In 2001, he became a founding member of a boy band called B3, alongside Tim Cruz and John Steven Sutherland.
",[1] a cover of a Bee Gees song that was #4 in Germany in 2002 and was in charts in many European and Asian countries (including Austria, Switzerland, Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Thailand).
In June 2003, he released his first solo single was "My Prerogative",[2] a cover version of the Bobby Brown classic.
[3] After success in Europe, in January 2008, "1720 Entertainment" distributed his first solo US release entitled "Knight in Shining Armor", which got heavy rotation on sirius and xm radio and certain markets across the US and cracked the hot 100, the song became an internet underground RnB hit which gave Michael credibility to build on as he shed the boyband title and grew into his own as a legit solo artist with a definitive vocal sound and delivery that got comparison's to the king of pop himself Michael Jackson.
[4] Michael took part in the blind auditions for the third season of the American singing competition The Voice.