Artist
Daniel Powter
Daniel Powter is a pop artist from Vernon, British Columbia, Canada formed in 2000. 20 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Pop · Vernon, British Columbia, Canada · Best pop albums
- 20
- Releases
- 2000–2026
- Active years
- 2000
- Formed
Artist
Daniel Powter is a pop artist from Vernon, British Columbia, Canada formed in 2000. 20 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Pop · Vernon, British Columbia, Canada · Best pop albums
Most popular
Best of Me
2010
Bad Day
Single · 2005
Bad Day (Sped Up Version)
Single · 2026
City of Angels
Single · 2025
Celebrate The Holidays
Single · 2025
Bad Day (Stripped Down)
Single · 2024
Save Your Life
Single · 2021
Whole World Around (Radio Version)
Single · 2008
Next Plane Home
Single · 2008
Live From Tokyo
EP · 2008
Songs From Under the Radar
EP · 2008
Jimmy Gets High
Single · 2005
Free Loop
Single · 2005
Daniel Richard Powter (born February 25, 1971) is a Canadian recording artist. He is known as a one hit wonder for his hit "Bad Day" (2005), which spent five weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100. Powter was the only solo artist to register a #1 hit in that year without previously having had another song chart in the Hot 100. Powter grew up in Vernon, in the Okanagan-Shuswap region of British Columbia. As a child, Powter played the violin. He changed to piano after a group of children bullied him and destroyed his violin. A dyslexic, Powter had trouble in university studying music, and later dropped out in order to pursue his own musical career, learning all songs by ear and recording new melodies that he created. Powter released his debut album, I'm Your Betty, in 2000. The album, limited to a very small print, contains ten songs, two of which—"More Than I" and "Negative Fashion"—were featured on the television show Higher Ground..
