Daniel Powter
{{short description|Canadian musician (born 1971)}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Daniel Powter
| image = Daniel Powter 2013.jpg
| caption = Powter performing at the Festival of Friends in 2013
| image_size =
| birth_name = Daniel Richard Powter
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1971|02|25}}
| birth_place = Vernon, British Columbia, Canada
| instrument =
| genre = {{hlist|Pop rock|alternative rock}}
| occupation = {{hlist|Singer|songwriter}}
| years_active = {{flatlist|
- 1984–present
}}
| label = {{hlist|Outside|Warner|Avex|EMI|Unleashed|KDS Farrell, Inc{{cite web|url=https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_ca/C2862602|title=KDS Farrell Inc, record label}} }}
| associated_acts =
| website = {{URL|danielpowter.com}}
}}
Daniel Richard Powter ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|aʊ|t|ər}}; born February 25, 1971){{Cite news |last= |date=February 17, 2025 |title=Celebrity birthdays for the week of Feb. 23-March 1 |url=https://www.myjournalcourier.com/entertainment/article/celebrity-birthdays-for-the-week-of-feb-23-29-20171714.php |access-date=March 4, 2025 |work=Journal-Courier |agency=The Associated Press}} 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.{{Cite web |last=Billboard Staff |first= |date=2009-12-05 |title=One-Hit Wonders of the 2000s Page 1 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/one-hit-wonders-of-the-2000s-page-1-266487/ |access-date=2025-03-04 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}
Early life
Powter grew up in Coldstream, outside of Vernon, in the Okanagan Valley region of British Columbia.{{Cite web |last=Ollison |first=Rashod D. |date=13 July 2006 |title=Times are good for the 'Bad Day' guy |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2006-07-13-0607120310-story.html |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=Baltimore Sun |language=en}} Powter started playing the violin at four years old. He changed to piano at 16 years old due to bullying.{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CXjfP2DjZCd/|title=Daniel Powter chats with Nicolas Farmakalidis (nicotheowl) about playing the violin}}
Powter studied at MacEwan University but dropped out—partially due to his dyslexia—to pursue music full time.
Career
Powter started a pop rock band in Victoria, British Columbia. The band won an award, which allowed them to produce a CD. Powter also worked as a keyboardist on The Chris Isaak Show.
In his late twenties, Powter met producer Jeff Dawson in Vancouver. With Dawson producing, Powter released his debut album I'm Your Betty on June 21, 2000 through indie label Outside Music.{{Cite web |last=Breihan |first=Tom |date=2023-01-30 |title=The Number Ones: Daniel Powter’s “Bad Day” |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2211537/the-number-ones-daniel-powters-bad-day/columns/the-number-ones/ |access-date=2025-03-04 |website=Stereogum |language=en}} A few songs on the album appeared on the Canadian television show Higher Ground.
="Bad Day" and self-titled album (2005–2007)=
File:Daniel Powter.jpg 2006 in Bangkok, Thailand.]]
Powter wrote the hook to "Bad Day" while on a ferry ride between Victoria and Vancouver. Powter wrote the song with a negative connotation to avoid sounding cheesy and chose "bad day" because it sang well. Powter recorded a demo for "Bad Day" with producer Jeff Dawson and fielded inquiries with several music labels. After acquiring a music manager in Los Angeles, he signed with Warner Bros. Music and recorded his 2005 self titled album with Mitchell Froom co-producing.
Powter's first single, "Bad Day", was first released in Europe in mid-2005, in advance of his second album, Daniel Powter. Warner Bros. Records submitted the single for commercials, and it was subsequently chosen by Coca-Cola as the theme song for an ad campaign in Europe. The song achieved heavy airplay in most European countries, peaking at number three on the overall European airplay chart. It reached number one on national airplay in Germany, number one on the singles charts in the Republic of Ireland[https://web.archive.org/web/20070313142827/http://www.charttrack.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2005&year=2005&week=33 TOP 50 SINGLES, WEEK ENDING 18 August 2005]. Irish Music Charts Archive and Italy, number two in the United Kingdom—where it stayed in the top ten for thirteen weeks—and number three in Australia.
