Daniel Powter had a good day when "Bad Day" hit the top of pop charts in 2006. “American Idol” used it as its farewell song, and it sold more than three million copies in the United States alone.

NO DOUBT WHEN singer-songwriter and keyboardist Daniel Powter drifts toward retirement decades from now, he'll look back on this self-titled album as the source of a cushy lifetime annuity.

Singer/pianist Daniel Powter was introduced to the world at last summer’s televised Live 8 marathon, playing in front of 150,000 people in Germany with Green Day, Roxy Music and others. Don’t ...

It’s been 11 years since Daniel Powter’s hit Bad Day was released. Released in 2005 it was the anthem for angst-ridden teens who played the track on repeat to perk themselves up during tough ...

Daniel Powter creates music the way most people breathe—it's simply what he does as a way of getting along. People started listening—in the tens of millions—in 2006, when Powter's song “Bad Day” ...

Toward the close of his set Wednesday night, Daniel Powter coyly announced, “I’m going to play something you might not have heard.” He then launched into the familiar keyboard riff from ...

Daniel Powter’s ”Bad Day,” already a global hit that went No. 1 on Billboard ‘s Hot 100, is an even more unctuous example of Oprah Rock.

Daniel Powter, who sang his No. 1 hit, "Bad Day," live on the penultimate show of "American Idol" in 2006, has listed his Brentwood-area house at $2,295,000.

Daniel Powter knows a little something about being bounced off of a talent competition. As a kid, before the piano became his instrument of choice, he would compete in violin contests — and ...

Daniel Powter, the composer-singer behind the song "Bad Day," has been named the Billboard One-Hit Wonder of the Decade. But is that really so bad?

I just had to level with Daniel Powter. After hearing the Canadian’s self-titled debut, I was ready to write a savage review. Heck, his breakthrough single, the unnervingly infectious (and ub… ...

The 'Bad' Success Of Daniel Powter By Ellen Crean August 9, 2006 / 10:31 AM EDT / CBS "Bad Day" is an ironic title for a song that has brought a lot of good days to singer-songwriter Daniel Powter.