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| Born | Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright (1973-07-22)July 22, 1973 (age 52) Rhinebeck, New York, U.S. |
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| Parent(s) | Loudon Wainwright III Kate McGarrigle |
| Relatives | Martha Wainwright (sister) Lucy Wainwright Roche (half-sister) |
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Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright (born July 22, 1973) is a Canadian and American singer, songwriter, and composer.[7] He has recorded eleven studio albums and numerous tracks on compilations and film soundtracks. He has also written two classical operas and setShakespeare's sonnets to music for a theatre piece byRobert Wilson.
Wainwright'sself-titled debut album was released throughDreamWorks Records in May 1998. His second album,Poses, was released in June 2001. Wainwright's third and fourth studio albums,Want One (2003) andWant Two (2004), were repackaged as thedouble albumWant in 2005. In 2007, Wainwright released his fifth studio album,Release the Stars, and his first live album,Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall.
His second live album,Milwaukee at Last!!!, was released in 2009, followed by the studio albumsAll Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu (2010) andOut of the Game (2012). The double albumPrima Donna (2015) was a recording of hisopera of the same name. His ninth studio album,Take All My Loves: 9 Shakespeare Sonnets (2016), featured nine adaptions ofShakespeare's sonnets. Rufus' 10th studio album,Unfollow the Rules, was released on July 20, 2020. His 11th,Folkocracy, was released on June 2, 2023.
Wainwright is the son of musiciansLoudon Wainwright III andKate McGarrigle, and the older brother of singerMartha Wainwright.
Wainwright was born inRhinebeck,New York, to folk singersKate McGarrigle andLoudon Wainwright III.[8][9][10] His parents divorced when he was three, and he lived with his mother inMontreal, Canada, for most of his youth. His father is a descendant ofPeter Stuyvesant, the 17th-centuryDutch governor ofNew Amsterdam, later New York. Wainwright has dual US and Canadian citizenship.[11] He attended high school at theMillbrook School in New York (which would later inspire his song "Millbrook"), and later briefly studied piano atMcGill University in Montreal.
He began playing the piano at age six, and started touring at age 13 with "The McGarrigle Sisters and Family", a folk group featuring Rufus, his sisterMartha, his mother Kate, and auntAnna. His song "I'm a-Runnin'", which he performed in the filmTommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller at the age of 14, earned him a nomination for a1989Genie Award forBest Original Song.[12] He was nominated for a1990Juno Award forMost Promising Male Vocalist of the Year.[13]
Wainwrightcame out asgay in his teens.[14] In 1999, he toldRolling Stone that his father recognized his homosexuality early on. "We'd drive around in the car, he'd play 'Heart of Glass' and I'd sort of mouth the words, pretend to beBlondie. Just a sign of many other things to come as well."[15] Wainwright later said in another interview that his parents "could not even handle me being gay. We never talked about it really."[16]
Wainwright became interested in opera during his adolescent years, and the genre strongly influences his music. For example, the song "Barcelona" features lyrics from thelibretto ofGiuseppe Verdi's operaMacbeth. During that time, he became interested inÉdith Piaf,Al Jolson, andJudy Garland. As a youth he trained atInterlochen Arts Camp, studying classical music.[17]
At age 14, Wainwright was raped in London'sHyde Park after picking up a man at a bar.[16] In an interview years later, he described the event: "I said I wanted to go to the park and see where this big concert was going on. I thought it was going to be a romantic walk in the park, but he raped me and robbed me afterwards and tried to strangle me".[18] Wainwright states that he survived only by pretending to be anepileptic and faking a seizure.[19] He has been reported to have stated that he remainedcelibate for five or seven years after the incident, but eventually becamepromiscuous.[14][16][18][19]
Throughout the summer of 1995, Wainwright played weekly shows at Cafe Sarajevo in Montreal.[20] Eventually, he cut a series of demo tapes produced byPierre Marchand, who later produced Wainwright's second albumPoses.[21] The resulting tapes impressed Wainwright's father Loudon, who passed them on to family friend and musicianVan Dyke Parks. Parks then in turn sent the recordings toDreamWorks Records executiveLenny Waronker, who signed Wainwright to the label in 1996.[21]
The singer moved to New York City in 1996, performing regularly atClub Fez. He relocated to Los Angeles that year and began his first studio album, 1998'sRufus Wainwright. Waronker paired Wainwright with producerJon Brion, and the two spent most of 1996 and 1997 making the record. Wainwright recorded 56 songs in total, on 62 rolls of tape. The sessions cost $700,000.
