Daniel Powter is one of the well known names that delights each and every music lover. In fact one will never forget if he once hears his brilliant performance on piano. Powter is not only one of the famous pianists of music industry but he is also one of the prolific songwriters as well. His musical talent began to sprout in the early stage of his life. The turning point of his musical came in the year 2000 when he released his debut album under the title “I’m Your Betty”. This debut album comprised of ten singles and some of these singles became quite popular in the market. “Negative Fashion” and “More than I” are some of the famous singles of this album and these two songs were used in “Higher Ground” which was a popular television show of that time.
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But Powter came to the forefront of music industry with his famous piano pop single under the title “Bad Day”. This single was released in the year 2005 in Europe. With the very release of this single, it made a furor in the music industry. At the initial stage, this single was chosen by the Warner Bros but later this single became the famous theme song for the renowned beverage company “Coca-Cola” in its campaign in Europe. The fame of this single has not diminished yet. This single is one of the hits and it was sung several times in the popular competition “American Idol”.
With the very release of this song, Powter hogged the attention of media and this helped him to solidify his position in the market. Not only in America, this song almost topped in every single chart of European music industry. This song “Bad Day” topped in the charts of the music industry of Ireland, Germany and in Italy. This single topped in the Billboard Hot 100 within two months after its release. In his homeland, Canada, this single has topped in the single chart. The outstanding success of this single made Powter a celebrity within a brief span of time. This single can be termed as a superb musical journey and this is the reason why this song became so famous within a few days after the release of this song.
To increase awareness about the dire impact of penury that is prevailing in African nations, Powter has also performed live in a concert of Live 8 in the year 2005. By participating in this concert, he tried to put pressure on the world leaders to increase aid for these poor African countries. He became so famous that he was selected in the category of best new artist for the prestigious “Canadian Juno Award” in the year 2006. He was nominated for Breakthrough act for the prestigious “BRIT Award” in the year 2006.
Inspired by the outstanding success of the single “Bad Day”, he released three more singles in a quick succession. Free Loop, Lie to Me and Jimmy Gets High are the three singles. Actually all these singles lack the previous charm and this is the reason why they failed to impress the audiences.