Michael Bublé

Solo Artist · The crooner who sells standards to a modern audience

Photo: Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America · CC BY-SA 2.0
Active 2001-present
Origin Burnaby, British Columbia
Albums 10
Tracks 129
Most frequent collaborator David Foster · 69 tracks
Genres Traditional popVocal jazzSwing
Singer / Performer
15%
Authorship

Holds writing credit on 19 of 129 tracks

Does Michael Bublé write his own songs?

Rarely. He holds a writing credit on 19 of the 129 tracks across his studio albums, and the rest are covers of standards and pop songs. When he does write he works with Alan Chang, who co-writes fourteen of the nineteen, and Amy Foster-Gillies, on five.

By the Numbers

10
Studio Albums
129
Tracks Credited
15%
Self-Written
75 million
Records Sold
25
Years Active
219
Collaborators

Authorship Breakdown 19 / 129 self-written

Who wrote the songs?

Across all 129 tracks: how many Michael Bublé wrote alone, how many they co-wrote, and how many were written by others. The bracket marks every track they hold any writing credit on.

Michael Bublé has a writing credit15%
1%
14%
85%
Sole author1tracks1%
Co-written18tracks14%
Outside writers110tracks85%

Role Fingerprint how they contribute

Lyricist Performer Composer Producer
Michael Bublé's roles across the catalogue

Share of all 129 tracks where they are personally credited, by role.

Lyricist (words)15%
Composer (music)15%
Producer15%
Performer100%

Authorship Over Time writing credit per album

Michael Bublé's writing credit per album, in release order. Hover any bar for the album.

avg 15%
0%
0%
8%
15%
15%
19%
29%
20%
9%
31%
2001BaBalu
2003Michael Bublé
2005It's Time
2007Call Me Irresponsible
2009Crazy Love
2011Christmas
2013To Be Loved
2016Nobody but Me
2018Love
2022Higher
Early · 6% written
Mid · 21% written
Late · 21% written

Authorship by Decade track-weighted

8%
2000s
BaBalu, Michael Bublé +3 more
20%
2010s
Christmas, To Be Loved +2 more
31%
2020s
Higher

Authorship Spectrum pure performer to complete author

Where Michael Bublé sits on the scale from a pure performer (0%, sings songs written by others) to a complete author (100%, writes everything). The bright marker is their catalogue authorship score, plotted against other artists on the site.

Michael Bublé
Other artists on the site

Reference artists spread across the scale, closest by genre and era.

Frank Sinatra1%
Josh Groban29%
Kelly Clarkson49%
Mario57%
Miranda Lambert76%
Ciara86%
Fall Out Boy100%
15%Michael Bublé
Pure Performer0%
Songwriter~50%
Complete Author100%

Discography 10 albums

Covers ten of Michael Bublé's eleven studio albums in their standard editions. The 2002 self-released album Dream is missing: it has no Wikipedia article and no Genius entry, so no track listing or credits could be sourced for it. The live albums, the EPs and the compilations are outside this studio-album scope.