Wainwright's self-titled debut received critical acclaim;Rolling Stone recognized it as one of the best albums of the year, and named the singer Best New Artist of the year. Wainwright was nominated for four awards by the Gay & Lesbian American Music Awards, including Album of the Year, Pop Recording of the Year and Video of the Year, and won for Best New Artist.[22][23]Rufus Wainwright won aGLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Music Album and a Juno Award for Best Alternative Album.[13][24] However, commercial success of the album was limited; the debut failed to chart in any country, though he ranked No.24 onBillboard'sTop Heatseekers chart.[25]
Wainwright toured withSean Lennon in 1998[26] and began his first headline tour later that year. In December 1998, he appeared in aGap commercial directed byPhil Harder, performingFrank Loesser's "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?".[27] In March 1999, Wainwright began a headlining tour inHoboken, New Jersey.[28]
Wainwright lived in theChelsea Hotel in New York City for six months, during which he wrote most of his second album. On June 5, 2001, Wainwright's second album,Poses, was released to critical acclaim but limited sales. The album ranked No. 117 on theBillboard 200 and No. 1 on the Top Heatseekers chart.[25][29]Poses won aGLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Music Album and a Juno Award for Best Alternative Album, and was nominated by the Juno Awards forBest Songwriter ("Poses" / "Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk" / "Grey Gardens").[13][30] From 2001 to 2004, he toured withTori Amos,Sting,Ben Folds, andGuster, as well as headlining the 2001 and 2002 tour in support of the album.
Wainwright became addicted tocrystal meth in the early 2000s and temporarily lost his vision. His addiction reached its peak in 2002, during what he described as "the most surreal week of my life". During that week, he played a cameo role in the UK comedy television programAbsolutely Fabulous, spent several nights partying withGeorge W. Bush's daughterBarbara,[31] enjoyed a "debauched evening" with his mother andMarianne Faithfull, sang withAnohni ofAntony and the Johnsons forZaldy's spring 2003 collection, and experienced recurring hallucinations of his father throughout. He decided after that he "was either going to rehab or I was going to live with my father. I knew I needed an asshole to yell at me, and I felt he fitted the bill." He subsequently spent a month in a rehab facility in Minnesota.[32]
In 2003, Rufus released the full-length albumWant One.[33] Then Wainwright's albumWant Two,[33] from which four songs were released as the EPWaiting for a Want, was released byDreamWorks/Geffen on November 16, 2004.[33] The liveiTunes SessionsEP entitledAlright, Already: Live in Montréal was released on March 15, 2005. A DVD entitledAll I Want, featuring a biographical documentary, music videos, and live performances, was released internationally in 2005.[33] That same year, Wainwright made two major contributions as a solo vocalist to a pair of records: theMercury Prize-winningAntony and the Johnsons'I Am a Bird Now andBurt Bacharach'sAt This Time.
Want One andWant Two were repackaged asWant for a November 2005 release to coincide with the beginning of a British tour. This version ofWant One contains two extra songs: "Es Muß Sein" and "Velvet Curtain Rag". TheWant package in the UK has two bonus tracks: "Chelsea Hotel No. 2" (aLeonard Cohen cover) and "In With the Ladies", which replace "Coeur de parisienne – Reprise d'Arletty" and "Quand vous mourez de nos amours" from 2004's augmented edition.
Wainwright's fifth studio album,Release the Stars, was released byGeffen on May 15, 2007. The album was produced by Wainwright and featuredRichard Thompson, friendTeddy Thompson, sisterMartha Wainwright, motherKate McGarrigle,Neil Tennant,Joan Wasser, Julianna Raye,Larry Mullins (also known as Toby Dammit), and actressSiân Phillips.[34] It reached No.2 on theUK Albums Chart, and debuted at No.23 on theBillboard 200. The first single, "Going to a Town", was released on April 3, 2007, in theiTunes Music Store. The second single released was "Rules and Regulations", and the third single was a 500-copy (12" vinyl) release of "Tiergarten", a one-track EP with the Supermayer remix ofTiergarten, which was released exclusively through iTunes and 7digital on October 29.
