... If I was any good at hockey, I probably wouldn't be singing right now."
He often played hockey in his youth, watched Vancouver Canucks games with his father, and said that he "went to every single home game as a kid... I remember I wanted to be
Gary Lupul
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and
Ivan Hlinka. I used to think that being named Michael Bublé was pretty cool because I was close to being called
Jiri Bubla."
Bublé shared his hockey interest with his grandfather.
From the age of 14, Bublé spent six years working during the summer as a
commercial fisherman
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with his father and crewmates.
He called the experience "the most deadly physical work I'll ever know in my lifetime. We'd be gone for two, sometimes three months at a time and the experience of living and working among guys over twice my age taught me a lot about responsibility and what it means to be a man."
[
His first singing engagements were in nightclubs at age 16 and were facilitated by his Italian grandfather Demetrio Santagà,] a plumber from Preganziol
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, Treviso
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, who offered his plumbing services in exchange for stage time for his grandson.[ Bublé's grandfather paid for his singing lessons. Both his voice teacher, Sandi Siemens, and his maternal grandfather never stopped believing that he would become a star. Bublé's maternal grandmother, Iolanda (née Moscone),] was also Italian, from Carrufo, L'Aquila
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.
As a children's entertainer he used the name "Mickey Bubbles".
Bublé grew up listening to his grandfather's collection of jazz
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records and credits his grandfather in encouraging his love for jazz music. "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."
Bublé 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 Bublé was going to be "an opening act for somebody in Las Vegas". He stated he never learned to read and write music, using only emotion to drive his songwriting ability.
At age 18, Bublé entered a local talent contest and won, but was disqualified by organizer Bev Delich for being underage. Delich entered him in the Canadian Youth Talent Search. After Bublé won that contest, he asked Delich to be his manager. Delich represented him for the next seven years, during which Bublé worked diligently at any job that came along: clubs, conventions, cruise ships, hotel lounges, shopping malls, and talent shows.
In 1996, Bublé appeared in TV's ''Death Game'' (also known as ''Mortal Challenge'') as a Drome Groupie. Also in 1996, he appeared (uncredited) in two episodes of ''The X-Files
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'' as a member of a submarine crew. His first national TV performance was on a 1997 award-winning Bravo!
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documentary titled ''Big Band Boom!'', directed by Mark Glover Masterson. Beginning in 1997, he became a frequent guest on Vicki Gabereau
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Biography
Vicki Frances Filion was born ...
's national talk show on the CTV network. During its first season, the Vancouver-based programme aired live, which ultimately worked in Bublé's favour. When a scheduled guest was forced to cancel, the show's music producer often asked Bublé to fill in at the last minute. The Gabereau appearances provided Bublé with great exposure, but they also helped the singer hone his television skills as a performer and as an interview guest. In a mutual show of gratitude, Bublé appeared on the final Gabereau show in 2005, along with Jann Arden
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Early life and educat ...
and Elvis Costello
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.
Bublé received two Genie Award
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nominations for Best Original Song
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Best Actor/Best Actress
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in 2000 for "I've Never Been in Love Before" and "Dumb ol' Heart", two songs he wrote for the film ''Here's to Life!
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''. He recorded three independent albums: ''First Dance A first dance A first dance is the opening dance in various traditions.
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* "First Dance" (song), a 2009 song by Justin Bieber
* '' The First Dance'', a 2009 album by Br ...
'' (1996), ''Babalu
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* '' BaBalu'', a 2001 Michael Bublé album
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'' (2001), and ''Dream
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'' (2002).
Music career
2000–2002: Early career
Michael McSweeney, an aide to former prime minister
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Brian Mulroney
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, saw Bublé's performance at a business party[ and received a copy of Bublé's self-financed independent album. McSweeney showed the album to Mulroney and his wife. Bublé subsequently was invited to sing at the wedding of Mulroney's daughter, Caroline, where he sang ]Kurt Weill
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's "Mack the Knife
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".[ At the wedding, Bublé was introduced to ]David Foster
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, a multiple Grammy Award–winning producer and record executive who previously had worked with artists such as Madonna, Brandy Norwood
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, Whitney Houston
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, Michael Jackson
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, Céline Dion
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, Barbra Streisand
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, Kenny G
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, Cher
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, Josh Groban
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, and Andrea Bocelli
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.[
David Foster was reluctant to sign Bublé to his ]143 Records
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History
When record producer Da ...
