  Bryan Adams was born in Ontario
on November 5, 1959. While still in his teens
and after dropping out of high school, Adams
joined a band called 'Shock' which led to a
friendship and songwriting partnership with
Jim Vallance. Adam's songwriting talents lead
to writing for artists including Joe Cocker, Kiss,
Bonnie Raitt, Rod Stewart, Neil Diamond,
Carly
Simon, and Loverboy.
Adam's solo career began with A&M Records
and the release of 2 singles in the late
1970's: "Let Me Take You Dancing"
and "Hidin' From Love."
 Adams released Bryan
Adams.
Adams released You
Want It, You Got It.
 # 26
Singles Artist of the Year
 Adams released Cuts
Like A Knife.
Adams hit the Top 40 with "Straight From The Heart."
Cuts
Like A Knife was certified gold.
 Adams hit the Top 10 with "Straight From The Heart."
Adams hit the Top 40 with "Cuts Like A Knife."
 Adams hit the Top 40 with "This Time."
Cuts
Like A Knife was certified platinum.
 Adams spent most of the year on
tour.
Adams released Reckless.
 Reckless was certified
platinum.
Adams hit the Top 40 with "Heaven."
Adams hit #1 for 2 weeks with
"Heaven."
Adams topped the Billboard Hot
100 chart for 2 weeks with "Heaven." The song had
originally been written for the film A
Night In Heaven.
 Adams performed at Live Aid.
Adams hit the
Top 40 with "One Night Love Affair."
The video for
"Run To You" was nominated for 5 MTV Video Music
Awards for Best Direction, Best Art Direction, Best Editing, Best Cinematography, and Best Special Effects. The video for "Heaven" was also
nominated for Best Cinematography.
Adams hit the Top 10 with "One Night Love Affair."
 Reckless was certified 4x
platinum.
Adams hit the Top
10
teaming up with Tina Turner on "It's Only
Love."
Adams was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best
Rock Vocal Performance - Male (Reckless) and Best Rock Vocal Performance by a
Duo or Group ("It's Only Love"
with Tina Turner).
Reckless topped the Billboard
200 LP chart for 2 weeks.
Adams won a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Stage Performance Video ("It's Only
Love" with Tina Turner) and was nominated for
Best Male Video ("Summer of
'69")
 # 30
Singles Artist of the Year
 Adams released Into
The Fire.
Into
The Fire was certified platinum.
Adams released
the live LP Live!
Live! Live!
 # 7
Singles Artist of the Year (# 1
Male Artist of the Year)
 Adams hit the Top 40, Top 10 and #1 for 6 weeks with
"(Everything I Do) I Do
It For You" from the soundtrack for Robin
Hood: Prince Of Thieves.
Adams topped the Billboard Hot
100 chart for 7 weeks with "(Everything I Do) I Do
It For You." The single also topped
the UK singles chart for 16 weeks.
The single
"(Everything I Do) I Do
It For You" was certified 2x
platinum.
 Adams released Waking
Up The Neighbours.
The single
"(Everything I Do) I Do
It For You" was certified 3x
platinum.
Adams hit the
Top 40 with "Can't Stop This Thing
We Started."
The video for
"(Everything I Do) I Do
It For You" was nominated for a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Video from a Film.
Adams hit the Top 10 with "Can't Stop This Thing
We Started."
The single "Can't Stop This Thing
We Started" was certified gold.
Waking
Up The Neighbours was certified
platinum.
 # 24
Singles Artist of the Year
Waking
Up The Neighbours was certified 2x
platinum.
Adams hit the Top 40 with "There Will Never Be
Another Tonight."
Adams won an American Music
Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Single ("(Everything I Do) I Do
It For You") and was nominated for Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist.
Adams won a Grammy Award for Best Song Written
Specifically for a Motion Picture or for
Television ("(Everything I Do) I Do
It For You"). The song was also
nominated for Record of the Year, Best Vocal Performance - Male, and Song of the Year (songwriter) (with
Robert John "Mutt" Lang and Michael
Kamen) and "Can't Stop This Thing
We Started" was nominated for Best
Rock Performance, Solo and Best Rock Song
(songwriter).