Two music videos were released for the album: "Going to a Town", directed bySophie Muller, and "Rules and Regulations", directed by Petro Papahadjopoulos and styled by J.W. Anderson.Release the Stars was certified gold in the UK. The accompanying world tour saw Wainwright visit North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia, ending on February 14, 2008, with a concert at theRadio City Music Hall in New York City.
On June 10, 2006,NPR'sWeekend Edition Saturday broadcast an interview of Wainwright byScott Simon. The segment concerned Wainwright's sold-out pair ofCarnegie Hall shows on June 14 and 15, 2006 in which he performed the entireJudy Garland concert album that was recorded there in 1961.[35] He later repeated his performance at theLondon Palladium, theParis Olympia, and theHollywood Bowl in Los Angeles.[36] Live CD and DVD recordings of the concerts were released on December 4, 2007. The DVD is entitledRufus! Rufus! Rufus! Does Judy! Judy! Judy!: Live from the London Palladium. The CD album,Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall, is a recording of his show at the New York venue.[37] In 2008, Garland's daughterLorna Luft expressed strong approval of Wainwright's recordings of her mother's songs.[38] The album was nominated for a2009Grammy Award forBest Traditional Pop Vocal Album.[39]
Wainwright created the concept ofBlackoutsabbath in early 2008. In an attempt to become more environmentally conscious, participants are asked to live "off the grid" as much as possible on a designated date by unplugging appliances, walking or cycling for transportation, turning out lights and decreasing energy usage in any other ways possible.
As the sun sets on the evening of Blackoutsabbath, participants write ways they can contribute to the Earth's well-being throughout the rest of the year. Annual benefit concerts take place to raise awareness of the cause. Special guests performing at the concert included Joan Wasser, Jenni Muldaur, and friend and fellow singer-songwriterTeddy Thompson.[40] The organization's official site contains updates about the program and contains links to various tools, green products and services, studies, and groups that promote energy conservation and environmental protection.[41]
In December 2008 Rufus performed alongside his sister,Martha Wainwright, and mother,Kate McGarrigle, as well as many more of his family at the Knitting Factory in downtown Manhattan. Joined by other artists such asEmmylou Harris,Lou Reed andLaurie Anderson, the cast performed original and traditional Christmas-themed songs. In November 2009Revelation Films released the concert on DVD.[42]
Following his 2007–2008 tour, Wainwright began writing his first opera,Prima Donna, about "a day in the life of anopera singer", anxiously preparing for her comeback, who falls in love with a journalist.[43][44] There are four characters, and the libretto is in French.[45] The opera was originally commissioned byMetropolitan Opera general managerPeter Gelb. However, because of a dispute over Wainwright's decision to write the libretto in French and the Met's inability to schedule an opening in the 2009 season, Wainwright and the Met ended their relationship.[46] Instead of a New York opening,Prima Donna was staged during theManchester International Festival, where the first performance took place at thePalace Theatre on July 10, 2009.[47][48] Reviews for the performance were mixed, with one publication suggesting Wainwright "may struggle to convince critics he is worthy of a place among the greats".[49]Prima Donna won aDora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Musical/Opera in June 2011.[50]
In November 2009, Wainwright announced that he had finished recording his sixth studio album, and was calling itAll Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu.[51] The album was released on March 23 in Canada, April 5 in the UK and April 20 in the US, with the first single "Who Are You New York?".[52]
In December 2009, Wainwright appeared with sister Martha Wainwright and motherKate McGarrigle at theRoyal Albert Hall in London, raising $55,000 for the Kate McGarrigle Fund, which was established in 2008 to raise awareness ofsarcoma, a rare cancer that affects connective tissue such as bone, muscle, nerves, and cartilage. It was the last performance made by his mother before her death in January 2010.