label because he "didn't know how to market this kind of music". Bublé moved to Los Angeles with his agent for a brief period to convince Foster to sign him. Eventually, Foster agreed to produce an album for him if he raised $500,000 to cover the costs of the production (which Bublé did). Foster ended up covering the costs of production under his label, with no assurances of support from Warner Brothers
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. Additionally, Bublé received the personal stamp of approval and support of Foster's friend, musician and songwriter Paul Anka
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. After David Foster agreed to produce Bublé's debut album, Bruce Allen, whom Bublé had pursued for years to be his manager, also signed Bublé. Bublé appeared as a karaoke singer in ''Duets
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'' in 2000 and a club owner in '' Totally Blonde'' in 2001.
2003–2004: ''Michael Bublé''
Bublé's self-titled debut album was released on February 11, 2003, by 143 Records/Reprise Records
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. The album features a range of standards Standard may refer to:
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from various eras including "Fever
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", "The Way You Look Tonight
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", "For Once in My Life
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", "Moondance
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" and "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine
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". Also on the album is "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?
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", with Barry Gibb
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of the Bee Gees singing backing vocals. The album went to the top 10 in Canada, United Kingdom, South Africa and reached No. 1 in Australia. It was No. 33 on the ARIA
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Top 100 Albums of 2003.
Bublé appeared nationally on television in the United States on the ''Today
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'' program on February 14, 2003. In November 2003, Bublé released a Christmas EP ''Let it Snow'', containing five previously unreleased tracks, that peaked at 56 on the ''Billboard'' 200. The title track reached the top 40 of the Australia singles chart. A live DVD/CD called '' Come Fly with Me'' was released in early 2004. The ''Come Fly with Me'' CD was No. 99 on the Aria Top 100 Albums of 2004.[ The DVD included live footage and behind-the-scenes footage of Bublé's first world tour. The CD included three new studio tracks, two live recordings of new songs, and three live recordings of songs from the album '']Michael Bublé
Michael Steven Bublé ( ; born September 9, 1975) is a Canadian singer. A four-time Grammy Award winner, he is often credited for helping to renew public interest and appreciation for traditional pop standards and the Great American Songboo ...
''. The album peaked at 55 on the ''Billboard'' 200. In November 2004, the Christmas edition of his debut album was released as a two-disc set that included both the ''Michael Bublé'' and the ''Let It Snow'' EP.
Bublé 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. He appeared in the 2003 film ''The Snow Walker
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''. Also in 2003, he played a lounge performer on an episode of ''Days of Our Lives
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''. In 2004, he appeared as himself in ''Las Vegas
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''.
Songs from Bublé's debut album ("For Once in My Life
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", "Kissing a Fool") were released on the soundtrack for the movie ''Down with Love
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'' (2003). The soundtrack also included a previously unreleased duet with Holly Palmer
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, ' ...
of the movie's title theme. The Junkie XL
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remix of the theme for the 1960s TV cartoon version of ''Spider-Man
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'' from Bublé's ''Babalu
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* "Babalú", a 1939 song popularized by Desi Arnaz in the 1940s
* '' BaBalu'', a 2001 Michael Bublé album
* Babalu, Iran, a village in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran
* The nickname for mixed martial artist Renato Sobral
* Ba ...
'' album was played during the closing credits of ''Spider-Man 2
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'' (2004), and this version was also released as a single. A CD was released in 2003 of the 7 songs that Bublé sang for ''Totally Blonde'', calling it ''Totally Bublé''. Bublé collaborated with the Barenaked Ladies
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for "Elf's Lament", a song on their 2004 Christmas album '' Barenaked for the Holidays''.
2005–2006: ''It's Time''
Bublé's second studio album, '' It's Time'', was released on February 8, 2005, again by 143/Reprise Records. The album also included standards from a variety of eras including " You Don't Know Me", " Feeling Good", "Can't Buy Me Love
"Can't Buy Me Love" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles that was released in March 1964 as the A-side of their sixth single. It was written by Paul McCartney and credited to the Lennon–McCartney partnership. The song was included o ...
", " Save the Last Dance for Me", "Song for You", and "Quando, Quando, Quando
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" (a duet with Canadian pop singer Nelly Furtado
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She first gained fame with her trip hop-inspired deb ...
