Michael Steven Buble is a Canadian singer. He has won several awards, including two Grammy Awards and multiple Juno Awards.
His first album reached the top ten in Canada and the UK. He found worldwide commercial success with his 2005 album It's Time, and his 2007 album Call Me Irresponsible was an even bigger success, reaching number one on the Canadian Albums Chart, the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, the Australian ARIA Albums Chart and the European charts. Buble has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide.
Buble did some acting in this period; in 2000, as a karaoke singer in Duets opposite Gwyneth Paltrow and Huey Lewis, and in 2001, as Van Martin (a club owner), in Totally Blonde. Buble also took part in 2010 Winter Olympics torch relay in Vancouver before the opening ceremony. He performed on NBC Today on 12 February, the day of the opening ceremony and during the broadcast on Grouse Mountain. His opening to Cry Me A River was selected as the theme tune for the BBC's coverage of the games.
Buble appeared in a TV special Michael Buble 's Canada which aired on Australian cable television in January, ahead of the 2010 Winter Games, with co-host Sophie Faulkiner.Buble performed alongside other huge Canadian names (including Michael J. Fox) at the closing ceremony singing a version of the song "Maple Leaf Forever", originally appearing as a 'Mountie', but subsequently having the uniform torn off to reveal a white tuxedo underneath.He also appeared on the American comedy news show Colbert Report for Colbert's 2010 Vancouver Winter Games coverage.
On 18 April 2010, Buble took home 4 Juno Awards for Juno Fan Choice Award, Single of the Year "Haven't Met You Yet", Album of the Year Crazy Love, and Pop Album of the Year Crazy Love, and two Juno nominations for Artist of the Year and Songwriter of the Year. Crazy Love producers David Foster and Bob Rock both received two separate nominations of their own for the Jack Richardson Producer of the Year Award, with Bob Rock winning the award.
Warner Records has announced that Buble is re-releasing Crazy Love on 25 October 2010 in the U.S., with an earlier release date of 15 October 2010 for Europe. This special edition will be called "Crazy Love Hollywood Edition".It will contain several bonus tracks including Buble 's newest single, titled "Hollywood", which was co-written with Toronto songwriter/pianist Robert G. Scott.
On 7 September 2010 "Hollywood" was released worldwide on radio and as a digital single on iTunes. He recently played to 100,000 people at the Aviva stadium Dublin his biggest concert to date and rumours sparked that there will be a DVD release of the concert. Michael will be featured in an ITV special called This Is Michael Buble. The special will feature concert footage from his gigs at Aviva Stadium.
On 23 February 2011 Michael featured as the narrator of BBC Radio 2's Song Stories: My Way.
M ichael Buble was engaged to long-time girlfriend Debbie Timuss, a stage actress, dancer, and singer. Both were in the musicals Red Rock Diner in 1996 and Dean Regan's Forever Swing in 1998. Timuss was listed as one of the dedicatees in Buble 's self-titled album Michael Buble and It's Time, and as background vocalist on It's Time. While away in Italy, Buble co-wrote the hit single "Home" for Timuss.Timuss was also featured in the music video for "Home".Their engagement ended in November 2005. Their breakup inspired Buble to co-write the hit original song "Lost".
During an appearance at Australian television's Logie Awards in 2005, he met British actress Emily Blunt and again a few months later at his concert backstage in Los Angeles, eventually having a relationship. He thought she was a BBC television producer. She also provided background vocals on the cover of "Me and Mrs. Jones" on the album Call Me Irresponsible. The hit original song "Everything" was penned by Buble for Blunt. Buble 's publicist confirmed on 11 July 2008 that he had broken up with Blunt.
A big hockey fan since childhood, Buble requires "one local team hockey puck" in his dressing room as part of his rider contract to concert promoters in every city. Since December 2008 he has been co-owner of the Vancouver Giants.On 12 February 2009 Buble pledged a donation of A$50,000 to the victims of the Black Saturday bushfires in Victoria, Australia.
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