Artist of The Month September 2019 - Michael Buble
Artist of the Month

Artist of The Month September 2019 – Michael Buble

Michael Buble (born September 9, 1975) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, actor and record producer. His first album reached the top ten in Canada and the UK.

He found a worldwide audience with his 2005 album It’s Time as well as his 2007 album Call Me Irresponsible – which reached number one on the Canadian Albums Chart, the UK Albums Chart, the US Billboard 200, the Australian ARIA Albums Chart and several European charts. Bublé’s 2009 album Crazy Love debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 after three days of sales, and remained there for two weeks. It was also his fourth number one album on Billboard’s Top Jazz Albums chart.

His 2011 holiday album, Christmas, was in first place on the Billboard 200 for the final four weeks of 2011 and the first week of 2012, totaling five weeks atop the chart, it also made the top 5 in the United Kingdom. With this, Christmas became his third-consecutive number-one album on the chart. To Be Loved was released in April 2013.

Bublé has sold over 75 million records worldwide, and won numerous awards, including four Grammy Awards and multiple Juno Awards.

Bublé’s self-titled debut album was released February 11, 2003 by 143 Records/Reprise Records. The album features a range of standards from various eras including “Fever”, “The Way You Look Tonight”, “For Once in My Life”, “Moondance” and “You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine”. Also on the album is “How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?”, with Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees singing backing vocals. The album went to the top 10 in Canada, United Kingdom, South Africa and reached No. 1 in Australia. It was No. 33 on the ARIA Top 100 Albums of 2003.

Bublé appeared nationally on television in the United States on the Today program on February 14, 2003. In November 2003, Bublé released a Christmas EP Let it Snow, containing five previously unreleased tracks, that peaked at 56 on the Billboard 200. The title track reached the top 40 of the Australia singles chart. A live DVD/CD called Come Fly with Me was released in early 2004. The Come Fly with Me CD was No. 99 on the Aria Top 100 Albums of 2004. The DVD included live footage and behind the scenes footage of Bublé’s first world tour. The CD included three new studio tracks, two live recordings of new songs, and three live recordings of songs from the album Michael Bublé. The album peaked at 55 on the Billboard 200. In November 2004 the Christmas edition of his debut album was released as a two-disc set that included both the Michael Bublé and the “Let It Snow” EP.

Bublé released To Be Loved on April 15, 2013 (regional releases include April 22 in Canada and April 23 in the US). The lead single, “It’s a Beautiful Day”, was released on February 25, 2013. To Be Loved debuted at number-one on the Billboard 200, becoming the crooner’s fourth consecutive number-one album on the chart.

He was featured in the ITV documentary Michael Bublé’s Day Off which aired on June 30, 2013. On December 18, 2013, performed his 3rd Annual Christmas Special with NBC. Special guests included Mariah Carey and Mary J. Blige, Queen Latifah and David Foster

To advertise Michael Bublé’s Christmas in Hollywood on NBC, he released a Christmas song called “The More You Give (The More You’ll Have)”. His ninth studio album, Nobody but Me, was released on October 21, 2016. The titular lead single features Black Thought of The Roots and was released on August 19, 2016. During the same month, his perfume went on sale in thirty countries.

His tenth studio album Love (written as the heart emoji, ❤️) was released on November 16, 2018 with the first single “When I Fall in Love” preceding it on September 27, 2018. In October 2018, Bublé was quoted in an interview with the Daily Mail as saying that he was “retiring” from music following the release of Love, saying the interview would be his “last” and that he was “done with celebrity narcissism”. 

His management subsequently released a statement denying Buble was retiring, dismissing these as “rumours” spread by “tabloid stories”. In November he announced he would embarking on a tour in 2019 in honor of the album; his An Evening with Michael Bublé tour kicked off in Tampa on February 13, 2019.

On December 15, 2018, Bublé was the musical guest for the final of the sixteenth series of BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing. On January 17, 2019, it was announced that Bublé would star in a Super Bowl commercial for Bubly sparkling water.

To celebrate his birthday, Presley Collectibles are offering a 15% discount on all Michael Buble memorabilia, including the limited edition hand signed Offstage Onstage hard back first edition books. Just use the code buble15 at the checkout T&Cs apply.