). It also included an original track, "Home
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", co-written by Bublé, his musical director Alan Chang, and Amy Foster-Gilles.
The album reached No. 1 in Canada, Italy, Japan, and on the ''Billboard'' Top Jazz chart, No. 2 in Australia, and No. 7 on the ''Billboard'' 200. Additionally it reached the top 10 in the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Norway, Austria, and Sweden. The album spent 104 weeks on the ''Billboard'' Top Jazz chart, including a record-breaking 78 weeks in the No. 1 spot. ''It's Time'' was ''Billboard''s Top Jazz Album in both 2005 and 2006. The first single, "Feeling Good", met with little commercial success. However, the second single from the album, "Home", reached No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' Adult Contemporary Tracks chart and No. 72 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The third single "Save the Last Dance for Me" reached No. 5 on the ''Billboard'' AC Track Chart and No. 99 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.[
In 2005, he appeared in a commercial for ]Starbucks
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As of November 2021, the company had 33,833 stores in 80 c ...
' Frappucino line, singing his single "Come Fly with Me". The single appeared as a bonus track for a Starbucks edition release of ''It's Time''.
He won four Juno Awards in 2006: Album of the Year and Pop Album of the Year (''It's Time''), Single of the Year ("Home"), and Artist of the Year.[ (search results for Michael Bublé: Juno Awards Artist Summary)]
He was nominated twice for a Grammy in the category Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
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in 2006 (''It's Time'') and 2007 (''Caught in the Act''), but lost both times to Tony Bennett
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. In 2007, Bublé received one Juno nomination, for Fan Choice, but lost to Nelly Furtado
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She first gained fame with her trip hop-inspired deb ...
.
2007–2008: ''Call Me Irresponsible''
Bublé's third studio album, ''Call Me Irresponsible'', was released on May 1, 2007, by 143/Reprise Records. His third effort included songs from different eras such as "Always on My Mind", "Dream", "I've Got the World on a String", and "Comin' Home Baby" (a duet with Boyz II Men
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). In the US, the album debuted at number two on the ''Billboard'' 200 and rose to number one in its second week. Only a few artists have been able to accomplish this, like Michael Jackson and Sugarland.
2009–2012: ''Crazy Love''
His fourth studio album, '' Crazy Love'', was set to be released by 143/Reprise Records on October 13, 2009. However, an early release in the United States happened on October 9, 2009, in which Bublé appeared on ''Oprah
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'' that same day and performed the album's first single "Haven't Met You Yet
"Haven't Met You Yet" is the first single from Canadian singer Michael Bublé's fourth studio album, '' Crazy Love'', released on August 31, 2009. According to Bublé, the single and its official music video are "about everyone's dream of finding ...
". The album was also promoted in an interview with George Stroumboulopoulos on '' The Hour'' on October 17, 2009, and on the December 22, 2009 episode of ''The Glenn Beck Program
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''.
This album contains 12 tracks (and one bonus track), including two original songs co-written by Bublé, "Haven't Met You Yet" and "Hold On". Its first single, "Haven't Met You Yet", was released August 31, 2009, and reached No. 1 on ''Billboard''s Canadian Adult Contemporary chart. Most of the tracks off the album were recorded live because Bublé did not want his album to sound overproduced and slick. Bublé wrote the opening part for his cover on the single " Cry Me a River" in ''Bond
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''-like theme because he wanted the song to sound very cinematic and bombastic. ''Crazy Love'' debuted at No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart, becoming Bublé's fourth No. 1 album on ''Billboard''s Top Jazz Albums chart. It also debuted at No. 1 in Australia and Canada, where it became his fastest-selling album. The album was supported by the Crazy Love Tour
Crazy Love Tour was the fourth concert tour by Canadian singer Michael Bublé. The tour supported his sixth studio album, '' Crazy Love'' (2009). Visiting the Americas, Europe, Australia, Asia, and Africa, the tour has played to over one million ...
. During the tour, Bublé performed two nights at the new Aviva Stadium
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in Dublin
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, Ireland, which were the first concerts to take place at the venue.
On April 18, 2010, Bublé won four Juno Awards for Juno Fan Choice Award, Single of the Year ("Haven't Met You Yet"), Album of the Year (''Crazy Love'') and Pop Album of the Year (''Crazy Love''),[ plus two Juno nominations for Artist of the Year and Songwriter of the Year. ''Crazy Love'' producers David Foster and Bob Rock both received two separate nominations of their own for the ]Jack Richardson Producer of the Year Award
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, with Bob Rock winning the award.