In the United States, "Bad Day" was used extensively on the television series American Idol in its fifth season. Powter sang the song live at the end of the final show of that season on May 23, 2006. The song reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100, Adult Top 40 and Adult Contemporary charts, making Powter the first solo Canadian male artist to top the Hot 100 since Bryan Adams in 1995 (with "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?"). The song also reached number one in Powter's homeland, Canada.
On May 31, 2005, Powter released his first extended play known as "Free Loop."
On July 2, 2005, Powter performed at the Berlin installment of Live 8, a simultaneous group of concerts in nine countries intended to raise awareness of poverty in Africa.
"Bad Day" came in fifth in the British Record of the Year 2005. In 2006, Powter won in the New Artist of the Year category at the Canadian Juno Awards, and was nominated for Best International Breakthrough Act at the BRIT Awards. "Bad Day" was nominated at the 2006 Billboard Music Awards for Hot 100 Single of the Year, and was named Billboard magazine's song of the year in 2006.{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/56556/2006-billboard-music-awards-finalists|title=2006 Billboard Music Awards Finalists|date=November 29, 2006|magazine=Billboard}} At the 2007 Grammy Awards, Powter received a Best Male Pop Vocal Performance nomination for the song.
The subsequent singles from Daniel Powter – "Jimmy Gets High", "Free Loop", and "Lie to Me" – were released in different parts of the world, each failing to match the success of "Bad Day". "Free Loop" was deemed chart ineligible in the UK (as the release included a version of "Bad Day" as a B-side whilst "Bad Day" was still in the chart, hence breaking chart rules) and failed to chart in the U.S., though it reached the top forty on the Adult Contemporary chart. Following the release of "Lie to Me", "Jimmy Gets High" was to be the fourth single from the album in the UK, but its release was cancelled. A new track called "Love You Lately" was released as the next U.S. single, preceding a re-release of the album Daniel Powter that was also cancelled.
= Post "Bad Day" and hiatus (2008–2011) =
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In March 2008, a song by Japanese singer Haru featuring Powter, "Find My Way", was released. In September, Powter released his third album, Under the Radar. Love you Lately was also rerecorded and released on December 9, 2008 as a new single. This was the same year in which he embarked on the Wolfbaggin' Tour, joining the likes of Alphabeat and Lil Chris.
Powter also performed piano on tracks for what was scheduled to be Marcy Playground frontman John Wozniak's solo album, Leaving Wonderland... in a Fit of Rage, but the album was released under the band's name. Powter was still given credit for his contributions to the song "Gin and Money".
Under The Radar was also given an exclusive CD and DVD release for the Asia Market known as the Asia Tour Edition. It was released on February 14, 2009.{{cite web|url=https://www.5music.com.tw/CDList-C.asp?cdno=430395678571|title=DANIEL POWTER UNDER THE RADAR- ASIAN TOUR EDITION(CD＋DVD)}}
On March 16, 2009, Powter performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival then in December 2009, Powter was named as the decade's top One-Hit Wonder by Billboard. The magazine describes one-hit wonders as acts whose second hit did not reach the top 25; they only included acts from 2000 to 2007.The Associated Press, December 7, 2009. In Powter's case, "Bad Day" is his only Hot 100 hit.
On January 1, 2010, he performed O Canada at the NHL Winter Classic. In that same year, he released his greatest hits album, Best of Me, and with it, recorded three new songs and a new version of the title track to go along with 'Bad Day', 'Jimmy Gets High', 'Next Plane Home' and his other singles. Only one was released as a single: 'Lose To Win', on November 10, 2010.
