Michael Bolton

Michael Bolton, an American singer and songwriter, began in hard rock and heavy metal, fronting Blackjack. He first found success writing for others, including a hit for Laura Branigan, and in 1988 his own recording of that song reached number one on the Hot 100. By the late 1980s and into the early 1990s he had moved toward pop ballads, covering soul standards such as (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay and When a Man Loves a Woman, the latter winning him a Grammy. He has sold over 75 million records, with eight albums reaching the Billboard top 10 and two singles at number one, and his awards include two Grammys and six American Music Awards. He has often appeared as himself on screen, including in Meet Wally Sparks (1997), The Nanny (1998), and Two and a Half Men (2012), and he contributed a song and voiced a singing tiger in Teen Titans Go! To the Movies (2018).