The amazing success story surrounding the new Warner Bros. Records artist Daniel Powter -- who will release his self-titled debut album on April 11th -- keeps growing, thanks to the triumph of "Bad Day," the album's lead-off single. The piano-driven pop track is the best-selling single in the U.S. this week, claiming the Number One spot on Billboard's Hot 100 chart. Already Certified Double Platinum by the RIAA, it is also the most digitally downloaded song on iTunes for the second week in a row, having sold 113,000 copies this week alone and 454,000 to date.

 

In addition, the album, a blue-eyed soul-pop classic that Rolling Stone describes as a distillation of Powter's "love for old Motown records into sweetly groovy tunes laced with falsetto vocals and buoyed by a hefty backbeat," sits at Number Five on the Digital Album chart. The Vancouver native has enjoyed constant radio airplay ("Bad Day" is also Number One at Hot AC and Adult Top 40) and TV exposure. Fans of Fox's "American Idol" have heard "Bad Day" multiple times over the show's closing montage in past weeks. In addition the video, which has been in heavy rotation on VH1 as a "You Oughta Know, Artist on the Rise" clip, is being promoted on April 3rd to "Gung Ho" rotation, and will receive more than 50 plays a week.

 

Powter's TV onslaught continues in April when the singer makes appearances on the "Today Show" and "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" on April 14th, on "Live With Regis and Kelly" on April 18th, and on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" on April 26th. MTV viewers will also get their first look of Powter performing live when he appears on "TRL" on April 6th at 3:30 p.m. EST.

 

The excitement about Powter in America comes on the heels of his phenomenal year overseas, where he has already sold a total of one million albums. "Bad Day" was certified as the Number One Radio Airplay song in Europe in 2005, beating out the likes of Coldplay, U2, and James Blunt. He also topped the individual airplay charts for the year in France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, and Australia, among others.

 

Powter's debut album, which the artist has described as "keyboard music on steroids," was produced by Mitchell Froom, who is known for his work with Elvis Costello, Crowded House, and Randy Newman, as well as being co-produced by Vancouver's Jeff Dawson. American tour dates to support Daniel Powter are currently in the works.

 

Source - Warner Bros Records

He's pretty overhyped!!! He's only released one song hasnt he?!

*cough* one hit wonder *cough*

and the award for most overplayedsong goes to: Daniel Powter! *applaues..NOT!*

His song is kinda whiney after a while...yawn and DEFinitely overplayed!!

 

omg freaky! replied at the same time!!!! lmao

yah i dont like his song... or the way he sings lol

I saw him perform at cdusa and that I liked that Bad Day song okay.. but that song being better than anything from Coldplay or U2? Riiiiiiight.

No crazy frog this time? :stunned:

 

I must agree with Steph..

I saw him perform at cdusa and that I liked that Bad Day song okay.. but that song being better than anything from Coldplay or U2? Riiiiiiight.

 

 

^agree!

 

I saw the video for Bad Day on the TV the other day. Great video I must say but I don't really like the song. Even my least favorite(I was gonna say worst but c'mon, there are no bad Coldplay songs :D ) song on X&Y is better than Bad Day..

never heard of him.

yeah uh... who is he? :lol:

That song is very over-played...One hit wonder in the making!!

I hate that @$#^%@$ song. =D

 

Not because of the Coldplay thing, but because it sucks. Hard.

well its not that of a bad song i mean ashlee simpson hahah but even james blunt its better the man alny has one song ppl !! :p

I have never heard of this guy. That is crazy. 400,000 copies already?! Weird. I'll check him out.

i saw daniel in concert, i like him alot. he opened for bryan adams lol

well maybe hes not that bad but gosh he needs a new single !!!!