Bublé's career breakthrough came when he performed
Kurt Weill's classic track "
Mack the Knife" at the wedding of
Brian Mulroney's daughter Caroline in September 2000. Mulroney introduced Bublé to
David Foster, a multi-Grammy awarding producer and a
Warner Bros. Records executive, who had previously worked with the likes of
Josh Groban. Foster signed Bublé to his
143 record label, and he started recording the album in 2001, with David Foster as producer. The album features a range of standards from various eras including "Fever", "The Way You Look Tonight", "For Once in My Life",
Van Morrison's "
Moondance" and
Lou Rawls' "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine".
Barry Gibb of the
Bee Gees performs with Bublé on his version of the group's classic track, "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart".
The album was released on February 11, 2003, to worldwide commercial success. The album peaked at No. 8 on the
Canadian Albums Chart, as well as peaking at No. 1 in Australia and New Zealand, and achieving 2× platinum status, and No. 47 on the
Billboard 200. The album also peaked at No. 6 in the United Kingdom, achieving platinum status.[2] The album was eventually certified 4× platinum in Canada during 2006, 2× Platinum in the United Kingdom during 2007, and 7× Platinum in Australia during 2007. Bublé also won the "Best New Talent" award at the
Juno Awards of 2004, and the album itself was nominated for "Album of the Year", only losing out to
Sam Roberts.
Singles
"
How Can You Mend a Broken Heart", a cover of the original by the
Bee Gees, was released as the album's lead single on February 4, 2003. The single was only released in the United States. It managed to reach the top thirty of the Billboard adult contemporary chart. No music video was released for the single.
"
Kissing a Fool", a cover of the original by
George Michael, was released as the album's second single on May 8, 2003, exclusively in the United States and Japan, also reaching the top thirty of the Billboard adult contemporary chart. No official music video was released for the single, despite strong radio airplay.
"
Sway", originally performed by
Dean Martin, was released as the album's third single on June 22, 2004. It also reached the top thirty of the adult contemporary chart, while a remix of the song by
Junkie XL reached the top twenty in Australia in July 2004. "Moondance" was released alongside "Sway" in Australia.
"
Spider-Man Theme" was released as the album's fourth and final single in certain territories, appearing on a special edition of the album released in
Italy and other select areas of Europe. The single was most successful in Italy, peaking at No. 2 on the
Italian Singles Chart. A re-recorded version was featured in the end credits to Spider-Man 2.
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.