Adams hit the
Top 40 with "Thought I'd Died And
Gone To Heaven."
Adams hit the Top 10 with "Thought I'd Died And
Gone To Heaven."
Adams hit the
Top 40 with "Do I Have To Say The
Words?"
Adams hit the Top 10 with "Do I Have To Say The
Words?"
Waking
Up The Neighbours was certified 3x
platinum.
Reckless was certified 5x
platinum.
Adams was
nominated for an American Music
Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist.
Adams was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best
Rock Vocal Performance - Male
("There Will Never Be
Another Tonight").
 Adams hit the Top 40 with "Please Forgive Me."
Adams released the hits
collection So
Far So Good.
Adams hit the Top 10 with "Please Forgive Me."
Adams hit the Top 40 along with Rod Stewart and Sting with "All For Love" from the film
soundtrack of The
Three Musketeers.
Adams hit the Top 10 with "All For Love."
 # 64
Singles Artist of the Year
 So
Far So Good was certified 2x platinum.
Adams hit #1 with Rod Stewart and Sting for 5 weeks with
"All For Love."
Adams topped the Billboard Hot
100 chart along with Rod Stewart and Sting for 3 weeks with
"All For Love."
The single for "All For Love" was certified
platinum.
So
Far So Good was certified 3x platinum.
 # 36
Singles Artist of the Year
Adams was
nominated for an American Music
Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist.
Adams was
nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with
Vocals
("All For Love" with Rod Stewart and Sting).
Adams hit the Top 40 with "Have You Ever Really
Loved A Woman?"
Adams hit the Top 10 and #1 for 3 weeks with
"Have You Ever Really
Loved A Woman?"
 Adams topped the Billboard Hot
100 chart for 5 weeks with "Have You Ever Really
Loved A Woman?" from the soundtrack for Don
Juan DeMarco.
Adams was nominated for a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Video from a Film ("Have You Ever Really
Loved A Woman?").
Adams could be heard on Bonnie Raitt's live LP Road
Tested with "Rock Steady."
 # 38
Singles Artist of the Year
Adams was
nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance -
Male
("Have You Ever Really
Loved A Woman?").
Waking
Up The Neighbours was certified 4x
platinum and So
Far So Good was certified 5x platinum.
 Adams released 18
'Til I Die.
Adams hit the Top 40 with "The Only Thing That
Looks Good On Me Is You."
18
'Til I Die was certified gold.
Adams hit the Top 40 with "Let's Make A Night To
Remember."
Adams was
nominated for a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Male Video ("The Only Thing That
Looks Good On Me Is You").
Adams hit the Top 40 dueting
with Barbra
Streisand on "I Finally Found Someone" from the
soundtrack for The
Mirror Has Two Faces.
Adams hit the Top 10 with Barbra
Streisand with "I Finally Found Someone."
Adams was
nominated for an American Music
Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist.
Adams was
nominated for 2 Grammy Awards for Best Pop Vocal Performance -
Male
("Let's Make A Night To
Remember") and Best Rock Vocal Performance -
Male
("The Only Thing That
Looks Good On Me Is You").
18
'Til I Die was certified platinum.
 Adams released Unplugged.
Adams hit the Top 40 with "Back To You."
Adams was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with
Vocals
("I Finally Found Someone" with Barbra
Streisand).
Adams hit the Top 10 with "Back To You."
 Adams released On
A Day Like Today.
Adams hit the Top 40 with "On A Day Like Today."
 Another hits
compilation, The
Best Of Me, was released.
Adams could be heard on the Spirit soundtrack.
 Adams was nominated for a Golden
Globe Award for Best Original Song
("Here I Am" with Hans Zimmer).
Adams released the CD/DVD Live
At The Budokan.
 Adams could be heard on the
soundtrack for Ella Enchanted on the track "If
You Believe."
# 13 on the Top Pop Artists
of the Past 25 Years chart.
The LP Room
Service released overseas last
year was released.
