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NEW YORK — For crooner Michael Buble, success in America has been a long time coming.

Sure, Buble received media attention and did well internationally with his 2003 self-titled debut album, and his retro style drew favorable comparisons to greats such as Frank Sinatra. But his success abroad did not translate into big record sales in the U.S. Patience has paid off for the 32-year-old Canadian. He was a featured performer on "American Idol," made Oprah Winfrey swoon on her show, and his third album, "Call Me Irresponsible," debuted at the top of the charts.

Buble talks with The Associated Press about his success, regrets and romance with actress Emily Blunt.

Q: Did you approach making this album differently from past recordings?

A: Of course. I come in with more experience. In certain ways, I am more confident, and in other ways, I am far more humble. I realize I have made a lot of mistakes and done things wrong. I've done things I wish I could have done in another way. I didn't come in with the same kind of desperation that I may have had on the first or second record. ... I have come to the point now where I am really allowing myself to enjoy it, really enjoy it.

Q: What was the biggest mistake of your career?

A: My mouth. I am a candid interview and I have a dark and dry sense of humor, a very Canadian sense of humor. ... When I say something funny in a newspaper ... it doesn't read that way. ... There were comments about many things I wish I would have said in a different way or a more eloquent way.

Q: In the past, critics have been somewhat hard on you. Do you worry about that?

A: It was to be expected. I am singing a genre of music that people are very protective of. I am being compared to the greatest vocalist of all time. Someone asked me the other day, 'Do you get upset when people say you are the young Frank Sinatra?' ... It is a huge compliment, but it is false. There will never be another Frank Sinatra. I never wanted to be another Frank Sinatra. I only wanted to be another Michael Buble. ... I have not earned the right to be called the young Sinatra, but give me time.

Q: You date actress Emily Blunt. Have you found the media to be too intrusive?

A: I had done an interview with Hello magazine. ... They asked me if I was going to marry Emily Blunt. Of course, what was I going to say? I said, 'Oh, yeah, I am going to marry her and I love her and all of this stuff.' It's true. I was making a joke. They said to me, 'Have you asked her?' I said, 'Have I? Maybe I am asking her through the magazine.' Me being dry, I realize now I can't even joke about stuff because they've used it to sell their magazine. They have taken it completely out of context. ... The big question I had was, do you think I would ask her to marry me through Hello magazine? Would I do something like that? Would she allow that to happen? It is completely ridiculous.

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