You may not know his name, but you've almost certainly heard his song Bad Day, a piano pop tune chosen by Coca Cola for their ad campaign and voted Billboard Song of the Year in 2006.
This debut catapulted Canadian songwriter and pianist Daniel Powter to fame. Unlike many overnight successes, however, he modestly credits his success to his mother's passion for music.
'It was music that chose me rather than my choosing music. My mother is a piano teacher and she showed me the world of music. I started playing piano with her when I was four. She played classical piano pieces, as well as the hit songs of famous singers such as Elton John,' Powter says.
Interestingly, Powter wanted to be a police officer rather
than a musician when he was little. But music has always been his favourite way of communicating.
'The first time I wrote a song was for a girl that I liked. I was 16 then, but she didn't like it,' says the 36-year-old singer.