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Daniel Powter

1971 - Today

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Daniel Richard Powter (; born February 25, 1971) is a Canadian singer-songwriter. His 2005 pop single "Bad Day" topped the Billboard Hot 100 for five weeks. He was nominated for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance at the 49th Grammy Awards for "Bad Day" and won the Juno Award for Breakthrough Artist of the Year in 2006. Powter's subsequent work never reached the same success as "Bad Day", with Billboard dubbing him the top "one-hit wonder" of the 2000s. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Daniel Powter is the 2,111th most popular singer (down from 1,915th in 2019), the 702nd most popular biography from Canada (down from 590th in 2019) and the 38th most popular Canadian Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Daniel Powter ranks 2,111 out of 4,381. Before him are Louane, Carly Rae Jepsen, Kōji Wada, Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, Pernilla Wahlgren, and Enrico Ruggeri. After him are Odd Børre, Eleftheria Arvanitaki, Lee Jung-hyun, Michael W. Smith, Martin Solveig, and Park Ji-hoon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Daniel Powter ranks 369. Before him are Justin Henry, Karen McDougal, Tomoko Matsunaga, Nadja Auermann, Sayeeda Warsi, Baroness Warsi, and Adina Porter. After him are Rebecca Gayheart, Nicholas Brendon, Xavier Naidoo, Megumi Sakata, Jake Busey, and Leonid Slutsky.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Daniel Powter ranks 702 out of 1,622. Before him are Horace Gwynne (1912), Jean Charest (1958), Carly Rae Jepsen (1985), Gilles Duceppe (1947), Daniel David Palmer (1845), and Santino Marella (1974). After him are Shenae Grimes (1989), Skip Spence (1946), Brett Hull (1964), Michael Cera (1988), Peter Watts (1958), and Sarah McLachlan (1968).

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Among SINGERS In Canada

Among singers born in Canada, Daniel Powter ranks 38. Before him are Mac DeMarco (1990), Nicole Appleton (1974), K.d. lang (1961), Barbara Hannigan (1971), Deryck Whibley (1980), and Carly Rae Jepsen (1985). After him are Skip Spence (1946), Paul Shaffer (1949), Kate McGarrigle (1946), Jeon So-mi (2001), Corey Hart (1962), and Mark Lee (1999).

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