In late 2010 Wainwright became engaged to his partnerJörn Weisbrodt.[53] The couple moved toToronto, Ontario, in early 2012 after Weisbrodt was named artistic director of Toronto's annualLuminato festival.[54]
In 2011, Wainwright announced the birth of his first child, with childhood friend Lorca Cohen, daughter ofLeonard Cohen.[55]
In July 2011 a 19-disc box set calledHouse of Rufus containing all his studio and live recordings as well as previously unreleased material was released.[56]
Wainwright recorded his seventh studio album with producerMark Ronson. He described the new songs as more "danceable" than his previous material.[57] The album, titledOut of the Game, was released in late April 2012 in the UK and Canada and in early May in the US.[58][59]
On August 23, 2012, Wainwright and Jörn Weisbrodt married inMontauk, New York. ArtistJustin Vivian Bond officiated.[60]
His second opera, calledHadrian, premiered at theCanadian Opera Company as their opening production of the 2018 mainstage season at the Four Seasons Centre inToronto, directed by Canadian Director Peter Hinton, with libretto written by Canadian playwrightDaniel MacIvor.[61]Hadrian attended the workshopOpera Fusion: New Works, a collaboration ofCincinnati Opera andUniversity of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, before its premiere.[62]
In 2015, Wainwright launched a new version of his first opera, accompanied by a film directed byFrancesco Vezzoli, featuringCindy Sherman as the Prima Donna.[63] The finale was shot in Paris during spring 2015 and produced by Petite Maison Production,[64] before it premiered in Athens[65] in September.
Almost a year after releasing the stand-alone single"Sword of Damocles" in October 2018, Rufus signed a record deal with music publisher and record labelBMG Rights Management for a new album.[66] Soon after, the new song"Trouble in Paradise" was released as the first single from the album. In February 2020, the album,Unfollow the Rules, was announced alongside the release of theJoni Mitchell-inspired single"Damsel in Distress"[67] and was slated for an April release. A third single,"Peaceful Afternoon", was released on digital platforms in March, with a French version, "Pièce à vivre", as a B-side. In early April, the album release was delayed until July after escalation of theCOVID-19 pandemic, Wainwright stating that "The CD's and vinyl LP's of my new album Unfollow The Rules are stuck in the warehouses they had to shut down to make way for all essential businesses being able to operate at full speed", adding "You know that I am an old school guy and for me the physical product is extremely important. I am incredibly proud of this album and the way I want you to experience it ideally is listening to it from front to back in the comfort of your living room, reading the lyrics, and looking at the booklet that I carefully designed."[68] This announcement was accompanied by the announcement of a fourth single,"Alone Time", which was released on April 24, 2020, the date the LP was originally due to be released. One more single, a tongue-in-cheek commentary on fame and status relative to geographic location entitled"You Ain't Big", was released in early June.[69] On July 10, Rufus Wainwright's 10th studio album,Unfollow the Rules, was released. The album was met with a warm reception upon release and has amassed mostly positive critic reviews, with an aggregate score of 82 onMetacritic, which is his highest score on the site equal only to his 2001 LPPoses.[70]
On March 7, 2023, Wainwright announced his eleventh studio album,Folkocracy, would be released in June 2023. He said, "This album is almost like a recorded birthday party and birthday present to myself. I just invited all the singers that I greatly admire and always wanted to sing with."[71][72] On the same day, Wainwright released "Down in the Willow Garden", which featuresBrandi Carlile.[73] On March 24, 2023, Wainwright released the single "Dear World", a piano ballad about healing the world.[74]
On September 5, 2023, Wainwright appeared at theRoyal Albert Hall in theBBC Proms, performing songs from his albumsWant One andWant Two specially arranged for theBBC Concert Orchestra, with conductorSarah Hicks.[75]
Wainwright's opera,Dream Requiem, premiered in 2024. A soundtrack album is due for release in February 2025;[76] actressMeryl Streep is featured.
