One World One Love 2010 Tour. If you made a list of performers who have sold more than 53 million records, won multiple Grammys for Best Male Vocalist and countless other honors, earned a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame, and sold out arenas worldwide, Michael Bolton would be on that list. But if you tallied all the artists who’ve sung with Luciano Pavarotti and Ray Charles, written songs with Bob Dylan, Ne-Yo and Lady Gaga,penned hits for Barbra Streisand and KISS, played guitar with B.B. King and had his music recorded on a track by hip-hop superstar Kanye West (featuring megastar Jay-Z), Michael Bolton would be the only name on that list. To say that Michael Bolton is a driven man would be an understatement. He has never lost the hunger that, as a young songwriter, kept him struggling onwards until, in his mid 30’s, he finally enjoyed solo success. “There’s something about waiting 18 years for your first hit that makes you not wanna go back,” he says, with a wry smile. And he’s definitely not looking back. “Each recording for me is a kind of ascent to another plateau, a journey of further exploration of myself as an artist.”