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Bryan Guy Adams is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, and photographer. He is estimated to have sold between 75 million and more than 100 million records and singles worldwide, placing him among the best-selling music artists. Adams was the most played artist on Canadian radio in the 2010s and has had 25 top 15 singles in Canada and over a dozen in the U.S., UK, and Australia…
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entertainment · Canadian singer-songwriter and musician (born 1959) · guitarist · bassist · photographer · composer · record producer · actor · peace activist · rock musician · fashion photographer · human rights defender · also Bryan Adams, Bryan Guy Adams, Adams
Born 5 November 1959 · Q482907
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“When the song was ready, I told the producers that Aretha was going to sing it – and she did. This solo version had been on my computer for years (about 15 years), and when I heard that the creative director of Sony Music, longtime producer and friend of Aretha”
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The Guardian: CBSO/Yamada review – Poulenc and Adams pairing is stylish, witty and thrilling
Published video “New single. Out everywhere now. #bryanadams #canada #newmusic”.
Published video “Bryan Adams - '51st State' (Official Lyric Video)”.
Released album “Tough Town”.
Published video “Record Store Day is 18th April. Get your Tough Town vinyl in stores!”.
Published video “Bryan Adams - So Happy It Hurts / 2024 Pre Concert film”.
Published video “👀 Full video now on @bryanadams . Own the vinyl on 18th April. ”.
Published video “Bryan Adams - Tough Town”.
Published video “USA Tour Dates for July / August 2026. #bryanadams #usa”.
Published video “Straight From The Heart - (Karaoke Version) Bryan Adams”.
Published video “Less than one month to go until ‘Tough Town’ is released for Record Store Day on the 18th April.”.
Published video “Bryan Adams - Roll With The Punches (Acoustic version)”.
Released album “A Great Big Holiday Jam”.
Released album “Roll With the Punches”.
Released album “Reckless”.
Released ep “A Little More Understanding”.
Released album “Down the Marquee”.
The Guardian: Sewer fatberg of ‘grease and rags’ forces Bryan Adams to cancel Perth concert
Released album “Live At The Royal Albert Hall 2024”.
Awarded Bambi Award (2024).
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Released album “Waking Up the Neighbours (Live at the Royal Albert Hall)”.
Released album “Live at the Royal Albert Hall”.
Released ep “A Rockin' Christmas”.
Released album “Cuts Like a Knife (40th Anniversary - Live From the Royal Albert Hall)”.
Released album “Into the Fire (Live at the Royal Albert Hall)”.
Released album “Rock Mix: Bon Jovi & Bryan Adams”.
The Guardian: Bryan Adams review – floating convertibles and harmony-driven rock chuggers
The Guardian: Bryan Adams: ‘My doc says men need sex 27 times a month, but who gets that?’
Released album “Classic Pt. II”.
The Guardian: Can I miss post-gig beers with Bryan Adams? It seems so | Tim Dowling
Adams released Classic, an album of reworked and reimagined hits
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The Guardian: Bryan Adams: ‘You can’t possibly follow up a hit that big’
Released album “So Happy It Hurts (Live At The Royal Albert Hall 2024)”.
Released album “So Happy It Hurts”.
The Guardian: Post your questions for Bryan Adams
Released album “Classic”.
Released album “Pretty Woman: The Musical”.
Via YouTube, Adams released new versions of the 16 songs of Pretty Woman: The Musical sung by Adams himself
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Released album “Remember: Live American Radio Broadcast”.
Adams released the title track of his 15th studio album, So Happy It Hurts
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The Guardian: Bryan Adams photographs Cher, Grimes and Iggy Pop for Pirelli calendar
Adams announced a series of UK concerts following the long hiatus of the "Shine a Light Tour" caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the cancellation of a sold out 17-date tour with Bon Jovi in U
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Adams was featured on "Stop Crying Your Heart Out" as part of the BBC Radio 2's Allstars' Children in Need charity single
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On the 155th anniversary of the end of Slavery in the United States, the unreleased solo version of "Never Gonna Break My Faith" by Aretha Franklin was released with the participation of RCA Records, RCA Inspiration and
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The Guardian: Bryan Adams apologises after 'bat eating' coronavirus rant
The Guardian: Coronavirus: Bryan Adams attacks China as 'bat eating, virus making' source
Published video “Bryan Adams - Joe And Mary”.
Adams released an EP dedicated to Christmas
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Released ep “Christmas EP”.
Published video “Bryan Adams - No Time For Love”.
Published video “Bryan Adams - All Or Nothing”.
Released album “Shine a Light”.
The Guardian: Bryan Adams review – mild-mannered guitar hero with stone-cold hooks
Published video “Bryan Adams - Don't Look Back”.