Bublé re-released ''Crazy Love'' on October 25, 2010, in the US, with an earlier release date of October 15, 2010 for Europe. The special edition is called "Crazy Love: Hollywood Edition", and contains several bonus tracks including Bublé's newest single, " Hollywood", co-written with Toronto songwriter and pianist Robert G. Scott. On September 7, 2010, " Hollywood" was released worldwide on radio and as a digital single on iTunes. He recently played to 100,000 people at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin
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, his biggest concert to date.[
In October 2011, Bublé released his fifth studio album, '']Christmas
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'', which rose to the top of the US and UK charts. ''Christmas'' has been the best-selling Christmas album in Australia each year since its release.
Olympics and TV
Bublé took part in the torch relay in Vancouver before the opening ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympics
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. He performed on ''the Today Show
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'' on February 12, the day of the opening ceremony and during the broadcast on Grouse Mountain
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. The introduction for his song "Cry Me a River" was chosen as the theme for the BBC's coverage of the Winter Olympics.
He performed with other Canadian celebrities at the closing ceremony, singing a version of "Maple Leaf Forever
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" and appearing as a Mountie but having his uniform torn off to reveal a white tuxedo. He appeared in the TV special ''Michael Bublé's Canada'', which aired on Australian cable television in January, ahead of the 2010 Winter Games.
He was a guest on the comedy TV program ''Colbert Report
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'' for Colbert's 2010 Vancouver Winter Games coverage.
In 2009, he appeared with neuroscientist Daniel Levitin on the television program ''My Musical Brain'', which was based on Levitin's book '' This Is Your Brain on Music''. Also in 2009, he took part in series 6 of ''The X Factor
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'' in the UK. He was the celebrity mentor for the finalists in week 3 and also appeared on the finale, duetting with Stacey Solomon
Stacey Chanelle Clare Solomon-Swash (born 4 October 1989) is an English singer and television personality. She finished in third place on the sixth series of ''The X Factor'' in 2009, and won the tenth series of '' I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Ou ...
.
He was featured in an ITV special called ''This Is Michael Bublé''. On February 23, 2011, he was the narrator of BBC Radio 2's Song Stories "My Way
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".
2013–2017: ''To Be Loved'' and ''Nobody but Me''
Bublé released ''To Be Loved
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'' on April 15, 2013 (regional releases include April 22 in Canada and April 23 in the US). The lead single, "It's a Beautiful Day", was released on February 25, 2013. ''To Be Loved'' debuted at number-one on the ''Billboard'' 200, becoming the crooner's fourth consecutive number-one album on the chart.
He was featured in the ITV documentary ''Michael Bublé's Day Off'' which aired on June 30, 2013. On December 18, 2013, he performed his 3rd Annual Christmas Special with NBC. Special guests included Mariah Carey
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, Mary J. Blige
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, Queen Latifah
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, and David Foster.
The To Be Loved Tour was the fifth concert tour by Canadian singer Michael Bublé. Launched in support of his sixth studio album To Be Loved (2013), the tour began on June 30, 2013, with a series of ten concerts at The O2 Arena in London and ended on March 22, 2015, in Johannesburg.
To advertise ''Michael Bublé's Christmas in Hollywood'' on NBC, he released a Christmas song called "The More You Give (The More You'll Have)".
His seventh studio album, '' Nobody but Me'', was released on October 21, 2016.
The titular lead single features Black Thought
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of The Roots and was released on August 19, 2016. During the same month, his perfume went on sale in thirty countries.
2018–2021: ''Love''
His eighth studio album ''Love
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'' (written as the heart emoji, ❤️) was released on November 16, 2018, with the first single "When I Fall in Love
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" preceding it on September 27, 2018. In November, he announced he would embarking on a tour in 2019 in honor of the album; his An Evening with Michael Bublé tour kicked off in Tampa on February 13, 2019.
On December 15, 2018, Bublé was the musical guest for the final of the sixteenth edition of BBC's ''Strictly Come Dancing
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''. On January 17, 2019, it was announced that Bublé would star in a Super Bowl commercial for Bubly sparkling water.
