Daniel Powter and his producer Jeff Dawson recorded a demo of “Bad Day,” and they shopped it around. A few label executives liked the song, but when Powter auditioned, he didn’t have enough ...

"Bad Day" is an ironic title for a song that has brought a lot of good days to singer-songwriter Daniel Powter. It's an instant pop classic that spent five weeks at the top of the charts and was ...

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 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 ...

But Powter is glad for the exposure, which helped make “Bad Day” the No. l song in the United States for five weeks and made a star out of Powter, 35, after years and years of struggle.

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.

It all started when Daniel Powter took a ferry ride from Victoria to Vancouver, Canada. The Canadian singer-songwriter was on his way to record a new song when he came across a poster that read ...

“Bad Day,” Daniel Powter. Hit No. 1: April 8, 2006. Baddest lyrics: “Because you had a bad day/ You’re taking one down/ You sing a sad song just to turn it around ...

In a taxi with… Reformed 'Bad Day' bad boy Daniel Powter After the globe-straddling success of his single, things went from ‘Bad Day’ to worse for the Canadian singer-songwriter.

Daniel Powter’s “Bad Day” famously played over this montage starting in Season 5 (one season after Carrie Underwood’s win), and showrunner and EP Megan Michaels Wolflick was asked by ...