Wainwright sang theCanadian national anthem before Game 5 of the2025 World Series. He changed the lyrics from "In all of us command" to "That only us command", which was viewed as protest against US threats of annexation.[77]
In addition to histenor[78] singing voice, Wainwright plays piano and guitar, often switching between the two instruments when performing live. While some songs feature just Wainwright and his piano, his later work is often accompanied by rock instrumentation or a symphony orchestra, displaying complex layering andharmonies with an operatic feel. Wainwright is an opera enthusiast[79] and likesFranz Schubert'slieder.[80] Wainwright's music has been described as "popera" (pop opera) or "baroque pop". Many of his compositions are densely packed amalgams of strings, horns, operatic choruses, and ragtime rhythms, with a warm vocal timbre.[81]
He often performs with his sister, Martha Wainwright, on backup vocals. Despite critical acclaim, Wainwright has experienced limited commercial success in the United States, although the release ofRelease the Stars saw increased media attention there, as did the associated 2007 U.S. tour.[82]
Wainwright's work contains several recurring themes: opera, literature, pop culture, politics, and love (oftenunrequited love). "Foolish Love" and "Danny Boy" are about a crush he once had on a straight man.[83] Other songs address full-blown love and the consequences of falling out of love ("This Love Affair", "Leaving for Paris", and "Peach Trees"). Wainwright also sings about his family relationships. "Beauty Mark", "Little Sister" and "Martha", and "Dinner at Eight" address, respectively, his experiences with his mother, sisters, and father. Several songs deal with his experiences with addiction ("Go Or Go Ahead",[84] "Early Morning Madness"[85] "Baby"[86] and "I Don't Know What It Is").[87]
The song "Matinee Idol" was written aboutRiver Phoenix.[88] "Memphis Skyline" is a tribute to the late singerJeff Buckley, whom he met briefly in the 1990s when Wainwright was an up-and-coming act. By this time, Buckley had already released his first albumGrace, and was well on his way to stardom. The two met several months prior to Buckley's drowning, during a gig by Wainwright. The song references "Hallelujah", aLeonard Cohen song covered by Buckley (and later by Wainwright).[89] "Nobody's Off the Hook" is written to close friend and fellow musicianTeddy Thompson.[90]
Wainwright and his music have influenced several artists in the music industry. They includeKaty Perry,[91]Olly Alexander ofYears & Years,[92] Liv Bruce ofPwr Bttm,[93] andKimbra.[94]
InNick Hornby's 2007 bookSlam, the child born to the young protagonists gets named "Rufus" (or Roof for short) because his mother listened to Rufus Wainwright while recovering from the ordeal of giving birth.[95]
Wainwright, a gay man,[96] married German art administratorJörn Weisbrodt on August 23, 2012.[97] Wainwright has a daughter, Viva Katherine Wainwright Cohen, born February 2, 2011, conceived viasperm donation by Wainwright to photographer and antique dealer Lorca Cohen, daughter ofLeonard Cohen. She lives with her mother.[98]
Wainwright identifies as "a completelibertarian" and stated in 2008, "I don't think any government should encroach on what goes on in the bedroom at all."[99] In April 2010, Wainwright came out publicly in favour of legalizingsame-sex marriage in the United States because he wanted to marry Weisbrodt. Wainwright stated, "I wasn't a huge gay marriage supporter before I met Jörn because I love the whole old-school promiscuousOscar Wilde freak show of what 'being gay' once was. But since meeting Jörn, that all changed."[100] In 2014, Wainwright reiterated he was a "complete libertarian", and explained that while he did not initially support PresidentBarack Obama, he said he has "become a very big Obama fan", expressing support for his agenda, including women's healthcare and government-provided health coverage.[101]
Wainwright has publicly opposed 45th US PresidentDonald Trump, addressing him in the music video for his song "Sword of Damocles" in 2018[102] and stating "It's impossible to minimise the ineptitude and pure evil of the Trump administration" in a 2020 interview withNME.[103] In October 2024, he issued a statement in response to the use of his cover ofLeonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" at a Trump rally in Pennsylvania on October 14. He described its use at the rally as "the height of blasphemy" but hoped, without much expectation, that listening to the lyrics of the song might engender a sense of remorse in Trump.[104] He also endorsed Kamala Harris' presidential campaign.[105]
Wainwright has appeared in the filmsThe Aviator (2004),Silver Bullets (2011) and its extended footage follow-up,Stray Bullets, andHeights (2005) in addition to his role inTommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller but said in a 2010 interview "I definitely enjoy seeing myself thirty feet high, but it's not something that I'm running toward passionately".[106] He has also recorded tracks specially for films, includingBrokeback Mountain,I Am Sam,Moulin Rouge!,Shrek,Meet the Robinsons,Big Daddy,Zoolander, andLeonard Cohen: I'm Your Man. His recording of "Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered" plays during the closing credits of the filmThe History Boys. He is seen in theDenys Arcand filmDays of Darkness (L'Âge des ténèbres), performing twoarias.[36]
TheAll I Want DVD, released in 2005, features a full-length documentary (A Portrait of Rufus Wainwright), performances at Central ParkSummerstage andCambridge Corn Exchange, studio sessions, music videos, and two bonusEaster eggs: a 12-minute documentary from 1998, featuring Wainwright and his family, and a short tribute to theMcGarrigle sisters featuring Rufus and Martha.