On December 1, 2010, Powter made a tribute to English singer and songwriter John Lennon with his cover version of Happy Xmas (War Is Over). This single was released in Europe, the UK and Japan.{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Daniel-Powter-Happy-Xmas-War-Is-Over/release/6700495|title=Daniel Powter - Happy Xmas (War Is Over)|website=Discogs}}
Powter took a hiatus in 2011 to focus on his family life.{{Cite web |last=Webber |first=Anndrea |date=2024-12-13 |title=Daniel Powter reveals how his hit 'Bad Day' took a negative toll on his life |url=https://www.thestar.com.my/lifestyle/entertainment/2024/12/13/singer-daniel-powter-reveals-how-his-hit-039bad-day039-took-a-negative-toll-on-his-life |access-date=2025-03-04 |website=The Star |language=en}}
= Later career (2012–present) =
On April 10, 2012, Powter's single "Cupid" was released to US and Canadian iTunes stores. The single was written after his divorce.{{cite web |date=16 July 2012 |title=Daniel Powter on themes of his songs his life and relationships |url=https://www.gettyimages.com.br/detail/v%C3%ADdeo/daniel-powter-on-themes-of-his-songs-his-life-and-filmagem-de-not%C3%ADcias/148659111}} Powter's album, Turn On the Lights, was released in July 2012.
On September 10, 2012, he released "Crazy All My Life".{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/ua/album/crazy-all-my-life-single/595654348|title=Crazy All My Life single|date=10 September 2012}} The song peaked at number 23 on the Canadian Hot 100 and became his biggest hit in Russia, where it reached number 12 on the radio chart and has over 1.4 million lifetime plays.{{cite web|url=https://tophit.com/ru/artist/1687-daniel%20powter|title=Daniel Powter chart history|date=20 January 2024}}
On December 5, 2012, Powter was featured in a song with Japanese singer May J. titled "Back To Your Heart". On the 18 he released the single "Christmas Cupid", which is a Christmas version of his song "Cupid".
On June 5, 2013, Powter announced on Twitter that he was working on an album with Jeff Dawson, who co-produced most of his songs in the past, and John Fields, who was a co-writer on "Crazy All My Life". He also said:{{blockquote|I'm writing like I did during the first record. I'm not focusing on singles. Otherwise I would try too hard and end up with garbage sort of like Bad Day. I never thought in my wildest dreams that it was a single. I think that's what writing from your heart is. Just like anything else. When you try too hard, it really isn't worthy of anything... So I stay open and just let the songs write themselves.{{cite web | url=https://twitter.com/dpowtermusic/status/342270903507353600 | title=5 June tweet 1|website=Twitter.com}}{{cite web | url=https://twitter.com/dpowtermusic/status/342271313047601153| title=5 June tweet 2|website=Twitter.com}}{{cite web | url=https://twitter.com/dpowtermusic/status/342271551309225984 | title=5 June tweet 3|website=Twitter.com}}}}
On July 15, 2013, Powter performed at the National Association of Drug Court Professionals performing "Bad Day" and "Whole World Around." Matthew Perry also attended the event.{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=5j-ndE8ZlrA | title=Daniel Powter Performs at the Closing Ceremony of NADCP's 19th Annual Drug Court Training Conference| date=30 July 2013|publisher=YouTube}}
On August 9, 2013, he performed at the Festival of Friends.
On September 5, 2013, Powter later released 4 songs as bonus tracks for his album Turn on the Lights called Ur My Radio, Doesn't Matter, Cheers To Us and Goodbye.{{cite web| url=https://twitter.com/dpowtermusic/status/375358406577491968 | title=Bonus songs for Turn on the Lights album|website=Twitter.com}}
On November 27, 2016, Powter performed at The 39th Jazz Goes To Campus Festival performing Bad Day.
