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Daniel Powter is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Linda Perry, Nick Drake, Elton John, The Beatles and Fleetwood Mac. Those roots explain a lot about how Daniel Powter arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as James Blunt, Five for Fighting, James Morrison, Jason Mraz and Gavin DeGraw, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into May J., Vanessa Amorosi, Skylar Grey and Straight Outta Lynwood, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 38 connections around Daniel Powter, reaching back through Linda Perry and forward to May J.. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Daniel Richard Powter is a Canadian singer-songwriter. His 2005 pop single "Bad Day" topped the Billboard Hot 100 for five weeks. He was nominated for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance at the 49th Grammy Awards for "Bad Day" and won the Juno Award for Breakthrough Artist of the Year in 2006.
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Daniel Powter connections
Daniel Powter grew out of Linda Perry, Nick Drake, Elton John and The Beatles, shares an orbit with James Blunt, Five for Fighting, James Morrison and Jason Mraz, went on to shape May J., Vanessa Amorosi, Skylar Grey and Straight Outta Lynwood. 38 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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