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 navigating a language barrier that could have kept them apart. Instead, their connection inspired him to write a heartfelt tributeâone that not only captured her heart but also skyrocketed his career.
Canadian crooner Michael BublĂ©Â has it all â a successful career as an entertainer with numerous hit songs and albums to his name.
But one of his greatest achievements is his marriage to wife of 13 years â actress, singer and model Luisana Lopilato, and the four beautiful children they share.
Just last week, Lopilato gushed over her hubby on Instagram after he received one of Canadaâs highest honours
The singer â whose career began at 18 when he won the Canadian Youth Talent Search â was performing in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in November 2008, when he met the well-known local actress, who is 12 years his junior.
âThey met at a party the record company threw for him after his show in Buenos Aires,â a friend of the couple told People in 2010.
âThe head of the label wanted to introduce Michael to Argentinaâs most famous actress. When he met her, he said it was love at first sight.â
BublĂ© told Irelandâs RTĂ One in 2012, âI saw her across a room when my security were throwing me in a van.
âMy grandfather was with me and I said, âYou know, Grandpa, thatâs the most beautiful woman Iâve ever seen and Iâm never going to see her again.ââ
But he did, just a few hours later. After learning the man she arrived with was just a friend, they got to know each other, despite not speaking the same language.
âShe couldnât speak English, I couldnât speak Spanish,â he said.
Bublé once told Access Hollywood they relied on technology and bilingual friends to communicate in the early days of their relationship.
âWe would use a computer to translate and speak to each other,â he said.
âYou know, Grandpa, thatâs the most beautiful woman Iâve ever seen and Iâm never going to see her againâ
They later learned each otherâs languages.
The two became engaged exactly a year later but the news was only announced the following January.
BublĂ© later revealed he wrote his 2009 hit song Havenât Met You Yet about Lopilato, who starred in the music video.
The couple married on March 31, 2011, in a small civil ceremony in Buenos Aires followed by a larger ceremony the following weekend.
A third ceremony was held in Canada two months later.
They revealed in January 2013 they were expecting their first child. Son, Noah, was born in August 2013. Another son, Elias, was born in January 2016.
But their world was shattered months later when Noah, then three, was diagnosed with cancer.
With BublĂ© on tour, Lopilato had taken the kids to Buenos Aires in late 2016 when he fell ill. Doctors thought he had mumps, before finding âsomething in his stomach.â
She flew back to the US, where Noah was diagnosed with liver cancer.
The pair announced the diagnosis on Facebook in November that year, writing, âWe are devastated about the recent cancer diagnosis of our oldest son Noah who is currently undergoing treatment in the US.
âLuisana and I have put our careers on hold in order to devote all our time and attention to helping Noah get well.
âAt this difficult time, we ask only for your prayers and respect for our privacy. We have a long journey in front of us and hope that with the support of family, friends and fans around the world, we will win this battle, God willing.â
Noahâs treatment ended in March 2017.
When BublĂ© accepted an award that year, he thanked his wife. âThere are no words to describe how I feel about you. Sometimes âI love youâ just isnât enough because what I feel is just so much more.â
The couple announced in February 2018 they were expecting a third child. Daughter Vida arrived in July that year.
He again honoured Lopilato when he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame later that year.
âMy wife, thereâs nothing I can really say that can express how I feel about her and what weâve been through. She is my hero and my rock.â
She called him âthe most amazing man and fatherâ in an Instagram post to mark his birthday in 2020.
âYou are my partner, my other half, my strength and my one and perfect lover,â she said.
Bublé marked their 10th wedding anniversary in 2021 with an Instagram post.
âIn 10 years of marriage, weâve been through so much Lu⊠The good things in life have been better with you, and youâve helped lift me through some of the hardest times imaginable,â he wrote.
âYouâre my way better half, my hero and the light of my life.â
He dedicated his 2022 album Higher to his wife and kids.
They even used the music video for his hit song Iâll Never Not Love You to reveal they were expecting again, with his wife appearing at the end of the video with her baby bump on display.
âThereâs nothing I can really say that can express how I feel about her and what weâve been throughâ
They announced the arrival of daughter Cielo in August 2022.
In a 2023 interview with Red, BublĂ© said âeach otherâs fulfillmentâ was the key to their happy marriage.
He also added, âWe donât care what we do â being together is the goal.â
Bublé, now 49, and Lopilato, 37, live in a $30 million mansion in Vancouver, Canada.
In February, the two attended a âmagicalâ dinner with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
Then in November, they looked loved up when she appeared by his side as he received a Horatio Alger Award.