On January 6, 2017, Powter released a single called "Delicious" featuring Australian singer Vanessa Amorosi. The music video was uploaded to his official YouTube channel on March 14, 2017.{{cite web| url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpltcfq5AbM |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/lpltcfq5AbM |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live| title=Daniel Powter - Delicious Music Video|date=14 March 2017 |publisher=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}
On December 10, 2017, Powter performed at the President's Star Charity event in Singapore singing Bad Day and joined Sandra Riley Tang in a duet performing her band's song "Save Myself."{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IMYCwgrCwc |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/4IMYCwgrCwc |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live| title=President's Star Charity Show with Daniel Powter and Sandra Riley Tang|date=2 January 2018 |publisher=YouTube | access-date=June 14, 2018}}{{cbignore}}
On April 6, 2018, Powter released a single called "Perfect For Me."{{cite web | url=https://music.163.com/#/album?id=38013546/ | title=Perfect For Me single|website=music.163.com}} On April 13, he released his fourth extended play known as Daniel Powter. There are 4 songs in this album: a remastered remix of Bad Day, Tell Them Who You Are in an acoustic version, his 2017 single "Delicious" and his 2018 single "Perfect For Me."{{cite web | url=https://muxiv.net/album/38013967 | title=Daniel Powter EP by Daniel Powter | website=Muxiv.net | access-date=2019-07-06 | archive-date=2019-07-06 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190706032117/https://muxiv.net/album/38013967 | url-status=dead }}
On September 21, 2018, Powter released a single known as "Do You Wanna Get Lucky"{{cite web | url=https://y.qq.com/n/yqq/album/000wUdR945cht6.html#stat=y_new.singer.index.album_name | title=Do You Want To Get Lucky (single)|website=Y.qq.com}} It was followed by another called "Survivor" released on October 26{{cite web | url=https://y.qq.com/n/yqq/album/002QCjBo25J7np.html#stat=y_new.singer.index.album_pic | title=Survivor (single)|website=QQ.com}} and Perfect for Me was later re-recorded and released on November 23 for the Asia market.{{Cite web| url=https://www.playmusic.tw/column_info.php?id=13412&type=westnews| title=Giants album Playmusic article |website=Playmusic.tw}}
He released an album called Giants on December 14 where songs in the album include the re-recording of "Perfect For Me", "Survivor", "Delicious", re-recordings of "Bad Day", "Free Loop" and "Tell Them Who You Are" (from the EP). A remixed version of "Do You Wanna Get Lucky" is also included known as the Holiday version.{{cite web | url=https://music.apple.com/sg/album/giants/1442137761 | title=Daniel Powter Giants album | publisher=Apple Music | access-date=2019-07-06 | archive-date=2019-07-06 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190706032800/https://music.apple.com/sg/album/giants/1442137761 | url-status=dead }}
Powter went on to feature with The Untamed Boys, a Chinese pop group, in January 2020, where they released the song "Just Isn't Me."{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsWR1y12yCw&ab |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/vsWR1y12yCw |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|title=Just Isn't Me song|website=YouTube|date=28 January 2021 }}{{cbignore}} and performed it alongside "Bad Day" while touring in Bangkok, Thailand.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkTaBUkj2KY |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/NkTaBUkj2KY |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|title=26.01.20 Bad Day - Daniel Powter feat. TUBS (Live in Bangkok, Thailand)|website=YouTube|date=26 January 2020 }}{{cbignore}} Powter also collaborated with other artists in the MOSHIMO Project in May 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFKVDq0dkoE |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/CFKVDq0dkoE |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|title=MOSHIMO」by MOSHIMO Project 2020|website=YouTube|date=31 May 2020 }}{{cbignore}}
On February 3, 2021, Powter was featured in a song called "Save Your Life" with Japanese pop singer Ayaka Hirahara.{{cite web|url=https://jpopgirls.com/en/artist/Ayaka_Hirahara/spotify/4xzhkSE8GEBTbto5xiYyIC|title=Save Your Life Single/EP}}