 On July 2nd, Bryan performed in
Ontario, Canada as part of the worldwide Live
8 concerts. The mission of the
concerts was to raise awareness of the
on-going poverty in Africa and to pressure
the G8 leaders to take action by doubling
aid, canceling debt, and delivering trade
justice for Africa.
 Adams released the CD/DVD
collection Anthology.
Adams was inducted into the
Canadian Music Hall of Fame.
 Adams was nominated for a Golden
Globe for Best Original Song for "Never
Gonna Break My Faith" from the film Bobby.
Adams topped
the Canadian LP chart with 11.
 Adams released the live LP Bare
Bones.
Adams could be heard on the Michael Buble LP To
Be Loved on the track "After
All."
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Bryan Adams
Released: 1980
Rolling Stone
review: 
Tracks: "Hidin' From
Love" - "Win Some Lose
Some" - "Wait And See" -
"Give Me Your Love" -
"Wastin' Time" - "Don't Ya
Say It" - "Remember" -
"State Of Mind" - "Try To
See It My Way" |
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You Want It, You Got It
Released: 1981
Billboard
peak:
# 118
Rolling Stone
review: 
Tracks: "Lonely
Nights" - "One Good
Reason" - "Don't Look Now"
- "Coming Home" - "Fits Ya
Good" - "Jealousy" -
"Tonight" - "You Want It,
You Got It" - "Last
Chance" - "No One Makes It
Right" |
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Cuts Like A Knife
Released: January, 1983
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 8
Rolling Stone
review:
Tracks: "The Only
One" - "Take Me Back" -
"This Time" - "Straight From The
Heart" - "Cuts Like A Knife" - "I'm
Ready" - "What's It Gonna
Be" - "Don't Leave Me
Lonely" - "Let Him Know" -
"The Best Was Yet To Come" |
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Reckless
Released: 1984
US: 5x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1 (for 2 weeks)
Rolling Stone
review:
Tracks: "One Night Love
Affair" - "She's Only
Happy When She's Dancin'" -
"Run To You" - "Heaven" -
"Somebody" - "Summer Of
'69" - "Kids Wanna Rock" -
"It's Only Love" (with Tina Turner) - "Long
Gone" - "Ain't Gonna Cry" |
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Into The Fire
Released: March, 1987
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 7
Tracks: "Heat Of The
Night" - "Into The Fire" -
"Victim Of Love" -
"Another Day" - "Native
Son" - "Only The Strong
Survive" - "Rebel" -
"Remembrance Day" -
"Hearts On Fire" - "Home
Again" |
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Live! Live! Live!
Released: 1988
Live Tracks: "She's Only
Happy When She's Dancin'" -
"It's Only Love" - "Cuts Like A Knife" - "Kids
Wanna Rock" - "Hearts On
Fire" - "Take Me Back" -
"The Best Was Yet To Come" -
"Heaven" - "Heat
Of The Night" - "Run To
You" - "One Night Love
Affair" - "Long
Gone" - "Summer Of '69" -
"Somebody" - "Walking
After Midnight" - "I Found The
Law" - "Into The Fire" |
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Waking Up The Neighbours
Released: September, 1991
US: 4x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 6
Rolling Stone
review: 
Tracks: "Is Your
Mama Gonna Miss You" - "Hey
Honey I'm Packin' You In" - "Can't Stop This
Thing We Started" - "Thought I'd Died
And Gone To Heaven" - "Not
Guilty" - "Vanishing" -
"House Arrest" - "Do I Have To Say
The Words" - "There Will Never Be
Another Tonight" - "All I Want Is
You" - "Depend On Me" -
"(Everything I Do) I
Do It For You" - "If You Wanna
Leave Me" - "Touch The
Hand" - "Don't Drop That Bomb
On Me" |
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So Far So Good
Released: November, 1993
