| Bobby Bazini | |
| Birth Name: | Bobby Bazinet |
| Birth Date: | 6 May 1989 |
| Birth Place: | Mont-Laurier, Quebec, Canada |
| Instrument: | Vocals, guitar, harmonica |
| Genre: | Folk, soul |
| Years Active: | 2009–present |
| Label: | Universal Music Canada |
Bobby Bazini (born Bobby Bazinet May 6, 1989) is a French Canadian singer-songwriter from Mont-Laurier, Quebec, Canada. He has released three studio albums and is currently signed to Universal Music Canada.
Bazini's first single, "I Wonder", was released in 2009 and stayed eight weeks on the Top 3 of ADISQ. His debut album, Better In Time (2010), peaked at No. 4 on the Canadian Albums Chart and was certified platinum by the CRIA with over 80,000 copies sold. Warner Music Group subsequently acquired the rights to his album and distributed it internationally.
In 2011, Bazini was nominated for two Juno Awards: New Artist of the Year and Pop Album of the Year (Better In Time).[1]
When the time came to craft his second album, Bobby Bazini took the trip of a lifetime when he grabbed his guitar, loaded up his car, and left a small Montreal suburb for California to record with music producer Larry Klein. Where I Belong (2014) was recorded with some of Bazini's favorite musicians, including Booker T. Jones (organ), Jack Ashford (percussion), and Jay Bellerose (drums), which resulted is an album of live-sounding folk/country and soul songs, released through Universal Music Canada.
Where I Belong topped the charts in Canada and was certified platinum with more than 100,000 copies sold, reaching this threshold within the year of release, making it the best-selling Canadian album of 2014.[2]
In June 2014, Bazini performed at the Montreal International Jazz Festival to an audience of approximately 60,000.
For his third studio album, Summer Is Gone (2016), Bazini worked with songwriters and producers like Jake Gosling (Ed Sheeran), Martin Terefe (Jason Mraz, James Blunt), and Eg White (James Morrison, Adele). Pop Magazine lists Summer Is Gone among the Top 50 Albums of 2016.[3]
Bazini performed at the Stanley Cup 125th Tribute Concert in Ottawa, Ontario, on March 17, 2017.[4]
In 2015, his younger brother Kevin Bazinet won the third season of the reality television competition La Voix.[5]
| Year | Album details | Peak | Certifications | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN [6] | ||||
| 2010 | Better In Time
| 4 |
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| 2014 | Where I Belong
| 1 |
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| 2016 | Summer Is Gone
| 2 [9] | ||
| 2020 | Move Away
| 42 | ||
| 2023 | Pearl
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| Year | Single | Peak | Album | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN [10] | ADISQ | ||||||||
| 2009 | "I Wonder" | - | 3 | Better In Time | |||||
| 2013 | "Cold Cold Heart" | - | - | Where I Belong | |||||
| 2016 | "C'est la vie" | 72 | - | Summer Is Gone | |||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||
| Year | Award | Category | Nominee/work | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Juno Awards | New Artist of the Year | Bobby Bazini | ||
| Pop Album of the Year | Better In Time | ||||