Big Break

Michael Buble's big break came at a performance for a party for a man named Michael McSweeney, former advisor to the Canadian Prime Minister. McSweeney was so impressed with the performance that he started circulating the independent album, and it eventually got into the hands of Brian Mulroney and his wife. In 2000, they invited Buble to sing at their daughter's wedding, at which he amazed everyone with a performance of Mack the Knife by Kurt Weill. At the ceremonies, he was introduced to David Foster, a Grammy award winning producer and Warner Bros. music executive. The following year, Foster signed Buble to the 143 Records label, and the two began working on the first major album release."The last thing we wanted to do was a tribute album or a lounge act," says Bublé. "We wanted to treat this music with the love and respect it deserves, but the important thing was to capture a spirit and energy and that wasn't confined to any particular musical era."