Daniel Powter's "Bad Day" was used as the kiss-off song for the 5th season of "American Idol," which gave the song enough juice to become the biggest single of 2006. The song went to No. 1 in April and stayed at the top for five weeks. But Powter's good fortune ...
Billboard names Daniel Powter One-Hit Wonder of Decade As far as one-hit wonders go, Daniel Powter is king of them all — for this decade, at least. Powter, whose hit "Bad Day" reigned on top of the Billboard pop charts for five weeks in 2006, was named as the decade's top one-hit wonder by Billboard. The magazine describes
Today Billboard released their list of the decade’s biggest one-hit wonders, naming Daniel Powter and his adult contemporary song “Bad Day” as the 2000s biggest one-and-done. It’s not worth my time arguing about Daniel Powter, whose name I frankly didn’t even know, though I will take some time to break down the decade’s top hip-hop flashes in the pan. From Huey to J-Kwon and beyond, he
Daniel Powter is a Canadian recording artist, born on 25 February 1971. He grew up in Vernon, in the Okanagan Valley region of British Columbia. With few local musical influences, he credits his early exposure to music to his mother, who was a pianist and took her son on long distance trips to see artists like Prince perform in Vancouver.Daniel Powter's first piano pop single, "Bad Day," debute...