In 2024, Powter auditioned for the fourth season of Canada's Got Talent, making his first Canadian television performance.{{Cite news |last=Conner |first=Shawn |date=March 13, 2024 |title=B.C.'s Daniel Powter brings Bad Day cache to Canada's Got Talent |url=https://vancouversun.com/entertainment/local-arts/b-c-s-daniel-powter-brings-bad-day-cache-to-canadas-got-talent |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241127111048/https://vancouversun.com/entertainment/local-arts/b-c-s-daniel-powter-brings-bad-day-cache-to-canadas-got-talent |archive-date=2024-11-27 |access-date=2025-03-03 |work=Vancouver Sun |language=en |url-status=live }}
Personal life
Powter moved to Los Angeles in 2005. {{Cite web |last=Froneman |first=Kristin |date=2015-01-16 |title=It’s a good day to celebrate Canadian music |url=https://www.vernonmorningstar.com/life/its-a-good-day-to-celebrate-canadian-music-5914954#:~:text=%E2%80%9CVancouver%20connections%20led%20to%20Los,a%20couple%20of%20Asian%20labels. |access-date=2025-03-04 |website=Vernon Morning Star |language=en}} As of 2024, Powter resides with his wife Christina in Portland, Oregon. He has three children: two daughters and one son.{{Cite web |title=Powter rebounds from very bad days |url=https://torontosun.com/2012/08/20/powter-rebounds-from-very-bad-days |access-date=2022-05-23 |website=torontosun |language=en-CA}}{{Cite web |date=15 June 2012 |title=Daniel Powter: Leaving bad days behind |url=https://www.berkshireeagle.com/news/local/daniel-powter-leaving-bad-days-behind/article_ba8e5093-64d8-5549-8b89-d593fc4c5445.html |access-date=2022-05-23 |website=The Berkshire Eagle |language=en}}{{Cite Instagram |postid=hE5p76RB8l |user=dpowtermusic |title=Meet the newest member of the Powter family. My first son, Cash Daniel Powter. I'm going to have him on ice skate and in the hockey rink within 6 months like any good Canadian Dad. #danielpowter #baby #cute #adorable #begratefulson #boy |author=Daniel Powter |date=2013-11-23}} He has two brothers and a sister.{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}
Powter disclosed in July 2013 that he was sexually abused by a female babysitter for three years starting from age 7 and turned to drugs and alcohol to get over his guilt and shame. He said in an interview:{{blockquote|I thought that (addiction) was my problem. But it wasn't. That was my solution. It wasn't until I started digging in, taking a look at myself, saying I gotta work on some stuff (that) I don't want to look at (that I figured it out). My parents didn't know and I was too scared to tell them.{{cite web|url=https://www.femalefirst.co.uk/music/musicnews/daniel-powter-305283.html|title=Daniel Powter was sexually abused as a child|website=Femalefirst.co.uk|access-date=2018-08-20|archive-date=2018-08-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820172923/https://www.femalefirst.co.uk/music/musicnews/daniel-powter-305283.html|url-status=dead}}}}
Powter was addicted to alcohol and cocaine.{{Cite web |date=2012-07-17 |title=Powter was 'slave' to addiction |url=https://www.independent.ie/style/celebrity/powter-was-slave-to-addiction/26877052.html |access-date=2025-03-04 |website=Irish Independent |language=en}} He became sober in 2010.{{Cite web |last=The Canadian Press |first= |date=2012-08-15 |title=Now-sober singer Daniel Powter over his bad days with 'Turn the Lights On' |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/article/now-sober-singer-daniel-powter-over-his-bad-days-with-turn-the-lights-on/#:~:text=%22A%20lot%20of%20people%20will,my%20patterns%20were%20so%20predictable. |access-date=2025-03-04 |website=CTV News |language=en}}
Powter is a fan of the NHL. As a kid, he was a fan of the Edmonton Oilers and is now a Los Angeles Kings fan.{{Cite web |title=Powter thrilled to represent Canada at Classic - NHL.com - News |url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=511270,%20http://www.nhl.com/ice/m_news.htm?id=511270 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100107172408/http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=511270 |archive-date=January 7, 2010 |access-date=2022-08-29 |website=www.nhl.com |language=en}}
Musical influences
Powter spoken of his musical influences growing up:{{blockquote|My favourite is Nick Drake. I still absolutely adore his music. You know it's still old band music inspired by Elton John's old stuff, you know The Beatles and Fleetwood Mac and David Bowie and the things that my parents gave me when I was a kid. I still listen to those records, because I think for me, what it is that I relate to, is how the structure of the songs are for them, you know, like verses, and choruses, and bridges. And so sometimes the modern music that I hear these days doesn't really have that and I don't relate to it. So I still listen to the old stuff.{{cite web|url=https://www.gettyimages.com.br/detail/v%C3%ADdeo/daniel-powter-on-music-he-listens-to-at-daniel-filmagem-de-not%C3%ADcias/148659131|title=Daniel Powter on music he listens to|website=www.gettyimages.com.br/|date=16 July 2012 }}}}
