When singer Michael Bublé accepted an offer to sing at the wedding of the Canadian Prime Minister's daughter in 2000, he didn't realize it would be a life-changing event.

At the wedding, Bublé, who was considering ditching his eight-year-in-the-making career for a media job, met multiple Grammy award-winning producer and Warner Bros. record executive David Foster, and soon signed onto his 143/Reprise Records label.

Bublé, 31, doesn't favor the groove of the moment. The artist instead seeks music with melody -- the songs made popular by Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Barry Gibb and Eric Clapton -- making the British Columbia native a favorite of international audiences of all ages.

Bublé's warm, engaging tenor-voiced interpretation of classic covers as well as original tunes has often given him the designation as the young Frank Sinatra.

"It is a huge compliment," Bublé told the Associated Press, "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 Bublé."

The crooner has a 2007 Grammy nomination (Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album for "Caught in the Act") and a People's Choice Awards nomination in the Favorite Remake category for his 2006 "Save the Last Dance for Me" single.

Bublé, who performs Friday at the Fox Theatre, is on tour with his third studio album, "Call Me Irresponsible."

"I came in with more experience (than with his first two recordings)," he says. "In certain ways, I was more confident; and in other ways, I am far more humble."

Andrea Daniel is a Metro Detroit freelance writer.