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Robert Michaels (born Roberto Michele Buttarazzi) is a Canadian musician who is a Juno Award winner and nominee, multi-gold and platinum-selling recording artist, guitarist and vocalist.[1]
His debut CD, Paradiso, was released in 1997 and was nominated for a Juno Award.[2] It reached Platinum status and eventually sold more than 100,000 copies in Canada.[3]
In 1998, Michaels was nominated for Instrumental Artist(s) of the Year for a Juno Award.[4] His album Utopia was nominated in 2000 for a Juno Award for Best Instrumental Album, and his next album Allegro won the Juno Award for Instrumental Album of the Year.[citation needed]
Michaels' album Via Italia was released in 2013.
One of Michaels' songs, "Wrong to Let You Go," co-written in collaboration with the band the Wild Strawberries, reached top 10 on the Canadian Adult Contemporary charts.[citation needed] It was recorded for volume 3 of the Women & Songscompilation album series created and produced by Alan Fletcher, from Warner. Subsequently, Fletcher put the band in contact with German electronic danceproducer and DJAndré Tanneberger (stage name, ATB). Tanneberger produced a remix of the song, which was released as an ATB single re-titled "Let U Go." This popularized the song on both continents, as the single reached number 18 on the U.S. BillboardHot Dance Music/Club Play charts[5] and number 7 on the German Singles Chart.[6] The song also marked the point in ATB's musical output when he began to produce songs with full vocal tracks, as opposed to sampled and looped vocals.[7]
^Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They acknowledge several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.
