Michael Bublé (album)

Michael Bublé is the major label debut album released by Canadian crooner Michael Bublé. The album was released in February 2003.

Production and Composition

Michael Bublé's career breakthrough came when he sang Kurt Weill's "Mack the Knife" at the wedding of Brian Mulroney's daughter Caroline in 2000. Mulroney introduced Bublé to David Foster, a multi-Grammy awarding producer and a Warner Bros. Records executive who had worked with Josh Groban previously. Foster signed Bublé to his 143 record label and he started recording a self-titled album 2001 with Foster as producer. The album features a range of standards from various eras including "Fever", "The Way You Look Tonight", "For Once in My Life", Van Morrison's "Moondance" and Lou Rawls' "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine". Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees sang back up vocals on Bublé's version of the group's "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart".

Reception

The album was released in early 2003 and soon entered the Canadian album charts. Chart success in the UK, US, Australia and elsewhere soon followed with the album going platinum and reaching the top ten of the album charts in the UK, Canada and going all the way to #1 in Australia where it reached 7x Platinum for sales of 490,000 copies. The album also reached the top 50 of the Billboard 200 album charts. His version of "Kissing a Fool" by George Michael was released as a single from the album and reached the top 30 of the Billboard adult contemporary chart. "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart?" reached the top 30 of the Billboard adult contemporary chart as well. His third single "Sway", originally performed by Dean Martin also reached the top 30 of the adult contemporary chart while a Junkie XL remix of the song has reached the top 20 in Australia in May 2004. The album was eventually certified 4x platinum in Canada (400,000 units) on March 14, 2006.^[2] In Italy the album was certified 7x platinum. Bublé won the "Best New Talent" award at the Juno Awards of 2004 and his self-titled album was nominated for "Album of the Year" losing out to Sam Roberts.

Track listing

Personnel

• Michael Bublé - vocals
• Barry Gibb - vocals
• David Foster - piano, bass, arranger
• Dean Parks - guitars
• Vinnie Colaiuta - drums
• Rafael Padilla - percussion
• Neil Davor - programming

Chart positions

Album

Singles

References