Published video “Bryan Adams - Whiskey In The Jar”.
Published video “Bryan Adams, Jennifer Lopez - That's How Strong Our Love Is (Ft. J Lo)”.
Published video “Bryan Adams - Shine A Light”.
The Guardian: Died and gone to heaven? No, that's air pollution Bryan Adams
Bryan Adams performed "the Ultimate tour", touring Australia, New Zealand, UK, Europe, India, the U
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Published video “BryanAdamsVEVO Live Stream”.
Published video “Bryan Adams - Please Stay (Official Promo Video)”.
Released album “Ultimate”.
Published video “Bryan Adams - Ultimate Love (Lyric Video)”.
Released album “Wembley 1996 Live”.
Released album “Legendary FM Broadcasts: Tokyo Dome, Bunkyo, Tokyo Japan 31st December 1989”.
Adams released the Wembley 1996 DVD, the recording of his concert, as part of the 18 Til I die tour, held on July 27, 1996, at London's Wembley Stadium, in front of over 70,000 spectators
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The Guardian: Bryan Adams retains record for longest time at UK No 1
“I can’t think of a better excuse than New Year’s Eve to put on a big live rock show to see in 2016. It’s going to be a fantastic night.”
When he found out that it was in production, he interviewed for the songwriter position with Jim Vallance and got the job
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Performed at the Central Hall Westminster in London for the BBC's New Year's Eve, which was broadcast live on BBC One
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Released album “Get Up”.
Released album “Tracks of My Years”.
Adams signed a recording contract with Verve Records and in September, he released Tracks of My Years, an album of cover versions celebrating the 30th Anniversary of Reckless
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Released album “Australian Tour Edition 2013”.
Released album “5 Classic Albums”.
While working on a remastered edition of the album, but had been told that the tapes could not be found
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Released album “Bare Bones Tour: Live at Sydney Opera House”.
Awarded star on Hollywood Walk of Fame (2011).
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Adams and his band played in Kathmandu, which was organized by ODC Network and made him the first international artist to perform in Nepal
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Released album “Bare Bones”.
Released album “Icon”.
Awarded Juno Humanitarian Award (2010).
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Adams received the Governor General's Awards in Performing Arts – Lifetime Artistic Achievement for his 30 years of contributions to the arts
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At the 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony at BC Place Stadium, Adams performed "Bang the Drum", a duet with Nelly Furtado co-written with Jim Vallance for the event
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With estimated one and one-half million Adams stamps printed
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Performed some of his hits on an episode of CMT Crossroads with Jason Aldean
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Won Golden Feather (2009).
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To discuss writing the music for a possible Broadway theatre adaptation of Pretty Woman
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Released album “Cuts Like a Knife + 18 Till I Die”.
Released ep “Live In Barcelona”.
Released album “11”.
Released album “New Collection”.
Released album “Live, Rare & Unplugged”.
Adams co-wrote two songs "A Place for Us" and "Another Layer" for the Disney film Bridge to Terabithia
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Together with Billy Joel, he performed in a free concert with an estimated crowd of over 500,000 people in Rome at Via dei Fori Imperiali, with the Colosseum as a background
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Awarded Canadian Music Hall of Fame (2006).
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Adams co-wrote the Grammy Award-winning gospel song "Never Gonna Break My Faith" for Aretha Franklin
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Adams co-wrote and performed the theme music "Never Let Go" which was featured in the closing credits of the film The Guardian
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Released album “Bryan Adams Live In Lisbon (Live In Lisbon)”.
Released album “Anthology”.
Released album “Room Service”.
Released album “Bryan Adams”.
Adams was ranked 13th on the ARC Weekly chart of top pop artists of the last 25 years, with four number-one singles, ten top five hits and 17 Top-10 hits
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Released album “The Ultimate Collection”.
Released album “Spirit : L'Étalon des plaines”.
Released album “Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron: Music From the Original Motion Picture”.
Released album “All Time Hits 1980 - 2002”.
Released album “Live at Slane Castle”.
Released album “Heaven”.
Released album “(Everything I Do) I Do It for You”.
Adams performed at The Who & Special Guests: Live at the Royal Albert Hall, a benefit concert organized by The Who, singing a song by the English band, Behind Blue Eyes and See Me, Feel Me with Eddie Vedder
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Performed at the Slane Festival in front of over 70,000 people, with special appearances by Melanie C, Chicane and Davy Spillane
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Released album “Live at the Budokan”.
Released album “Forever Gold”.
Released album “The Best of Me”.
Awarded Juno Award for Songwriter of the Year for When You're Gone (1999).
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A demo version of Adams' translation appeared on the single CD "Cloud Number Nine" in 1999
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Released album “Golden Collection 2000”.
Released album “Greatest Hits”.
