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Daniel Powter (album)

Daniel Powter (album)

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Daniel Powter (also known as DP) is the self-titled album by Canadian
Canada
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 singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
A singer–songwriter is a musician who writes, composes and sings their own material including lyrics and melodies. They often provide the sole accompaniment to an entire composition or song, typically using a guitar or piano...

 Daniel Powter
Daniel Powter
Daniel Richard Powter is a Canadian recording artist. He grew up in Vernon, in the Okanagan-Shuswap region of British Columbia. He is best known for his #1 smash hit "Bad Day".- Career :...

, released on 26 July 2005 in Canada
Canada
Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 and on 4 April 2006 in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

. The album debuted at #9 on the Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling new music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...

 with 89,213 copies sold that week. http://www.chart-refugees.com/index.php?showtopic=37389 As of 12 July 2006, Daniel Powter has sold 464,136 copies in the U.S.
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Daniel Powter (also known as DP) is the self-titled album by Canadian
Canada
Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
A singer–songwriter is a musician who writes, composes and sings their own material including lyrics and melodies. They often provide the sole accompaniment to an entire composition or song, typically using a guitar or piano...

 Daniel Powter
Daniel Powter
Daniel Richard Powter is a Canadian recording artist. He grew up in Vernon, in the Okanagan-Shuswap region of British Columbia. He is best known for his #1 smash hit "Bad Day".- Career :...

, released on 26 July 2005 in Canada
Canada
Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 and on 4 April 2006 in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

. The album debuted at #9 on the Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling new music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...

 with 89,213 copies sold that week. http://www.chart-refugees.com/index.php?showtopic=37389 As of 12 July 2006, Daniel Powter has sold 464,136 copies in the U.S. The album debuted on the Japanese Oricon
Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...

 charts at an extremely low #242. However, the album slowly climbed the charts and has peaked at #4. The album eventually became the #18 album of 2006 in Japan with 583,611 copies sold, and the highest Western artist on the yearly charts http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/special/061221_03.html. The album was certified Gold in the U.S. on 24 May 2006.

Track listing


All tracks written by Daniel Powter.
  1. "Love You Lately
    Love You Lately
    "Love You Lately" is the first song in Daniel Powter's re-released eponymous album, Daniel Powter.-Music video:The music video to "Love You Lately" is available on Powter's website. The plot is about a girl , from the country-side who moves to the city, seeking a job and possibly a better life...

    " (Special Edition Bonus Track)
  2. "Song 6" – 3:30
  3. "Free Loop
    Free Loop (One Night Stand)
    "Free Loop " is a pop song written by Canadian singer Daniel Powter. It was his second single and the follow-up to his successful song, "Bad Day". It did not achieve the success of its predecessor...

    " – 3:48
  4. "Bad Day
    Bad Day (Daniel Powter song)
    "Bad Day" is a pop song written by Canadian singer Daniel Powter. It was released as the first single from his second album Daniel Powter and achieved a huge success throughout the world, reaching the #1 spot in the U.S. and Ireland. In the U.S...

    " – 3:54
  5. "Suspect" – 3:56
  6. "Lie to Me" – 3:25
  7. "Jimmy Gets High
    Jimmy Gets High
    "Jimmy Gets High" is the second single from Daniel Powter's self-titled second album. The song is three minutes and forty seconds long. It followed the single "Free Loop", from the same album. The song features Powter singing in a very high-pitched voice. The album sold 500,000 copies, but "Jimmy...

    " – 3:40
  8. "Styrofoam" – 3:34
  9. "Hollywood" – 3:34
  10. "Lost on the Stoop" – 4:09
  11. "Give Me Life" – 3:35
  12. "Stupid Like This" (Japan Bonus Track)

Singles

  • "Bad Day" was released on 27 June 2005 in Australia
    Australia
    Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the continental mainland , the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans...

     and on 25 July in the United Kingdom
    United Kingdom
    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...

     and features two b-sides: a non-album track, "Stupid Like This", and "Lost On the Stoop".
  • "Free Loop" was released on 7 November 2005 in the United Kingdom
    United Kingdom
    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...

    , where it was later deemed ineligible to chart.
  • "Jimmy Gets High" was released in 2005 in Canada
    Canada
    Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

    . A music video was in rotation on MuchMoreMusic
    MuchMoreMusic
    MuchMore is a Canadian English language cable television specialty channel owned by CTVglobemedia, based at 299 Queen Street West in Toronto, Ontario....

    .
  • "Lie to Me" was released on 17 April 2006 in United Kingdom
    United Kingdom
    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...

    , where it debuted and peaked at #40 due to more complications.
  • "Love You Lately" was released to iTunes in the United States
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     on 19 September 2006, and went for U.S. Adult Contemporary + Hot Adult Contemporary adds on 16 October. It was the second U.S. single for Daniel from a re-release of his self-titled album.

Release history

Country Release Date
Europe
Japan
United States

Certifications

Country Certification Sales/shipments
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...

Gold 100,000+
United States Gold 500,000+
Canada
Cria
A cria is the name for a baby camelid such as a llama, alpaca, vicuña, or guanaco. It is thought to come from the Spanish word criar.-Alpaca crias:...

Gold 50,000+
Japan
Japan
is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

2 x Platinum 500,000+
Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland , officially the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 states named cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities...

Gold 20,000+
France
France
France , officially the French Republic , is a country located in Western Europe, with several overseas islands and territories located on other continents. Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean...

2 x Gold 200,000+
Australia
Australian Recording Industry Association
The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956...

Gold 35,000+