Daniel Powter
Daniel Powter's first piano pop single, "Bad Day" debuted in Europe in mid-2005. It was chosen by Coca-Cola as the theme song for an ad campaign in Europe. Additionally, "Bad Day" was used extensively by American Idol in its fifth season. The song achieved heavy airplay in most European countries, and made it as high as number three on the overall European airplay chart. The song also featured on a commercial in the UK, where it peaked at number two in the singles chart and stayed in the top 10 for 13 weeks. It was fifth place in the British Record of the Year 2005.
In the United States the song reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 seven weeks after it was released, and also rocketed to number one on the Adult Top 40 and Adult Contemporary charts. It made Powter the first solo Canadian male artist to top the Hot 100 since Bryan Adams in 1995.