Awards and nominations
{| class=wikitable
|-
! Year !! Awards !! Work !! Category !! Result
|-
| rowspan="7"| 2005
| rowspan=3|Himself
| Best New Act
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=4|Žebřík Music Awards[https://www.anketazebrik.cz/historie/2010-2004/ 2010-2004 – Anketa Žebřík]
| Best International Male
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best International Surprise
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="11"| "Bad Day"
| Best International Song
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best International Video
| {{nom}}
|-
| Record of the Year
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Pop Song
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="11"| 2006
| Best Song
| {{won}}
|-
| Pop Award
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="3"| Billboard Music Awards
| {{won}}
|-
| Digital Song of the Year
| {{won}}
|-
| Pop 100 Song of the Year
| {{nom}}
|-
| Most Performed Foreign Work
| {{nom}}
|-
| MuchMoreMusic Award
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="4"| Himself
| Choice Music: Breakout Artist - Male
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best New Group or Solo Artist—Mainstream AC
| {{won}}
|-
| {{won}}
|-
| International Breakthrough Act
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="9"| 2007
| rowspan="4"| "Bad Day"
| Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
| {{nom}}
|-
| Favorite Song
| {{nom}}
|-
| Groovevolt Music & Fashion Awards
| Best Pop Song Performance - Male
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| MTV Video Music Awards Japan
| Best Male Video
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| Daniel Powter
| Album of the Year
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="4"| Japan Gold Disc Awards
| Best 3 Albums
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| Himself
| New Artist of the Year
| {{won}}
|-
| International Artist of the Year
| {{won}}
|-
| "Bad Day"
| International Song of the Year
| {{won}}
{{end}}
Discography
=Studio albums=
=Compilation albums=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:14em;"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18.5em;"| Album details ! scope="col"| Peak chart positions |
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| JPN |
|---|
| scope="row"| B-Sides{{cite web | url=https://itunes.apple.com/album/b-sides/id212942598 | title=B-Sides by Daniel Powter | publisher=iTunes Store. Apple | access-date=May 15, 2013 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110212059/https://itunes.apple.com/album/b-sides/id212942598 | archive-date=November 10, 2012 }}
|
| — |
| scope="row"| Best of Me
|
| 65 |
| scope="row"|The Essential Collection
|
| — |
| colspan="4" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
=Extended plays=
=Singles=
==As lead artist==
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
|+ List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year ! scope="col" colspan="10"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"| Certifications ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album |
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| CAN Peak chart positions for singles in Canada:
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| AUS ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| BEL ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| GER ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| IRL ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| JPN
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| SWI ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| UK
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| US ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| US |
|---|
| scope="row"| "Bad Day"
| rowspan="3"| 2005 | 7 || 3 || 5 || 17 || 1 || 95{{efn|group=upper-alpha|Charted in May 2008, after the 2008 establishment of the Japan Hot 100.}} || 5 || 2 || 1 || 1 |
| rowspan="5"| Daniel Powter |
| scope="row"| "Free Loop (One Night Stand)"
| 11 || 43 || 60 || 55 || 20 || × || 38 || — || — || — | |
| scope="row"| "Jimmy Gets High"
| — || — || 46 || — || — || × || 41 || — || — || — | |
| scope="row"| "Lie to Me"{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/lie-to-me-australia-single-mw0001495536 | title=Lie to Me | rowspan="2"| 2006 | — || — || — || — || — || × || — || 92 || — || — | |
| scope="row"| "Love You Lately"
| 5 || — || — || — || — || × || — || — || — || 39 | |
| scope="row"| "Next Plane Home"
| rowspan="3"| 2008 | — || — || 25 || 71 || — || 8 || 37 || 70 || — || — | | rowspan="3"| Under the Radar |
