Michael Bublé

Michael Bublé (pronounced Booblay) (born 9 September, 1975) is a Canadian crooner jazz singer and actor. While achieving modest chart success in the United States, his 2003 self-titled album has reached the top ten in Canada, the UK and Australia. A 2004 live album and video "Come Fly With Me" was listed on the Billboard music video charts and reached the top 40 album charts in Australia.

The Wedding Singer - career breakthrough

Michael Bublé's career breakthrough came when he sang Kurt Weill's "Mack The Knife" at the wedding of Brian Mulroney's daughter Caroline in 2000. Mulroney introduced Bublé to David Foster, a multi-Grammy awarding producer and a Warner Brothers record executive who had worked with Josh Groban previously. Foster signed Bublé to his '143' record label and he started recording a self-titled album 2001 with Foster as producer. The album features a range of standards from various eras including "Fever", "The Way You Look Tonight", "For Once In My Life", Van Morrison's "Moondance" and Lou Rawls' "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine". Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees sang back up vocals on Bublé's version of the group's "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart".

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Kurt Weill's - Mack The Knife - Brian Mulroney's - Caroline - 2000 - David Foster - Warner Brothers - Josh Groban - Self-titled album - 2001 - Van Morrison's - Lou Rawls' - Barry Gibb - Bee Gees

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Michael Bublé was released in early 2003 and soon entered the Canadian album charts. Chart success in the UK, US, Australia and elsewhere soon followed with the album going platinum and reaching the top ten of the album charts in the UK and Canada and going all the way to #1 in Australia. The album has reached the top 50 of the Billboard 200 album charts. His version of "Kissing A Fool" by George Michael was released as a single from the album and reached the top 30 of the Billboard adult contemporary chart. "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart" reached the top 30 of the Billboard adult contemporary chart as well. His third single "Sway", originally performed by Dean Martin also reached the top 30 of the adult contemporary chart while a Junkie XL remix of the song reached the top 20 in Australia in May 2004.

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''Michael Bublé'' - George Michael - Dean Martin - Junkie XL

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Bublé won the "Best New Talent" award at the Juno Awards of 2004 and his self-titled album was nominated for "Album of the Year" losing out to Sam Roberts.

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Juno Awards of 2004 - Sam Roberts

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Bublé released a Christmas EP Let It Snow in late 2003. The title track reached the Australian top 40 in the singles charts, ironically in mid-summer in that country. He released a live album and video in April 2004 with the video reaching the top 10 of the Billboard video charts. The album also reached the Australian top 50 of the album charts as at the end of April and the Billboard 200 album charts.

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Bublé has also appeared in a variety of films in the past few years including his appearance as a karaoke singer in Duets opposite Gwyneth Paltrow and Huey Lewis. He also has appeared in Totally Blonde in 2001 and in The Snow Walker in 2003.

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Karaoke - Gwyneth Paltrow - Huey Lewis

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Songs from Bublé's debut album ("For Once in My Life," "Kissing a Fool") were released on the soundtrack for the Ewan McGregor/Renée Zellweger movie Down With Love, but the soundtrack also included a previously unreleased duet with Holly Palmer on the movie's title theme. The Junkie XL remix of "Spider-Man" from Bublé's Babalu album was played during the closing credits of Spider-Man 2 and this version was also released as a single.

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Debut album - Ewan McGregor - Renée Zellweger - Down With Love - Holly Palmer - Junkie XL - Babalu - Spider-Man 2

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