US: 5x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 6
Tracks: "Summer Of
'69" - "Straight From The
Heart" - "It's Only
Love" (with Tina Turner) - "Can't Stop This
Thing We Started" - "Do I Have To Say
The Words" - "This Time" - "Run
To You" - "Heaven" - "Cuts Like A Knife" - "(Everything I Do) I
Do It For You" -
"Somebody" - "Kids Wanna
Rock" - "Heat Of The
Night" - "Please Forgive Me" |
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18 'Til I Die
Released: June, 1996
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
31#
Tracks: "The Only Thing That
Looks Good On Me Is You" - "Do
To You" - "Let's Make A Night
To Remember" - "18 Til I
Die" - "Star" - "I
Wanna Be Your Underwear" -
"We're Gonna Win" - "I
Think About You" - "I'll Always
Be Right There" - "It Ain't A
Party... If You Can't Come 'Round" -
"Black Pearl" - "You're
Still Beautiful To Me" - "Have You Ever
Really Loved A Woman?" - "I
Finally Found Someone" (with Barbra Streisand) |
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Unplugged
Released: December, 1997
Billboard
peak:
# 88
Rolling Stone
review: 
Unplugged Tracks: "Summer Of
'69" - "Back To You" - "Cuts Like A Knife" - "I'm
Ready" - "Fits Ya Good" -
"When You Love Someone" -
"18 Til I Die" - "I Think
About You" - "If You Wanna Be
Bad Ya Gotta Be Good / Let's Make A Night
To Remember" - "The Only Thing That
Looks Good On Me Is You" - "A
Little Love" - "Heaven" - "I'll
Always Be Right There" |
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On A Day Like Today
Released: October, 1998
Billboard
peak:
# 103
Tracks: "How Do Ya
Feel Tonight" - "C'mon C'mon
C'mon" - "Getaway" -
"On A Day Like Today" -
"Fearless" - "I'm A
Liar" - "Cloud Number
Nine" - "When You're Gone"
(with Mel C) - "Inside Out" -
"If I Had You" - "Before
The Night Is Over" - "I Don't
Wanna Live Forever" - "Where
Angels Fear To Tread" - "Lie To
Me" |
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The Best Of Me
Released: 1999
Tracks: "The Best Of
Me" - "Can't Stop This
Thing We Started" - "I'm
Ready" - "Summer Of '69" -
"Let's Make A Night
To Remember" - "All For Love (with Sting & Rod Stewart) - "Have You Ever
Really Loved A Woman?" - "Run
To You" - "Cloud Number
Nine" - "(Everything I Do) I
Do It For You" - "Back To You" - "When
You're Gone (with Mel C) - "Please Forgive Me" - "The Only Thing That
Looks Good On Me Is You" -
"Inside Out" |
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Spirit soundtrack
Released: May, 2002
Bryan Tracks: "Here I Am
(End Title)" - "I Will Always
Return" - "You Can't Take
Me" - "Get Off My Back" -
"Bothers Under The Sun" -
"Don't Let Go" (with Sarah
McLachlan) - "This Is Where I
Belong" - "Here I Am" -
"Sound The Bugle" -
"Nothing I've Ever Known" -
"I Will Always Return (Finale)"
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Live At The Budokan (CD/DVD)
Released: June, 2003
Live Tracks: "How Do Ya
Feel Tonight" - "Can't Stop This
Thing We Started" - "Summer Of
'69" - "Fits Ya Good" -
"(Everything I Do) I
Do It For You" - "Cuts Like A Knife" - "When
You're Gone" - "Have You Ever
Really Loved A Woman?" -
"Getaway" - "If Ya Wanna
Be Bad Ya Gotta Be Good / Let's Make A Night
To Remember" - "Cloud Number
Nine" - "Still Beautiful To
Me" - "Run To You" -
"Please Forgive Me" - "The
Best Of Me" |
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Room Service
Released: May, 2005
Billboard
peak:
# 134
Rolling Stone:
Tracks: "East Side
Story" - "This Side Of
Paradise" - "Not Romeo Not
Juliet" - "Flying" -
"She's A Little Too Good For
Me" - "Open Road" -
"Room Service" - "I Was
Only Dreamin'" - "Right Back