Collaborator Network who they worked with most

Michael Bublé129 tracks
69David Foster, 69 tracks 51Humberto Gatica, 51 tracks 36Bob Rock, 36 tracks 21Alan Chang, 21 tracks JV10Jochem van der Saag, 10 tracks 7Greg Wells, 7 tracks JM5Johnny Mercer, 5 tracks AF5Amy Foster-Gillies, 5 tracks SG5Spicy G, 5 tracks HW4Harry Warren, 4 tracks MG3Mack Gordon, 3 tracks HC3Hoagy Carmichael, 3 tracks JV3Jimmy Van Heusen, 3 tracks SC3Sammy Cahn, 3 tracks TJ3Tom Jackson, 3 tracks C3Carlsson, 3 tracks GD2George David Weiss, 2 tracks MF2Mark Fisher, 2 tracks JG2Joe Goodwin, 2 tracks LS2Larry Shay, 2 tracks BR2Bob Russell, 2 tracks DE2Duke Ellington, 2 tracks L2Louiguy, 2 tracks VM2Van Morrison, 2 tracks BG2Barry Gibb, 2 tracks RG2Robin Gibb, 2 tracks KG2Kenneth Gamble, 2 tracks TL2Tommy LiPuma, 2 tracks LB2Leslie Bricusse, 2 tracks PM2Paul McCartney, 2 tracks on The Beatles's page CL2Carolyn Leigh, 2 tracks RL2Ryan Lerman, 2 tracks JC2Johan Carlsson, 2 tracks J"2Jason "Spicy G" Goldman, 2 tracks LH2Lorenz Hart, 2 tracks RR2Richard Rodgers, 2 tracks BH1Bob Harris, 1 track PF1Paul Francis Webster, 1 track SA1Sidney Arodin, 1 track ED1Eduardo di Capua, 1 track HJ1Howard Johnson, 1 track LC1Luigi Creatore, 1 track HP1Hugo Peretti, 1 track HC1Hughie Cannon, 1 track PD1Peter De Rose, 1 track CS1Carl Sigman, 1 track BT1Bob Thiele, 1 track BB1Bertolt Brecht, 1 track KW1Kurt Weill, 1 track EC1Eddie Cooley, 1 track JD1John Davenport, 1 track GM1George Michael, 1 track RM1Ron Miller, 1 track OM1Orlando Murden, 1 track HM1Heinz Meier, 1 track LA1Leon A. Huff, 1 track FM1Freddie Mercury, 1 track on Queen's page PA1Paul Anka, 1 track PB1Pablo Beltrán Ruiz, 1 track NG1Norman Gimbel, 1 track JK1Jerome Kern, 1 track DF1Dorothy Fields, 1 track AB1Alan Brandt, 1 track BH1Bob Haymes, 1 track AN1Anthony Newley, 1 track GG1George Gershwin, 1 track IG1Ira Gershwin, 1 track EA1Eddy Arnold, 1 track CW1Cindy Walker, 1 track TR1Tony Renis, 1 track AT1Alberto Testa, 1 track ED1Ervin Drake, 1 track JL1John Lennon, 1 track on The Beatles's page DP1Doc Pomus, 1 track MS1Mort Shuman, 1 track JC1James Campbell, 1 track RC1Reginald Connelly, 1 track HW1Harry Woods, 1 track LD1Lamont Dozier, 1 track BH1Brian Holland, 1 track EH1Eddie Holland, 1 track LR1Leon Russell, 1 track CP1Cole Porter, 1 track SW1Stevie Wonder, 1 track CC1Cy Coleman, 1 track HN1Henry N. Mancini, 1 track FM1Franco Migliacci, 1 track LH1Leon Huff, 1 track CG1Cary Gilbert, 1 track LC1Leonard Cohen, 1 track RL1Robert L. Dorough, 1 track BM1Benjamin M. Tucker, 1 track JA1Jann Arden, 1 track EC1Eric Clapton, 1 track HA1Harold Arlen, 1 track TK1Ted Koehler, 1 track MJ1Mark James, 1 track WT1Wayne Thompson, 1 track JC1John Christopher, 1 track KG1Kelly Gordon, 1 track DT1Dean Thompson, 1 track AH1Arthur Hamilton, 1 track GM1Gerald Marks, 1 track SS1Seymour Simons, 1 track SG1Stuart Gorrell, 1 track NH1Nacio Herb Brown, 1 track AF1Arthur Freed, 1 track DH1Don Henley, 1 track on Eagles's page GF1Glenn Frey, 1 track on Eagles's page BS1Bob Seger, 1 track JS1JD Souther, 1 track RM1Russ Morgan, 1 track LS1Larry Stock, 1 track JC1James Cavanaugh, 1 track CO1Clyde Otis, 1 track MS1Murray Stein, 1 track SJ1Sharon Jones, 1 track TD1The Dap-Kings, 1 track BV1Billy Vera, 1 track MP1Mitchell Parish, 1 track N71Naturally 7, 1 track RS1Ron Sexsmith, 1 track MW1Meredith Willson, 1 track JF1J. Fred Coots, 1 track HG1Haven Gillespie, 1 track TP1the Puppini Sisters, 1 track IB1Irving Berlin, 1 track MC1Mariah Carey, 1 track WA1Walter Afanasieff, 1 track JM1John Marks, 1 track JJ1Joan Javits, 1 track TS1Tony Springer, 1 track PS1Philip Springer, 1 track RB1Ralph Blane, 1 track HM1Hugh Martin, 1 track JB1Jeff Barry, 1 track EG1Ellie Greenwich, 1 track PS1Phil Spector, 1 track BH1Billy Hayes, 1 track JJ1Jay Johnson, 1 track KG1Kim Gannon, 1 track WK1Walter Kent, 1 track BR1Buck Ram, 1 track CB1Claudia Brant, 1 track JF1José Feliciano, 1 track JM1Josef Myrow, 1 track W"1William "Smokey" Robinson, 1 track CC1Clarence Carson Parks, 1 track RW1Reese Witherspoon, 1 track JA1Jann Arden Richards, 1 track