Awarded Canada's Walk of Fame (1998).
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Released album “On a Day Like Today”.
And the release coincided with his contract being sold to Interscope Records
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Released album “Unplugged”.
Released album “Simply The Best”.
Released album “18 Til I Die”.
With his album 18 til I Die, Adams adopted a pop rock sound more in line with the style of the time
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Released album “Best Ballads”.
Released album “The 22nd Birthday Celebration For Prince Hakeem Featuring Bryan Adams”.
Released album “Live & Alive”.
Released album “Ballads”.
Adams released "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman
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“Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?”
Awarded MTV Europe Music Award for Best Male (1994).
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Adams became the first Western artist to perform in Vietnam since James Brown played there in 1971 at the end of the Vietnam War
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Released album “All for Love ’94”.
Released album “So Far So Good”.
Awarded Juno Award for International Album of the Year for Waking Up the Neighbours (1993).
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Released album “Greatest Hits Live”.
Released album “Heaven: Live Recorded in Hollywood”.
Adams collaborated with Rod Stewart and Sting for the single "All for Love" co-written by Adams for the soundtrack of the film The Three Musketeers
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Released album “Live at Beacon Theatre / N.Y.C., Volume 2”.
Adams' hits were mostly ballads, including the worldwide number one or two hits "Please Forgive Me" (1993); "All for Love" (1993); and "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman
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Released album “Live at Beacon Theatre / N.Y.C., Volume 1”.
Released album “Somebody”.
Released album “Proximity”.
Released ep “The Live Volume”.
Awarded Juno Award for Entertainer of the Year (1992).
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Awarded MTV Movie Award for Best Song from a Movie (1992).
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Awarded Juno International Achievement Award (1992).
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Awarded Jack Richardson Producer of the Year Award (1992).
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Won the Juno International Achievement Award, Canadian Entertainer of the Year (voted on by the public) and Producer of the Year Award
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Released album “Live USA”.
Released album “Live USA ’87”.
The album Waking Up the Neighbours was released
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Released album “Waking Up the Neighbours”.
Awarded Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media for (Everything I Do) I Do It for You (1991).
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Released album “Straight From the Heart”.
Produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Adams left the hard rock sound and released an album closer to classic rock and roll, taking inspiration from the sounds of bands like Def Leppard and Foreigner
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Released album “Greetings From the Reckless Man”.
Released album “On Stage”.
Adams released "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You", which reached number one in at least 19 countries
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Adams performed the Pink Floyd tracks "Young Lust" and "Empty Spaces" at Roger Waters's concert production of The Wall – Live In Berlin, to commemorate the fall of the Berlin Wall eight months earlier
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In a 45-minute songwriting session, Adams, Robert John "Mutt" Lange, and Michael Kamen wrote "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You" for the Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves soundtrack
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Received the Order Of British Columbia
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Adams became a vegan in 1989, when he was 29 years old, and said that he has more energy as a result of the decision.
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Released album “Hits on Fire”.
Released album “Live! Live! Live!”.
Released album “Milestones Live”.
Awarded Juno Award for Entertainer of the Year (1987).
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Released album “Into the Fire”.
Awarded MTV Video Music Award for Best Stage Performance (1986).
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The song won an MTV award for Best Stage Performance
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Awarded Juno Award for Album of the Year for Reckless (1985).
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Awarded Juno Award for Songwriter of the Year (1985).
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Released ep “Diana / Summer Of '69 / The Bryan Adamix”.
Awarded Juno Award for Songwriter of the Year for Cuts Like a Knife (1984).
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Awarded Jack Richardson Producer of the Year Award (1984).
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Awarded Juno Award for Album of the Year for Cuts Like a Knife (1984).
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Performed at Day on the Green at Oakland Coliseum
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Released album “Cuts Like a Knife”.
Adams travelled to America, opening for Journey and performing on over 100 dates in five months
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With the release of Cuts Like a Knife, Reckless and Into the Fire, Adams' music was characterised as hard rock with melodic overtones and powerful ballads (known as power ballads)
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Vallance and Adams received a call from producer Michael James Jackson to contribute some songs for the next Kiss album
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Released album “You Want It ▪ You Got It”.
And contained the FM album-oriented rock radio hit, "Lonely Nights", which reached number three on the U
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Made an agreement with Canadian manager Bruce Allen, who at that time also worked for Bachman–Turner Overdrive and Loverboy
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Adams signed to A&M records for one dollar
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At age 18, Adams met Jim Vallance through a mutual friend in a Vancouver Long and McQuade musical instrument store
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Adams, his mother, and his younger brother Bruce moved to North Vancouver while his father was posted abroad
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Studied at Argyle Secondary School (1973).
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Born 1959-11-05.
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