In February 2005, thePennsylvania Ballet premiered a ballet by Matthew Neenan that was set to Wainwright's music.[107] The Pennsylvania Ballet has performed the work (titled11:11) several times, including during an eponymous program in June 2006.[108] It has been an audience favorite,[108] although critical reviews have been mixed.[109]
Stephen Petronio commissioned Wainwright to write a score for his dance productionBLOOM, which was performed at Joyce Theater in New York in April 2006. For the lyrics, the two selected poems byWalt Whitman andEmily Dickinson, and Petronio arranged for the Young People's Choir of New York to sing them.[110]
In May 2006, Wainwright was one of three guests (along withRobbie Williams andFrances Barber) to star with thePet Shop Boys in a concert at London'sMermaid Theatre. He covered the Pet Shop Boys' "Casanova in Hell" (fromFundamental). The critically acclaimed show was broadcast on the UK'sBBC Radio 2 and repeated onBBC 6 Music, and released as a CD (Concrete) in October 2006.
In June 2007, Wainwright was a part of the multi-artistTrue Colors Tour, which traveled through 15 cities in the United States and Canada. The tour, sponsored by theLogo channel, began on June 8, 2007. Hosted by comedianMargaret Cho and headlined byCyndi Lauper, the tour includedDebbie Harry,the Gossip, theIndigo Girls,the Dresden Dolls,the MisShapes, andErasure. Profits went to theHuman Rights Campaign. In August 2007, Wainwright said that he considered it a "great honor" to perform on the gay rights tour.[111]
Wainwright continued to tour during 2007 and embraced forms of expression not usually part of mainstream American music concerts. These included dressing in red lipstick and stiletto heeled shoes to performJudy Garland songs, and expressing his concerns against the current U.S. political situation. His performances were critically acclaimed.[112]
In April 2009, Wainwright worked with theBerliner Ensemble and theavant-garde directorRobert Wilson, who hired Wainwright to supply the music for a joint staging ofShakespeares Sonette based onShakespeare's sonnets.[113]
In June 2012, Wainwright released a comedy video on theFunny or Die website, giving his interpretation of a number of jingles from chewing gum commercials.[114] Also in 2012, Wainwright wrote and sang "Metaphorical Blanket" in the filmAny Day Now.
In December 2023, Wainwright performed "Hushabye Mountain" from the 1968 movieChitty Chitty Bang Bang on the primetime CBS specialDick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic.[115]
In March 2024, a new adaptation ofJohn Cassavetes'sOpening Night, for which Wainwright wrote the music and lyrics (with book byIvo van Hove) opened at theGielgud Theatre in London.[116][117]
In 2024, Wainwright was featured inBear McCreary's song"Old Tom Bombadil" from the score toThe Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. Wainwright also appeared onBear McCreary's epic rock concept album, graphic novel, and concert experience -"The Singularity".
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Rufus Wainwright won twoJuno Awards forBest Alternative Album, one in 1999 forRufus Wainwright and one in 2002 forPoses.[118] At the age of 15, in 1989, he was nominated for aGenie Award forBest Original Song.[119] A year later he received a nomination for a Juno Award forMost Promising Male Vocalist.[118] He was also nominated for aBRIT Award forBest International Male Artist in 2008[120] and aGrammy Award forBest Traditional Pop Vocal Album in 2009 and 2020.[121]
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