Four-time Grammy award winner and Canadian jazz singer Michael Bublé released his tenth studio album, “Love,” as an expression of gratitude for his oldest son Noah’s recovery from cancer.
Bublé has been absent from the music scene for the past two years due to his focus on Noah’s health, which he said almost made him consider never returning to music, according to an article by Billboard. But after Noah’s recovery, the singer has returned to the studio to create an album he believes to be a token of his thankfulness.
Bublé rose to fame in 2007, when his album “Call Me Irresponsible” hit number one on several international charts. His 2011 holiday album, “Christmas” became the first holiday-themed album to win a Juno Award for Album of the Year. “Christmas,” garners more popularity each holiday season, making the crooner a well-known name in modern Christmas music.
Bublé’s son received a diagnosis of liver cancer in November 2016 at the age of three. The singer expressed how difficult it was for him and his wife, Argentinian actress Luisana Lopilato, to watch their son battle with the illness. “Love” debuted on Nov. 16, after Noah fully recovered from cancer. That same day, Bublé also received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Though a Daily Mail article quoted Bublé saying “Love” was his final album, his management team said he would not be retiring from music anytime soon.
Despite his current successes and accomplishments, the jazz singer’s beginnings in the music industry were not easy. He admitted he felt like an outcast when he was young because his music preferences differed from those of other people. “I love that I can battle for radio positions with anyone from Drake to the Weeknd,” Bublé said in a May 2018 interview with The Globe and Mail. “But if you told me that I had to go to a desert island and I could only bring one genre of music, it would be Dean Martin, Tony Bennett and Frank Sinatra.”
2019-01-24