2022–present: ''Higher''
On January 29, 2022, Bublé announced that his ninth studio album, '' Higher'', would be released on March 25. The album was his first studio album since ''Love'' (2018).
Dancing With The Stars on Disney+ celebrated "Michael Bublé Night" on October 24, 2022 with Bublé serving as a guest judge, and performing two songs, including Higher.
Personal life
Bublé resides in Burnaby
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, British Columbia with his wife and children. He once had a home in Croydon, London
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.
He holds dual Italian–Canadian citizenship.
An avid hockey fan since childhood, he is a prominent celebrity supporter of the Vancouver Canucks
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. Since December 2008, he has co-owned the Vancouver Giants
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. Bublé requires "one local team hockey puck" in his dressing room as part of his contract
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to concert promoters in every city.
On February 12, 2009, he pledged a donation of to the victims of the Black Saturday bushfires
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in Victoria
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* Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada
* Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory
* Victoria, Seychelle ...
, Australia
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at a charity concert at Lakeside Secondary School.
In 2019, he renovated his late grandfather's Vancouver home and gifted it to his caretaker.
Relationships
Bublé 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. Timuss was listed as one of the dedicatees in Bublé's self-titled album ''Michael Bublé
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'' and '' It's Time'' and sang background vocals for it. While in Italy, he co-wrote the hit single "Home" for her. She was featured in the music video for "Home
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". Their engagement ended in November 2005 and inspired him to write "Lost
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".
During an appearance at Australian television's Logie Awards in 2005, Bublé met English actress Emily Blunt
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and they soon began dating. She sang background vocals on " Me and Mrs. Jones", and "Everything
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" was written by Bublé for her.[
After his relationship with Blunt ended in July 2008, Bublé began dating Argentine actress ]Luisana Lopilato
Luisana Loreley Lopilato de la Torre (born 18 May 1987) is an Argentine actress, model and former singer. She was a member of the pop-rock band Erreway from 2002 to 2004.
Early life
Lopilato was born to Eduardo Lopilato and Beatriz de la To ...
; they became engaged in November 2009 and married in March 2011 in Buenos Aires. Bublé co-wrote the hit single "Haven't Met You Yet
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" for Lopilato while they were dating and she appeared in his music video.[ The couple have four children: sons born in 2013 and 2016] and daughters born in 2018 and 2022.
Bublé's oldest son was diagnosed with hepatoblastoma
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in 2016. The singer canceled his planned tour after receiving news of the diagnosis, spending time with his son during chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Bublé discussed this with British talk show host James Corden in 2018. Bublé's son has since fully recovered.
Discography
* ''BaBalu
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* '' BaBalu'', a 2001 Michael Bublé album
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* The nickname for mixed martial artist Renato Sobral
* Ba ...
'' (2001)
* ''Dream
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'' (2002)
* ''Michael Bublé
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'' (2003)
* '' It's Time'' (2005)
* '' Caught in the Act (album with DVD, 2005)
* ''Call Me Irresponsible
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According to the Mel Tormé book ''The Other Side of the Rainbow with Judy Garland o ...
'' (2007)
* '' Crazy Love'' (2009)
* ''Christmas
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'' (2011)
* ''To Be Loved
''To Be Loved'' is the eighth studio album by Canadian singer, Michael Bublé. The album was released on April 15, 2013, by 143 Records and Reprise Records. The album was preceded by the release of the lead single, "It's a Beautiful Day", release ...
'' (2013)
* '' Nobody but Me'' (2016)
* ''Love
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'' (2018)
* '' Higher'' (2022)
Concert tours and residency
* Michael Bublé: Live in Concert (2004)
* It's Time Tour (2005–2006)
* Call Me Irresponsible Tour (2007–2008)
* Crazy Love Tour
Crazy Love Tour was the fourth concert tour by Canadian singer Michael Bublé. The tour supported his sixth studio album, '' Crazy Love'' (2009). Visiting the Americas, Europe, Australia, Asia, and Africa, the tour has played to over one million ...
(2010–2012)
* To Be Loved Tour (2013–2015)
* An Evening with Michael Bublé (2019–2022)
* Higher Tour (2022-2023)
Residencies
*A Las Vegas Limited Engagement (2022)
Filmography
Film
Television
Awards and nominations
American Music Awards
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, , "Haven't Met You Yet
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