Where I Started From" -
"Nowhere Fast" - "Why Do
You Have To be So Hard To Love" |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3 |
Anthology
Released: October, 2005
Billboard
peak:
# 65
Tracks:
"Remember" - "Lonely
Nights" - "Straight From The
Heart" - "Cuts Like A Knife" - "This Time" - "Run
To You" - "Somebody" -
"Heaven" -
"Summer Of '69" - "One
Night Love Affair" - "It's Only
Love" - "Heat Of The
Night" - "Heart On Fire" -
"(Everything I Do) I
Do It For You" - "Can't Stop This
Thing We Started" - "There Will Never Be
Another Tonight" - "Thought I'd Died
And Gone To Heaven" - "Best
Of Me" - "Please Forgive Me" - "All For Love" - "Have You Ever
Really Loved A Woman?" - "Rock
Steady" (live) - "The Only Thing That
Looks Good On Me Is You" - "Let's Make A Night
To Remember" - "Star" -
"Back To You" (live) -
"I'm Ready" (live) - "On A
Day Like Today" - "Cloud Number
Nine" (Chicane Mix) - "Here I
Am" - "This Side Of
Paradise" - "Why Do You Have To
Be So Hard To Love" - "Open
Road" - "Til I Die" 9live)
- "When You're Hone" - "So
Far So Good" |
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Bare Bones
Released: November, 2010
Live Tracks: "You've Been
A Friend To Me" - "Here I
Am" - "I'm Ready" -
"Let's Make A Night To
Remember" - "It Ain't A Party
(If You Can't Come 'Round) - "(Everything I Do) I
Do It For You" - "Cuts Like A Knife" -
"Please Forgive Me" -
"Summer Of '69" - "Walk On
By" - "Cloud Number Nine"
- "It's Only Love" - "Heaven" - "The
Right Place" - "The Way You
Make Me Feel" - "The Only Thing
That Looks Good On Me Is You" -
"You're Still Beautiful To Me"
- "Straight From The Heart" -
"I Still Miss You... A Little
Bit" - "All For Love" |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3 |
Tracks Of My Years
Released: September 30,
2014
Tracks: "Any Time At
All" - "She Knows Me" -
"I Can't Stop Loving You" -
"Kiss And Say Goodbye" -
"Lay Lady Lay" - "Rock And
Roll Music" - "Down On The
Corner" - "Never My Love"
- "Sunny" - "The Track Of
My Tears" - "God Only
Knows" |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3
vinyl |
Get Up
Released: October 30, 2015
Tracks: "You Belong
To Me" - "Go Down Rockin'"
- "We Did It All" -
"That's Rock And Roll" -
"Don't Even Try" - "Do
What Ya Gotta Do" -
"Thunderbolt" - "Yesterday
Was Just A Dream" - "Brand New
Day" - "Don't Even Try"
(acoustic) - "We Did It All"
(acoustic) - "You Belong To Me"
(acoustic) - "Brand New Day"
(acoustic) |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3
vinyl |
Ultimate
Released: November 3, 2017
Tracks: "Go Down
Rockin'" - "Can't Stop This
Thing We Started" - "Run To
You" - "Ultimate Love" -
"Heaven" - "It's
Only Love" (with Tina Turner) -
"Here I Am" - "When You're
Gone" (featuring Melanie C) -
"Cloud Number Nine" (Chicane
Mix) - "(Everything I Do) I
Do It For You" - "You Belong To
Me" - "Summer Of '69" -
"Have You Ever
Really Loved A Woman?" -
"Somebody" - "Please
Forgive Me" - "Cuts Like A Knife" - "The
Only Thing That Looks Good On Me Is
You" - "All For Love" (with Sting
& Rod Stewart) - "Back To
You" (unplugged) - "Please
Stay" - "18 Til I Die" |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3
vinyl |
So Happy It Hurts
Released: March 11, 2022
Tracks: "So Happy It
Hurts" - "Never Gonna
Rain" - "You Life Me Up" -
"I've Been Looking For You" -
"Always Have, Always Will" -
"On The Road" - "Kick
Ass" - "I Ain't Worth S***
Without You" - "Let's Do
This" - "Just Like Me, Just
Like You" - "Just About
Gone" - "These Are The Moments
That Make Up My Life" |
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