Bubble size = tracks worked on together. Showing the 150 most frequent of 219. JV Jochem van der Saag

Photo credits

Portraits in the web and the rail come from Wikimedia Commons. The artist's own photo carries its credit under the picture.

The Authorship Story

Data Insight

Across 129 album tracks Bublé holds a writing credit on 19, which is the shape of a singer rather than a songwriter, and that is the point of him. The names filling those credits belong to Johnny Mercer, Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn and the rest of the songbook. Where he does write, he almost never writes alone: Alan Chang co-writes fourteen of the nineteen and Amy Foster-Gillies five. The one constant across the whole catalogue is David Foster, who produces 69 of the 129 tracks, with Humberto Gatica on 51 beside him.

Quick Facts

  • AwardsFive Grammy Awards and fifteen Juno Awards
  • Holiday recordChristmas (2011) is among the best-selling Christmas albums ever released
  • AuthorshipWrites 19 of 129 album tracks
  • Closest collaboratorAlan Chang co-writes 14 of those 19
  • ProducerDavid Foster produces more of the catalogue than anyone
  • StartTwo self-released albums, BaBalu in 2001 and Dream in 2002

Creative Fingerprint

An interpreter, not an author: a writing credit on 19 of 129 album tracks, almost always with the same two collaborators, over a catalogue of standards.

The Story

Michael Bublé is a Canadian singer from Burnaby, British Columbia, who built a career on the American songbook. Two self-released albums in 2001 and 2002 led to a deal with Reprise and a self-titled debut in 2003, produced by David Foster. Eight more studio albums have followed, including the 2011 Christmas record that became one of the best-selling holiday albums ever made. His catalogue is overwhelmingly covers, with the standards' original writers on most tracks and his own name on a handful.

Awards & Recognition

Christmas (2011) is one of the best-selling Christmas albums of the modern era
Five Grammy Awards
Fifteen Juno Awards
Call Me Irresponsible and Crazy Love both reached number 1 on the Billboard 200

Frequently Asked Questions Michael Bublé

Does Michael Bublé write his own songs?
Rarely. He holds a writing credit on 19 of the 129 tracks across his studio albums, and the rest are covers of standards and pop songs. When he does write he works with Alan Chang, who co-writes fourteen of the nineteen, and Amy Foster-Gillies, on five.
Who wrote "Home"?
Bublé wrote it with Alan Chang and Amy Foster-Gillies. It appears on It’s Time and is one of the small number of songs in his catalogue that is his own.
Who wrote "Haven’t Met You Yet"?
Bublé with Alan Chang and Amy Foster-Gillies, the same trio behind "Home". It is the lead single from Crazy Love.
How many albums has Michael Bublé released?
Ten studio albums covered here, from BaBalu in 2001 to Higher in 2022. His 2002 self-released album Dream has no published track listing or credits.
Who produces Michael Bublé?
David Foster on 69 of the 129 tracks, usually with Humberto Gatica on 51. Bob Rock produced 36, mostly the 2011 to 2013 albums. Bublé himself is credited on 19, almost all of them on Nobody but Me and Love.
Is Michael Bublé a jazz singer?
He records traditional pop and vocal jazz, mostly standards from the American songbook, arranged with a big band. The material is jazz repertoire even where the production is pop.
What is his best-selling album?
Christmas, released in 2011, which is among the best-selling Christmas albums of the modern era and returns to the charts every December.
Who are the writers on his albums?
Mostly the composers of the standards he sings: Johnny Mercer on five tracks, Harry Warren on four, Mack Gordon and Hoagy Carmichael on three each, and dozens of others once apiece.
What was his first album?
BaBalu, self-released in 2001 before his Reprise deal. His first major-label album is the self-titled Michael Bublé in 2003.

Sources

Wikipedia: Michael Bublé Wikipedia: Michael Bublé discography