| scope="row"| "Best of Me"
| — || — || — || — || — || 23 || 40 || — || — || — | |
| scope="row"| "Whole World Around"{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/whole-world-around-taiwan-dmd-mw0002051999 | title=Whole World Around (Taiwan DMD) – Daniel Powter | website=AllMusic | access-date=May 15, 2013}}
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | |
| scope="row"| "Lose to Win"{{cite web | url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/lose-to-win-single/id400148353 | title=Songs from Lose to Win – Single by Daniel Powter | publisher=iTunes Store. Apple | access-date=May 15, 2013 }}{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
| rowspan="2"| 2010 | — || — || — || — || — || 17 || — || — || — || — | | rowspan="2"| Best of Me |
| scope="row"| "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)"{{cite web | url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/happy-xmas-war-is-over-single/id403738998 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314123826/https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/happy-xmas-war-is-over-single/id403738998 | url-status=dead | archive-date=March 14, 2016 | title=Happy Xmas (War Is Over) – Single by Daniel Powter | publisher=iTunes Store. Apple | access-date=May 15, 2013}}
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | |
| scope="row"| "Cupid"
| rowspan="2"| 2012 | — || — || — || — || — || 12 || — || 195 || — || 36 | | rowspan="2"| Turn on the Lights |
| scope="row"| "Crazy All My Life"
| 23 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | |
| scope="row"| "Delicious"
| 2017 | — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | | rowspan="4"| Giants |
| scope="row"| "Perfect for Me"{{cite web | url=https://www.kkbox.com/hk/tc/song/MeX00LtPq8ZYZIWzYZIWz0XL-index.html | title=Perfect for Me – Single by Daniel Powter | publisher=KKBox | access-date=April 29, 2018}}
| rowspan="3" | 2018 | — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | |
| scope="row"| "Do You Wanna Get Lucky"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | |
| scope="row"| "Survivor"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | |
| scope="row"| "Brave"
| 2021 | — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | | TBA |
| scope="row"| "Bad Day (Stripped Down)"
| 2024 | — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | | Giants |
| colspan="15" style="font-size:90%" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. "×" denotes periods where charts did not exist or were not archived. |
== As featured artist ==
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of singles, with selected chart positions |
| scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;" | Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Year ! scope="col" colspan="2" | Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album |
|---|
| style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|JPN Oricon {{cite web | title=FIND MY WAY | url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/448222/products/755607/1/ |language=ja | website=Oricon | accessdate=July 4, 2021}} !style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|JPN |
| scope="row" | "Find My Way"{{cite web | url=https://tower.jp/item/2374127/FIND-MY-WAY |script-title=ja:FIND MY WAY | website=Tower Records Japan |language=ja | accessdate=July 4, 2021}} {{small|(Haru x Daniel Powter)}} | 2008 | 59 || 14 | {{n/a|Non-album single}} |
| scope="row" | "Save Your Life"{{cite web | url=https://spice.eplus.jp/articles/282387 |script-title=ja:平原綾香、ダニエル・パウターとの海を越えたコラボ「Save Your Life」MV公開 | website=Spice |language=ja | date=February 3, 2021 | accessdate=July 4, 2021}} {{small|(Ayaka Hirahara featuring Daniel Powter)}} | rowspan="2"| 2021 | — || — | Save Your Life: Ayaka Hirahara All Time Live Best |
| scope="row" | "Brave" {{small|(Patricia Kelly x Daniel Powter)}} | — || — | Unbreakable |
| colspan="12" align="center" style="font-size:90%;"|"—" denotes items that did not chart. |
== Promotional singles ==
Music videos
=Music covers=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| scope="col"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:17.5em;"| Title ! scope="col"| Original artist |
|---|
| 2007
| "Just Like Heaven" | the Cure |
| 2010 |
| 2012
| "Stay Away" |
Notes
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References
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External links
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- [http://www.danielpowter.com Official website]
{{Daniel Powter}}
{{Billboard Year-End number one singles 2000–2019}}
{{Japan Gold Disc Award for Artist of the Year}}
{{Canada's Got Talent}}
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